hypnosis
cannot control you or anybody else. However, there are techniques
and principles from hypnosis that one can use for effective communication
and persuasion in business and personal relationships.
The
power and effectiveness of hypnosis comes from our beliefs, self-image
and self-worth. As evidenced in the hypnosis performances of Patrick
Wanis, when you believe something to be real, it becomes real
for you. In Patrick Wanis' shows, he has hypnotized participants
and told them that they have just seen the funniest thing in the
world and they cannot help laughing, and the more that they look
at Patrick, the more they will laugh. These people proceed to
laugh so hard that their eyes begin to water and some even laugh
until they cry.
How is that possible?
They believe they have seen the funniest thing in the world.
In
corporate settings, Patrick Wanis asks a volunteer from the audience
to come up to the stage for a simple demonstration of the power
of belief. Patrick asks the volunteer to raise her arm parallel
to the floor and make the arm stiff as Patrick Wanis pushes down
on it. He now asks the volunteer to close her eyes and repeat
ten times (with emotion and belief) "I am weak." She
now raises her arm again and Patrick tests the strength of the
outstretched arm. The audience and the volunteer are in disbelief
and shock as the arm appears to be obviously weak and the volunteer
can barely keep it straight. Patrick now asks the same volunteer
to do the same exercise and this time repeat ten times (with emotion
and belief) "I am strong." Lo and behold she and the
audience are equally shocked as her arm is now strong and firm.
Clearly,
what has happened is that the volunteer's body has responded to
her words and emotion, to her belief about herself.
What
do you believe about yourself? Do you believe at the deepest level
that you deserve the best in life -love, joy, health, prosperity
and happiness? And what do you believe you can achieve? Are your
beliefs empowering you and helping you to achieve happiness or
are they keeping you down, weakening you, and robbing you of happiness?
Do
you know that your body also responds to your beliefs?
From
Patrick Wanis' book, How to hypnotize anyone ©American
Media, Inc 2002:
Probably
the best example of mind over body power comes from my stage hypnosis
show. I hypnotize a group of people and tell them, "You are
now on a deserted planet. Two weeks has passed and you have had
nothing to drink. It is so hot and dry.
"You
are hot and thirsty. In a moment, you will open your eyes, and
you will be ten times more thirsty than you already are, and you
will come to me.
"In
my hand will be a fresh, ripe, juicy peach. You will take three
big bites from it. You will chew it slowly, and it will quench
your thirst.
"When
you have finished chewing and eating this wonderful fresh, ripe
juicy peach, you will go back to your seat, close your eyes and
fall asleep."
Upon
opening their eyes, it is quickly obvious that these hypnotized
people are hot and thirsty. You see them loosen their collars,
pant deeply, and call out for water.
They
approach me and sometimes even push each other out of the way
to get to the peach in my hand. They take three large bites and
chew it slowly. The feeling of joy and satisfaction from eating
that peach is all over their faces. They then return happily to
their seats and fall back asleep. Their thirst has obviously been
quenched.
Now
you ask, what is so special about that? I pass around to the audience
what is left of that fresh, ripe, juicy "peach." The
audience laughs and at the same time is in total shock as they
see that what these hypnotized people just ate was in fact not
a fresh, ripe juicy peach, but a raw onion. Yes, a raw onion!
So
what happened? How did these people eat a raw onion and not taste
it? Why did they not spit it out or frown horribly at the awful
taste? Why did not even one of them cry? And how were they able
to chew it so slowly for so long and not even flinch but instead
look as if they were actually enjoying it?
They
were so deeply hypnotized that they did not see, smell or taste
the onion. Their minds convinced their bodies that what they were
eating was a peach. Even if someone is allergic to onions, they
will not be affected, because the body does not recognize the
onion
- it believes it is a peach.
Here's
the other truly amazing thing. Twenty to 30 minutes later, at
the end of the show, when they come out of trance, I approach
my hypnotic subjects and mention that their breath smells like
onions.
Although
they don't remember ever eating an onion, suddenly the foul taste
takes over, and sometimes tears well up in their eyes. Now that's
the power of the mind in action!
The
same principle applies to us in everyday life. What do you believe
you can achieve? Do you believe you can and deserve to be thin,
healthy and happy? Do you believe you can control or manage your
emotions? Do you believe you have the power and ability to be
happy and choose happiness at any given moment? Do you believe
you have the power to give up smoking? Of course, your belief
is not simply about will power, it is also about positive imagination.
If you can imagine yourself (with emotion) as being and achieving
something, then it will come true. This is partly the process
of how beliefs are formed and changed. We see and feel things.
If we accept these to be true, they come true for us.
Roger
Bannister and the four-minute mile
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute
mile in recorded history. The 25-year-old native of England completed
the distance in 3:59.4 at Oxford. When he was asked to explain
that first four-minute mile-and the art of record breaking-he
answered with original directness: 'It's the ability to take more
out of yourself than you've got.'" Roger was referring to
the power of belief. Many thousands of people have run the sub-four-minute
mile since Roger Bannister's achievement. Why? How? Suddenly thousands
of people were able to run the same time because they believed
they could do it.
You
may recall that about fifteen years ago, airplanes use to carry
brown paper bags in front of every passenger seat because so many
people would vomit during flights. Those bags no longer exist
and except for those people who are ill or drunk, a person vomiting
on a flight is now almost unheard of. Why? What changed? Our beliefs
about flying have changed. For the majority of us, traveling on
an airplane is second nature. We no longer have the same resistance
and fear that we did in the past. Our beliefs have changed.
What
could you achieve if you could change your beliefs?
Patrick
Wanis teaches you how to change your beliefs about yourself and
your abilities. Patrick Wanis teaches you how to take charge of
your life, how to get results and find happiness.
Persuasion and Happiness -The
philosophy
Patrick Wanis believes that the key to unlocking our potential
lies in our ability to identify our strengths and weaknesses and
then forgive, love and accept ourselves and others. In so doing,
we change our self-image and belief about our self-worth and what
we deserve.
The
more you like yourself, the more other people like you.
The
higher your self-esteem, the more people you can get along with.
As
you change, people around you respond to you differently. When
you are confident, at ease and at peace with yourself, it puts
people around you at ease; They lower their defenses and let you
into their world. This is one of the first keys to persuasion.
The second key is to enter into the world of the other person,
understand and feel what he or she feels (see the world and experience
it from his or her eyes.) From there, with the appropriate techniques
and strategies, you can safely and gently guide them to the result
you desire. This knowledge and skill can be applied in personal
relationships and in business -sales, management, leadership and
marketing.
Communication
Strategies
Read an article [click
Here] authored by
Patrick Wanis and published in Corporate and Incentive Travel
Magazine.
Patrick
believes that the key to happiness is forgiveness and the releasing
of negative emotions, which, in turn, allows us to enjoy the present
moment, to express ourselves freely without fear, to realize our
goals and dreams, and to receive love and prosperity.
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