You are already Hypnotized

The challenge is to wake up

We have been conditioned to believe that what we have in material goods is more  important than who we are down deep inside. We remain attached to the illusions, of dreaming the fulfillment we seek can be found in things. When acquiring stuff  and more stuff doesn’t bring happiness and fulfillment we think somehow  getting more of the same will do the trick. At some level we know intuitively  this doesn’t work, but we have been hypnotized into believing that what is  going on out there is more important than what goes on in here. 

~We are under the spell of Cultural Hypnosis.

~Our real challenge is to wake up from this trance.

Unlike formal therapeutic hypnosis, there is no hypnotist standing by our side to awaken us. Most of our conditioning occurred long ago, much of it before we could speak or remember. It has come through many different sources: parents, teachers, friends, strangers, books, magazines, radio, television, films, and advertising. It is part of the fabric of our society. No single person was responsible.

Another very important difference between therapeutic and cultural hypnosis concerns the depth of the conditioning. Ordinary hypnosis is a voluntary and limited relationship between consenting adults. The power given to the hypnotist is limited by time (usually to an hour or two) and by various ethical constraints (the subject does not expect to be bullied, threatened, or harmed). If the hypnosis does not work very well, the subject is not blamed. When hypnosis does work, profound changes may occur, and they are done with the consent of the adult individual.

With our cultural conditioning, the situation is the opposite:

~Our consensus trance is not voluntary; it begins at birth, without our conscious agreement.

~All authority is surrendered to the parents, family members, and other caretakers, who initially are regarded as omniscient and omnipotent.

~Induction is not limited to short sessions; it involves years of repeated reinforcement.

~Clinical therapists would consider it highly unethical to use force, but our cultural hypnotists often do: a slap on the wrist or a severe reprimand for misbehaving. Or perhaps more subtle, but equally powerful, emotional pressures: "I will love you only if you think and behave as I tell you."

~Finally, and most significantly, the conditioning is intended to be permanent. It may come from the very best of intentions, but it is, nevertheless, meant to have a lasting effect on our personalities and on the way we evaluate the world.

  This is why awakening from our cultural trance entails far more than a simple snapping of the fingers. There is a lifetime's worth of extremely powerful induction to be overcome.

We would seem to be firmly stuck with our conditioning. Indeed, most of the time we are. Yet there are occasions when we do wake up and see things in a different light. In those moments, we are given a glimpse of what is possible.

We humans are an endangered species, not only us but our only home, this earth, is being destroyed at a more rapid rate every day. When you wake up to what is truly best for your highest good you have taken the most important step to healing yourself and everything and everyone you connect with.

The tools of awakening are similar to those of cultural conditioning,  Hypnosis.

I teach all of my clients self hypnosis, and deep meditation skills.  Awaken to who you thought you were, who you really are, and start creating who you are meant to be.