Positive Power!

First of all, I will only give you my point of view. For those 

of you who have different ideas about what the State of Power 

is - it is quite possible that you are right and I am not. 

Because this Power... you see - it is very Personal. Personal 

Power. Different for every one.

But I am not going to teach you the theory - yet. Lets just do 

it. First of all, I want you to do a simple exercise. You will 

do it while I am explaining what it is about, OK? 

SMILE. Yes. Smile. Put the smile on your face. In Hypnosis you 

would say "PUT A LIGHT RELAXED SMILE ON YOUR FACE". No. I don't 

want this smile to be relaxed. Make it big. Think - I am just 

trying to help - about the piglet on a cactus. I want this smile 

to be big enough for people to notice it FROM BEHIND. Yes. That's 

better. 

I need a big dummy smile. GOOD! They say it is better to be a happy 

idiot than... OK, you got it right. Keep smiling while I do explaining. 

As you all know, at least I hope that you do, because I hope that you 

have read the "Introduction to NLP" on my Web site, our physiology is 

closely related to our mental state. We feel good - we smile. We feel 

proud - our back is straight. And this relation works the other way 

too. We smile - we feel good. 

And remember also, that what you feel is YOUR business. What does 

it mean? It means that YOU can DESIDE to FEEL as GOOD as you 

like. No mater what. You are in charge. Not this guy on the 

street that called you an asshole. You. You decide if you was 

insulted (and feel bad) or honored (and feel great about it).

KEEP SMILING. Now the question. How long does it take for the 

transition to happen from pretending to feel good to actually 

feeling good? 

Keep smiling, I am about to make a photograph. You know this 

story about the dead men in a morgue who had a smile at his face? 

He was hit by lightning. Why was he smiling? He thought he was 

being photographed. So - how long would it take? It is thirty to 

sixty SECONDS!

That's right, in less than a minute your mental state will CHANGE. 

You just never did it before...

How do you feel? Do you realize that we just felt GOOD for 

no particular reason? All it takes is to SMILE for thirty 

seconds. 

And it works the other way too, you know. So if you was just 

hit by a Jackpot and the miss Universe 2001 accepted your 

engagement ring (a very expensive one) and you sit like that 

and with this sad expression on your face for thirty to sixty 

seconds - will it all matter? No. You can make yourself the most 

unhappy Jackpot winner in the world if you choose so.

And what is interesting - as you learn to smile at the world, 

the world is learning to smile at you, you know. So when you 

go through the exercises, be ready for all little miracles like 

sudden changes in relations, or say a... well, opportunities, 

Excuse me, what happened to your smile? Well, put it back! 

And if you have a problem with keeping smiling, maybe it is too 

hard and you haven't exercised those muscles for a long time... 

Let me give you another technique. Ready? 

OK, you take piece of tape... a short one... about 10-15 

inches. SMILE. That's right. Put it there, at the left corner 

of your mouse. Now around the back of your head. Good! And to 

the other corner. Get the good medical tape, it will hold. And 

that's how you walk around. And as I said, you will notice 

soon that people treat you very differently... I am talking

about a major shift in relations here. 

Now, we don't behave at random. We do what in NLP is called 

strategies. Some strategies are good, some bad and some are 

a disaster. Let me give you an example of the strategy that 

makes you an unhappy looser and then we will see what can be 

done about it. 

Say, you are doing physical exercises. Oh, no! Yes, you do! 

And you are doing them starting Monday,,, I don't know what 

is wrong with Monday but it is the most difficult day of the 

week. Probably because it is the first day we do physical 

exercises. And the last day. Who had this experience? 

My favorite example is push-ups, as at some point I really 

hated it... You are doing push-ups - are you happy at that 

moment? Keep smiling. No, you are not happy. You are tired, 

you need air, your muscles are sore... So why are you doing 

it? Because you want this push-ups to make you strong and 

slim and healthy. 

And you are doing these push-ups and what are you thinking? 

Oh, how stupid! Why am I doing it? Oh, I am so sore! Oh, I 

hate it! Right? Now, anybody remember what an anchor is - 

I was talking about it in "Introduction to NLP" online text? 

It is when we create a state and link it to the way to access 

it. To the trigger. So what will you feel next time you think 

of the physical exercises? 

And that is not just about sport, you know. People - like 

99.99 percent of them - walk through the life like that. 

How many of you say "I hate my life"? So what state are you 

associating with your life? 

So is there a way for you to be happy using this strategy? 

Sort of. Lets say you was persistent. Then some time later 

you notice that it works and you look better and feel stronger 

now. It is your REWARD and you might feel good about the whole 

thing. But you need to get some results first. That is part 

of your strategy: get results, then be happy about it. Right? 

Wrong! 

Using this strategy you will almost never get anywhere - 

too much suffering, too little motivation. Your strategy 

has too many "exit points" - every time you feel bad you 

will be tempted to exit. To stop doing what you do. To go back 

to the fridge full of chocolate. Bad strategy!

Let's design a good strategy now. Knowing what we already 

know it is so simple! First you SMILE! And you MAKE yourself 

happy. And you believe in your wonderful self. You can do 

ANYTHING. And you are feeling good about it. And then 

guess what will happen? You do push-ups with this happy 

smile of a dummy on your face. That's right. Why would 

you want to exit a strategy if it makes you feel good? 

You wouldn't...

So that's what we are going to work on - the State of 

Power. The state of a happy free person. 

Keep smiling. I will make you smile you know, even if 

it is the last thing you do in your life. Just kidding...

Ask ten people to name a part of the body that pops up 

to mind first and eight of them will say "nose". I don't 

know why. (And I will not tell you what the other twenty 

percent will suggest ;) OK, say you have a sore nose. What 

do you do? You hate it. This stupid nose. Can I take Tylenol? 

Should I just smash it? 

This is your strategy for dealing with problems, no matter 

if they are physical problems or life problems. You have a 

problem - you hate it. And it is not getting any better...

Because you do not give your body any directions. You DO 

NOT want your nose to be sore - but WHAT DO YOU WANT? 

Have you EVER complimented yourself? Have you ever told 

yourself you are proud for doing two push-ups in the 

morning, regardless the fact that you wanted two hundred? 

Have you ever give your unconscious mind a clear idea of 

what do you WANT as opposed to what you hate?

In this text I am going to show you how to create a positive 

emotional feedback between a good feeling and your health, 

so that your body learns to move towards this "perfect state". 

Or how to use it to motivate you - and believe me, this 

motivation is WAY stronger than anything you can imagine. 

Because I am going to teach you how to do what you want. 

Do you want it?

And smile, always smile. If you don't know what to smile at 

- look at the person in the mirror. That's right. And if you 

think this person isn't funny - well, make a face!

And as you learn to live in this state (not the face 

you make to the mirror! The smile! Of course it is your choice...), 

YOUR NEGATIVE BLOCKS will BEGIN TO DISSOLVE. And you will 

HAVE more reasons to SMILE. When you change, the world 

changes as any event around you is nothing but your 

reflection.

Just create confidence that everything will be good. Not 

better - GOOD. Get used to the idea that you are learning 

to influence the world around you. OK? When you produce light, 

you attract light. That's why all personal development gurus 

tell you to stay away from the losers - it is contagious. Be 

with the winners - and the world will get used to the idea that 

you are the winner too. You will even notice that animals begin 

to adore you. 

I will also teach a little bit about how to achieve the state of hysteria - but without the negative component. A positive hysteria.

Lets take an example. Lets do some vision correction. Right now 

you already know enough to create an exercise that will improve 

your vision. What do we need?

First, we need to smile. Because there is no difference if we 

are doing push-ups or if we are improving our vision - if we 

are bored, tired, sleepy, if we hate it - it is not going to 

work. SMILE. Become happy.

Then we need to believe that it is possible. As the matter of 

fact it is. There are many cases reported, when a single 

hypnotic induction would improve person's vision. So in this 

particular case there is a proof, but generally speaking, you 

do not need a proof - just tell yourself that you are going 

to be the first dummy on the Earth who will do it. It will work 

just as well.

So you are happy and you believe. Now you need to tell your 

body what is it exactly you need. How do we talk to our body? We 

send an E.mail. No. We create a positive feedback loop. I saw 

this idea a lot in different schools, but the most clear 

explanation you will find in the latest works of Richard

Bandler - he calls it "propulsion systems". He does not put 

as much emphasize on smiling, but the way he performs at his 

seminars is very uplifting. So - please, credits to Richard 

Bandler. And if you can - get his books and CDs. He is amazing.

Here is how we create the positive feedback. For this exercise 

you will need a text of some kind, one that you almost can read, 

but not quite. Use flyer at the wall, just make sure characters 

are small enough and text is far (or close) enough to make it 

difficult to read - but not impossible. Also you need bright 

lights. (I never thought about it, but can we improve our night 

vision if we use dim lights? Yes, according to Richard Bandler...)

Our vision is not a constant. It is oscillating a little bit.

Now it is better, few seconds later it is worse. And for each 

and every little improvement during the exercise - thank your 

eyes. You can use words (in yoga they have a tradition of 

talking to the internal organs a lot), but what really counts 

is emotions. Send positive emotions to your eyes. And not only 

that - feel happier. Smile more. With excitement. That's right. 

Because you need to create an anchor between good results and 

positive emotions. You need to show a direction - which way to 

change in order to feel good.

And what do you have to think and feel when the vision is 

at declining part of an oscillation? Feel bad? No. NO. We NEVER 

feel bad. Never criticize. Remember example with push-ups? 

You discourage yourself - you create an excuse to exit the 

strategy - you stop.

So you are going to look at this text and to read it. No 

tension. Relax. Smile. And whenever your vision improves - 

which WILL happen due to natural oscillations - make sure you 

feel GOOD. Every time you have an improvement. Even a tiny one.

That is it. We just created a positive feedback loop that will 

help you with your vision. It is good that we have a feedback 

from our eyes, so that we can tell when the vision is improving. 

Later in the "State of Power Tutorial" I will teach 

you how to get feedback from any organ.

OK, now back to that fact I mentioned. That using hypnosis we can 

improve vision. Yes we can. But results wouldn't last long. Why?

Because you have a memory. You remember having bad vision, or 

whatever other problem you had. You can have some changes almost 

instantly, as you are about to see. But you need to be 

persistent if you want to keep them. And by persistent I 

mean - you need to create the habit of being different. 

You need to convince yourself that you are different. And 

then it will become a habit. So if you do not drive over the 

speed limit for some time... you will never do speeding again... 

No, probably not. But you know, I never tried... AND I NEVER WILL! 

Anyway, you need to REALIZE that we are not talking about 

the exercises here. It is a lifestyle. It is not something you 

do 10 minutes a day and abandon for the other 23 hours 50 minutes.

This whole eye routine came from Yoga, by the way. It is exactly 

how I was told to do it when I took the Hatha Yoga classes, but 

the teacher admitted that he is not very traditional. Also I used 

some NLP to change the explanations. They have amazing results 

with vision correction in Yoga. I just wanted to do it faster 

and to make it more fun.

Now after we done with it, put your palms together and rob 

them against each other. And when they worm up, put them on 

your eyes. Imagine clear water washing over your eyes (Yoga 

again) when you breath out. Don't forget to feel happy.

Lets do something about these smiles of yours. That will be the 

last thing for today, so use all of it, OK? 

I will ask you to CLOSE YOUR EYES if you want to, but do not 

RELAX. I want you in an active state. Also, some people find 

that it is better to do standing, while others prefer to do it 

sitting. If you don't have problem staying, like a sore back, 

you better... well, you decide. 

Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Smile. It is very 

important that you keep your smile and the posture, and 

just pretend to be an omnipotent person. Because if you 

pretend then in thirty seconds to one minute you will become 

one.

Take another breath and this time feel the air. Have you 

ever noticed how good it feels to breath in? Did it already 

occur to you that by smiling when breathing you will learn 

to love breathing? Breath and feel GOOD. You can stretch a 

bit and maybe even straighten your back and shoulders while you

ENJOY your breathing.

Imagine NOW yourself in front of the most beautiful waterfall 

in the woods in a nice day. See the water sparkling and hear 

the steady powerful sound of water. And as you are noticing 

some little details about it, you might also FEEL little drops 

of water in the air. That's right. Breath it in. Now. Walk 

the water towards the waterfall. I want to invite you to step 

into it. That's right - stay under the water and turn around 

to face the outside. Feel the temperature of the water and the 

power of it, the vibration as it falls at your shoulders. 

Breath in, allowing this power to be yours. And now - make 

this stream of water to fly through you. That's right. As all 

this powerful stream flies through you and each drop... Each 

drop washes away the negative. Things you don't need. See it 

being washed away in the stream and vanish in the light of 

day. Allow the water to wash away the thoughts that was limiting 

you before. Ones you don't need. Breath with this energy and 

I invite you to notice how each drop of water leaves behind 

a tiny little bit of pure energy. And you may begin to see 

your body shine from inside with this energy you have NOW. 

And now fly - that's right - fly from the waterfall right 

into the sky and allow the sun to instantly dry the water 

from your skin and see the world from above. And notice how 

much more energy you have now. Like have you ever had 

this feeling of having all energy in the world? Of being 

totally happy? Well, as you are flying through the sky - 

take a deep breath and double this feeling. That's right. 

And double it again. 

And as you look at the horizon, notice a little cloud 

out there. Fly towards the cloud. And as you are 

approaching it, turn it into a thunderstorm - have 

you ever noticed, how much power those thunderstorms 

have? And you can claim it - as you fly right into the 

storm clouds and the world around you turn dark, with bright 

lightnings and hear the thunder and feel the rain on 

your skin. Breath in this energy and allow few lightnings 

to go through you from the different directions, each 

bringing you more power of this new kind. And each lightning 

burns to ashes all things you don't need, all negative. 

Watch these ashes disappear in the rain.

And double it again. 

And fly from the thunderstorm into the liquid gold of the 

sunset and from the sunset into the night. A beautiful night, 

full of the moonlight. Allow this moonlight to give you some 

valuable lesson of how the silence can be so powerful. 

And not a single sound. 

And you are flying way above the earth, towards the ocean. 

See the coastline and islands in the sea, some are big 

and some are just rocks in the water, under the moon. And 

from the sky you see weals in the sea... way below... and 

you don't know how, but you know that they are aware of 

you presence and they welcome you in their sky.

And now fly towards one of the islands in the sea. And notice 

a place of power on it, the most beautiful in the moonlight. 

It is waiting for you. Fly to it and enter it. Take a deep 

breath and notice how much power, how much energy you have now. 

And as your power raises - notice the light, some

kind of aura that your body have now. That's right. Feel how 

different it feels and yet - how wonderful. And now, keeping 

this smile and this energy... slowly coming back.

I suggest you sit for a minute or so to digest whatever you 

got there, OK? That is it. The end.