Into Motivation

Hypnosis has been outlined as a state of heightened suggestibility in which the subject is in a position to uncritically accept ideas for self improvement and act on them reasonably. When a hypnotist hypnotises his subject, it is sometimes known as hetero-hypnosis. When an individual puts himself into a condition of hypnosis, it is commonly known as self-hypnosis. In both cases, the subject has achieved an increased state of suggestibility. Even in hetero-hypnosis, the subject really controls the response to ideas. Actually , all hypnosis is a matter of self-hypnosis. The subject enters into the hypnotic state when he is utterly ready to do so. This may need from one to many attempts before it is achieved . Even if the subject insists that he would like to be hypnotised instantly, he may be resisting hypnosis unknowingly.

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In self-hypnosis a similar thing often happens. The subject is concerned to realize self-hypnosis, but somehow the state eludes him. What is wrong? It may be that he’s unknowingly resisting it, hasn’t conditioned himself satisfactorily, or has achieved the hypnotic state and doesn’t know he is in the state. This last statement may be surprising, but we’ll examine it in detail a while later on.

Most pros agree that about ninety % of the population can be hypnotised. My own feeling is that possibly 99 percent can be hypnotized. Who among us isn’t influenced by suggestion? Aren’t we all, as we have seen, influenced by the proposals of advertising? Don’t everyone has an inclination to believe what we read in the paper, hear on the radio or see on television? Aren’t we all convinced that a name-brand article trumps one that’s not so well known?

Idea plays a fantastically very important role in our daily lives. It starts from naming the baby with an acceptable name to

securing an acceptable place for interment. I want to call the reader’s attention to a fascinating book handling the unconscious reasons explaining why we do plenty of the things that we do. You will be charmed with every page of the book. It is called The hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard.

My contention is that we are all suggestible and, being hypnotised or hypnotizing ourselves is just a matter of skyrocketing the suggestibility that we already possess. Doesn’t the hypnotist begin by advising relaxation? Doesn’t he typically start by asking for the subject to mend his attention on a particular object? Next, he suggests to the subject that his eyes are becoming heavy and beat. As fast as the subject closes his eyes, he recommends that he will be in a deep hypnotic state. I am absolutely certain you’re acquainted with this process. With each step, the hypnotist is steering the subject along directed lines to make him accept further suggestions with no question or doubt. [13] When the subject achieves the final state in this procedure, he’s been hypnotized. He then accepts ideas without equivocation.

Let us keep going with this same thought. Suppose I say to you, “I am going to stick you with this pin. It won’t hurt.” Would you let me stick you with the pin? Manifestly not. Let us imagine you have been hypnotised and I repeat the same recommendation. What happens then? You readily accept the suggestion as being factual. Should I proceed to stick you with the pin, you don’t even flinch. Actually you don’t even feel the pain. Does this sound incredible? Isn’t this the same procedure the dentist uses with his patient when he has hypnotised him for the purpose of painless dentistry?