Smoking Cessation HypnosisSmoking is a plague in America. From New York to Chicago and on to Los Angeles people are convinced to smoke through advertising, peer pressure and all other manor of influence. You can purchase any tobacco product online and through many other ways. One photo, a single shot of some movie start smoking gets many other people to light up. For most smokers the clock is ticking but they are in denial. By hook or crook they must find a system to help them quit smoking.. This system is smoking cessation hypnosis. Monkey Mind In Asia, meditation teachers often speak of "Monkey Mind," the endless, obsessive process of thinking about one thing, such as smoking, for a short time and than another thing for a short time without any specific intention to do so. It is a process of thought or concept formation, a chaotic chattering and internal conversation in an individual's mind as it jumps from thought to thought, endlessly daydreaming, analyzing, and worrying - then smoking to silence that agitation even if for only a moment. Monkey Mind causes us to focus on things of little importance while ignoring the essentials. In the end, the cost is wasted energy and poor choices. Rather than being strange or unusual, Monkey Mind is more and more the ordinary state of mind for many people. Many educators complain that their students have shorter attention spans now than ten or even fifteen years ago. The best response to smoking, Monkey Mind and other forms of obsessive thought or concept formation depends on the state of mind of the individual. It also depends on the strength of the emotions that are driving these thoughts. Recommended approaches to Monkey Mind include: 1. Ignoring the monkey as it jumps about. 2. Suppression/transcending this thought of smoking by consciously focusing on another thought or image. 3. Examining, exploring, and coming to understand these thoughts through observation and investigation. Suppression of thoughts is seldom effective. One must instead replace monkey mind with another, focused thought. Denial and suppression of any aspect of our experience will cause pain and struggle that will have to be addressed later. It is as if you are chasing a monkey away who wants to remain here. - of course it will return later. This approach doesn't lead anywhere and can become increasingly frustrating, leading to anger, self-criticism, and impatience. One can even choose self-examination and exploration as a contemplative exercise - philosophical inquiry. |