by Tgump » April 29th, 2013, 4:23 am
In my experience, the mental state you get right before you actually fall asleep is fairly similar to the brain-drunk state that some people get with very deep trance.
Ever gone off to bed, almost fall asleep, but are startled by something? Maybe you realized that you were, just a second ago, awake yet completely lost inside your own mind. Going into trance is much the same idea - relaxing the body and mind, making yourself more pliable, learning to just accept things as soon as you register them instead of trying to think about them. For almost everyone, posthypnotic effects like triggers or curses take many repeated listens until they take effect. Personally, it helps to have listened to it so many times that you've memorized nearly every word...and in that case, what would be the point of analysing the words? :wink:
P.S. The biggest issue I encounter with people that have trouble trancing is them overworrying. There's no specific ritual. You can go into trance sitting, lying down, or even standing up. There's nothing much you consciously have to engage in besides listening to the voice of the hypnotist. Worst-case, you just feel very relaxed and happy...that itself is a light state of trance.