Full hypnosis download Be more objective

In the latest hypnosisdownloads.com session Be more objective, I encourage people to minimize emotion so they can think more clearly in situations where they may be overtaken by anxiety, anger, or any other distorting emotion.

When we are more objective we can observe and perceive events, people and even ourselves as if through a clear lens, without the distorting effects of emotion, prejudice, hidden agendas, greeds or needs.

Being objective – easier said than done

Now this is easier said than done because we can have motivations and biases that operate from the unconscious mind that can prevent us from being consciously aware that we are not being objective. But it’s true to say that, as a rule of thumb, when you can relax and diminish emotionality then you have a much better shot at seeing what is really going on in a situation

In many ways our current culture encourages emotion, excitement and the idea that it’s important to ‘get in touch with feelings’. Being more objective isn’t about never being emotional; it’s more to do with having some control so that when you need to be clear headed, you can be.

If we think about it, all anxiety, depression and addiction are either caused by or maintained by an over-identification with emotional subjectivity and a limited perspective.

Fun with a gorilla suit

It’s not just excessive emotionality in the wrong circumstances that prevent us being objective. IF we ‘have an agenda’, then we often fail to see what is in front of us.

You may well have heard of a study performed with college students in which they were asked to watch a video of several people passing a ball around. The subjects were instructed to count the total number of passes and catches. At one point, a man with a gorilla suit enters the scene, thumps his chest a bit, and hangs out for nine seconds – a long time in video terms.

After watching the video, subjects were interviewed about what they had seen. A full 50% of the students did not see the man in the gorilla suit! This experiment has been repeated with all types of people. We so often see what we expect to see and fail to see what we don’t expect to see. Magicians and con men rely on subjectivity, distraction and the blinding effects of emotion. Being objective doesn’t mean going around doubting everything or being cynical as this is still a strong perceptual bias. It means seeing through clear eyes without too much bias of any sort.

So being more objective doesn’t just mean putting emotion aside and seeing clearly, it also means putting expectations aside. The 50% of students who did see the gorilla clad man were also still able to manage to successfully count the number of passes and catches of the ball in the video.

Mark