… that was a longer break than a couple of weeks wasn’t it?!  Let’s continue … on our how to hypnotise journey! We’ll take a little diversion and look at the use of ambiguity in language in learning how to hypnotize someone. Some may consider these advanced techniques … others may think of them as essential beginning building blocks … and whatever your position … the use of language is a powerful adjunct to some of the other things we have (or will) looked at in other posts.

By the way, the above paragraph is packed with language patterns that do all sorts of things with your brain … now let’s just take one of the simpler patterns … and see if you can spot it. Try the first two words ‘well now’ – this saying has a double meaning. At a conscious level you might take the meaning a certain way … particularly when combined with the follow-on sentence (i.e. Well now, that was a longer break …). What happens t an unconscious level with the second meaning? “Well Now” can also be taken as a command … be well now. As in health.

Some don’t believe that this ambiguous language stuff works as a means of planting suggestions. Yet perhaps that is because the whole story has not been told. It’s not that ‘one phrase’ on its own will make a difference – its about using ambiguity as part of a larger game – in which multiple meanings are held open unconsciously and the one that of those meanings is reinforced consistently. The reinforcement may be done at a level that is not perceived consciously by the person on the receiving end of such an endeavor. And the unconscious meaning that is being reinforced does not have to bear any relation to the ‘meaning’ being communicated consciously.

Confused yet?  Ambiguity is a simple concept … its application as part of a bigger game is an art form in its own right! The bigger game takes time to master … and we can^t even begin to open that up here. Let’s just say that two separate conversations are occurring between two individuals when they are communicating … a conscious one and an unconscious one. This happens all the time. We are responding to and advertising unconsciously all the time. What happens when one can begin to ‘control’ what used to be their unconscious conversation with another individual? Is it even possible? You bet it is!

We’ll explore some of these concepts over some coming posts. In  the meantime — great to be back on-board … happy hypnotic wanderings in 2010.

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