Self-Hypnosis, Help a teen. Options

[fotia]

Greetings. I would like to re-program the subconcious aspect of my mind so I can have more control and focus in what I do. The most effective method I could think of was self-hypnosis. Please give me accounts of self-hypnosis so I can see if I was right about it being an effective method, and also [if possible] refer me to sites/books/give me instructions on how to perform self hypnosis. I think this will be a good way to become who I want to be and do what I aspire to do.
-Fotia

[Lindsay]

Max

Milton changed hypnosis drastically, it went from being a parlor trick to being a tool used for health care....Milton also had a severe distaste for Stage Hypnotists, most are poorely trained and some have caused back problems that lasted 20 years.

Many philosophers have warned against the danger of ignorance. A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are. Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) in An Essay on Criticism, 1709 he wrote:

"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again."

Roger Bacon also said that a "little knowledge can be a dangerous thing..." But if you read the full quote he went on to say that a depth of knowledge can be a wonderful thing."

This is why I am also concerned about those who conspire to cover up knowledge.

BEWARE OF OBSCURANTISM
I am not all that tough on people who play around with knowledge in a child-like way. Sometimes playing around with the little knowledge we have can help us come up with some very useful discoveries. Has anyone ever stopped to consider how many of the world's great invention began as "toys", in one form or another? Look what happened when we began to play around with wheels and kites, and firecrackers.

By the way, I did my first indepth studies in hypnosis under a qualified mentor in 1965, The Rev. Canon Joseph Wittkofski, then director of the Braid Institute, Near Pitsburgh, USA, devoted to promoting knowledge about hypnotism.

Interestingly, Dr. James Braid, for whom the cl;inic was names, learned the art of hypnosis from a stage hypnotist, who called it mesmerism. Mesmer called it animal magnetism. Braid, using his knowledge of Greek, mis-named it--he later admitted this--'hypnosis' (the Greek) for sleep. He tried to change it to 'monoideism'--the ability to focus the mind on one idea, not unlike meditation.

THE REAL NEED IS FOR US TO WAKE UP
IMO, entering the trance state, properly understood, is not about going to sleep; it is about becoming more and more AWAKE. Maybe we should call it wakeupotism.

I prefer to call it 'pneumatherapy'--waking up our spiritual nature and power. This is bound to help heal the mind and the body. People who are pneumatologically ill will never become physically (somatically) and psychologically (mentally) whole, IMO.

And pneumatologically well people are the kind who can put up with all kinds of physical and mental illness and still do great things in life. History is filled with stories of people who overcame great physical and mental handicaps and went on to do great things in life, because they had spirits. For example, Edison, Helen Keller, Beethoven, Mozart to name a few.

BTW, Canon Wittkofski, mentioned above, supervised my studies and practice of hypnosis over an extensive course in the subject. Therefore, I consider myself a qualified professional. Towards the end of his life, Canon Wittkofski saw the value of calling the art 'pneumatology/pneumatherapy'--to get away from the hocus pocus connected with hypnosis.

If anyone is interested, I am quite willing to help others learn this art, if they agree to take the proper--and they are not that complex--precautions. The main one is: Teach students that the trance state is always self-induced. Teachers are not masters, and students are not subjects.

[Enki]

If anyone is interested, I am quite willing to help others learn this art, if they agree to take the proper--and they are not that complex--precautions. The main one is: Teach students that the trance state is always self-induced. Teachers are not masters, and students are not subjects.

Dear Mr. Lindsay,

I really respect you and it is always very interesting and a great pleasure to communicate with you, indeed. I will highly appreciate if you answer on one question:

"Are you going to do that online for anonymous users of this very forum willing to learn this art?"

With best wishes,
Yours Enki