Let’s begin our three part series on the Thee Laws of Hypnosis with the most popular one: the Law of Concentrated Attention.

What is the Law of Concentrated Attention? Through the writings of Rhonda Byrne (The Secret) and Michael Frosier (Law of Attraction), this law is commonly known as the ‘Law of Attraction’.

The basis of the law is you will always find – or achieve – whatever you set your mind onto. Whatever you set your mind onto, I repeat again.

In the study of [clinical] hypnosis, your subconscious reacts to whatever you are thinking, your beliefs and values towards a particular issue. You should, by now, notice that I never mention a selection process.

To put it bluntly, the Law of Concentrated Attention stipulates that your subconscious mind reacts to everything you think of, positive and negative, to achieve or avoid a goal or aim.

Law in Action: Have you noticed, how many red MyVIs are on the road after you’ve signed the contract to buy a red MyVI? Or perhaps you begin to notice the number of people wearing a purple headscarf after you left the house and are wearing it? In my case, while working on a telecommunication company’s project pitch with a client, somehow we noticed how the Klang Valley is highly bombarded by telco adverts!

Mind-Body Relationship: While normal ‘right thinking members of society’ may feel that this is a rip off, slowly the medical and health care community are beginning to accept the validity of such relationship. Studies have been and are on going in Europe and the United States on the relationship of conscious and subconscious mind.

If you’re studying clinical hypnosis, you will be taught that this is something primal to the human mind. Back in the days of living in caves, our ancestors needed to be alert to dangers all around them. They become alert of any predators when they leave the cave to hunt or move. Every sound of breaking branches draws their attention.

When you make something so relevant and important to your mind, your body’s autonomic nervous system kicks in and does its job.