In the west…they show us the “on” switch, but they never show us the “off” switch. And so you’re left, especially at the end of a university degree, as a thinking machine at the mercy of only one faculty in the way of getting knowledge. The other faculty, that quiet listening (self hypnosis) and the trust that out of the deeper mind profound answers come, is not taught.
Ajahn Sona in Your Soul’s Compass
Fortunately many people in the west now do teach self hypnosis and meditation. Self hypnosis is the result of the western study of what key components guide a person into a meditative trance state. (Meditation and hypnosis are the same in that the brain waves and relaxation response in the body are identical) This western study of the meditative experience has brought forth trance inducing techniques that are fast, effective, and easy to learn. My boyfriend studied as a monk for seven years and meditated every day. Years later after only weeks of studying hypnosis in Santa Fe he was able to go deeper into meditation (theta and delta brain waves) than he did during all his years of study and practice as a monk.
April 6th, 2010 | filed in Uncategorized
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