by cardigan » August 3rd, 2015, 8:28 am
Being analytical is probably the worst thing you can be - if you want to learn how to go into a trance. Because every second while you are listening to the file or hypnotist, you will be wondering whether you are entering trance - or not. Your conscious mind will be asking all kinds of questions - like: "Do I feel anything special right now? - if I don't feel anything special, does this then mean that I am NOT going into trance?". And that means that you are using your conscious, analytical mind to find the answer to these questions - which will be pretty much keeping you from ever entering trance. Oh, and incidentally - being in a deep trance doesn't feel like anything special - just like being very relaxed with your eyes closed! So don't expect to feel different at all, because you won't.
The best way to go about this if you ARE analytical, is to listen in a casual - almost indifferent - way. Don't listen very much - just let the words enter your head without thinking about it. Your conscious will give up eventually, and everything that is being said is automatically being picked up by your subconscious anyway!
And then as Mister Marmalade pointed out: keep trying. Don't give up. I can tell you that only highly hypnotizable people are going to respond to the triggers or changes on the first listen. Everybody else - which is most of us :-) have to be a bit more patient. But we'll get there eventually. Another thing that is critically important: you need to believe that what you are trying to do is not only possible for you - but a given. You want it, you deserve it, and you can have it!
Keep going. Don't question. Don't analyze. Just keep on doing it!
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