Week 13
Lesson Week #13 Decoding the Non Awareness Set Non Awareness Strategies In previous sections, you have been learning specific things to do and tactics to employ. Now it is time for you to start considering strategy. The Non-Awareness Set is all about increasing to unconscious processes, which leaves less energy available for conscious processes. How do you know which direction to manoeuvre when you have so many choices? You can perform the manoeuvring with VAK, figure-ground, etc. It doesn’t really matter, and it is good to develop mastery of as many methods as possible for flexibility. Convincers are very good. To be sure someone is absolutely convinced that something important is happening, use several convincers. Seven Directions for Manoeuvring Attention 1. Conscious / Unconscious Dissociation • Non-Awareness set 2. Hypnotic Phenomenon • Catalepsy, skin changes, twitching muscles/eyelids, heavy/light hands, etc. 3. Trance Themes • Comfort, relaxation, focus, safety, security, peace, etc. 4. Anything they are not aware of • Anything amazing or unusual, emphasise its amazing or unusual qualities 5. Unconscious activity • Blinking, skin coloration, heart rate, body temperature, fidgeting, tapping foot, etc. © 2008 (Under License) Streethypnosis Publishing, All Rights Reserved
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6. Take attention from where it is to where it is not • Figure/ground shift • Attentional Language: think, sense, feel, hear, notice, realise, become aware of, listen, taste, smell, etc. 7. Internal vs. external activity • Typically, an internal activity vs. external activity tends to be more hypnotic.
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