Delivering strong suggestions through metaphors or stories is one of the oldest and most popular forms of hypnosis that can be seen used just about everywhere today. If you have every listened to and effective public speaker of preacher delivering their sermon you have been on the receiving end of Ericksonian hypnosis.
An effective speaker will usually begin their talk with a joke, or interesting story pertaining to the target topic which delivers a message. A prime example of this would be the age old story of "The Boy who Cried Wolf". This is a story of a shepherd boy who was guarding his flocks of sheep. Several times during one specific evening he shouted, "Wolf, Wolf!". People ran to his assistance only to find that there was no wolf and the boy was just lying to get attention. Later on in the evening an actual wolf did begin attacking the flock and when the boy yelled "Wolf, Wolf!", the villagers did not run to his assistance thinking that we was just lying again and the boy perished.
This is a classic form of Ericksonian hypnosis that can be told to a child that has a problem with lying. Rather than being told to stop lying directly which would make the child shut off mentally, this story is something that the child can relate to. By relating to the young shepherd boys continual lying, the child will realize that if he continues in this manner that it will eventually get him in trouble. This story is a wonderful covert way to have the child accept suggestion to be honest in the future if he wants people to believe him.
In addition to stories, entertaining jokes with a morale and even Fairly Tales one of the most common and effectively used methods of hypnosis can be seen in the way of parables. Many religious groups and books utilize parables to get their readers to follow positive suggestion or conform with little to no resistance. Therefore the authors of these parables could be seen as some of the earliest practitioners of Ericksonian hypnosis.
Try it the next time your child or someone you know requires assistance in the way of positive suggestion. Think about the desired end result or goal and simply develop a story line incorporating fictitious characters to attain this goal as a result of the story, challenge or struggle. You may possibly even develop an entertaining joke or anecdote which can have the same result.
Here's one of my favorite ones that I have used throughout the years at the beginning of many church sermons and even sales presentations. "There was once a busy ant hill in the woods, just outside the green of a community golf course. One day there was a new gopher on the course that recklessly hit his ball which landed right on the top, center of the anthill. The ants began scurrying around frantically not knowing what was happening. Of course in the game of golf, the ball must be played wherever it lands so the golfer took aim at his ball, swung and missed it completely.
As a result of this swing he killed half of the ants on the hill but the ball remained right in the middle of it. The golfer swung again and once again missed killing all of the ants but two. As the golfer began his swing for a third time, one ant looked at the other and said, "brother if we're going to save ourselves, we'd better get on the ball!."
This amusing story always brought a smile to many of the faces in the congregation however they were also able to relate to the message that they had better get on the ball as well. It was delivered in a way that was accepted and had them open-minded towards my talk on the topic. If I had simply started my talk by telling the audience that they had better get on the ball, I would have been giving my talk to a closed minded, even rebellious audience.
This is your formula of hypnotizing anyone in five seconds. Just decide on your desired message and begin telling an amusing story or metaphor as a way to deliver it.
Happy story telling.
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