Post Written By Eugene Morgan “All that we are is a result of what we have thought” ― Gautama Buddha Our thinking is the result of our personality. We express our personality through our thoughts. It’s through our thoughts we express our feelings. We have a conscious and an unconscious mind. Consciously, we can only see in […]
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Meanings We Cherish
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Meaning is very important in our life. We cherish our memories because they’re meaningful to us. We can look back and reflect on past events in our lives that make us happy. Our experiences create memorable meanings. We don’t have to look for what’s meaningful. After we experience a memorable […]
Surprise, Shock, and Affirmations
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Being surprise is a temporary moment when our minds open up and want to grab hold of something meaningful before the moment of surprise disappears. Milton Erickson uses shock and surprise with his students and his subjects to get them out of rigid mind sets. His subject is caught off […]
Curiosity Saves The Cat
Written by Eugene Morgan Milton Erickson uses curiosity as a carrot stick to lure the conscious mind away. His goal is to bypass the conscious mind to get to the unconscious mind. He tells his subjects interesting facts or stories to create curiosity and suspense to keep the conscious mind attended. Erickson understands that the […]
Surprise, Shock and Barriers
Written by Eugene Morgan Milton Erickson often uses surprise and shock to break up the barriers of the conscious mind. Surprises are meant to be delivered unexpectedly to the person. In life when we’re presented with something unexpectedly, our conscious mind is temporarily off-balance. This unbalance of the conscious mind awakens the unconscious mind. This […]