Consider that like the visible portion of an iceberg, your conscious mind is only 10% of your brain function. When trying to stop smoking, lose weight or change a behaviour by willpower alone, the conscious mind expresses your current belief, "That's too hard! I can't do that!" and blocks any lasting changes.

Hypnosis bypasses those automatically arising, self-defeating learned responses by accessing the subconscious part of the mind directly (90% of your brain) and changing those negative responses at their source.

When guided to a state of focused awareness, clients open themselves to connect with something beyond themselves through the subconscious mind, where they find different levels of spirituality.

Every time a Pastor, Rabbi, Iman, Elder or Priest leads a congregation in prayer or praise, they deliberately invoke a level of focused awareness.

In the Christian church, Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274), specifically stated that hypnosis is not a sin if done for a just cause, which cleared the way for the medical practice of the art.

Despite what some naysayers insist, the Catholic Church has never condemned the practice of hypnosis, but instead has consistently authorised it.

Reiterating that on January 8, 1956, Pope Pius XII (1876 - 1958) unequivocally told an audience of obstetricians and gynacologists that the morality of hypnosis is based on sound medical opinion. (Ref. This Article “The Church and Hypnosis”)

In fact, when facing a shortage of medications on battlefields in Korea and WWI/WWII, it was the Military Chaplains who used Hypnosis to ease pain and anxiety for the wounded.,

Spirituality, and spiritual hope, refers to the optimistic, positive expectation of a greater sense of meaning & purpose, and also a connection beyond the material world.

It involves having faith and trust in a higher power, a transcendent force or being and a deeper spiritual reality than the one provided for them in traditional religiosity.

It can provide comfort, strength, and guidance in difficult times and can be a source of inspiration, motivation, and inner peace while maintaining a reverence for the mysteries of life and the universe.

People are told they’ll be separated from God, face social ruin or go to hell if they don’t adhere to specific traditions or beliefs, or if they embrace alternative beliefs, and they’ll be denied a place in an afterlife.

In times of trouble, people still hold out hope of a Universal Power, or God, and are comforted by that spiritual belief.

According to Gallup, the percentage of people with no religious identity (“nones”) has risen from close to zero in the 1950s to about one-fifth of the U.S. adult population today.

Dr. Alan Strange, Professor of Church History, Registrar, and Theological Librarian at Mid-America Reformed Seminary wrote …

“Too many churches today allow the political to dominate the spiritual - mainline churches may be an “us too” chorus for a variety of liberal causes, while conservative churches may sound like the Republican party in worship.

”The church as the church, as an institution, as opposed to Christians (etc.) living out their callings in the world, is not a political institution and ought to resist such.”

As a result, although they still accept God in their lives, people may lose faith in the traditional church’s ability to guide them and turned to spirituality instead of religiosity for life reassurance and a greater sense of meaning.