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The idea of
“alternate universes” became somewhat more accessible with when quantum physics
began to bombard us with two different times, or masses, or lengths that
appeared to co-exist concurrently. From
this point, it was simply a matter of time before theories of hyperspace
developed. “Hyperspace” refers to a
somewhat theoretical space (or “place”) in which the three dimensions with
which we are more or less comfortable are replaced by other dimensions, in
which the basic laws of Newtonian physics are transcended. And in this theoretical hyperspace, it is
entirely plausible to postulate two objects occupying the same space in the
same time. And once we have done that,
why not two – or more – universes!
Clinical
psychologists have belatedly acknowledged the potential therapeutic validity of
past-life regression, at least for its metaphorical significance (if not
anything more exciting). Hypnotherapists
have long engaged in work with past lives, and more recently they have even
considered future lives as well as lives in between incarnations.
The
trail-blazing work of my colleague, Dr. Don Gibbons, goes far beyond anything
yet conceived. We now bring subjects
into an alternate universe in which they can see themselves as they would like
to be – or (more significantly) as they might have been without a given trauma
in their lives. His blog expresses this
idea more succinctly:
<< If the number of
alternate universes is truly infinite, then it is possible to use the higher
powers of the imagination to experience any one of these possible Universes in
hypnosis just as if we were really there. For example, we all long to return to
the safety and security of a little infant tenderly nestled in its mother’s
arms. At the opposite extreme, all phobias are basically rooted in a fear of
not being, which is actually a fear of death. In a cosmos in which the number
of parallel universes is theoretically without limit, there is – somewhere – an alternate universe where we can
bathe in an ocean of infinite, unbounded, and everlasting love, freed from the
limitations of space and time, to satisfy these deepest longings, enhance our
self-esteem, and overcome all our feelings of unhappiness, loneliness, anger,
and despair.
<< Using our hypnotic
imagination and the elements of the BEST ME technique . . . (we) can . . .
experience now, in the present, the full rewards of future goals in order to
provide ourselves with the vitality and motivation to achieve them, so that we
can become truly free to want to do
what we know we ought to do in order
to develop our potential to the fullest.
<< Regardless of
whatever else may be going on in our lives, we can “get away” to an alternate
universe and come back as refreshed as if we had been away for a week, a month,
or even longer. Experiences can easily be included for withstanding the effects
of stress, finding one's purpose in life, and enhancing feelings of
self-esteem. >>
I should
append that this technique also offers immense potential for resolving problems
of motivation. If one can already experience
the results of the hard work, and if one can already know how good he/she will feel
after achieving the objective, the “end result” will become far less abstract
and far more tangible. From there, all
that remains is to “remember the future.”
