Source: Richard Bandler

Select a source of intense pleasure.

Imagine indulging in this pleasure.

Imagine the behavior that you want to increase.

Complete an ecology check.

Put image one behind image two.

Open a hole in picture two so you can see picture one.

Shrink the hole back down.

Repeat at least three times.

Test.

Increase your motivation by associating intense pleasure with a desired behavior. This is also the perfect place to introduce a concept of change-work that will make your practice a whole lot easier and much more productive. This is the concept of staying out of your client’s way! Inducing intense pleasure in a person is the most elegant outcome yet to be proven of how this concept works in real life. You see, the more you talk during the initial stages of the trance in this pattern, the less effective it’s going to be eventually. You have to give your client enough time to be convinced that what they feel is pure pleasure and that they really do not need the physical object they imagine in order to feel such an intense level of pleasure. This approach serves two outcomes.

First, you can work with your client much more easily on unhealthy habits. If they have experienced the same pleasure without the original inducer (cigarettes, chocolates, cyber-porn, etc.), they can trust you enough to remove these habits completely, replacing them with something that they can control. Second, you want them to go as deep into a trance as possible on their own. People are easily distracted.

Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis does not give you complete control over your senses.You should avoid speaking too much, especially in the early stages of trance. Even if you mean well and speak slowly and quietly, you still have to let them go deeper on their terms. Once they are reminded of a source of pleasure, their unconscious mind will do the hard work for you. It will send them right into a trance, because the need to feel something so good again is automatic. Do not disturb a natural process when you can use it for the successful outcome of the session.

Step 1: Select a source of intense pleasure. #

Think of a food or other thing that you have an intense craving for and that you take immense pleasure in. The creator of this pattern must have chosen Godiva Chocolate. The more of a compulsion you have to enjoy this indulgence, the better.

Step 2: Imagine indulging in this pleasure. #

Use all the rep systems to imagine partaking of this indulgence. It is the sub-modalities that give it its compelling intensity. Refer to this as “image one.”

Step 3: Imagine the behavior that you want to increase. #

Select a behavior that you really want to increase. Picture yourself doing this, and form a dissociated image of this. We’ll call this image two.

Step 4: Perform an eco-check. #

Imagine what it would be like to be highly compelled to engage in this activity. What kind of outcomes might occur? Can you think of any reasons why you would not like this? Adjust your image or goal behavior as needed until it makes it through your ecology check.

Step 5: Put image one behind image two. #

Use your imagination to place picture one (the compulsion) behind picture two (the desired behavior). Now, picture one is hidden by picture two.

Step 6: Open a hole in picture two so you can see picture one. #

Allow yourself to see a little bit of picture one by opening a small hole in picture two. Expand the hole so that you get a good view of picture one. Enjoy the excitement that comes from this image.

Step 7: Shrink the hole back down. #

Cover image one by shrinking the hole so that you see image two again.

Step 8: Do this at least three times. #

Repeat steps six and seven at least three times, or until you feel that you have associated compulsive excitement with the desired behavior.

Step 9: Test. #

Over the next few days, see if you feel better about the desired behavior, and see if it increases. If not, see if repeating this process is helpful.