The more we begin to understand how we actually function on a complex blend of multiple levels of awareness, the more we can begin to see how little we really know about the processes beneath the surface of our conscious existence.
Hypnosis gives us unique experience and insight into the human condition. We can see how one incident, often of short duration, can act as the primary determining factor for a person's entire life, without their knowledge or understanding. We can see people make changes, positive and quick changes, only when they are able to deal with those issues at the different levels of awareness that the true affect is occuring. Perhaps there are more levels ?
Hypnosis and Auto-Hypnosis are powerful tools that can make underappreciated difference in not only the lives of people, but the lives of all those around them, even mankind in general. I know I'm preaching to the choir when I speak of the amazing transformations we see with minimal application. Helping people to approach life on the different levels they operate on is the key to all growth and change.
Erickson's major facilitator in helping people was not his profund knowledge of how the mind worked, it was his understanding that it worked on different levels. He always stressed to look at people as a complete integrated package. His most dramatic work was the enabling of his clients to access those levels of awareness where true change was possible.
We live in exciting times, times of technology and discovery. Remember the hypnotic phenomena is only bound by the constraints of man, which we don't really know the true natures of.

