The Transparent Hypnotist

“Right focus brings about reality.”
Buddha

How wise this quote is and I suspect all the hypnotists out there reading this are shaking their heads in agreement at how appropriate these five little words are in our profession. Reading this, it sounds like the perfect quote for a hypnosis posting about change. Indeed! But today, rather than talking about my hypnosis experiences or some concept related to self-help, let’s blur the lines and join the Universal Consciousness.

Today is Blog Action Day 2008. The topic is Poverty. And so, I bring your attention back to the quote at the top of this posting (by the way, I bumped into it on the blog Inspiring Quotations and was very much inspired). Right focus brings about reality. The question becomes what reality do we seek? Do we wish for an end to concepts such as poverty or do we find it a must that some of society is made of those that “have,” while others must be “have nots.” If you chose the later concept, now ask yourself why you think this way? And if you did chose that, I invite you to step out of your box and move beyond it. Do I think we can end the idea of poverty? I do not know, but I hope to be part of a solution that allows the maximum amount of people to prosper in ways that are beneficial to them and the universal good. Do I prescribe wealth for all? Yes, but not necessarily the idea of having as much materialism as one can stand. Instead I prescribe a wealth of peacefulness, happiness with one self in the greater scheme of things, and the wealth of good will that accompanies helping others.

Okay, I am off my soap box for the moment and sitting here ready to roll with a good old fashion brain storming session. The question at this point in the posting is now what can we, as hypnotists (or anyone) do to create focus to create a less poverty ridden reality? Those in the hypnotic know are pointing their fingers at this sentence, probably thinking, “Duh!!! All we need to do is keep doing what we are doing - helping people create another potential for themselves.” Excellent. All the hypnotist out there, give yourself a pat on the back and continue reading.

Next question: is it enough to do what we have been doing all along? Maybe so. Maybe not. What more can we do to ease some of the poverty burdens of the world? Sure, we can donate to organizations. But we ourselves are not immune to the current economy, which makes donating extra funds a bit more difficult. I have heard two recurring themes recently from clients. Gas prices have caused people not to come out to things like weekly group meditations. The economy also makes people cut back on ideas they consider unnecessary and often the first thing people cut out is anything that could improve their own life, like hypnosis. There is that awful mentality of “money is tight and I do not have the money to spend on hypnosis for smoking cessation” (which makes no sense at all because they are not giving up the cigarettes that quickly cost as much as a session). So, do we give our services away and if so, how do we make living? As my partner would say, “brain surgeons do not give away free surgery, why should you give away hypnosis?”

But, doing what we do best, we can occasionally share it. Here are my ideas on how we can help:

• Do hypno shows for charities that provide resources for those suffering from poverty.
  Do a group session fundraisers for above charity.
• Pick a day and donate your earnings (or portions of your earnings) to the above charity.
• Create a hypnosis audio with proceeds or a portion of the proceeds going to the above charity (or one days sales).
• Do a group session for those who live at homeless shelters.
• Heck, do a free group session for the local community (we are all feeling the economic strain).

I am sure there are many more ideas out there. If have any you would like to share, please feel free to comment here. Also, if you are doing any of these things and want a shout out, please mention it.

And for today, my gift to you is the quote and the sage advice from it - right focus brings about reality.

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