I want to tell you about hypnosis, about what it means to be in a hypnotic trance. Have you ever been hypnotized? Chances are you’ll to tell me no, never; however, the first thing you should know about hypnosis is that it is a perfectly natural process in which you live 70% of your awaken time. People go into trance all the time, every day in the most common circumstances, just we don’t call it so… it’s a state where you daydream and experience intense feelings of others’ experiences (movies, books) or from your own past life experiences, while in the here and now. Hypnosis is the gateway to your subconscious mind, where all automatic programs that cause your reactions reside, and where you can make changes.
Now, an interesting thing is that hypnosis is accompanied by a variety of physiological responses, for example, to go into trance many people have a sense of deep relaxation, and that does not mean that you can relax now, so you can understand a trance, all that matters is how your subconscious mind needs to experience when you are ready to learn new things about yourself, while your conscious mind wonders. And against the common belief, in trance you keep listening, talking, even standing and with a hyper alert SC mind to protect you.
Of course, there are many features that can define someone who is entering trance. Often people think of closing their eyes, and you don’t need to close your eyes or lose consciousness of what you hear to know that you are in trance, because many trances occur with wide open eyes and sometimes people simply close their eyes to listen more attentively and understand more clearly.
Some people think that they hand over the control to the hypnotist, for they don’t know that in trance your SC mind is on high alert; that part of the mind that is responsible to protect yourself at all times. So, in this state, you can only receive positive suggestions that are in line with your values and desires. It is simply a state of deep relaxation where your mind learns in deeper different ways. It is an absolute myth that the person is at the mercy of the operator or cannot wake up.