Hypnosis is not an induced state. It is a perfectly natural phenomena which each one of us will be able to encounter. It is a state that lies between us being awake and asleep.
Therefore there is not a specific group which is capable of getting a hypnotic state. All of us can experience it. What can vary is the level of benefit we obtain through it. Furthermore, the capability of achieving it at will is different from individual to individual.
Each one of us has different levels of susceptibility. This is the variable that determines the level of hypnosis state which we can achieve. Additionally achieving hypnotic state at will also is dependent on this factor. Some men and women who are more suggestible can go deep into meditation at will as well as for longer periods of time.
Having said that, experts will inform you that the benefit we receive does not rely upon the above mentioned factors. In other words all of us could obtain some benefit out of hypnosis. The benefit we derive additionally depends on our personality as well as other individual characteristics. But aside from these the factors that rule the benefit one can derive from hypnosis is the motivation you have as well as the commitment you are ready to show.
People who visit their own hypnotherapist or listen to recordings on a regular basis are likely to benefit more. The more you are motivated to use self hypnosis the more gain you obtain. Hypnosis is not a magic spell which can be effortlessly cast on any person. It needs one to be highly motivated and committed if you want to bring in the sought after changes. This is true not only with hypnosis but any therapy which you use.
The key element is your attitude. If you are against hypnosis you will certainly not derive any benefit. If you are concentrating too much on the results instead of enjoying the benefits you will be totally wasting your time and efforts again. You will be hung with obstacles which will impede your progress and additionally influence negatively the amount of gain that you can truly obtain from hypnosis.
Hence the best strategy for one to enjoy the benefits of self hypnosis is to let go, relax and enjoy the results. Don’t oppose anything. Let things to take a natural course. The more conscious efforts you put in the less the benefits will come naturally to you.
Each one us can benefit from self hypnosis. The degree of benefit definitely will depend on how open one is and how much commitment one demonstrates. Therefore, your mindset is the key drive for you to derive the highest degree of benefit from Hypnosis.
It was a Sunday morning, I woke up late and turned in my bed in search of a cigarette.
While turning my pillow I felt a peculiar burnt smell which was not a pleasant one.
I tried to find out what was the smell due to?
I rubbed my head with my hand and smelt.
It was the same nasty smell more intense.
It was the smell of cigarette smoke!
On Saturday night I was with two of my friends in a small stuffy French pub where men and women smoked, drunk and danced all night.
We also participated in those activities and enjoyed the night.
It was at 3 am, my friends dropped me at my apartment.
Somehow I could open the door and entered the room.
After smoking a cigarette, I slept.
The puffing in the pub by so many people stuffed the smoke into every ones dress, body including the exposed hair of the head.
I never realized the harmful nature of the tobacco smoke, but I thought it was fun and enjoyment.
It was when I left for France 40 years ago, I started smoking the foreign cigarettes to start with.
Later when I came back to India, the habit continued till 1996.
When I used to travel in train, I used to smoke without any respect for the co-passengers – men, women or children.
I was deriving a kind of pleasure in taking out a cigarette from the pack and light it either with a lighter which I brought from France or later with match stick made in Sivakasi.
I left smoking three times on the eves of New Year.
It hardly lasted for a month or two.
During this period I used to have good apatite and put on weight.
I read some where one of the consequences of quitting smoking is increase in body weight.
In spite of my wife, son and daughter’s advice, I could not leave smoking.
In 1996, one fine morning, I decided myself with a great determination and will power ‘not to smoke’ from that day.
Fortunately it continues to date.
When I travel, I could smell the cigarette or beedi smoke coming from long distance.
When I used to smoke in those days, I never could smell the smoke coming out of my cigarette.
Now I have become so sensitive to the bad smell of cigarette smoke.
I realized how harmful I was for those who traveled with me in those days.
Also I felt sorry that how much displeasure I would have caused to those men, women and children who never asked me to stop smoking.
What a shameful life I lived making others uncomfortable.
They would have cursed me in their mind.
Two years ago when I was traveling in the train, a middle aged man was smoking in the compartment as I used to do earlier.
I saw an young lady, came to him and requested him to stop smoking.
The man who was smoking felt very bad and extinguished the bit of burning cigarette and threw it out.
I was happy that such an incident did not happen to me in those days!
Every one has a freedom to express to safeguard public health.
That was what that young lady did boldly.
Tobacco consumption in whatever form is harmful for health.
It appears that China is the largest producer and consumer of tobacco.
There are 350 million smokers in China according to an article published in a news paper.
It is a common ritual in Chinese wedding it adds.
Banning tobacco cultivation itself is one way of putting off puffing.
Increasing the cost of cigarette and its associates by imposing taxes is another measure many Governments took.
The Finance Minister in every year budget speech made it a point to add tax for cigarettes and tobacco products.
The Governments gave statutory warning in cigarette packets itself saying cigarette smoking is injurious to health to create awareness.
Recently one of the health ministers of Government of India brought a rule that smoking scenes should not be shown in cinema.
These are measures to create awareness among the public not to smoke.
Tobacco business is a biggest money earner in many countries.
Millions of people are employed in both production and processing of tobacco.
Considering the economic importance of income and creation of employment for country men and women, it becomes a sensitive issue for governments to bring strict rules to abolish the use of tobacco.
However, health consciousness among the public has brought down the smoking to a considerable extent.
It is a good sign; even without imposing hard rules, people themselves change for the best.
We hope the World No Tobacco Day on 31 May every year will remind people to wind up the bad habit of smoking and other ways of consuming tobacco.
NARA
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