Selective Thinking

Selective thinking is the ability to hold one’s fixed attention on a single thought, without any added interference. Selective thinking is the ability to focus one’s attention on a primary reference, and become completely absorbed within the framework of the experiencer’s point of focused attention.

In order to enter the state of hypnosis, selective thinking must be established, because hypnosis is all about focusing one’s attention.

In order to live our every day lives, we go through periods of selective thinking quite often throughout the day. At times selective thinking will be established on an external source, such as a book, movie, or a nail as we take our hammer and drive it home. Most often, selective thinking will be directed in words, at past associations, memories which provide us with understandings to what is being experienced, often leaving us somewhat lost when we return to our external focus of attention, often finding that we have missed something of importance.

To achieve the state of hypnosis both the bypassing of the critical faculty and the establishment of selective thinking must be met. So how do we accomplish this with what might seem an impossibility to many. It’s as simple as playing a game of pretend, in which even a three year old child can participate.

First “close your eyes”, and relax all the muscles and nerves in and around your eyes to the point that they won’t work. This statement alone begins the process of selective thinking, and if directed to just focus one’s attention on the relaxation of the muscles and nerves in and around the eyes long enough, this state of focused attention will lead one deeper and deeper, toward a greater concentrated attention.

Now in order to reach the state more quickly, “once the muscles and nerves in and around your eyes are so relaxed that they just won’t work, try them, to make sure they won’t work”. Anyone will be able to open their eyes if they truly want to, but firstly the use of the word "try” provides the implication of failure, and secondly, simply pretending to not be able to open them, somehow causes our critical faculty to say “OK, I don’t know why you don’t want to pay attention and open your eyes, cause you can you know, but if that’s the way you’re going to be, I’m just going to sit right back over here, relax, and ignore whatever you intend on feeding me for a while, see how you like being ignored.” Fortunately, we don’t have to take our critical faculty too seriously, because it doesn’t have much will power, which is why it will immediately jump up and object to anything that goes against our moral being.

Finally, with our critical faculty at rest, we can provide further hypnotic suggestions whether as a guide to someone, or on our own, as to what we might like to image, or focus our attention upon, such as that wonderful thought of taking a deep... breath... lay back... relax, completely now... simply knowing... that all’s good... as you... rest quietly... breathing... deeply now... feeling a sense... of gratification... for having done... a good job, that’s right... calm... peaceful... pleasing thoughts... of way back when...the warmth... the pleasure, and nothing else... really matters... that’s right... just allow your head… to...drop down... that's right....

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