NLP Dream Mechanics - use your brain while you sleep with post-hypnotic suggestions

 

Do you find that you often come up with solutions to problems when you least expect to, or that you often go to bed thinking about a problem, then in the morning wonder what the big deal was as the solution seems so simple?

I'm sure almost everyone of us have given up on a seemingly impossible problem only for the solution to come from nowhere when we're driving home from work, taking a shower, or watching the television.

This shows that our minds are often much more tenacious (or stubborn) than we think.

Because while we've been getting on with the day to day chores, our minds have kept working, behind the scenes, to solve this problem for us.

Surely this is something you could take advantage of?

This NLP exercise is designed for exactly that purpose.

The next time you have a difficult decision to make, or a problem to solve, just before you go to sleep, repeat something such as the following (out loud if you're alone):

Tonight while I sleep, I want you, my unconscious mind, to work though the night and decide which toothpaste I should buy (you may use something more important if you wish), then in the morning when I wake refreshed and alert, you will give me the solution.

You may wish to offer your unconscious mind a treat for completing this task - something sweet and sticky maybe, or maybe a couple of episodes of your favorite boxset.

“Our unconscious learning is retained much longer. And it’s not so available as our conscious thoughts. And our unconscious knowledge comes forth when it’s needed.”

Milton Erickson

Another strange ability most people discover they have is the ability to wake up just as their alarm is going to go off. For an experiment, you can use the same method to ensure that you wake up at the right time.

How about taking that a step further and asking your unconscious mind to ensure that you wake in the morning feeling wonderful.

Tonight, I want you, my unconscious mind, to ensure that I sleep deeply and wake comfortably, alert and wide awake, feeling at ease with the world and ready to take on any challenge.

The more you experiment with methods such as this, the better your results will be.

Learn to be your own Hypnotist

What we're using here is a post-hypnotic suggestion, very similar to the kind of statement a hypnotist makes at the end of a hypnosis session prior to waking a client. These can be used for numerous purposes, and are generally used to pre-empt some future mental state or condition. How about trying the following, every day for the rest of your life:

Tomorrow, I want you my unconscious mind, to pick a moment during the day, to make me feel absolutely wonderful for no reason whatsoever.

“Brains aren’t designed to get results; they go in directions. If you know how the brain works you can set your own directions. If you don’t, then someone else will.”

Richard Bandler

When you think about the concept of affirmations, and the way they are structured, there is quite a similarity. For instance the classic "Each and every day in each and every way I am getting better and better", could be far more effectively phrased as:

Unconscious Mind, I want you to learn any lessons available from today and ensure that tomorrow I perform better, feel happier, and am more comfortable and confident than today, and to then take this process and perform it every day for the rest of my life.

Taking control of the hypnotic suggestions you allow to have an effect on your brain, is surely a very responsible thing to do?

 

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