Guided Thought | William Batten
Mental Tools for Greater Living
Category: Hypnosis
The weird ways your mind fixes itself
You’ve solved millions of problems in your own mind. Really – millions. Many of the things that scared you as a toddler are irrelevant now. How many of your pains from your teen years are downright laughable? This is proof of progress. Things that… Continue Reading “The weird ways your mind fixes itself”
Be the hypnotist and the subject
One of the classic newbie questions is, how does self-hypnosis work? Does it even work? How could it? Okay, that was more than one question… Most of these folks have the wrong idea of what hypnosis is. They think the subject blacks out, becomes… Continue Reading “Be the hypnotist and the subject”
More real than reality
How can something be more real than reality? Well… it can’t. Semantically, that doesn’t make sense. And yet, folks experience that all the time. Have you ever had a dream that was more vivid and compelling than your waking state? Most dreams aren’t like… Continue Reading “More real than reality”
Entertainment? Or hypnosis training?
If you want to learn, say, farming, you have two approaches. You can talk to the academics who study, research, analyse, catalogue and label the aspects of farming. They can tell you a lot about the theory and the models and what ‘should’ work.… Continue Reading “Entertainment? Or hypnosis training?”
It makes things better. Its absence makes things worse.
It sounds like a riddle, but I’m not playing games. You can’t get through life without paying. You either pay with money, pay with pain or pay attention. I recommend the latter – it makes everything better. Consider: I heard of a study a… Continue Reading “It makes things better. Its absence makes things worse.”
My painful, comatose-like rampage
Late last year, I had a day where I didn’t get out of bed until noon. Is that normal for me? No, I’m usually up by 7am or so on weekends. Did I go to bed late? No, I went to bed at the… Continue Reading “My painful, comatose-like rampage”
Unfakeable trance
People who have just started learning hypnosis or are practicing self-hypnosis often wonder how to know when it’s working. How do you know when you’re in a trance, as opposed to you’re just there, eyes closed, doing nothing? With practice, you begin to learn… Continue Reading “Unfakeable trance”
Your personal sun-god
It’s funny how many people think in similar ways. Like when they’re in a trance and I ask their unconscious mind for a symbol – something to represent all the amazing chances they’ve gone through. Often, these symbols are one of three things: Something… Continue Reading “Your personal sun-god”
Are dreams hypnotic trances?
This is a simple question, with answers ranging from ‘definitely’ to ‘definitely not’. Let’s unpack it a little, shall we? In a trance state, your consciousness is less able to interfere with your unconscious processes. That’s why answers to complex problems can come to… Continue Reading “Are dreams hypnotic trances?”
Your problems are like ants
This analogy might be stretching it. Or it might be the most apt thing I’ve ever penned… We’ll see, won’t we? Let’s say you have ants in your kitchen. These aren’t the angry, bitey kind. They’re small, negligible, harmless. Most of the time, you… Continue Reading “Your problems are like ants”
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