Spirit Guide Contact Through Hypnosis 111 By Dr. Bruce Goldberg NEW PAGE BOOKS A division of The Career Press, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ Copyright © 2005 by Dr. Bruce Goldberg All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press. SPIRIT GUIDE CONTACT THROUGH HYPNOSIS EDITED BY KATE HENCHES TYPESET BY EILEEN DOW MUNSON Cover design by Lu Rossman/Digi Dog Design Cover photo: Leslie Frank Hampton Printed in the U.S.A. by Book-mart Press To order this title, please call toll-free 1-800-CAREER-1 (NJ and Canada: 201-848- 0310) to order using VISA or MasterCard, or for further information on books from Career Press. The Career Press, Inc., 3 Tice Road, PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.careerpress.com www.newpagebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goldberg, Bruce, 1948- Spirit guide contact through hypnosis / by Bruce Goldberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56414-797-5 (pbk.) 1. Guides (Spiritualism) 2. Autogenic training. I. Title. BF1275.G85G65 2005 133.9’32--dc22 2005041504 This book is dedicated to the thousands of my patients who have been kind enough to share their spirit guide experiences using the techniques presented in this book. Without their demonstrations of the benefits of these metaphysical, yet natural, techniques, this book would not have been possible. 111 This page intentionally left blank I would like to thank Michael Lewis, Acquisitions Editor of New Page Books, for his interest and assistance in bringing this book to the public. This book’s final form would not be what it is without the assistance of my editor, Kate Henches. Thank you, Kate for your kindness, professionalism, and helpful suggestions. Finally, I cannot express enough appreciation to my typist, Marianne Colasanti, for her tireless efforts and spiritual support. 111 This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents 11111111111111111111111111 Introduction 9 Chapter 1: Who Are Spirit Guides? 15 Chapter 2: Where Do Spirit Guides Live? 39 Chapter 3: Preparing Yourself for Spirit Guide Contact 49 Chapter 4: Basic Hypnotic Techniques for Contacting 83 Spirit Guides Chapter 5: Channeling 129 Chapter 6: Advanced Hypnotic Techniques for Contacting 149 Spirit Guides Chapter 7: What We Can Learn From Spirit Guides 191 Conclusion 231 Chapter Notes 239 Bibliography 241 Index 247 About the Author 253 This page intentionally left blank Introduction 11111111111111111111111111 Contacting spirit guides is as old as civilization itself. Shamans dating back to at least 50,000 B.C. had rituals of placing themselves in communi- cation with nonphysical entities. The Mystery Schools of ancient Egypt, Greece, Persia, Rome, and India also dealt with contacting spirits. This approach appeared to reach a zenith in the 19th century with the Spiritualism Movement. Today a reincarnation of interest has been mani- fested through the resurgence of attention brought to angels, the Higher Self and channeling in general. Every major religion acknowledges the reality of discarnate entities or spirits. These may be called saints, angels, the Holy Spirit, and so on. One of the purposes of this book is to demystify this process. Hollywood films, television, and novels have incorrectly presented the view that some magical (if not evil) process is necessary to contact one of these spirits. The media’s conception of spirit contact has led to the false assump- tion that the individual who establishes this contact must be in great dan- ger. In reality, this communication is natural, relatively simple, and is a wonderful growth experience. Spirit communication removes the fear of death and bereavement, and results in a form of spiritual empowerment. We now can have evidence of our immortality, in addition to receiving enlightenment from beings far more spiritually evolved than we are. Other advantages of this communication are: e Developing your intuition and other psychic abilities. e Increasing your ability to love ourselves and others. 9 10 Spirit Guide Contact Through Hypnosis e Becoming more aware of the workings of the universe. e Increasing your creativity and problem solving abilities. e Establishing better contact with your own Masters and Guides and Higher Self to facilitate your own spiritual evolution. e Spiritual protection from negative entities and/or other forces in the universe. e Accessing the wisdom of the ancients. e Establishing and maintaining your own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. This book presents many easy and perfectly safe methods to contact spirit guides. Absolutely anyone can master these simple exercises. The only obstacles in your path to apply these techniques successfully rests inside you. We refer to these obstacles as defense mechanisms or the ego. They try to prevent you from changing in any way. Frequently, these defense mechanisms are easily overpowered by the use of simple meditative and self-hypnosis techniques. It is only the igno- rance and prejudice that society has fostered upon the West that has misprogrammed you to feel that you cannot do this. We are not the highest and only form of intelligent life. Being human is not the apex of evolution. There are nonphysical beings and dimen- sions that are far more evolved than any of us have ever imagined our species to be. The ignorance that a soul illustrates during its life reflects and di- rects its actions after it crosses into spirit (dies). By establishing spirit contact now, you can better yourself and your destiny for this eventual transition. I present several protection exercises in this book, so there is no need to fear being harmed while practicing the methods included. You will be helped tremendously by the spirits you contact. They may assist you in establishing abundance, provide insight on a variety of issues, pro- tect you, and function as a nonphysical companion. Spirit guides can only help us if we request their assistance. The greater our awareness and more open we are to this communication, the stronger their help and guidance will be. It is always to our advantage to raise our souls’ energies to facilitate this assistance and to grow spiritually. Introduction 11 Contacting spirit guides is a learned skill. You do not have to be born with a special “gift.” With the methods presented in this book, you will learn how to expand your own consciousness and contact a high-level guide and your own Higher Self. All you require is a strong desire, perse- verance, and patience to obtain positive results. Using these techniques will increase the frequency of events in your life that just “seem to happen.” You will receive insights and simply “know” about things and what to do to better your life and the lives of those you contact. This will result in your life taking on more meaning, and you developing a greater sense of karmic purpose. Use the information and experiences that you obtain as a result of this book to be both enlightened and empowered. Make this a starting point in opening yourself up for guidance and spiritual growth. Be pre- pared for the adventure of your life as you bring higher levels of wisdom into your very own soul. Go forth into the light and share your new wis- dom with others. How to Use This Book This book contains dozens of exercises specifically designed to train you to experience self-hypnosis. It doesn’t matter what your background is. You can accept or reject any of the principles and concepts presented here. Empowerment is vital and I stress that in my Los Angeles hypno- therapy practice and in my personal life as well. If you become rigid and stuck in your views, you become trapped by your beliefs. You are no longer empowered because you are no longer free. Always use your judgment and free will in trying these exercises. Use the ones with which you feel comfortable and ignore the others. These exercises are all perfectly safe and have been tested for more than 25 years. You may create your own exercises from these models. Read each exercise thoroughly to become familiar with it. Use the relaxation techniques that are given or use your own. You may practice alone or with others. I strongly suggest that you make tapes of these exercises. Read the scripts slowly and leave enough space on your tape to experience each part of the procedure. Practice once or twice a day, in 15- to 20-minute sessions. In gen- eral, it is considered most effective to practice in the morning, as it may 12 Spirit Guide Contact Through Hypnosis provide a relaxing start for the entire day. The more specific and realistic your schedule, the better the chances that you will succeed. You should choose a part of your day when you are at your best. If you wait to practice until long after you get home from a hard day at work, you might only practice going to sleep, self-hypnosis is most effec- tive if practiced when you are reasonably alert. Begin by picking a good time to practice. If you wake up alert and rested first thing in the morning, practice then, before getting out of bed. Take into account whether or not you will be disturbed by spouse, lover, kids, pets, and so forth. Choose a time when you are not likely to be interrupted. Other popular times are before lunch or dinner. Four components of successful self-hypnosis are: 1.