serpentwalker666 said:
Syt said:
A trance is just another way of saying be relaxed.
The mind is at its most powerful when your are calm and relaxed.
Sit comfortably and focus on breathing deeply and calmly to achieve a "trance" state.
Deep trance = being fully relaxed.
HS.
A trance is different than just being relaxed. It lowers the brain waves and puts the practitioner into an altered state of consciousness that's more conductive to all sorts of spiritual work and hypnosis when done properly.
I disagree and view this as needlessly overcomplicating something simple.
A trance does not "alter". It relaxes and focuses.
Being relaxed and focused makes you more psychically receptive and connects you with the feminine part of the mind. This is what is referred to as a trance and is what helps in magic.
How do you change your brainwaves? Think about the when you do work on you chakras.
You take deep steady breathes (to relax) and focus on the chakra/ desired outcome.
Here is an article from HPs Maxine entitled Trance:
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I know many of the instructions for meditation, spells and such on the JoS website state that one must go into a trance. Trance usually comes with just focusing the mind. It is not necessary to worry over going into a deep trance. Very few of us have ideal conditions. I have done many successful workings, in spite of having to deal with distractions, background noise and other annoying crap in my environment. The real key is persistence. The distractions do interfere, but persistence and perseverence will overcome them in the way that you are putting energy into something and the more energy you can put into your working, the more you keep bringing your mind back to focus, and the more you apply the energies, this eventually will overcome the distractions and the bit of energy they interfere with.
I personally have gotten stronger in spite of endless distractions in that I can focus my mind in spite of the distractions. With persistence, you will be able to ignore them. Doing a working after some breathing exercises, reciting a mantra, and/or physical yoga is an excellent time. People need to stop worrying about the trance part. It usually will come with the working and above all...persistence.
HS.