The Importance Of Symbolism (And How The Mind Processes Information)
- Jan 26, 2023
- 5 min read
Written by: McKing Lee, Executive Contributor
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Today might be a little interesting because I’ll be sharing a whole case study with you! Or then again perhaps you might find it boring to know exactly how this person went through her hypnosis.
You see, our mind processes a large chunk of information as symbols, pictures, images, etc
Words do come into play too but images and symbols can hold a lot more information
For example, think of love right now… what appears?
If you just see the word love, that’s it
Some people might see a pink 2D heart, or a red 3D heart
I had a guy who saw a green circle, and another who saw a blue square
Yes, those are their unique symbols of love!
I also had a girl who saw a broken heart, another saw a knife in the heart, and a third lady a black heart
Yes, while those symbols are of love, you immediately realize that love is not a pure good love that people expect
A knife in the heart might symbolize a love that betrayed her, or hurt her badly
And this is what I want to share with you today
The Case of The Girl Who Couldn’t Move On
Let’s call her Sarah (Name change to protect her identity)
Sarah is a 29-year-old girl who had a long distance relationship with a guy but due to circumstances, they had to break it off
However, she couldn’t let go and move on
Every day she cries herself to sleep, pining for him
She was also experiencing mild anxiety and depression but the main focus was to let go and get over her ex-boyfriend
When we started the hypnosis, she saw herself in a pasture with a path leading away from her
And since there was nothing else, she followed the path into a village
An old lady appeared and offered her some bread but she refused the offer because she wasn’t hungry
Sarah continued through the village, and came to a river
She sat on a rock and watch the sunrise… just enjoying the peace…
As the sky brighten, she noticed a forest across the river and wanted to go there
I asked her how will she go there, and while at first she thought she might cross via a bridge, she could only see a log, and so she hopped over to the side of the forest
As she approached the forest, a pair of yellow demonic eyes appeared!
Sarah started crying in fear upon seeing such eyes!
I told her that she is safe and the sun will continue to rise and brighten even more so we can see clearly who these pair of eyes belong to
As the sun reaches midpoint, and the darkness recedes, she realized the pair of yellow demonic eyes belong to a wolf!
The wolf was there as a guide and a protector!
It will guide her through the forest to where she needed to go
Finally, they reached a mountain, and Sarah started to cry again
I asked her why is she crying, and she replied
“Because I need to climb the mountain, and I can’t bring the wolf with me”
I told her that its ok, you can take your time to have this closure with the wolf
And she hugged the wolf so tightly and kept repeating, “I’m sorry, I need to climb the mountain and I can’t bring you with me”
I waited until she was done and then she climbed the mountain and sat on a beach chair while watching the sunset
She also had a cup of coffee here while she rested!
Finally, she climbed down the other side of the mountain and entered a desert
Where she came across a bench and told me she wanted to sleep on this bench
So I waited patiently while she had a nap on the bench in her mind, while physically she was sitting in my couch
Once she was ready to come out of hypnosis, I brought her out
So What Does It All Mean?
We did have a chat about it and who knows, maybe you already figured out what the symbols meant to her!
I’m sorry, no I have no idea what the old lady and the bread mean either hahaha
We can confirm that the wolf is her ex-boyfriend, because she felt it was so
In fact, I asked her to think of her ex-boyfriend and to her surprise, she was no longer crying and felt peace about moving on!
Perhaps the forest was a period of time where having the ex-boyfriend or the wolf was great at protecting and guiding her
While the mountain was her next phase of life, where she will go alone… for now
And sleeping on the bench in her mind was to have adequate mental rest (since we are in a state of hypnosis after all)
The main thing is that she can finally let go and move on
Because due to how the hypnosis works, her hugging the wolf and having that closure allowed her to have that closure with her ex-boyfriend too
That’s why she can feel free suddenly, where previously when she thinks of her ex-boyfriend, she will cry profusely
It’s pretty amazing, isn’t it? 😉
A Word of Caution
Although yes, the above experience was done through hypnosis, what can it also mean?
You see, the above was a process of symbolism and imagery in order to heal, but the reverse is also possible
Where if you imagine negative circumstances or fears, that you generate more fear and anxiety for yourself
That’s how fear comes about!
False
Expectations
Appearing
Real
That makes fear!
Perhaps you have a fear of spiders, and perhaps a spider fell in front of you when you were a child and that’s why you developed a fear of spiders
That’s the child you seeing a spider, the spider looks much bigger since you are smaller
Now that you are an adult, even though the spider is physically much much smaller than you, the image in your mind is as if its much bigger instead
You probably can see where I’m going with this
Dissolving this image, a false image, will be one way to dissolve your fear!
Well, there are other ways depending on the circumstances of course
Just be aware not to give yourself negative imagery in the future!
Or plant negative imagery in your friends, family or children!
That’s the main takeaway 😊
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McKing Lee, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
McKing Lee is a conversational hypnotist, NLP Practitioner, and a student of life. After nearly dying in his sleep when his lung burst for no reason, McKing develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and fell into depression. He subsequently sought his own recovery through learning NLP and hypnosis. Having a unique understanding of how the mind works, he has helped many people with mental and psychological issues, relationship and emotional issues, and interestingly enough, sometimes physical ailments too. McKing was recognized and won APAC SEA Business Awards Hypnotist of the Year 2020, and has been featured in local and overseas media over the years. He aims to help people as effectively as possible, through sharing of knowledge and with the right application of skills.
