Imagine if you lived in a large city, but you only went up and down three big boulevards.
Whenever you thought about going shopping, you’d only think of the stores on those streets.
Whenever you thought of checking out a band or seeing a movie, you’d only imagine what was available on those three streets.
Whenever your imagination drifted to the weekend, and you started to daydream about what you were going to do, it would ONLY cover those three streets.
A goofy example, right?
One of the common things they do in hypnosis training is to get people to forget letters or numbers.
Then they say the alphabet, without the vowels, for example, with a straight face.
Or they count to ten without five, thinking it’s normal.
Everybody watches and giggles.
But it’s really a metaphor for how we live.
Most people are interested in hypnosis so they can hypnotize others, or hypnotize themselves and get rid of some of the junk they’ve been carrying around.
But maybe the BEST thing you can do is to first DE-Hypnotize yourself.
So you can see MORE of the stuff that’s around you.
Because the guy in the three boulevard universe is not so far from the truth.
Most of us go to the same places, do the same things, talk to the same people.
Even about the same topics.
Consider that doing things specifically that you AREN’T comfortable doing can be a useful exercise in de-hypnotizing yourself.
Just going places you’ve never gone, or eating at new restaurants or going to new bars can be helpful.
But what is MOST helpful is to talk to people you’ve never talked to before.
Most of us are VERY closed minded. We tend to hang out with people with similar ideas and beliefs, so we reinforce those similar ideas and beliefs.
Pretty soon we think THOSE IDEAS are all that’s out there.
But there is much more than you could EVER discover.
Of course, you won’t get any ideas from buildings. Concrete can’t talk.
But the people there can.
And you’ll be AMAZED at some of the treasure people have to share.
But they won’t come to you.
You must go to them. When you do, you’ll realize it’s well-worth the journey.
One comment