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Language is a powerful thing. Although you may not know it, the words you use show others how you see the world.
Experts tell us that people not only use language to describe the world they see, but language and the words used actually help to create the world people experience.
How so?
Our subconscious mind loves consistency and so will try to interpret what it experiences in a way consistent with the words we use.
This powerful tool on the tips of our tongues not only affects us, but also affects people listening to us. So you can change the way someone else views the world by consciously choosing certain words to help their subconscious form a world view you desire.
Here's how you do this.
Using language and words the right way, actually allows you to hypnotize someone you speak to. I don't mean a complete hypnotic induction like you see in the movies, where someone lies on a couch. But rather, you can speak directly to their subconscious mind when you use the right words and tone of voice. This gives you the ability to influence people to view things the way you want them to.
In other words you can change the way people behave by saying the right things in the right way.
So what are the "right things to say?
Speaking to the subconscious mind is easier than you'd think. The world renowned hypnotist, Milton Erickson, pioneered a model for conversational hypnosis involving three stages:
Stage 1.
Look for clues that tell you how the person sees the world, or a specific problem you are working on. Pay attention to the language the person uses. How does he describe what he is feeling, seeing, hearing, etc. Once you see the patterns then you can use the persons experiences to gently draw their attention away from the outside world and into their own inner experience.
This can be done with questions like, "How do you feel about this?", or "What was that for you?"
This focusing inward allows them to understand how seeing the world the way they do makes them feel.
Stage 2.
The next stage of the Erickson Model is aimed at distracting the person's conscious mind. Milton Erickson did this by speaking with complex and ambiguous langauge.
He would use words that sounded the same, but had different meanings, like wander/wonder, sale/sail, hear/here, right/write, You get the picture.
Milton deployed double binds to present only the set of options he desired. He'd say things like: We don't know if you'll begin a trance not or in 10 minutes.
This kind of language gives the mind no choice but to fall into a trance, and it uses an embedded command to do so now, or in 5 minutes.
When words are incorrectly used, it confuses and distracts the conscious mind. This causes the conscious mind to look inward, asking for help from the subconscious mine.
Well, that's a couple Milton Model techniques of mind distraction. I really don't know if you would want to learn a lot more about the Milton Model of conversational hypnosis now or later :)
Stage 3.
Once the mind has been distracted, the final step in the Milton Model is to access the subconscious minds resources.
This can be done using a few methods. The most straightforward if by embedding subliminal commands into your sentences as you speak. Since they are subliminal, they will be transparent to the conscious mind, but heard clearly by the subconscious mind.
These are a few examples:
--Who knows if you will certainly wash to dishes right away --You should do it, shouldn't you? --You are going to do this, didn't you? (this sounds like it doesn't make any sense, but your subconscious mind will hear the command)
So you may be asking yourself, self if I just say confusing things to people, or things that have embedded commands in them, then I can get people to do whatever I want them to?!
Well, my answer to that is maybe.
The important point of conversational hypnosis is that you can only make someone do something that does not violate their beliefs and values.
You can definitely speak to someones subconscious mind using the Milton Model techniques, but it takes a lot more than a quick conversation to change someones values.
Practicing the Milton Model, you can become quite good at applying conversational hypnosis to make embedded commands to covertly influence those around you.
Experts tell us that people not only use language to describe the world they see, but language and the words used actually help to create the world people experience.
How so?
Our subconscious mind loves consistency and so will try to interpret what it experiences in a way consistent with the words we use.
This powerful tool on the tips of our tongues not only affects us, but also affects people listening to us. So you can change the way someone else views the world by consciously choosing certain words to help their subconscious form a world view you desire.
Here's how you do this.
Using language and words the right way, actually allows you to hypnotize someone you speak to. I don't mean a complete hypnotic induction like you see in the movies, where someone lies on a couch. But rather, you can speak directly to their subconscious mind when you use the right words and tone of voice. This gives you the ability to influence people to view things the way you want them to.
In other words you can change the way people behave by saying the right things in the right way.
So what are the "right things to say?
Speaking to the subconscious mind is easier than you'd think. The world renowned hypnotist, Milton Erickson, pioneered a model for conversational hypnosis involving three stages:
Stage 1.
Look for clues that tell you how the person sees the world, or a specific problem you are working on. Pay attention to the language the person uses. How does he describe what he is feeling, seeing, hearing, etc. Once you see the patterns then you can use the persons experiences to gently draw their attention away from the outside world and into their own inner experience.
This can be done with questions like, "How do you feel about this?", or "What was that for you?"
This focusing inward allows them to understand how seeing the world the way they do makes them feel.
Stage 2.
The next stage of the Erickson Model is aimed at distracting the person's conscious mind. Milton Erickson did this by speaking with complex and ambiguous langauge.
He would use words that sounded the same, but had different meanings, like wander/wonder, sale/sail, hear/here, right/write, You get the picture.
Milton deployed double binds to present only the set of options he desired. He'd say things like: We don't know if you'll begin a trance not or in 10 minutes.
This kind of language gives the mind no choice but to fall into a trance, and it uses an embedded command to do so now, or in 5 minutes.
When words are incorrectly used, it confuses and distracts the conscious mind. This causes the conscious mind to look inward, asking for help from the subconscious mine.
Well, that's a couple Milton Model techniques of mind distraction. I really don't know if you would want to learn a lot more about the Milton Model of conversational hypnosis now or later :)
Stage 3.
Once the mind has been distracted, the final step in the Milton Model is to access the subconscious minds resources.
This can be done using a few methods. The most straightforward if by embedding subliminal commands into your sentences as you speak. Since they are subliminal, they will be transparent to the conscious mind, but heard clearly by the subconscious mind.
These are a few examples:
--Who knows if you will certainly wash to dishes right away --You should do it, shouldn't you? --You are going to do this, didn't you? (this sounds like it doesn't make any sense, but your subconscious mind will hear the command)
So you may be asking yourself, self if I just say confusing things to people, or things that have embedded commands in them, then I can get people to do whatever I want them to?!
Well, my answer to that is maybe.
The important point of conversational hypnosis is that you can only make someone do something that does not violate their beliefs and values.
You can definitely speak to someones subconscious mind using the Milton Model techniques, but it takes a lot more than a quick conversation to change someones values.
Practicing the Milton Model, you can become quite good at applying conversational hypnosis to make embedded commands to covertly influence those around you.
About the Author:
Author: Rob Andrews writes articles to share his knowledge on the power of conversational hypnosis. Read more of his articles by visiting his blog and learn more more about this easy to master form of covert hypnosis
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