3. IN MEMORY OF HENRY LEO BOLDUC (Died January 9, 2011): SHELLEY STOCKWELL-NICHOLAS

4. CHAPTER 1: THE INNER MIND: HENRY LEO BOLDUC: SELF- HYPNOSIS: CREATING YOUR OWN DESTINY

1. HENRY BOLDUC OBITUARY: Henry Leo Bolduc, 64, of Elk Creek died Saturday, July 9, 2011, at his home. He was a published author and a trainer of therapists in the self-help profession. Originally from Massachusetts, he moved to Grayson County in 1979. He presented workshops and trainings throughout the United States and in several other countries but always looked forward to returning home to Grayson County. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Joan Willard Bolduc; two sons, Christian Bishop and Bradley Broughton; three stepchildren, Michael John Upchurch, Diane Felts and Jack Bird; a son-in-law, Tate Felts; a daughter-in-law, Jenny Bird; and five grandchildren.

2. TRIBUTE TO HENRY BOLDUC: DAN CLEARY: Henry Bolduc was a pioneer in Past Life Exploration and perhaps the most genuine and gentle person I have ever met. In speaking of the transitions from life to life, he often referred to 'The Blue Mist' and with that in mind, let us consider that Henry passed through the mist again on Saturday, July 9, 2011, in the comfort of his home.

In the context of his work and teachings, we can only celebrate the beginning of his new adventure.

Sadness in his passing is about the things we will miss without him here in the form we knew so well. And yet, he remains with us in the influence and teaching we have shared: his kindness and generosity will always be benchmarks for me and those of you who know Henry, understand this.

As many of you know, Henry had a severe (almost sever!) encounter with a chain saw a few years back.

What you may not know is that at that time he had been diagnosed with colon cancer and the accident actually delayed scheduled colon surgery.

In recent times he was required to begin dialysis. He really didn't like that and yet he described even that in terms that we laughed about as he said something to the effect; I know I'm not supposed to say...

His energy and quality of life was waning, so on Saturday, Henry left the building.

Henry is survived by his wife Joanie, his son and uncounted numbers of friends who have been blessed to know him.

Henry insisted in life that there be no big memorial. Please honor Henry and celebrate his life with joy.

Daniel F. Cleary

P.O. Box 14784

North Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

3. IN MEMORY OF HENRY LEO BOLDUC (Died January 9, 2011): SHELLEY STOCKWELL-NICHOLAS, PhD

I met Henry over 30 years ago at APART (the Association of Past Life Research and Therapies) and reveled in his stories. Every few months I looked forward to a phone call from Henry. "Hello" he said in his distinctive deep voice, "This is Henry. Shelley, let me start by saying how much I like you and the fine work you do with the International Hypnosis Federation." He then gave me wonderful innovative Henry-ideas and advice about how to tweek things a bit and on how to forge ahead. Henry was a nice guy, my self-appointed advisor and my friend. Perhaps that’s what most people who met him would say. This little giant of a man Henry Leo Bolduc left his physical body July 9, 2011 after a terrible bout of illness. Still he complained little. Henry’s home was in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains near a crossroads called Wytheville that Dan Cleary says is "at backside of nowhere." Several years ago while cutting fire wood with a chain saw and standing on a four-wheeler, Henry slipped and darn near cut his hand off. Somehow he came to and put his belt on the arm to slow down the bleeding, made it to the barn and called to his step-son to call 911. I remember when he announced his retirement publicly after 40 years in the field; "Please download all my writings," he said. "You can put your name on them and publish them as your own. I am retiring." The fellow never did stop working however. When asked why? He said, "I am enjoying my self-styled retirement…" He loved the work we do of exploring mind, body and spirit. "Our professions help people understand every aspect of their lives (past, present, and future): physical health, mental well-being, emotional fulfillment, financial balance, and spiritual harmony. It is the study and utilization of the mind’s potential." Life and death teach many things. In Henry’s own words, this is what he learned; "Death comes to everyone- sooner or later. I did not set out to study the topic of death. As a board certified Regression Therapist, I conducted past-life regression sessions with thousands of people. At fifteen I read ‘The Search for Bridey Murphy’ by Morey Bernstein. At the time, I was in high school and studying the scientific method. I hoped to apply strict, scrutiny to the book’s premise of past lives. I used various methods, techniques, and tools. Revelations of death and the post-death experience were evident as people spoke of their previous lifetimes and of their death experiences that completed those lifetimes. Some spoke of ‘staying around’ for a few days after the physical body had died. Their soul or spirit (or some form of energy) stayed to attend their own funeral. After the death experience, I asked ‘what was your soul lesson?’ or suggested that they do a ‘spiritual review’ of the lifetime. It was apparent that even after death, souls continued to study, learn, love, and grow in other dimensions. Everyone can learn to recall deep memories, but not everyone truly learns from the past. Many continue to re-run or to deny experiences rather than to learn… many say that death is a pleasant state, even when the cause of dying was gruesome. Death can be thought of as a graduation rather than a punishment- a continuing adventure. By the grace of God, I learned that there is continuity to life- life is eternal- there is one life with many lifetimes. Harsh things we do to others eventually return as experiences for us to heal. The good we do for others comes back to bless us. What we put into our world eventually returns to us in another lifetime." Henry was smitten with Edgar Cayce’s writings. He often said that even after death souls continued to "study, to learn, to love, and to grow in other dimensions." Well we can be assured that our dearly departed friend and colleague will do just that! His personal motto was "Be the best you possibly can be. Be true to yourself. Maintain integrity, a sense of humor, a willingness to be of service, kindness, and a spirit of thankfulness." Henry you certainly lived your motto. RIP.

Henry wrote five books including The Journey Within (1988). Life Patterns (1994) Henry Bolduc leaves behind his wife Joan. You may download his books at www.henrybolduc.com.  Thank you. Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas, PhD. CALL: (310) 541-4844 IHF@cox.net

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http://www.henrybolduc.com/freebook.html . His website http://www.henrybolduc.com/  is still active. "…as [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he…" Proverbs 23:7

People could not believe it! A school bus loaded with 26 children had just disappeared. The children had left their homes as usual that morning, but neither they nor the bus had ever arrived at school. For many agonizing days in Chowchilla, California, there were no clues to this mystery. Then, as suddenly as they had vanished, they were found, along with the bus, less than 100 miles from home. The children and driver were safe, but when police questioned them for facts, they could not recall what had happened to them.

The victims all knew they had been kidnapped, but due to stress they couldn’t remember any details. Even the F.B.I. had little success in helping their recall. Everyone seemed too confused and possibly afraid to remember.

As a last resort, the police asked Dr. William Kroger, a professional hypnotist, to use hypnosis to help unlock the victims’ painful unconscious memories of the event. In his fear-filled conscious state, the bus driver, Frank Ray, told him that he remembered nothing. But after Dr. Kroger directed the use of hypnotic time regression techniques, the driver was able after 20 minutes to recall valuable information that led police to the kidnapers.

Ray recalled how the kidnapers had seized and buried the bus, trapping him and the 26 children six feet underground in a gravel quarry. "We were scared out of our minds," he admitted. Using their bare hands and combs, pencils and spoons, the driver and children eventually tunneled their way through the six feet of earth. Under hypnosis, Ray clearly recalled details of the episode. He described the kidnapers’ white van and gave all but one of the numbers on the license plates. With this information, the police were able to apprehend the kidnapers and the case was closed.

Hypnosis, a valuable tool in police work, can help peo ple remember details clearly. In the first seven years of using hypnosis as an investigative tool, the Los Angeles Police Department has had significant results in over 600 interviews. Police departments in other cities are training their own staffs in the use of hypnosis, while some have hypnotists on call. Across the country more than 1,000 detectives have been taught to use this technique for gaining important information. Some witnes ses, however, have given incorrect information while under hypnosis and others have even lied—demonstrating that under hypnosis people always have free will and can make mistakes. The human mind is not perfected yet, and using hypnosis to help solve crimes is fairly new and highly experimental. However, there are other time-tested areas for applying hypnosis that have proven successful. These applications have been developing for years and are becoming more and more widespread.

Giant steps have been taken in the health field since 1958 when the Council on Mental Health of the American Medical Association approved the use of hypnosis by trained physicians. Hypnosis is now commonly used as an anesthetic in childbirth and dentistry. Medical sci ence knows that hypnotic subjects can be taught to control such involuntary functions as pulse rate and blood pressure. Hypnosis is being used experimentally for eliminating warts and in controlling cancer. As more of the mind’s potential is explored, hypnosis emerges as a valu able new tool for mankind.

Sports is another innovative field for hypnosis. Sports teams use a "mood room" equipped with hypnotherapeutic tapes to increase players’ self-confidence and enthusiasm. Both professional and Olympic class athletes use hypnosis techniques to attain better concentration and stamina. Many creative people, such as writers, artists, musicians, dancers, and movie stars, credit hypnosis with having helped their careers.

One of the most common uses for hypnosis today is in controlling habits. Weight reduction and cigarette elimination are common goals, but any habit can be changed and a positive life style developed. Other important areas are improving health, strengthening memory, managing stress, conquering fears, developing a sense of humor, attracting abundance, instilling motivation, and preparing for personal changes. These and other important topics are covered later in this book.

Hypnosis has been used in uncommon ways also. Edgar Cayce, the famous psychic of Virginia Beach, would enter a self-hypnotic state in which he was able to diagnose illnesses and give physical, mental and spiritual guidance that helped many people, most of whom he never met. He needed to be given only the name and address of a patient and would tune in telepathically to the individual’s mind and body as easily as if he were in the same room with the person. He needed no other information regarding the patient.

When Edgar Cayce died in 1945, he left documented stenographic records of the telepathic-clairvoyant statements he had given for more than 6,000 different people over a period of 43 years. The Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., a psychical research society, was formed in 1931 to preserve and research this data. Its library in Virginia Beach is open to the public and contains copies of 14,256 of Edgar Cayce’s psychic readings.

Thomas Sugrue, Cayce’s biographer, writes in There Is a River that the story of Edgar Cayce properly belongs in the history of hypnosis. In numerous readings the "sleeping" Cayce (he looked asleep while in the trance state) recommended hypnosis or suggestive therapeutics as a method of help and benefit for people. In some read ings he said not to use hypnosis or suggestion. Perhaps it was because in Cayce’s time there probably were very few (if any) established hypnosis centers or clinics, no self-help cassette tapes, and many hypnotists of that time were merely stage entertainers.

So what exactly is this technique called hypnosis? How is it used to help solve crimes, improve sports performance, help someone become slimmer, and aid psychic ability, among other things?

The word "hypnosis" stems from hypnos, the Greek word for sleep. However, people experiencing hypnosis are not actually sleeping, far from it! They may appear to others to be asleep, but they can think, talk, open their eyes, respond to suggestion, and move in any way. People experiencing hypnosis are usually aware of their surroundings and can hear other sounds besides the voice of the hypnotist.

Hypnosis, like love, is difficult to define because every person experiences it a little differently. The hardest part most people have with it is simply getting past the word "hypnosis."

Hypnosis is a tool for modern minds; it is 100% natural. Sometimes it is called a waking dream, at other times a working dream. It means different things to different people (even the experts can’t agree on how to define it!). Although many have been helped and inspired by hypnosis, some think of it as only a stage show; the reality, however, is somewhere in between. Far more profound than a mere show, there is nothing really amazing about hypnosis except the use of the unlimited potential of the human mind.

It is also a method of relaxing the physical body and utilizing another level of awareness through suggestion and visualization. This level of awareness, called "alpha," refers to a state of electrical activity in the brain. We all experience this activity as we go into regu lar nighttime sleep and again later as we awaken in the morning.

The levels of hypnosis are measured by brain-wave frequency. Technically, sleep researchers, biofeedback* technicians, and medical practitioners look upon the human brain as consisting of four levels of activity, each having a particular cycle-per-second rate.

Although there is still ambiguity in this new field, re searchers have called the normal, everyday waking state beta. Alpha is that transitional time people experience when they are half awake and half asleep. Theta occurs in deep hypnosis, intense meditation, and during the early stages of nighttime sleep. Delta, perhaps the least understood level of the human mind, is the deepest sleep or unconsciousness.

Most people experience the hypnotic state when they are in alpha, where attention is focused on their objective but where they may be aware of noises or of other people in the room. They usually have recollection of most of the session unless a specific suggestion is otherwise given and accepted. Because it is such a familiar feeling (people experience it at least twice a day and oftentimes also when watching television or even daydreaming), some people, after their first session, question whether they were truly hypnotized. This altered state of consciousness is called "trance" by some people and "controlled relaxation" by others.

*Biofeedback uses instrumentation to monitor the nonconscious changes in biological information, such as blood pressure, muscle tension, and brain-wave activity which may lead to the control of involuntary functions. It then makes information about these physical processes available to the practitioner, allowing him or her to attain voluntary control of internal states.

The state of hypnosis is intriguing, often ambiguous. The old-fashioned, silent-movie devotee may probably insist that it is magic, yet others may imagine it to be the scary stereotype as demonstrated in some old movies. Some think it an impossibility or a fraud, convinced there must be a trick to it. To a night-club audience it is entertaining and amusing. A growing number of people rea lize that hypnosis is a key that can unlock dormant parts of the human mind and produce results far more endur ing than night-club stunts.

Despite the misconceptions, hypnosis is not really mysterious. Once learned, it is a tool which allows a person to use more of his or her mind and to use it more dynamically and effectively. Hypnosis is relaxed receptivity with increased perception, a state of deep relaxation which quiets the body and opens the mind. With its de fenses down, the mind is especially open to suggestion, the type of which is determined by a person’s goals and ideals—the reasons for wanting to use hypnosis.

Like a gardener, you choose the specific thought-seeds you want to plant. Hypnosis helps you to care for and nourish those thought-seeds to grow and bear fruit. Your subconscious mind is your secret garden where the thoughts you plant grow to become your reality. This garden is far more fertile than you may realize, so plan carefully! As the Edgar Cayce readings often assert, "Thoughts are things."

This book will suggest to you how to plant thoughts by making your own self-hypnosis cassette tape, and how to take more control of your own mind and gear it to the accomplishment of your objectives. Self-help tapes are tools to build your mind and remodel your life the way you want it to be. They are an idea whose time has come. They will help you develop mental strength and put the "self’ back into self-help. You alone use your free will and choose what you are going to plant, and reap, in your mind.

Here is an example of how this process works. Suppose Joe has been biting his fingernails for as long as he can remember. Over the years, Joe’s subconscious mind received a little signal click whenever his teeth bit down on a nail. Click after click, for years on end, Joe’s habit signaled his subconscious that this was what he wanted to do. But then one day he decides to stop nail-biting. Joe grits his teeth, musters up all his reserves of willpower, and buries his hands in his pockets. But somehow Joe’s fingers find their way into his mouth again.

What’s the problem? Until they are reprogrammed, Joe’s mind and body will continue to react to all those lit tle clicks his subconscious mind has programmed into his conscious mind over the years. So it is still sending im pulses out to his hands as though he had nothing to say or do about it. Now Joe wants to change course, but his inner mind continues along the same rut because it is conforming to the old programming. In time, its own sweet time, his mind may get the message. But does he want to wait that long?

To change a habit that has taken root in the subconscious, Joe first needs to reach and communicate with his subconscious. his inner mind, and plant new information. Working solely at the conscious level to get rid of a habit is like trying to weed a lawn of dandelions by skimming off the tops. The roots remain intact, locked in the earth, and before one knows it, the weed is sprouting again. Hypnosis cultivates the inner mind where all the roots are intertwined and now Joe painlessly extracts them session by session, planting something better in their place. Soon the torn fingernails heal, and Joe is proud of his success and accomplishment.

You can hack at the dandelions in your life, or you can use your mind to get to the root of the matter. Using the principles and procedures in this book, you can also achieve success, but it is important to realize that your success, or lack of it, is yours. It is you, the person making the self-help tape, who chooses to accomplish a goal and does what’s necessary to achieve it. Meaningful communication with your subconscious requires your full consent and cooperation. Hypnosis can’t make you do anything that you do not choose to do, but it can help you get more out of living.

A hypnotist is the individual who guides another into the alpha state by using a variety of techniques to help the subject bypass his or her conscious, analytical outer mind in order to reach the subconscious, intuitive inner mind. This is similar to a person taking a bypass on a freeway, thus avoiding a crowded city, in order to reach a destination more quickly. The human mind works on two levels: the outer conscious level and the inner subconscious level. You can understand this by visualizing the planet Earth. The conscious mind can be likened to the solid land masses, while the subconscious to the fathomless oceans. These two parts of the mind can function separately or in harmony. Hypnosis is a refined form of communication that harmonizes your conscious and subconscious minds.

The Edgar Cayce readings define mind as "That which is the active force in an animate object; that is the spark, or image of the Maker…Mind is that that reasons the impressions from the senses, as they manifest before the individual. The active principle that governs man."

The readings speak of the subconscious mind as "That lying between the soul and spirit forces within the entity, and is reached more thoroughly when the conscious mind is under subjugation of the soul forces of the individual or physical body. We may see manifestation in those of the so-called spiritual-minded people. The manifestation of the subconscious in their action. That portion of the body, better known as the one that propagates or takes care of the body, physical, mental, moral or whatnot, when it is not able to take care of itself. Sub conscious is the unconscious force."

On an unconscious level, your brain regulates heart beat, body temperature, and breathing in response to any physical activity you undertake. Your subconscious mind, being aware of this, always protects you. It never goes to sleep and at night it takes full control. When you begin to drift off to sleep, your conscious mind ceases functioning. For many people this twilight time between wakefulness and sleep is the birthplace of creative ideas, some of which might have been forming in their minds for weeks and then suddenly surface when they least expect it.

There are no boundaries that your subconscious can not cross. It is like a dutiful soldier—it does what it’s told; it only reacts. Yet it is the conscious mind that acts and makes decisions. The Cayce readings explain it this way: "The conscious means that that is able to be manifested in the physical plane through one of the senses." You need to desire something consciously before you can instruct your subconscious to achieve it. Problems arise only when these two selves are not in harmony—when what you think you want is not what you really want. Meditating on your goals and ideals is one way to reconcile the difference.

Recent brain and mind research reveals differences between the right and left halves of the brain. The left side is logical and rational; the right side is intuitive and visual. The self-hypnosis programs or "cycles" in this book are a full-brain experience, using both practical suggestions and creative visualizations.

The human mind has a creative factor and a critical factor, both of which are necessary for a healthy, productive life. The creative factor can take you anywhere; it is the child of your subconscious mind. It is as unquestioning as a computer which complies with whatever information is programmed into it. Tell a computer that the world is flat, and it will "believe" it because it does not know any better. Yet this very na veté can be a dynamic tool, because the creative factor of your mind truly believes you can do anything.

In the alpha-hypnotic state, you can apply the crea tive factor to bypass negative conditioning and reprogram your mind to respond as you wish. Whether you want to change a habit or reconstruct your attitudes, your creative factor’s message is "I can; I will; I know that I can make it happen." The creative factor frees your unlimited potential, like the sails of a ship that propel you ahead.

The critical factor, a feature of your conscious mind, is more like the rudder of a ship: It can keep you on course and is the pilot of all your inhibitions. It sends such signals as "I can’t; I won’t"; or, "I haven’t been able to before, so I can’t now." Its influence is necessary when it reminds you, for example, of the folly of feeding crocodiles by hand. But it needs to be overcome when it paralyzes you into crystallized habit patterns, when healthy caution becomes crippling fear. Ideally, your critical fac tor screens impulses, filters out what is harmful, and helps you set realistic goals. Balance is the goal between your practical, critical mind and the abundant flow of your creative mind. There is a middle ground, an equilibrium, between the weight of an anchor and casting all caution to the wind.

An overworked critical factor and negative conditioning are both anchors that are difficult to hoist alone. With time and enough pulling, the anchor might be lifted, but chances are (like the roots of an old habit) you’ll find the anchor dragging the bottom or wedged in a crevice somewhere deep in your mind. Raising it with help and with the proper tools will get you sailing onward to your destination.

Do you think you’ll never learn how to sail your ship? Then you probably never will. Few people have accomplished anything that they thought was impossible. But wait a minute! Stop and think. Who says you can’t sail around the world or hike on the Great Wall of China? How did you come by all that self-doubt in the first place? Your self-image, who you think you are, is influenced by your attitudes and the attitudes of the people around you. All too often you may think a goal is unreachable only because you have been told over and over, in many different ways, that it is impossible. This kind of thinking is the stuff of which anchors are made. Anchors do have their place, but they can be a hindrance when you want to start going and growing.

Hypnosis may not perform miracles overnight, but it can help heave anchors. Reprogramming your mind with a self-hypnosis tape can help you control or eliminate habits, create a positive new identity for yourself, and develop latent talents and abilities. The process for this is called a "cycle" or a "program." A cycle is a personal program for positive change.

In the field of computers, a program is an organized group of instructions to tell the computer what to do. It must be in a language that the machine can understand. Similarly, in the area of the mind, a program is an organized group of verbal and visual instructions to tell the subconscious what to do. It, too, must be in clear and sim ple language that the mind understands.

The word "cycle" describes the complete hypnosis program, including both specific suggestions and constructive imagination exercises. A cycle is defined by Webster’s as: "A period of time during which something becomes established." Cycle is also defined as a full turn about, a well-rounding and a full change.

The cycles in this book can bring new cycles of success into your life. For example, using a self-confidence cycle, you can build a more assertive personality and become a dynamo of accomplishment after a lifetime of floundering. Although the transformation often seems miraculous, the real miracle-workers are your ideals, sincere desire, proper suggestion, and creative imagination. By using positive suggestions and continually picturing yourself as self-confident, you feed new positive programming into your inner mind. The idea is nothing new. It is as old as the book of Proverbs in the Bible.

By teaching you to tap into the energy of your creative imagination, hypnosis opens up a panorama of exciting possibilities. Imagination is the cornerstone of reality. From the invention of the wheel to the launching of satellites in outer space, every great idea and invention began in someone’s imagination. Belief, in yourself and in what you can achieve, is all you need to start turning your dreams into reality.

Soon you will see what self-hypnosis cycles can do for you in using the vast potential of your mind to reshape your reality. You can develop your memory, creativity, and public-speaking ability. You can transform nervousness into helpful, productive energy. Fears can be reduced or eliminated and a positive self-image cultivated. You can remember where you misplaced an object or ease yourself to sleep more easily at night. You can prepare for surgery or the birth of a child. You can attract more love and find greater fulfillment in life. You can develop your psychic ability and become a dynamic part of the human adventure. In making self-hypnosis tapes, there is al most no limit to what you can do.

Now, before you say that all this sounds impossible, pause for a moment and consider that we live in a time when the impossible has become commonplace. In the brief span of decades we have taken giant steps, from Kitty Hawk to the moon! Yet, there was a time when man, thinking that he couldn’t fly, did not. Today we can even fly in solar-powered aircraft. Your mind is your most valuable resource. Your future is in your mind today. Opening the mind can lead to undreamed-of futures, endless avenues of exploration, and scientific self-improvement.