What is a hypnotic suggestion?
Well it is a belief held in the unconscious mind that is supposed to convince you that something which isn’t true is in fact the truth. In other words it’s about “tricking” the mind i.e. your mind, into having a different perception of reality. In this same light negative thoughts are hypnotic suggestions that “en-trance” you into believing something negative about yourself which isn’t true. So how does one know that these negative thoughts are not the truth? Well many people believe their “beliefs” represent (or at least try to represent) the truth. If this were so then a negative thought such as “I’m inadequate”, if accepted as the truth about you, should make you feel a sense of certainty about who or what you are thus leading to a greater sense of identity, security, self assuredness, self confidence, and so on. The point however is that it doesn’t! Rather it makes you “feel” inadequate, defective, broken, helpless, useless, lacking self confidence, incapable, and so on. If you are
