So let’s discuss pocket watches and why they’re so hypnotic.
So with hypnosis, you really like to have a focus object be something easy to watch and to understand, something that can grab your attention yet not cause any alarm.
From what I’ve seen from history, pocket watches were perfect for this since lots of people had them at the time and they made for simple and effective items to focus on.
Mainly though, it’s that motion of them swinging back and forth that gets your eyes swinging alongside it that really envelops you into a trance.
Focus is really important in trance, and having a moving focus object can create this feeling of momentum, like being rocked to sleep, that your brain simply can’t keep up with.
That perpetual and consistent motion coupled with the simple yet mundane look of the watch makes it a perfect focus object, one that is so easy to imagine, you may have even been thinking about it during our conversation.
Of course, that’s completely alright. It’s natural to ponder about something like that, how such a simple item seems to take away every bit of brainpower you may have.
The imagination’s an incredibly powerful tool after all.
You’re fully able to dream and fantasize about whatever you may wish at any point.
And yet, as we speak, you may be wishing for that pocket watch to swing in front of your yearning eyes, gently rocking you to sleep.
You may be wishing for words to slip right past your mind as that watch swings back and forth, distracting your conscious mind so that your subconscious is able to fully blossom into deep relaxation.
You may even be wishing for the watch to become your world, the gentle sway taking your silly brain away.
Of course it’s all your imagination, yet it all can feel so real so very quickly.
However, what feels best is when you’re truly lost in the watch’s machinations.
Inside of the watch are so many tiny little pieces, all of which ticking along to the time as a perfect little machine should.
The complexities inside may be too hard for your mind to keep up with, and that’s quite alright.
It’s much easier to instead follow along to the wave of the watch, back and forth as it always has and will go.
The inner workings however tell so much about where you’re headed, a labyrinth within where you can lose so much of your time deep within exploring and understanding.
It sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
It’s just like a beautiful trance, deeper and deeper you go within a void, allowing yourself to flow freely through the complexities of your mind as it slumbers peacefully.
Much like the watch too, your brain is built of so very many pieces, so many words and thoughts that build you into that perfect person.
However, as each piece is taken from your mind, so too is a piece of the pocket watch’s inner workings.
Each is less necessary than the last, yet still build into a gorgeous piece of engineering, such as your mind.
Of course you don’t need every part of your brain, it’s much simpler when there’s less to process and worry about.
Just like the insides of the watch, each piece is necessary to keep time, yet when taken out are still as beautiful as when they’re together.
Only now of course, much easier and simpler to understand and accept.
As your mind rocks back and forth to the rhythm of the timekeeper, the ticks and tocks of the passing moments click away, reminding your slumbering mind of the unimportance of what time it may be.
You don’t need to worry, for right now there is no time and all the time in the world.
You’re completely safe to watch the watch and tick and tick your mind away.
It’s what makes the watch so perfect for trance.
It’s pretty to look at of course.
It’s nice to listen to.
It’s simple to understand.
But it’s the inner complexities that make it truly shine.
Such as your mind, my loyal thrall.
The brain’s infinite depths shine through the brightest when it’s the simplest.
When it’s easiest to see right through it and understand what makes you tick.
And yet, when it’s broken down and split into its smallest parts, it’s just as beautiful as when put together.
Only now of course, it’s lighter.
Easier to swing between my fingers.
That’s what makes a watch so beautiful to me as a focus object.
The simplicity on the surface, yet when opened is as complex as the mind.
Every good focus object should have depth.
A spiral’s infinite spin.
A illusion’s everlasting confusion.
An eye’s never ending expanse.
It’s what makes trance everlasting.
Knowing that when you want to escape, you are always free to.
Yet when you want to be truly gone?
There’s no end to how deep you can go.
And so, as the watch swings infinitely in your mind, i want you to appreciate the complex beauty of it.
Understand what makes it beautiful.
And allow your mind to become as simple as an empty pocket watch.