Who are you? A Spiritual Awakening

Who are you? A spiritual awakening now will help you answer that question. We have asked that same query repeatedly in the course of our lives, often having answers that dwell on the basic and the more obvious. Who are you? I am an employee, a clerk in the bank, a teacher, an engineer, a scientist or a businessman. But that question is a loaded one and requires an answer beyond what we do in our lives. It can be approached as a philosophical question where the answer would require looking more closely and deeply into one’s self.

To achieve an awakening, one might have to go into deep meditation. Others might suggest a different approach though. It is still meditation but more of an involved observation. Observing closely the inner workings of your mind would be a different approach but can be as effective as meditation. Being a third party observer to your thoughts could be a good exercise of separating yourself from your own thoughts which can lead to discerning who you really are. You might find this concept a little different or even outwardly weird. But still there’s no harm in trying though since you’re in the process of knowing yourself, giving different means or techniques a shot is not that bad.

Techniques may vary but what is important is that you are meditating on what is happening on the now. The realization will not come if you keep thinking of the past or paying too much attention to the future. Thinking, meditating and concentrating on your thoughts at this very minute or second would be the right way to go. You don’t think about past exploits, former employments, the days during those college years, and all that stuff during meditation. You think of the present, you think why you exist right now. You observe what you are at that moment and enlightenment might come quickly to some or might take some time to others. You might need more patience and keep trying to get something out of the exercise.

Others, however, would insist on leaving everything as they come and dealing with them as they enter your consciousness. All those things are part of your existence. Resisting them is like resisting part of yourself. These things are happening now and not paying much attention to them does not really help. This is why other people insist on not blocking those emotions. Living in the moment means not trying to change.

The thing is it to continue feeling peaceful. Remember the moment and keep coming back to that moment. That will be your base for your meditation. Always remember to leave everything behind and always pay attention to the moment. I may have said this over and over again but the fact of the matter is you need to always pay attention to the moment. If you suddenly found yourself drifting from your meditation, go back to that moment where you are at peace. Just be there at that moment and do not worry if you’re doing everything right or wrong.

So we go back to that question of who are you? A spiritual awakening is indeed the answer but it might not come instantly to others while it comes immediately to others. You just need to be patient if you belong to the group that enlightenment does not come easily.

Self-hypnosis is a new trend that is fast gaining support not only from the new age community but even from the ordinary people. This is perhaps because the procedure has somehow managed to remove what people are mostly against in hypnosis� the parti

With self-hypnosis, you are basically the one who is going to work on your own hypnosis. Although you will be guided by a professional who will be teaching you the ropes to start the hypnosis session and will be monitoring your progress throughout the period where you will be conducting the procedure, you will largely be responsible for your own sessions. The control is all in your hands. Because of this, all the talk about being in control of another person is no longer relevant. Now, there is no more fear of being manipulated or being made to do things that you do not want to do. After all, you will be the one to hypnotize yourself.

Still, self-hypnosis is a new thing and a lot of people are still cautious on getting into it. It works largely like the ordinary self-hypnosis sessions except that you will be the one to do it on your own. You can make suggestions to yourself depending on the change that you want to enforce in yourself.

Self-hypnosis is especially useful for people who want to quit bad habits but have become so used to it that it becomes a routine and a part of their automatic reaction system. Bad habits like cursing or shouting can be removed with a little bit of hypnosis. Another area that self-hypnosis can work well is in improving the concentration levels of people. This is especially useful for people who are into work that needs heavy concentration and those that are into sports.

Speaking of sports, some people also find that self-hypnosis works effectively in improving the performance of people in sports. This is not to say that it somehow strengthens their bodies or gives them unusual precision. Self-hypnosis is not about those things. It cannot change what is already there like your physical strength or your talent. What it can change though is your ability to focus on the task and your fearlessness. After all, fears can remove a lot from a person’s performance because it allows us to feel and think instead of just doing what your instincts tell you.

Self-hypnosis also purportedly works in the realm of medicine. It is used to relieve people from certain symptoms and sometimes even numb them from pain. Self-hypnosis can “unswitch” a receptor in the brain that allows us to feel the pain or experience the symptoms. These things will still be there, the only difference is the brain and therefore your body will not feel them anymore. That’s what is called using your mind over matter or in this case, your body.

Unlike hypnosis though, self-hypnosis can take some time to take effect. As most people who have done the procedures, progress will be a bit slow because remember you will doing all the procedures and admittedly you are not a professional hypnotists. Patients will need time to even get used to the idea or be able to do the procedure itself. This is why some still prepare the usual form of hypnosis.