Ultimate Mind Control

Making fear your best friend....

• Once you have established a meeting with your chosen expert, mentally picture yourself and your visiting expert standing facing each other in an attitude of great respect. Gently put your arms out and slowly remove the expert's head from his or her body. Since this is only an imaginary person or animal, the head should come off quite easily.

• Place the expert's head above your own, facing the right way, and lower it over your own head. Now believe that you are looking out at the world through the eyes of your chosen expert, hearing through the expert's ears, smelling through the expert's nose.

• Take the time to allow the expert's mind to slowly merge with your own mind. Now gently pull the expert's body towards you, and step into it. Feel as if it fits you perfectly. Feel that you have merged with the expert's body and can feel and do the same things.

• When you feel that you are actually in the expert's body, notice what seems different to you. Does the world look different in any way? Do any of your attitudes feel different? How does your body feel different? Can you feel the confident attitude of the expert? Memorise the sensation.

• Focus on the differences you notice and start to talk about them out loud. Spend at least five minutes doing this step. When you have finished, gently step out of the borrowed imaginary body and carefully remove the expert's head from your own. Respectfully return the head and body to the expert. Thank them for allowing you to have this experience.

You can use the Expert's Head technique to improve your skills in some desired activity, or to accelerate your ability to learn to do something you have never done before. First spend a few weeks performing the Expert's Head exercise daily to familiarise yourself with it. Once you are accustomed to the process of donning the expert's head, you are ready to use this technique to accelerate your skills development.

Please realise that advice and knowledge received in this manner is not infallible. Do not feel obligated to act on any advice received from your inner dialogue with your imagined guides unless you are absolutely convinced it is appropriate for you at the time.