In the course of eliciting a state or creating a metaphor, you can ascribe feelings to things. This is called selectional restriction violation. Doing this not only furthers the metaphor, or supports the state, but it also contributes to trance and open-mindedness.“Your lower back would like to absorb and store all that extra agitation you have been feeling, and create a balanced sense of your energies.”

“What if your media player could tell you about all the wisdom and ideas for success that it will ever hold.”

“The cactus lives peacefully in the arid desert.”