In many situations what appears to be a major issue of life can turn out to be a well orchestrated ‘soul contract’ (pre-life agreement).

             While you are in a period of discovery it would benefit you to go over anything in your life that seems repetitious.  If you seem to keep making the same mistakes, that is worth looking at.  If you have suddenly started doing things that are completely out of your character, this could be a clue to something you need to address or clear.

             A client’s story unfolds this way… When I met this man he was consuming almost a case of beer per day.  He knew how bad his situation was, but could not understand how he got there.  Until recently he rarely drank anything at all and could not stand the taste of beer.  This was a man with no real history of drinking, a stable person with a good work history and devoted to his family.  With all of the good qualities he had there seemed to be a strong undercurrent of anger with his dad.  He had nothing but good things to say about his father so clearly we had to move him into a place of discovery to uncover these behavioral issues.

             In no time we got to the root of the problem.  He and his dad had always been very close; he idolized his dad and thought he could do no wrong.  The father had become ill and turned to drinking to anesthetize the pain. The child had watched his father move very quickly into consuming over a case of beer per day.  He was not told what his father was dealing with so he couldn’t understand what was happening.  When the father died the child felt betrayed and very angry, he felt abandoned and could not make closure on his anger.  Until that day no one had ever discussed this with him. 

             During the process the father went through, a very interesting thing was occurring with the child.  The parent was ‘imprinting’ on the son.  Remember that we teach by example, not by word.  The parent had effectively taught his son an ineffective way to deal with his pain.  Now, the child is a man in pain and has no way to deal with it except the way his father had imprinted upon him – had taught him.  This is a very good description of 'learned behavior.'

             That day the man completely released the need for beer and made closure on his behavioral situation.  He also learned how important it was to turn the process around so his own children would not make the same mistakes.  A side note to this story… The man was so moved by this experience that it opened a door to his own spiritual growth.  While this was a painful and challenging situation, we discovered that he had built this into his ‘soul contract.’

             Every day of our lives we receive imprinting, sometimes good, sometimes bad.   When the imprinting is negative in nature, hypnosis is a good tool for understanding and turning the process around. Sometimes having a good appointment with someone that understands these things will work very well too.