No, it’s not because you can’t be hypnotized.  Don’t be silly.  We’re all walking around hypnotized, and we’re the ones who are doing it to ourselves.  Thoughts are running through our minds endlessly.  And then we have thoughts about our thoughts.  And don’t forget about the feelings we have about our thoughts—some intense, some subtle.  [...]

We all do it, even though we don’t have much of a clue that we’re actually doing it. We’re all practicing self-hypnosis as we walk around in our awake state. Every thought you entertain is an auto-suggestion. Now that doesn’t mean all these self-suggestions are coming true. You see, some thoughts are more powerful than [...]