A bit on how to know if your hypnosis trainer is appropriate for you. As to training, ask about specific trainers and do searches for comments about the person that are not just testimony on that person’s site. Watch for promotional material that seems to be filled more with hyperbole and promotion than with actual…
Monthly Archives: April 2005
Training . . .
Hyperempiria, Hyperacuity, and Suggested Amplified Sensory Association
Unconscious Installation or Installing into the Unconscious?
by Brian David Phillips •
More on Repatterning, Repetition, Unconscious Installation. At Marknosis, Rex Karz points out that one really should state one’s outcome goal when seeking advice or the advice can’t be as meaningful or useful. Good point, the targeted outcome would make a difference . . . one would think. Rex noes that if an “unconscious installation” is…
3D/VR/AR/360°
stereoscopic projector . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Now . . . bring the price down and make them more readily available to the home consumer and we’ve got a nice puppy deal . . . 3D stereoscopic projectors: Lightspeed Design Group and InFocus announced the co-development of a new 3D projector for offices, labs, boardrooms, CAD offices, game rooms and anywhere else…
3D/VR/AR/360°
The 3D Revolution . . . nintendoish
by Brian David Phillips •
More on the Nintendo Revolution having stereoscopic 3D capabilities . . . Rumor Control: The 3D Revolution . . . current rumors are that it will somehow have a projection adapter? This week saw some new rumors about Nintendo’s next-generation console surface. The most interesting of these came from Burgess, who has long-standing ties to…
Waking Dreams
Magick Carpet Ride . . .
. . . a waking dream . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
This is a script for a focused trance guided imagery. If you are unfamiliar with what a focused trance guided imagery is or if you have not first read the introduction to the series which has important information on how to proceed, then stop now and go to the introduction and how-to proceed post. Once…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
National Guild of Hypnotists . . . resignation . . .
. . . finally free, no more of that
by Brian David Phillips •
Most of the folks who read this blog don’t know or don’t care . . . but for those who do . . . Due to personality, values, and belief conflicts that show no signs of being resolved . . . I have finally officially resigned from the National Guild of Hypnotists. I am no…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
the “pull my finger” hypnotic induction . . .
. . . Repatterning, Repetition, Unconscious Installation
by Brian David Phillips •
Being playful at the Hypnosis Technique Exchange, I was feeling impish on the Marknosis list where it was recently asked if repeated viewings of the Richard Bandler Neruohypnotic Repatterning seminar videos might help strengthen the acceptance of the skills that are “unconsciouslly installed” within the stories during the lecture . . . Well, I suppose…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Hypnoblogs . . .
. . . shakeup . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Regular visitors will notice that the Hypnoblogs blogroll in the righthand column of this blog has shrunk a bit. As the list was beginning to get a little on the unwieldy side, I have deleted a number of entries. With a few exceptions, I have removed blogs that are not regularly updated or that have…
Experiential Trance, Hyperempiria, Hyperacuity, and Suggested Amplified Sensory Association, Waking Dreams
welcome to . . .
. . . the WAKING DREAM
by Brian David Phillips •
With this post, I am creating a couple new categories for Life of Brian . . . the Waking Dreams series of focused trance guided imagery brief sojourns into the imagination. As regular visitors to my webpages at http://www.briandavidphillips.com know, I love guided imagery. It is relaxing and quite enjoyable . . . which is…
3D/VR/AR/360°
Speaking of 3D movies . . .
. . . acitve eyeglasses, not passive for the digital format
by Brian David Phillips •
It looks like the digital system George Lucas, James Cameron, and buddies are touting is an active eyewear system rather than passive . . . this is certainly better than anaglyph but I hope they’ve eliminated the headaches and eyestrain common with active systems on the computer.
3D/VR/AR/360°
Next Nintendo Console to have Stereoscopic 3D?
by Brian David Phillips •
Oh . . . please let this NOT be merely a rumor and let it be reality . . . Nintendo to go Stereoscopic 3D with Next Console . . . this would be so much more than koolness . . . to play console games the way the gods intended that they be played…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
It’s All in Your Head . . . and your body . . .
. . . the mind-body connection
by Brian David Phillips •
Renée Stephens shares a wonderful anecdote that demonstrates very powerfully, the mind body connection and how our thoughts (conscious and unconscious) truly create who and what we physically are . . . if it’s all in your head, can it also be in your body? . . . well worth reading. I also liked the…
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Life Explained . . .
. . . yep, that’s true enough
by Brian David Phillips •
Here it is . . . the real deal . . . an image that captures the essence of reality and truly explains life . . . Life Explained . . . via Clifford Pickover . . . thanks for the headsup, David.
Experiential Trance, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Hypnosis . . . and all the world’s a stage
by Brian David Phillips •
Seth-Deborah Roth has discovered Hypnosis and the Stage as recently had an experience being dog trainer for a production of The Wizard of Oz (her dog played Toto) and when discussing stage fright with the actors and how hypnosis can be wonderful for helping folks access inner resources to move beyond it, she was bemused…
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Stage Fright . . . trancework
by Brian David Phillips •
Lyn Gardner writes in the Guardian Unlimited that not all right on the night. The piece discusses stage fright and how some actors have overcome it . . . of particular interest is Daryl Hannah’s success with hypnosis in overcoming her own stage anxiety. While the article does not intend to, it over simplifies some…
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pranks, internet dating, personal ads, losers, psychosis. . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay . . . these are a bit strange . . . but . . . many of them are quite funny . . . pranks, internet dating, personal ads, losers, psychosis. . . . . . via Tokyo Damage Report which is also an interesting read.
3D/VR/AR/360°
Return of 3-D . . .
. . . and no goofy glasses
by Brian David Phillips •
The Christian Science Monitor has a nice piece on the Return of 3-D – and no goofy glasses . . . I could do without the goofy glasses reference but it’s what the folks outside of the stereoscopic world think of. The notes on anaglyph are a bit off but the bit on the push…
Hypnosis in the News
Want to Get in the Zone and Stay There? . . .
. . . focused trance and sports imagery
by Brian David Phillips •
Hyperbole aside . . . using focused trance techniques such as creative visualization, hypnosis, guided imagery, and the like really does work wonders for sports improvement . . . Attention Serious Athletes, Coaches and Parents of Athletes – Want to Get in the Zone and Stay There? . . . Are you tired of losing…
3D/VR/AR/360°
Digital versus Film . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
I love digital and I love film but I prefer digital for ease of use and processing and storage and a whole slew of things . . . here’s a comparison of digital and film. Don’t see enough of a difference to change my opinions . . . but the remark about folks saying the…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
The Garbage Can . . .
. . . stress, pain, relief through guided imagery
by Brian David Phillips •
I’ve had a couple questions about "the garbage can" process and this dovetails into a post at the HypNetwork from a hypnotist who has discovered he has an illness and is sticking to a positive imagery program in addition to other treatments. My discussion . . . A lot of folks have chimed in with…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
The Loose Screw Awards
by Brian David Phillips •
Psychology Today presents the Loose Screw Awards . . . principles or ideas in psychology that have been demonstrated to be wrong or muddled but which are still quite popularly used among therapists and practitioners. Not sure I agree with the list . . . there are a couple things I would have put on…
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Charles Barkley ain’t dumb . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Another post at Blog Sisters
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Perception Becomes Reality. . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Terry at Blog Sisters makes some excellent points about girls and math . . . even though girls in advanced math classes at university were making higher grades than their counterpart boys in basic classes, they though the boys were better at math than them. Duh. Does not bode well for everything we’ve been supposedly…
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The New Virtual
by Brian David Phillips •
Jeffrey Veen discusses Bruce Sterling and the new virtual. Sterling’s talk was on how we can now fabricate things in real space via virtual technologies, actually replicating virtual objects via technology by inputing a model or design into the computer and then dropping the design into a special fabricating printer that prints it out as…
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My Home Town . . .
. . . Abilene, KS
by Brian David Phillips •
Just for fun, I took a peek at my home town on Google Maps . . . Abilene, Kansas, United States . . . it’s a small town and looks even smaller via sattelite imagery. Sometimes, I miss the people, my family, friends . . . don’t miss the Winter.