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The Binary Code of Forgetfulness

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Every hypnotherapist learns it - or at least, should learn it before he works with clients. I call it The Binary Code since it works just like in math. One backward, one forward.

Let’s go over the code and then demonstrate how to make it work for you:

- Plus 1 - to remember
- Minus 1 - to forget
- Plus 1 - not to forget (= remember)
- Minus 1 - not to remember (= forget)
- Plus 1 - remember to remember (= remember)
- Minus 1 - remember to forget (= forget)
- Plus 1 - forget to forget (= remember)
- Minus 1 - forget not to forget (= forget)
- Plus 1 - you know (= remember or the following is true)
- Minus 1 - But instead (= forget or cancel the previous)

And so on. It’s very easy to understand - if you want them to hold the piece of information or the conclusion or the suggestion you’re giving them - you’re ending your code as a sum of Plus 1..If you’d like their minds to forget a behavior / pattern of thought or other useful to forget things - you conclude Minus 1 (or more).

From the first part of the lesson:
“You see, because it does make all the difference in the world when you discover, that even when suddenly all kind of things that you simply could remember simply to remember instead of forget to remember when you wanted to remember to forget what those things were not! It’s easy to understand when you learn the Binary Code of Forgetfulness.”

- you simply could remember - Plus 1
- simply to remember - Plus 1
- forget to remember - Minus 1
- remember to forget - Minus 1
- what those things were not! - Minus 1
Sum = Minus 1

It’s very easy after you practice for awhile. I used to use my thumbs as indications - right thumb for the Plus 1 and left thumb for the Minus 1. When one of them is up I would know that the equation is not balanced and towards which end it influences the listener - if my right thumb was the only thumb up, it meant “remember”, when the left was it meant “forget” and when both it meant balance.

You end your Binary Code hypnotic suggestion with a balance when you just want to send the person into a very deep TDS. Just read the first part of this lesson again and you’ll come to the same conclusion - it’s a balanced Binary Code of Forgetfulness, since I do not work with you directly to know which stuff would be useful for you to forget or remember, it won’t be useful to cause you to forget to not remember or remember to not forget it. Ok, I won’t do it again, I promise…

Now, you can try it yourself - here’s another passage from the first part of the lesson, try to see if you can mark down the binary code from it:

“Now, before we move on, what would you rather feel in that situation, yet not again? Because if you think about it, can you remember what it is you feel about any thing, any time or any way - if you know you’d rather feel good or better, because you see there are times when you remember to feel bad, then you could forget to remember not to forget to remember any more about this idea. And you do need to do just that, because you already remember far too much so just forget about it!”

An important key to remember (not to forget):
- Plus 1, Minus 1 = 0 (balance)
- Plus 1, Minus 1, Plus 1 = Plus 1 (= remember)
- Minus 1, Plus 1, Minus 1, Plus 1, Minus 1 = Minus 1 (= forget)
- Minus 1, Minus 1, Minus 1 = nonsense, unless you want them to remember you’re annoying

There are almost no rules for the Binary Code of Forgetfulness. The only thing to keep in mind is that you should have a balance set of Plus 1 and Minus 1 statements - and eventually make sure that you’re either Plus 1 or Minus 1 in the end of it, or at least balanced. That means, that going for 10 times of Minus 1 will not create the effect you would like. You have to create the illusion of balance so their minds won’t be over protective and cancel everything you said. Once there are almost the same number of Plus 1 statements and Minus 1 statements, it would be extremely hard and complex for anyone to keep track of it. Say Minus 1 ten times and only once Plus 1 and it’s obvious what you’re trying to do.

That’s the ultimate power of this method. We use it in therapy for so many things - from pain relief to trauma resolution and much more.
Learn it, use it smartly and keep me updated on your results. I hope you enjoy the lessons.

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