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People differ from one another in almost every possible respect. Where speaking is concerned, some have a relatively tight tongue, in the sense that they do not easily speak out against something in a critical or wounding way when a thing is done or said to them. Other have a loose tongue in the sense that they are inclined to lash out with it at the least provocation. Others may occupy any position along the continuum.

At The Extremes
In both these extreme cases, and for any one tending towards them, the tongue is uncontrolled. In the one case, people may fail to speak when they ought. This could be taken for self control when it is in fact a spiritual or character weakness. The emotions are not under control and a consequence may well be that they fasten inside themselves feelings which do the same for their spirituality as water does for iron. They are not progressing in these matters and, in fact, their spiritual base is being eroded away.

People with a loose tongue are similarly injuring themselves, and may also be inflicting damage on others (and whether the others warrant it or not is God’s business, not our, and he can actually be left to deal with it in both a just and compassionate manner — which is quite beyond our capabilities).

On balance, although tight-tongued people may cause injury to others by not speaking out when they should, loose-tongued people probably cause considerably more damage by their unconsidered outspokenness. Because I am hurt, I then inflict hurt on someone else (perhaps not even on the person who is responsible for injuring me!). If they respond in like manner, I am hurt again, or someone else is hurt because of my initial reaction — and are perhaps hurt again when I respond to their reaction!

A very serious form of loose-tonguedness is tittle-tattling behind the backs of other people: complaining about them, criticising them, undermining their reputations, and so forth. This is not acceptable conduct for any Christian in respect of any other person, and certainly not in respect of fellow Christians. Probably nothing undermines the sense and reality of fellowship and community more effectively. Even when the targeted person is not aware of it, it breeds, with great effectiveness, a destructive atmosphere of unlove and mistrust. It cannot do any other, because that is the nature of what is being done!

Why do people do it? Because they think this other person has hurt them? injured them? neglected them? insulted them? used them? All these things can be very difficult for us to handle, but we must find other ways of dealing with them, for these are very serious sins.

Do we want others to be talking like this about us? Jesus told us:

Do to others as you would have them do to you (Luke 6. 31, NIV)

even if you feel unloved by them, because

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them. (Luke 6:31-32, NIV )

This kind of loose-tonguedness not only destroys what should be the essence of a Christian atmosphere, and not only ruins the reputations of other people, it most effectively destroys us more than them. It involves considerable personal risk since

… in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Matthew 7:2, NIV )

The passing sense of satisfaction is hardly worth the consequence..

AUTHOR: Anthony Keith Whitehead
WEB SITE: http://www.christianword.co.uk
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Over twenty-five years in Christian healing teaching writing
ministries. Wide range of secular employments before being called
by the Lord into full time independent ministry in 1987. With his
wife Iris he has ministered both in the UK and USA. Has written
several books on healing meditation and various aspects of spirituality.
Formal qualifications include: B.A. M.Phil.
Cambridge University Certificate in Religious Studies. Post Grad Cert. in Education.

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Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness with an increased level of suggestibility. The mind is disengaged from the external reality, and is focused on a particular subject, situation or activity in a process. Traits, behavioral properties, past memories are mostly stored in the sub-conscious mind. During hypnosis, direct communication is established with the sub-conscious mind, and hence the properties that are stored there are easily modified. People under this situation can be made to do things which in normal state either they are unable to do or they are unwilling to do.

General methods:

Hypnosis can be done on a person by himself or by someone else. When someone applies hypnosis on someone, the subject is asked to sit or lie down and relax. He is then asking to concentrate on something in particular. Pupils get dilated and after deepening of the focus the subject’ eye lids become heavier and he enters into the alternative state of consciousness. The subject is the asked to do something to fulfill the purpose of hypnosis. After it is done, he is brought out of the trance and his mind regains normal consciousness.

Applications

A similar term hypnose signifies either the process leading to hypnotischen Trance or the state of that trance itself. It is ascribed with temporarily modified relaxation and intense relaxation. Hypnosis has wide applications in treating patients with physical in addition, mental problems.

Hypnotisørs use hypnoseuddannelse to help get rid people from bad habits. Hypnotisørs certified to apply hypnosis for clinical purposes are known as hypnotherapists. A have a large part of their income is by helping people lose weight and getting them rid of smoking. In fields of education, surveys and researches have shown that hypnosis to enhance students’ concentration and performance had effective outcomes. A person can self hypnotize himself to get rid of bad habits like smoking or for staying on a diet. Several cds or computer program are available in the market as aids to self-hypnosis.

Misconceptions:

There are several misconceptions regarding hypnosis. Many treat it as completely parting with the control over one’s mind. Hypnosis is believed to be done with the hypnotisør’s power, however hypnotisør can only give suggestions, which the subject can choose to either follow or choose not to. People try to relate traits such as strength of mind, intelligence etc with the ability to get hypnotized; however there are no such relations. In fact, hypnosis ability can be hereditary.

Possible Threats

Hypnosis is a very powerful and effective tool, however if it is not done in a proper way it can lead to baneful effects. There are several cases where the subject of hypnosis was left with severe anxiety and depression for tediously long periods, 10 years or more in many cases, as an after effect of improper hypnosis. Most of these cases arise when the subject goes to an uncertified hypnotisør. Evocations of intense emotions, setting of false memories are some common realities.

Thomas H. Lindblom thinks that hypnosis or <a href="http://www.jacobstrachotta.dk">hypnose</a> is an altered state of consciousness with an increased level of suggestibility. It is a process, in which the brain looses the power of self-control.

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We all like to think we know ourselves inside out. What other person can know me as well as I know myself? Well, whatever the answer to that might be, it is not necessarily a very relevant question. The really important question is: how well do I actually know myself?

Knowing oneself is not quite as easy as it appears. It depends not least on how often we examine ourselves: our behaviour, motivations, actions and reactions, etc. Important is this respect is the degree and extent to which we examine our emotions: how certain emotions have come about, how we have reacted to them, and so forth.

The Passing Importance Of Emotions
We very often, perhaps without thinking things through, regard the emotional stimuli we receive in our lives as more important than frequently it should be regarded.

Emotion is often both transitory and accidental. It is transitory in that the experience is a passing one: tomorrow, next week, next year it will be gone and, even when not forgotten, will only be a small factor in our lives. It is accidental in that the circumstances in which it developed could have been different: if we had not done what we did, gone where we were.

The Need To Examine Our Emotions
We need to examine our emotions in just the same way as we might examine what our senses tell us. If we think we see something, we might well look again to make sure that what we have observed is what is actually there. Perhaps without being aware of it, we often re-hear what we think we have heard before deciding on its nature. No one would doubt the sensibility of this kind of checking-out. It is part of the normal pattern of behaviour of sensible people. Unfortunately, however, where emotions are concerned, what is normal is often anything but spiritual.

When we allow ourselves to react to our emotions, it is, in fact, very often hurt pride to which we are reacting. We can legitimately take pride in many things, such as in the quality of some work that we do which has value for others, and which we desire to benefit them. But the kind of pride which feeds our own self importance is spiritually dangerous: it is like a system of land mines hidden under the surface of the battlefield of spiritual warfare.

Examination As Spiritual Warfare
Spiritual warfare is almost entirely seen as warfare against Satan and his hoards. Often it is, but it is also spiritual warfare, albeit of a different kind, to combat our own failings, faults of which Satan might try to take advantage, but which are often the cause of explosive damage to our spirituality, initiated by ourselves against ourselves! And pride is frequently the detonator! Remove the pride of self importance and the explosive is rendered harmless.

We must not allow our emotions to dictate our behaviour. They are part of the soul (= mind, will and emotions) and our soul should be subject to our spirit, and our spirit should be subject only to the Holy Spirit, who is our Counsellor and the one who stands beside us as our Guide in all things:

“If you love me, you will obey what I command.
16:And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever -17:the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. (John 14:15 - 17, NIV)

The Need For Guidance
The Holy Spirit is there to guide us in every detail of our life. When others injure us, for example, or if we find ourselves in a traumatic and disturbing situation, we should ask the Holy Spirit what our reaction should be — but being careful that it is the Holy Spirit who is answering. It is all too easy to hear ourselves telling ourselves what we want ourselves to hear. In times when distress is too great for us to be sure of what we are hearing, we can turn, for their prayful advice, to friends with a similar kind of spirituality, and therefore of understanding of that part of our situation.

Again, we need to be careful who we ask — even among our Christian friends. No one is invincible and anyone can fall to their own self interests and predilections. Often it will be possible to select a friend whose advice we really know is going to be biased in the direction which we favour. We would be more honest with ourselves not to bother at all than to allow this to happen. Choose someone who is trustworthy, on whom we know we can depend, and who has no inbuilt leaning one way or another. In addition, whenever possible, defer any decision until your own state of mind is again completely stable; then pray as intensively and extensively as is necessary to acquire confidence that the Spirit is indeed directing one.

AUTHOR: Anthony Keith Whitehead
WEB SITE: http://www.christianword.co.uk
This article is copyright but may be reproduced providing that all
this information is included
Over twenty-five years in Christian healing teaching writing
ministries. Wide range of secular employments before being called
by the Lord into full time independent ministry in 1987. With his
wife Iris he has ministered both in the UK and USA. Has written
several books on healing meditation and various aspects of spirituality.
Formal qualifications include: B.A. M.Phil.
Cambridge University Certificate in Religious Studies. Post Grad Cert. in Education.

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