Waking Hypnosis

When hypnotic effects are achieved without the use of the relaxed state, such effects are called waking hypnosis.

1. It is summertime. You are extremely comfortable and enjoying the weather. Suddenly someone says, "Wow! It's hot!" In a moment or two, you notice that you are perspiring profusely. It doesn't occur to you that the suggestion precipitated "waking hypnosis," which brought on the perspiration.

2. Every time a doctor gives or prescribes a placebo, he is using waking hypnosis.



Waking Hypnosis Experiment

In the presence of a number of people, crack open a perfectly fresh egg. Make a wry face and exclaim, "Whew! This egg smells rotten. I wouldn't eat it for a thousand dollars." Now, pass the egg around. Let everyone smell it. Some of the people present will agree that the perfectly fresh egg has an offensive odor. Some may even say it looks bad. When you made the assertion, "Whew! This egg smells rotten..." You made a positive statement of apparent fact which your hearers accepted en toto. You bypassed their critical factors, substituting your own. Respect for your judgment caused them to believe what you said even before they smelled the egg, thus minimizing their ability to judge the egg fairly.

Attaining Waking Hypnosis

1. The mind of the subject must lock itself around a given idea.

2. The suggestion must not be objectionable to the subject.

Suggestions given in the waking state must be given with complete confidence and absolute assurance. They must leave no room for doubt. If doubt creeps in, the suggestion usually becomes ineffective. Therefore, give the suggestions in a manner that implies that what you have said is as certain of happening as the dawn.

LEAVE NO ROOM FOR DOUBT!