What Is Hypnosis? From the Viewpoint of an Expert

By Dolores Cannon

What is hypnosis is actually a very interesting question. Some people who practice hypnosis might say it is just a method to help them cure their patients' addictions and phobias. I of course use hypnosis for that purpose. But it can reveal so much more.

Let me address a question that is a bit more fascinating and topical than what is hypnosis. I have been asked many times about the Mayan calendar ending on December 21, 2012. People think that is the date for the end of the world if the Mayans could not see beyond that point. But they did. I have been told that the Mayans evolved spiritually to the point where their civilization shifted en masse to the next dimension. They ended the calendar on this date in 2012 because they could see this would be the time of the next major event: the shifting of the consciousness of the entire world into the next dimension.

As many of you know, the winter solstice will also occur on December 21, 2012. Out of fear, some people have interpreted the combination of the solstice and the ending of the Mayan calendar as an omen of doom. I believe nothing could be further from the truth; this sacred date will mark the beginning of a new future for mankind and should be celebrated, not feared. The world will not be destroyed. We are evolving along with it. We constantly create our own reality, and we are capable of changing that reality.

We will eventually ascend to another dimension by raising our consciousness, and vibration and frequency of our bodies. When we reach a new dimension, our new bodies of light will never die. This is what the Bible meant when it referred to "Eternal Life."

The spirit side, or the "in between lives state," where I have found that we go when we die in this lifetime, is like a recycling center. It leads back to another life on Earth because there is still karma to be worked out, a desire is unfulfilled, or something needs to be attended to.

People keep returning to Earth because they have not completed their life lessons. By raising the consciousness of the mind, and the frequency and vibration of the body, there is no need to return to the in between lives state of existence. It can be transcended by going to the place where everyone is eternally alive. This is probably the place that many of my subjects refer to as "home."

When my subjects see experience "home" during their regressions, they become emotional because they have a deep longing for it, but aren't consciously aware it exists.

As you can see, if someone were to ask what is hypnosis, there isn't one single answer. Hypnosis is the gateway for all of my work, the way through to all the incredible experiences and knowledge contained within each of us, and the entire universe.