The Shocking Truth About How You're Being Hypnotized Every Day And Aren't Even Aware Of It!
The Discovery of Hypnosis
When you first begin learning how to hypnotise, it’s actually quite amazing to discover how powerful it is and how long people have known about it. Read to the end of this page and you’ll learn how hypnosis was discovered and a shocking secret about how people, governments and corporations are using this knowledge right now to influence everything you do without you even knowing about it!
How was hypnosis discovered? Some cultures use the sound of drum beats in their religious ceremonies to induce a state of hypnosis. They’ve been doing this for centuries and some continue to do it to this very day. You’ve may have seen this on TV or in movies and thought it was just a dance but the purpose of these rituals is to induce a trance state to connect with God or the spirits.
Humans aren’t the only creatures capable of being hypnotised. Back in the 1600’s, some farmers would use a hypnosis technique on their chickens to keep them calm and ready to lay eggs. The farmer would tie a little piece of wood onto their beaks so the chickens would focus on it and become very sedate. They could also use this technique to get chickens to sit on other chicken’s eggs! This ended up becoming a popular form of entertainment and a variety of animals completely under hypnotic control were demonstrated at shows throughout the countries. Of course, with people more aware of animal rights, this wouldn’t be allowed today.
Mesmerism
Next was an Austrian doctor by the name of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer. Dr. Mesmer was researching ways to help sick patients and developed a variety hypnosis techniques. He called this process “magnétisme animal“ (animal magnetism) but others referred to it as “mesmerism” (which is where the word “mesmerise” comes from). Some of his techniques involved using different musical or humming sounds, as well as binding patients together and having them stare intensely at each other. Another technique was to make a pyramid with his hands and have the patient stare at it. Once he had induced a hypnotic state, he would tell the patients that they were feeling better and gave them direct suggestions that would be absorbed by their subconscious minds. Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer had an impressive record of helping his patients to recover.
Many other doctors have learned how to hypnotize and have use various hypnotic techniques that would involve repetitive motions or sounds. Many of these doctors were able to cure patients of various illnesses or even perform surgery without the patients feeling pain. Even today, there are some people who are so proficient at inducing a self-hypnotic state that they can have surgery without anesthesia!
Modern Hypnotherapy
Milton Erickson is regarded as the founding father of modern hypnotherapy and was born into a modest farming family in Lowell, Wisconsin at the beginning of the twentieth century. His ambition was to become a farmer like his father but, at age seventeen, he contracted polio and became so paralyzed that doctors expected him to die. However, it was through this extreme challenge that Erickson discovered the awesome power of the mind and how to hypnotize himself. Erickson was determined to recover and walk again so he pictured being able to run and play outside in his mind. He was eventually able to get out of bed and, with intense focus, he was able to move the chair he was sitting on. Erickson continued to picture himself learning how to walk again and eventually he was able to walk again. Because of the weakness of his body, Erickson was unable to do farm work so he decided to become a doctor. He went on to develop Ericksonian Therapy and became the founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis.
The Power of Hypnosis
Of course, hypnosis isn’t just used for medical purposes. Athletes and coaches have known about the power of hypnosis for enhancing performance and there wouldn’t be a professional athlete alive today who doesn’t use visualization (which is a form of hypnosis) as part of their training.
Advertisers also know how to hypnotize people to influence consumers’ purchasing behavior. Why do you think companies are willing to spend billions upon billions of dollars on advertising? Because it works! Advertisers know that, if they can plant ideas or commands into your subconscious mind, they can influence your behavior without you even knowing about it. Sometimes they do this through simple repetition (seeing or hearing the same message over and over again) and sometimes it’s a lot more subtle (such as subliminal messages or subconscious re-association and anchoring). You don’t even have to be paying attention - just glancing at an ad or hearing it in the background can have an effect as the subconscious absorbs everything going on around you.
Black Ops Hypnosis
There’s also an underground community that practices what’s known as “black ops” hypnosis to influence people around them. This isn’t very well known as they like to keep their secrets to themselves, but one guy managed to penetrate their “secret society” and has blown the lid on the whole thing. I already knew a fair bit about hypnosis but I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing! I always wondered how some people seemed to live a charmed life and had incredible power to influence others but I used to just put it down to charisma or luck. Well, now I know otherwise.
A lot of the techniques are subtle but very powerful! They could be being used on you every day and you wouldn't even know it. These people really know how to hypnotise but, when they're being used on you, you don't feel like you're being hypnotized. You just feel normal but then you wonder why it was you just agreed to something or why you feel drawn to the person using the techniques. Even if I never used any of the techniques, I'd be glad I came across the information because now I’m now able to spot when someone else is using them. Before, I would have been vulnerable to these techniques but now I’m armed with the best defense available - knowledge!
Unfortunately, I can’t reveal anything about black ops hypnosis on this web page (partly because of copyright issues but also partly because I’m a bit nervous of what might happen if I do). All I can do is provide a link to the site where I found this information. You have to fill in a form to get access to the main page but it's well worth it so click on this link and fill in the form for access.
PS. You’d better go there quickly because I’m not sure how much longer it’ll be around. There are certain people that would love to see the site shut down and then you’d have no chance of defending yourself! That link again:
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