John,

Don't kid yourself, your behavior is influenced everyday by subliminals you encounter all day long.  They are on TV, in print, movies, radio, background music - everywhere.  It is likely that your friend's habit was helped along by subliminals at many points in his development. 

Hypnosis is also misunderstood and people believe that you cannot be forced to do something that you would not normally do while in trance.  This is true if you knew you were going to be hypnotized, like in a stage show or often at a therapy session.  Milton Erikson could put peope in trance with a handshake or a touch (actually not hard if you practice it).  These people never knew that they were going to be put in trance and could be suggested to do anything he pleased.  I have seen people conditioned that just touching a cirgaratte removed any urges and they forgot that they wanted one.

Your friend knows what smoking can do to you.  You'd have to be a moron to to... and he lives the effects daily.  He just hasn't reached the point where the pain of smoking is worse than the perceived pain of quitting.  For some it never is - walk past the smoking area of a hospital and see how many of the smokers are towing oxygen canisters with them.

Take care of yourself and be an example.  Be there if they ask for your help as well.

Dr. Richard Price
RCP Consulting

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--- In bwgen@yahoogroups.com, "John Hansen" <majorhart@...> wrote:
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> He probably doesn't want to quit. My brother recently died at 69 from emphysema and heart problems. For at least 30 years - I kept telling him he would wind up an invalid with emphysema if not lung cancer.
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> He would always argue that the risk was unproven and that cigarettes don't really cause those things. The last ten years he's been a vegetable and on oxygen constantly.
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> I never said I told you so but I am 71 and lift weights and walk up to 2 miles a day on my treadmill.
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> I think that like with hypnosis - the subject really has to want to change something - you can't will them to, as Bill says.
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> John Hansen majorhart@... American Crossroads Mall
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Perry
> To: pradiban
> Cc: bwgen@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 6:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [bwgen] Ridding my friend's smoking habit ...
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> Does your friend WANT to stop smoking, or is this your will?
> BP
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> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:15 PM, pradiban p_banerjee@... wrote:
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> Hi, I am very new to Brain Wave Entertainment. I have a question to
> ask: my closest friend is a heavy smoker, but I don't think I can get
> him to pick the headphones (or via some speaker) and listen to any
> Brain Wave application that gives suggestions to quit smoking. Is it
> possible to generate some Brain Wave that is inaudible/low audible
> (e.g. less than 20Hz), but yet when the suggestion is played by a
> speaker kept close to my friend, he will get similar suggestions
> (either inaudible & or low audible)?
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> If yes, what is the best application and how to go about? What kind of
> speaker, sound card etc are required?
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> Thanks in advance,
> P.
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