Hypnotic Mental Development
Hypnotic Mental Development by Alan Tutt
http://www.KeysToPower.com
I have seen a huge interest in hypnosis over the last few weeks.
I have also seen that there is limited interest in developing
intelligence and creativity. Memory is still a topic with many
followers, especially those trying to find a surefire method of
remembering everything without effort.
The human mind has incredible powers. Our mind is capable of
processing huge amounts of information at once, and is able to
sort out a form of order from sensory chaos. As infants, we are
placed in a world where nothing is familiar, yet we learn
physics (balance, motion, cause & effect, gravity, momentum,
etc.), language, some degree of psychology, and millions of
details which are now processed at an unconscious level such as
identifying objects from the mass of visual information fed into
our brain (something our highly developed computers still
struggle with).
Not only this, but our minds have powers which are still being
discovered. Only in the last century has psychic perception been
accepted as a scientific fact. Prayer itself has been
scientifically tested and found to be a statistically valid
exercise. While science has not found out why these abilities
exist and what makes them work, it is agreed that the process
is, at least in part, a mental one.
There is still much research being done. How does one develop
these abilities to a point of being reliable? Which techniques
are the best to use? What are the factors that influence a
person's ability to use these mental skills? Are genetic factors
involved? Are environmental factors important? How powerful can
one mind become?
These are questions I struggled with during my research. While I
do not claim to have concrete answers, I have been able to
develop my own abilities and the abilities of many people I've
worked with. There are some good systems readily available,
although I find some degree of fault with almost all of them.
The Silva Method is excellent. Max Freedom Long's book "The
Secret Science Behind Miracles" gives some very fascinating
insights to these higher abilities of the mind. Many books on
shamanism give reasonably good instruction on developing your
skills in this area. Any book by Joseph Murphy or Catherine
Ponder will give many good examples of one form of mental power
at work.
In every system of working with the higher functions of the
mind, it is stressed that the power lies within the unconscious
regions, that part of the mind generally labeled the
subconscious. In every workable system, there is a whole
training process where the subconscious mind is 'programmed'
with symbols for communication with the conscious mind, or with
symbols for what it is being requested to do.
And this is where hypnosis fits perfectly! Hypnosis is a
phenomenon where the conscious mind is quieted to a state of
nonresistance. During this state, the subconscious mind is
easier to work with, to get information from and to create new
programming. Using hypnosis, a patient can generate his/her own
painkillers for painless surgery or dentistry. Using hypnosis,
millions have been able to break their addiction to tobacco,
alcohol, overeating, laziness, phobias, and a host of other
maladies.
And hypnosis was the techniques which gave Edgar Cayce his
ability to diagnose and prescribe treatments for thousands of
suffers (and every one accurately!).
The evidence which points to the possibility of using hypnosis
for developing and training the mind for any and all of the
mind's natural abilities is overwhelming! And I'm definitely not
the only person to notice this. Books can be found everywhere
showing how to use hypnosis for all of these purposes.
But is hypnosis enough? Does hypnosis have all the power
necessary to develop the mind to it's highest potential? I don't
think so. If hypnosis could be used to accomplish everything we
needed to accomplish, then why would we have a conscious mind at
all? The process of hypnosis specifically eliminates the
conscious mind from the equation, working with the subconscious
mind exclusively.
We have two (or more) phases of mind for a reason. Any system
that does not address the two modes of mind in it's development
process can not be a complete system. Use this criteria to judge
any system of development you consider pursuing.