Covert Hypnosis: Using Vivid Images

Dear student of covert hypnosis,

if you want to triple your covert hypnosis abilities, then you've come to the right place because in this article I'll share with you a simple yet very powerful technique to getting people in a trance and convincing them to do what you want from them...

First, I define a trance as severely reduced critical thought combined with narrow focus of attention. I find this definition very useful for the purpose of covert hypnosis.

There are many tools to get a person in a trance and here I'll talk about a very powerful technique I like to call vivid imagery.

A simple way of explaining would in my opinion be this:

When you get more and more of a person's imagination involved, you progressively take them "deeper and deeper" into a trance. Think about it -- if you were to imagine walking down the beach with small waves from a beautiful, crystal clear see, making their way through the sand, creating a peaceful and relaxing sound... The cold breeze every now and then cools you down a bit and brings that wonderful, fresh smell of the ocean and nearby pine trees with it as you think of all the possibilities where you can use covert hypnosis on people...

Now... tell me how difficult is it NOT to imagine all those sensations when you do that imaginary walk and did you notice that even though you weren't really there -- you actually (even though just very slightly) felt them.

And the more time we'd spend together and got in rapport with each other, the more vividly you'd imagine and actually feel them. This is because your critical thought works at a severely reduced rate at such times and as you begin to narrowly focus your attention to those images -- you actually begin to feel the sensations because the subconscious mind can't distinguish between the real world and imagination!

And that's precisely what we want our listener or reader to do -- to experience the emotions and feelings as vividly as possible so that they are able to better "get" our point of view.

We can plant such images in our listener's or reader's mind by using something that's called "descriptive language". The idea is to describe what we want a person to experience in detail, using emotional ("right brain") words such as "good looking" instead of "attractive" along the way. Do you notice the difference between the two?

Here's a great example of the use of such method to effectively persuade a person with covert hypnosis...

A few months ago, we were getting started to raise funds for abused children and children who come from very poor families. This year I'm the president of a charity club here in Ljubljana and I've set some pretty ambitious goals for us, of which some were already realized and some will hopefully be realized soon.

The idea for our fundraising was to hold a charity lottery on one of the more prestigious balls. For that we had to somehow get as many donated gifts as possible, so we called many companies to see if they'd contribute a product or service that we'd be able to give as prices on the lottery.

One of our members paid a visit to a fancy restaurant to get a free dinner for two or something similar to use as a present. He made an appointment with the owner of the restaurant and met with him over coffee.

The conversation didn't go too well at first and the owner, after being presented the idea, wasn't very keen on giving free meals. This is where my friend brilliantly used covert hypnosis on the owner...

The owner was saying something in the lines of "Well, I'm not really into charity and I run a business and so on...". (HINT: If a person doesn't instantly brush you off with a swift "No!", many times they're secretly asking you to persuade them! That's when it's usually a good idea to persist and NOT give up)...

So... my friend continued with how these children really need help and how they can grow up to be very successful if only they can get some help now when they're young. To this the owner replied: "Yeah, well, I'm also very successful and I never got ANY help from anyone ever. Why should I help those children if nobody ever helped me?".

Now the covert hypnosis kicked in... My friend replied: "True, but most probably your father didn't come home drunk every day kicking the crap out of you, locking you in your room. You probably didn't have to beg on the streets from when you were seven or eight because your mother sent you to get money for her drink instead of taking you to school. You probably weren't used to the idea of getting whipped by a belt every day for doing nothing wrong, were you?"

The owner completely changed his physiology. He was vividly imagining what my friend was telling him and really started to feel sorry for those kids. He then agreed to give us three coupons for dinner for two.

Eventually we got 160 gifts and raised 3200 Euros ($4,197.76) on the evening of the lottery. It was great. A lot of work went into it and we were very happy with the amount raised.

In the end, a little warning... when you use such a technique, It's good to now a little about a person you're talking to. If the owner were abused as a child, he would probably have reacted differently. He might have freaked out, so be careful.

It's better to use positive images as a motivator (even though they don't work as powerfully as negative ones!). You have to assess the situation before engaging.

Creating vivid images in people's minds is a very powerful covert hypnosis technique, so use it as much as you can. But be careful about what you use and who you use it on.

Hope this was helpful. Have a wonderful day!

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