Jim Knippenberg Post On Single-Minded Focus And Mind Control

I wrote this post back in 2001 and have a few more answers than I did back then.  Maybe I will post some of my answers to this post later on, since other people have asked similar questions to what I asked back then.

When I put myself into a nice hypnotic trance, or when someone else does the induction (or not) and puts me into one, I frequently see “real” images, scenery, sometimes even people and events. Now in meditation, they say that it’s necessary to be able to hold focus on ONE thing. It’s more fun, though, to “travel” a bit. Do any of you do self-hypnosis that trains the focus on ONE object or idea? (I do something similar when I use the index card method Mark taught me: At night write a single question, worded in the positive, on an index card, relax, assocate that question to the feel of that card, and let your remaining thoughts before going to sleep be the focus of that question. When you turn over at night or wake up briefly, the feel of that card reminds you of your question, and if your answer has not been discovered yet, you can relax, go back to sleep, and let your mind come up with the answer. So, I guess I AM able to focus on one thing.)

Do any of you do guided visualizations with self-hypnosis? Or are you just planting “ideas?” I like having “experiences” I can latch on to and claim as my own, so I do both. My “structured” recordings are more for planting “ideas” and “beliefs,” while my “informal” hypnosis is, well, not quite what would be daydreaming, but maybe a little more real, more associated. I don’t know. If I just am in a trance state, I’ll see things–even people sometimes, and at times it’s a still image I can’t move through or around.

Other times I can move around a bit, go inside the buildings or nature scenes I’m seeing, talk with people, etc. I don’t know if some of those places physically exist. Have any of you gotten useful information and had productive experiences with that sort of thing? It’s cool stuff!

And for those of you who DO it regularly and are good at it, what, besides obvious CORRECT practice (and what IS correct practice), allows you to do/go at will inside your mind and access those things? Are there “restrictions?”

Or are you able to do what you want? I don’t mean in a “moral” sense. I mean, sometimes I see “still” images I can’t do much with and can’t move through, but I sometimes associate into things, and it’s like I’m there, feeling, seeing, hearing, sometimes smelling, sometimes tasting. And I’ve noticed that things I can REALLY make REAL inside my mind, with positive intent and with BELIEF actually fucking happen… At least enough of it happens that it’s no longer “coincidence.”

For one example, there have been times, I’ve been doing exercises, and I’ve gotten “experiences” of meeting a woman, for example. I’ll have her basic physical features (like breast size and body composition), her hair color, some personality traits, and so forth… Then, I’ll go out, and I’ll get REALLY STRONG urges to go to certain places I don’t normally go.

Guess WHO I meet that I had NEVER seen before, except in that trance? And I know there are lots of 5’6″ brunettes, for example, but the amount of physical and personality characteristics matching what I “saw” in my trance state are just too good to try to write off as chance. Not to mention my “gut feelings” pulling me to the place where we met. But other times, I’ll be in the visualization, and near the end, something comes up inside my mind that suggests it would be “ruined” or not good. Of course, the strong intent to make it happen is screwed at that point. And sometimes it’s a sense that it’s not good for me (like one chick I had a “bad feeling” for, and later found out she had herpes), and other times I just can’t tell if it’s due to neurotic beliefs/programming that’s been there a LONG time.

Any good methods out here for developing intuition? I know you can meet lots of people, have lots of experiences, and use those experiences to get a feel for someone you’ve just met or are about to meet. Any other good ways of developing intuition? I’ve read that people who should not have had any indicators whatsoever of danger have dropped to the ground while on patrol, just as a bullet whizzed through the space their head occupied only a split second earlier. Some people say it’s a “gift.” But other people seem to suggest it can be developed–and used in LOTS of situations, not just hostile ones.

And I STILL have yet to make the money thing happen… Maybe I should go into a trance and deal with my beliefs and values a bit more, huh?

Anyway, those are FUN and PRODUCTIVE things to work with, and I’m having some fun with them and learning a lot.

Sometimes things happen; other times it’s just like a really relaxing vacation (all for free, of course). Any ideas on how to make it even better?

Am I asking too many questions in one post? I think I could probably narrow it to two: How to make everything I want real inside my mind, so I make it happen, and how to develop the intuition to know what is good, better, and best and what to avoid at all costs before I’ve actually made it happen.

Anyone playing with similar ideas please reply (especially if you are getting repeatable results).

Thanks,
Jim