Problems are caused by beliefs AND senses

When you’ve eliminated all the beliefs you can think of that could explain a given problem and when the beliefs that have been eliminated somehow still feel true, the problem is probably being caused by a conditioned “sense.”
A sense is not a cognitive statement like a belief; it exists as a feeling. If you try to communicate to someone what that sense feels like, you might use colors (like dark), physical sensations (like heavy), metaphors (like I’m being stopped by a wall), short phrases (like can’t move forward), etc. You can have a sense of many things, but the most common three senses are of yourself, of people, and of life.

Your sense of yourself feels like who you really are; it feels like you were born this way; this feeling is you.

A sense of people feels like who people really are; people are inherently this way; they always were and always will be this way.

A sense of life feels like the way life really is; life is always this way, no matter what.

Self Hypnosis: "THE BETTY ERICKSON SPECIAL"

Sit in a comfortable chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Find a spot above eye level upon which to rest your eyes.
Soft focus and take in the whole room. Try to keep your eyes open for a while anyway. At some point your eyes will naturally close. Just let it happen when it does.
Complete the sentence with observations in each of the three prime modalities, Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic (tactile sensations. e.g.: air temperature, textures, etc.)
Note: While it's optimal to observe different things, in the audio realm it is OK to repeat items if necessary - like if you are in a very quiet room and all you hear is one or two things. Remember that silence can be heard too.

1. "I am now aware that I see _________." (Repeat 4 times, 4 different
                                                                       visual observations)
2. "I am now aware that I hear _________." (Repeat with 4 different
                                                                       auditory observations)
3. "I am now aware that I feel _________." (Repeat with 4 different
                                                                       kinesthetic observations)

1. "I am now aware that I see _________." (Repeat 3x, visual)
2. "I am now aware that I hear _________."(Repeat 3x, auditory)
3. "I am now aware that I feel _________." (Repeat 3x, kinesthetic)

1. "I am now aware that I see _________." (2x's)
2. "I am now aware that I hear _________." (2x's)
3. "I am now aware that I feel _________." (2x's)

1. "I am now aware that I see _________." (1x)
2. "I am now aware that I hear _________." (1x)
3. "I am now aware that I feel _________." (1x)

Repeat as needed until trance is satisfactory. And, even if you don't make it through the set once, when your eyes close take yourself (in your mind's eye) to a body of water. Enjoy some R & R there until you're ready to return.

To utilize this trance you can add your own suggestions once in the trance, or you can ask your unconscious mind before you begin, that while you are in trance it can go through and retrieve all useful and constructive references and resources pertinent to your issue at hand and have them available to you when you come out of trance. Then just trust that that will happen and enjoy your time by the water.

Self Hypnosis: "The Betty Erickson Special"
Transcript of Doug O'Brien demonstrating the method of Self-Hypnosis called "The Betty Erickson Special" and utilizing it to facilitate learning integration. From a class in 2002.
Listen to this live recording: Doug O'Brien demonstrating the method of Self-Hypnosis called "The Betty Erickson Special" and utilizing it to facilitate learning integration. From a class in 2002. (15 minutes)
MP3 - Self Hypnosis: "The Betty Erickson Special"

Patients become patients because they're out of rapport with their own unconscious mind. - Milton Erickson

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