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Both hypnotherapy and NLP utilize trance
states to bypass the conscious mind, thus creating a relaxed
willingness for inner exploration to occur. It is an organic
approach to effect internal and external change. It can help
you get in touch with your emotions, delve into deeper states
of being, recover parts of the self that lie hidden beneath
the surface, access past and present history, and open up
to metaphorical reality. When we develop a fertile, respectful
relationship with our imagination, we can tap into the many
truths that lie within and without, allowing significant levels
of healing, help and direction to become available to us.
The circumstances and conditions of our
lives are an outpicturing of the imagery and contents stored
in our psyche. It is here, below the level of intellect or
ego, where truth abides and real change occurs. Our history,
as well as answers to our questions, large and small, can
be found in deciphering the psyche’s contents that is
usually presented in code.
Most of our waking life is spent in natural,
self-induced trance states. This may be through daydreams,
when we space out or are lost in thought, or when we are doing
one thing while thinking about another. Have you ever noticed
how time flies when you are doing something that has great
meaning for you? In those situations, we enter trance states
where we become open to universal knowledge and the knowledge
of our own psyche. Trance states are the fertile soil of our
most inspired creativity.
There are all different levels and types
of trance states. Without realizing it, we can be living out
negative scripts where we unconsciously reenact and repeat
painful parts of our histories, remembered or not, in order
to master the original wound. What you haven’t worked
out, you act out. Owning and emotionally expressing these
stories in a safe, organic, non-intrusive way creates room
for new healthy behaviors and beliefs to emerge.
Through trance, you can access the wounded child within that
has been frozen in time and place. Each time we have been
hurt as children, a part of us splits off to hold the hurt.
These parts keep us stuck in reenacting childhood roles we
were forced to play for survival. Some of these may have been
patterns of defensiveness, aggression, passivity, helplessness,
neediness, rigidity or rationalization. As a result, we are
compelled to recreate dysfunctional patterns, attractions
and lifestyle choices, leaving us at the mercy of problematic
forces, disempowered and out of balance.
To work through these defenses may require
reparenting the child within. When the inner
child is finally safe and cared for, the adult can step
out of survival mode and open to their real source of power,
authenticity, love and self mastery. Whether you are 16 or
96, it is never too late to give birth to yourself and feel
fully alive.
Another critical point of access is via
the negative internalized parental or societal voices that
have become embedded in our psyche. These critical voices
overshadow the voice of truth we have been born with and restrict
us from moving forward. Learning how to set needed boundaries
with these parts creates space for your own natural resources
to come forward and lead the way, helping create a successful
functional internal system.
On another level, through trance states,
you can enter a shamanic journey; work with your power animal
(which holds the power you have not yet owned), meet your
future self, inner soul mate, multidimensional aspects of
your self, your high self or guides, or you can begin making
friends with your shadow self. By beginning the journey into
your inner landscape, you can transform mundane reality into
an empowering visionary journey.
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