A Quick Recap

We can classify our mind into two categories:

Conscious Mind

It is normally 5 – 10% of the total mind and is responsible of thinking, analyses, logic etc.

Sub – Conscious Mind

It is normally 90 – 95% of the size and contains all our emotions, feeling, habits, values, fears etc.

Before understanding Hypnosis, we need to understand two normal states i.e when we are Awake and when we are in Sleep.

Normal States of our Consciousness

Generally we are in two states i.e. either we are “Awake” or “Sleep”.

When we are AWAKE

Our conscious mind is active and in control. Our subconscious mind is also active. Means all information passes through our conscious mind and gets validated by it, before reaching to our subconscious mind.

When we are in SLEEP

Our conscious mind is inactive. Our subconscious mind is active and takes the control.

Even when we are sleeping, all our involuntary functions like digestion, respiration, blood circulation etc are active. Even in sleep, if someone calls our name, we get alert.

What is Hypnosis?

In Hypnosis, our Conscious mind is Active but gives the control to the Subconscious mind.

Therefore, Hypnosis is defined as an Artificially Induced, Altered state of Consciousness, Resembling Sleep characterized by Heightened Suggestibility and Receptivity to direction.

Let us understand every word of it in more detail.

Artificially Induced

As we have seen above, there are two natural states (Awake & Sleep).  The state of Hypnosis is Artificially Induced by self or by an expert Hypnotherapist.

Altered State of Consciousness

We have seen that when we are awake, conscious mind is active and in control. When we are in sleep, the Conscious mind becomes inactive and gives the control to the Subconscious mind. However, the Subconscious mind is always active.

In Hypnosis, the Conscious Mind is Alert but gives the control to the Subconscious mind.

So we can say Hypnosis is a state which is neither awake nor sleep. Or we can say Hypnosis is a state when we are partly awake and partly sleep.

Let us understand by an example.

We have learnt in my earlier blog Understanding Mind, that we can assume our Conscious Mind to be like the Head of an Organization, and the Subconscious mind as all the employees of the organization.

When the organization is new and the procedures and policies are not yet finalized, the Head of the Organization has to be involved in each and every activity of the organization.

But what happens when the procedures and policies of the organization are finalized, departments are made, activities of each department are documented. In this case, the Head of the Organization is available but does not interfere in every activity of the organization.

The organization runs without his interference. The adequate delegation of authority and power has been done. Means the control of the Head is transferred to the respective employees and the Head is also available in the organization.

Similarly, when we are sure that the other person will not harm us; when we have trust in him then our Conscious mind, even though it is active, looses the control or rather transfers the control to the Subconscious Mind.

Coming back to the above example, let us assume if some malpractice starts to happen in the organization or someone tries to break the rules; the Head of the Organization will immediately take the control and take the necessary action against the culprit.

It is important to understand here that the Head of the Organization has only transferred the control (Delegated the Authority) and not lost the control.

Similarly, if someone has the trust on the Hypnotherapist and Hypnotherapist tries to give some suggestion which is against the value system of the person; that person’s Conscious mind will automatically take the control back from Subconscious mind and the person will immediately come out of Hypnosis.

All Hypnosis is Self Hypnosis

So it will not be an exaggeration if we say that ALL HYPNOSIS IS SELF HYPNOSIS. No one can hypnotize you against your own will and even during hypnosis, he cannot give any suggestion against your value systems. So Hypnosis is very safe and the person being hypnotized is always in control.

Resembling Sleep

We have seen that hypnosis is not exactly sleep but it resembles sleep, as the control is with the Subconscious mind and the Conscious Mind is active.

Heightened Suggestibility And Receptivity To Direction

We have understood in my earlier blog that our Subconscious mind is not logical. It does not doubt. So during hypnosis, when the control is with the Subconscious Mind, the suggestions being given by the Hypnotherapist to the person, gets directly registered in the Subconscious Mind without the interference of the Conscious mind.

And we also know that subconscious mind is around 95% of the size. So once it accepts the suggestions, the habits are formed.

So we can say that during hypnosis, the person has heightened suggestibility and receptivity to the directions.

So it is easy to understand now that Hypnosis is an artificially induced, altered state of consciousness, resembling sleep characterized by heightened suggestibility and receptivity to direction.

We can also say that “Direct communication with the Subconscious mind” is Hypnosis.

Another way to look at it is: “Programming the subconscious mind” is Hypnosis.

Types of Hypnosis

There are broadly two types of Hypnosis:

1. Self Hypnosis (Auto Hypnosis)

When we ourselves give suggestions to our Subconscious mind, it is known as Self Hypnosis or Auto Hypnosis.

This technique is effective to change your own habits. It is also advised as a follow up or reinforcement during the two hypnotherapy sessions by the professional Hypnotherapist.

Since some part of the conscious mind is always active to give the suggestions to the subconscious mind, therefore it is not as effective as being done by a Professional Hypnotherapist. Still it finds lot of use and application. It is slow but effective.

2. By Professional

When we are hypnotized by the Professional and he implants suggestions in our subconscious mind. This process is very deep acting, effective and fast. This is because when the instructions are being given by the professional, our Conscious mind need not have any control and can completely relax.

Hypnotherapy

When Hypnosis is applied for therapeutic use, it is known as Hypnotherapy.

We will come up with more details on Hypnotherapy in coming blogs.

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1. Conscious Mind
2. Sub-Conscious Mind. It is also known as Unconscious Mind.

Both have different functions.

Conscious Mind

The Conscious Mind is believed to be of around 5 – 10% size of our mind. It is logical and analytical.

It helps us to review, analyze and take decisions which are good for us. It is connected to the sense organs and gets data from them. What we see from our eyes; or what we hear from our ears; or what we taste from our tongue; or what we feel from our skin; or what we smell through our nose – all this data goes to our conscious mind. The conscious mind processes/ analyses the data and decides what is good for us.

Analysis by Conscious Mind

The analysis by Conscious mind is generally done by asking 1H + 8W (How, What, When, Why, Which, Where, Who, Whom, Whose). You can also remember it by One Husband having Eight Wives.

Let us take an example. If someone says that if you jump from the top of a high-rise building, you will surely become successful in our life.

Will you jump?

Absolutely not, because you know for sure that there is absolutely no correlation between “jumping from high-rise building” and “becoming Successful in life”. This very understanding that there is no correlation comes from our Conscious mind. With this input, your conscious mind will take a decision to ignore this message because it is not good for you.

Characteristics of Conscious mind

1. It is like Head of an Organization or the Leader of a team.
2. Since it is very small in size (only around 5%) hence it has very limited abilities.
3. Like the head of an organization, it is logical, analytical and is a decision maker. It takes all the decisions which are good for us.
4. It is like a serial processor. It can only handle one thing at a time. It is our common experience that we can only focus on one thing at a time. Remember when you were learning car driving, it was difficult to keep focus on clutch, accelerator, gear, steering wheel and the traffic simultaneously.
5. It has a short term memory. The data which it validates to be correct and beneficial for us, sends to the sub-conscious mind for permanent storage. We will know more about our Sub-Conscious mind in the next topic.
6. It is the creature of a habit. If we need to change any habit, we first need to be logically convinced by the benefits of the new habit and understand it properly. It is like the leader has to be convinced if any decision is to be implemented by the team. Only then the habit formation is possible. This logical convincing and understanding is done by our Conscious mind.

Sub-Conscious Mind

After doing the adequate analysis of the data received through our sense organs, when our Conscious Minds finds that the information is good and relevant for us, it allows sending that information to our Subconscious mind. All the information is stored in Subconscious mind in the form of Holographic Images.

Subconscious mind is like Storehouse

The Subconscious mind is a storehouse of all our memories, emotions, conditioning and experiences. It is believed to be of around 90-95% of the size. All our fears, phobias and traumas etc. are also stored in our subconscious mind. All our habits are part of subconscious mind. All non voluntary functions of our body like respiration, digestion, blood circulation, healing etc are also controlled by our subconscious mind.

Characteristics of Sub-Conscious Mind

If we assume our Conscious Mind to be like a Head of an Organization, then the Subconscious mind can be assumed to be like all the employees of the organization. There are various departments each having many employees working together.

For example, after the policies and procedures of the organization are set and approved by the Head of the Organization, the finance department will work parallel on its own, purchase department will work parallel on its own, and marketing will also work parallel and so on.

Now with this understanding, we can list down the characteristics of the Sub Conscious Mind.

1. It is like the entire team of an organization.
2. It is very powerful as it is very big. Around 95% of the size.
3. As a team of employees, it reacts to the commands of the Conscious Mind.
4. It is like a parallel processor. It can do many things at the same time. We have experienced that we can walk to our home, sing a song and enjoy the weather – all at the same time. Because in none of these activities, we need to focus. They all are part of our habit.
5. It acts very quickly.
6. It is emotional.
7. It does not have any logic. Therefore, it does not understand humor or sarcasm.
8. The language of subconscious mind is images/ pictures.

Summary

We can summarize that our Mind has two faculties:

1. Conscious Mind — It is our thinking ability. All the thoughts  are there.

2. Sub-Conscious Mind — All our feelings are there.

I hope you would have had a fair understanding and clarity about our mind. We would be coming up with more blogs on the topic.

If you have any queries or doubts, you may write to us.

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