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January 30, 2011

Why the devil?


There’s a story about a Samurai warrior who goes to a great master to learn the difference between heaven and hell.
The teacher listens carefully while scrutinizing the brute of a man standing before him. Having heard his request, the master replies, “Teach you? You must be joking! You’re a big, dumb ox! Who could possibly teach you?!!”
The Samurai immediately sees red. Instinctively, he draws his sword and is poised to strike when the little man calmly says, “THAT … is hell.”
The sword is suspended in mid-air as the words of the master sink in. Slowly the Samurai softens. He returns his sword to his belt and bows deeply. Then falling to his knees he kisses the masters feet in gratitude. 
To which the teacher calmly adds, “And THAT, my son, is heaven.”
God has dominion over Heaven. And the devil’s domain is hell. And hell is a state of mind. 
Healing with the mind is The Devil’s Therapy.
By using a Grimm’s Brother’s fairy tale I hope to illustrate in this book how to do body-centered regression hypnotherapy.
The story begins with a soldier who, having been discharged from the army, has nothing to live on. When he wanders into the woods he meets ‘a little man.’
The little man is the devil.
The devil asks the soldier, “What’s buggin’ ya, Bub?”  And before long a contract has been made between them. The soldier will work underground for a period of time in exchange for the devil giving him permanent relief.
The soldier is the client. He has a story. And a history of conflict. He could be anyone, really.
And the devil?
He’s a healer. He’s found in the woods because he lives close to nature where he can gather healing remedies. Some might say he’s a little ‘out there.’
In our story, the devil is a Hypnotherapist.
The devil you say?
Yup. After all, the devil rules the underworld. And that’s the subconscious mind. The feeling mind.
What you can feel you can heal. – John Gray
Healing begins in the mind. The devil recognizes that all healing is self-healing. 
Healing is natural. It happens. When we let it.
So before leading the client into the realm of his subconscious mind, the devil establishes an agreement from the client to do the work necessary to achieve healing. 
Then he teaches the client how to set himself free of the past.

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