How long is now?
Now is very very short. So in which now did you plan to be a non-smoker? You cannot do anything in the past, you cannot do anything in the future. Whatever you happens in this mili-second of now.
The Hypnotic process
The phenomenon that is call hypnosis is a conscious state of sleep in which the human brain is open to suggestions While in a state of hypnosis, suggestions that are given are messages to the brain and the brain in turn produces the behavior associated with the suggestion… hypnosis is a state of mind and…
DetailsThe Bradian Pendulum Demonstration
The Bradian Pendulum Demonstration If what I profess is true—i.e., that the human brain automatically responds to messages it receives from its mind, and that our perceptions are the means by which our mind and brain communicate—then there must be a way to demonstrate the validity of my claim… and there is… It is just…
DetailsPerceptionism The Hypnotic Process
Finding a Term That Describes the Hypnotic Process: Perceptionism After having been advised by Socrates to look in a dictionary or thesaurus for a term that explains what makes the hypnotic process work—I did. I knew that it had something to do with visualization but visualization didn’t quite work—visualization infers seeing with one’s eyes but…
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Defining Perceptionism A Conversation with Socrates Socrates: Explain to me what is wrong with hypnosis and hypnotism? Me: Okay, it appears to me that the phenomenon that is called hypnosis is not a state of mind into which or under which a subject goes, but rather a state of mind in which the process that…
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How Socrates and my Clients Transformed Hypnotism to Perceptionism I am convinced there is a vast creative resource “hanging out” in the gray matter between our ears, and with the proper stimulus we can activate that creative resource to find solutions to most of the challenges in our day-to-day lives whether it be personal or…
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My Inner room and Socrates When I have a problem to solve, or a question to resolve, I take it into my inner room and discuss it with Socrates. My inner room is an imaginary quiet peaceful place and Socrates is an imaginary alter ego. I conjured this make-believe place and pretend person as a…
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Perceptionism There is a phenomenon in human behavior that is most commonly called hypnosis and to a lesser degree mesmerism but I call it Perceptionism. The underlying principles that define Perceptionism will not only be laid out in following blogs and methodically set forth in a logical, rational method that will give credence to each…
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They Called it Hypnosis I am writing my second book, They Called it Hypnosis, but I am writing it backward from my first book As the Pendulum Swings—A Memoir. As the Pendulum Swings begins with my earliest interest in hypnosis, tells the story how I became a hypnotherapist and ends by describing my unique approach…
DetailsEmotional Independence
Emotional Independence There is a principle that I call Emotional Independence… An aphorism that is based on a stroke of inspiration that was triggered by one of my clients many years ago, and over time, has been refined by additional feed-back from other clients. This dictum simply states: What other people are does not determine…
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