Ten Hypnotic Statements

In order to stabilize our body and mind and accomplish the Path as quickly as possible, we can hypnotize ourselves every day: compose hypnotic sentences in advance, and use our own thoughts to encourage ourselves, so that our minds aspire toward them.

1. All dharmas are false and illusory;

2. All dharmas are illusory transformations;

3. I am in a play, I am acting in a play;

4. This is my delusive imagination;

5. This state of experience is something I have imagined delusively—do not take it as real;

6. I am putting on a play together with everyone, playing games together—we are in fact all actors;

7. I want to return to what is real, I want to clearly recognize the true reality;

8. I no longer want to act in a play, no longer want to live in illusory states, no longer want to go on living a false life;

9. I no longer want to deceive myself and others; I want to awaken to everything;

10. I want to become a Buddha, I want to return to what is real.

As for these hypnotic sentences, in any given state of experience, only one or two of them are suitable for use; using too many will easily make the mind restless and distracted, no longer according with the Dharma. Alternatively, according to the progress and level of one's own cultivation, one may use only one or two sentences for a period of time to suggest to oneself; in this way, one will gradually be hypnotized into the corresponding state of mind.