The Power of Imagination

Around 1976 , as a therapist , I have helped thousands of people quit smoking.
I found the problem that many people face when closing is that they underestimate the psychological dependence , which in my opinion tends to be around 90% of the height dependence , and overestimate the dependence of 10% is physical. Physical dependence on the height tends to be short-lived , because once a physical sensation was registered and recognized by the conscious mind, which tends to disappear like a puff of smoke - no pun intended there .
Psychological dependence height is so powerful because it involves the power of the imagination and the will is powerless against the imagination. In this brief essay , I intend to help those who are really ready to quit by the imagination. Imagination is used in hypnosis and is a way to harness the incredible power of the subconscious mind. Even the fact that the unconscious has an impressive power was reduced to the imagination. In my opinion ( Zen) , imagination is the subconscious and the unconscious, it is the imagination - one and the same.

    The first step is to ask yourself if you are really ready to quit .
    The second is to commit to quit.
Without these two steps of his intention to leave may appoint another failure .
consent :
We must recognize that the desire to quit smoking and the desire to quit smoking is not exactly the same . I have met many people who told me: " Yes, I want to stop ," but then I had to think more carefully when I asked them if they are really ready to quit.
commitment :
Once you decide you 're ready to quit, there must be a commitment, and that commitment must be absolute and unconditional. The commitment must be like jumping off a high diving board - not confirmed until your feet have left the board and you're rushing to the pool below. No turn in the air, is commitment.
The use of the mind and imagination , imagine what would be a commitment. Imagine that the only thing I would change would be something that was beyond your control, like a tornado or a hurricane that suddenly and steal your body to come diving again . Highly unlikely , right?
Now imagine this ... His word is to leave your word for you. So you quit, nothing less than a highly improbable beyond its control event, to frustrate their commitment to improve the development of health and wealth that you will experience when you stopped smoking.
If it breaks this commitment, most likely to spend the rest of his life to stop smoking. As Mark Twain said with humor: " Quitting smoking is easy, I 've done it a thousand times ! "
If this is what you want your life to continue to try to quit smoking . If you want to improve the health and wealth , do not try .... Commit to Quit . Again note the distinction between the process and commit to quit!
Once your commitment is in place - and should be if you are really serious with his intention to quit smoking - you can now start using the power of imagination and visualization .
Every day and every time you think about lighting a cigarette ...

    Imagine what it would be like to be free smoking .
    Imagine what it would be like to be able to get out of breath without coughing up your lungs , for example.
    Imagine having a cleaner mouth fresher taste .
    If you are in a country where smoking is banned in public places , imagine that you can go to the restaurant and public places without worrying about having to go out, because you are the victim of tobacco dependence .
    Imagine what you could buy with the money you save because they are no longer dedicated to smoking.
Many people told me : "It's good for you, you do not smoke "
This is true, because I left in 1970 .
Other considerations and tips on how to quit smoking ....

    You're never a non- smoker to quit smoking, you 're still hooked up to it. Thus, a snuff a smoke has great potential to induce you to smoke.
    If your motivation to quit smoking is a healthier, do something in the form of exercise and a healthy diet to improve your health and well -being.
    If your motivation to quit smoking is to improve your wealth, get a large bowl and put the money you would normally spend on smoking in the container every day. From time to time as the weeks pass , count the money that has accumulated and imagine what you want to buy for yourself as a reward.
Before becoming a therapist , I worked as a professional musician and smoked up to 3 packs of 20 cigarettes per day. One day I was invited to play tennis with a good friend . Within 5 minutes I had to stop and sit down. I could not stop coughing and felt very dizzy that I could not get enough oxygen in my brain ! I am engaged in the act of smoking . There was always started my training to become a hypnotherapist and I was aware of the power of imagination. I used all the techniques I've described above , and I 've never smoked a cigarette since . On rare occasions over the years, I 've been tempted . I just use the power of my imagination to imagine what it would be like if I lit a cigarette. I'd probably tell me that it is normal that I do not smoke and I will do tomorrow. But tomorrow is always tomorrow . And my loss of commitment to improving the health is gone and I would soon start smoking regularly. This scenario is horrible for me and more than enough to get to refuse to tobacco smoke in my body. Such is the power of my imagination that I have worked in recent years. It is like any muscle in the body , the more I use it, the stronger it gets .