Effort without awareness is chaos and control without trust is suffering...you must learn to let go...not because you have given up but because you have woken up....The more you relax, truly relax not just physically but mentally, emotionally and spiritually you become open...open to guidance, open to answers, open to joy...
Alan Watts
I so want to open to Life. Do you? I have been exploring and practicing self-hypnosis to help me to stay open by helping me to relax enough to float. This self-hypnosis practice is just that a "practice"....it is an imperfect attempt to help this human I call "me" to relax deeper so she opens to the unconscious mind where true wisdom is housed (jnana body) and to the part of us where joy is housed (ananda body). This is not a meditation.
What is the difference between a meditation and self-hypnosis?
People are sometimes confused about the difference between hypnosis and meditation. I would say they are very similar states, the exception being that hypnosis has a direction to it, an outcome you decided before you begin, while meditation is more formless. Bandler, pg 106
So, I still meditate...giving up to the formless, directionless, goal-less nature of it. I also know what it is I am seeking through my practice...purification, realization of, through access to, Who I am at the deepest level. Being that self-hypnosis sets a clear direction, I am experimenting with it to see if it can direct me there faster. (I am not saying it will...I am just "trying" it to see if t does.) Both meditation and self-hypnosis require deep relaxation. It is all about relaxing the body, and then relaxing the conscious mind so we can tap into what exists beneath the conscious mind.
Self-hypnosis is a little trickier than meditation. It requires getting the conscious mind all rattled and confused so it steps back and says, "WTF?" ...And the unconscious mind is therefore forced to step up to do the listening. There are many different techniques used to do this. Ambiguity is one technique used by hypnotists to do this. This "writer's brain" and "educator's" brain that has been trained to do whatever it can to make things clear to the conscious mind, struggles with ambiguity. These scripts make no sense at all, breaking every grammatical rule know to man-kind. And there is sooo much to learn. Anyway, I will learn it and I will try it. I share only because of this darn habit I have of sharing what I am learning.
I am by no means saying that what I create during my practice is perfect...that it is anything that will help anyone other than me....I just know I am relaxing more as I listen to these imperfect scripts and as I learn about self-hypnosis. It is too soon to tell if it will help me to become more Self-realized.
Please note: in these videos I make suggestions. It is not my intention to "hypnotize" anyone other than myself...so, if you are adverse to someone else in your head making suggestions...you might not want to listen.
If you want to hold onto something valuable, you must learn to hold onto it gently. That is what relaxation is. It is the art of holding Life gently...
There is a quiet intelligence behind everything and it works best, not through force, but through flow.
Alan Watts
All is Well!
Richard Bandler (2008) Guide to TRANCE-formation. HCI: Deerfield, Florida
Alan Watts/Alan Watts Philosophy (August, 2025) You're Blocking Your Life By Holding On...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5UC06PCWBs
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