Hypnosis and Emotional Clearing

Hypnosis is an effective way to resolve and clear negative emotions.

Clearing negative emotions using hypnosis/regression is related to the concept underlying Gestalt Therapy.

Here is how it works in simple terms.

Incident 1: Supposing you see a cockroach scurrying about on the sidewalk, you don't think much of it, you just walk past it. The brain registers this incident as it would any other.

Incident 2: Another fine day, you open the cupboards and a cockroach falls flat on your face and crawls into your clothes. This time you are terrified. You run about screaming as you try frantically to get rid of it. Your brain now registers the cockroach as an evil entity of mammoth proportions.

Incident 3: The next time you see a cockroach, you vacate the building. You develop an irrational phobia of cockroaches.

The unconscious mind relates and stores incidents 1, 2 and 3 like a string of pearls. Incident 2 is known as the Significant Emotional Event (SEE). Hypnosis/Regression can alter the way you interpret the root cause incident of the negative emotion ie the SEE. Doing so will have a chain reaction effect on the rest of the related incidents which then begin to reevaluate themselves to suit your new paradigm. The root cause incident still took place, but this time you have changed your perception of it. It has now been coded differently by your brain. Therefore the next time you see a cockroach, you react in a more resourceful manner.

In the above example, you are consciously aware of all the events that took place. A significant amount of the time, we are not aware of the SEE. It lies deep in the unconscious, but it nevertheless, still affects you. The only difference is that this time, you don't know why. For instance, you may feel depressed, for no reason at all.

One of the prime directives of the unconscious mind is to preserve you. Therefore if you are not ready to deal with a memory it represses it deep inside, hoping that you can deal with it at a later time. Therefore, from time to time your unconscious mind will surface the negative emotion related to the incident, as if to ask "Are you ready to deal with it now?" If you are not, it will repress it once again, for your preservation and survival. This is one reasons why we feel certain negative emotions for no reason at all.

Clearing negative emotions using hypnosis/regression does not have to be painful. There are ways to remain detached, for instance, by remaining as an observer watching a movie, rather than a participant. One technique is to put yourself in a protective cocoon of light. When needed, float yourself high above the incident. This reduces any emotional intensity effectively. However, for deep rooted traumas, or if you in any way not sure, it is best to seek the help of a qualified medical professional or psychiatrist.

The Prime Directives of the Unconscious Mind

1. Stores memories
         Temporal   (in relationship to time)

         Atemporal (not in relationship to time)

2. Makes Associations (links similar things and ideas), and Learns Quickly

3. Organizes all your memories (Gestalt)

4. Represses memories with unresolved negative emotion
 

5. Presents repressed memories for resolution.
     (to make rational and to release emotions)

6. May keep the repressed emotions repressed for protection
 

7. Runs the body
         Has a blueprint:
                          of body now
                          of perfect health (in the Higher Self)

8. Preserves the body

           Maintain the integrity of the body
 

9. Is the domain of the emotions
 

10. Is a highly moral being (the morality you were taught and accepted)

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