Do You See What You Want to See? | Video

Have you ever heard of the Monkey Business Illusion? It is an
interesting experiment that has to do with (in some ways) a
slight of "hand." The experiment involves giving the participant
something to focus on, and then asks questions about what the
person viewed, and what they remember seeing.

(This is the link on Yahoo where I first saw this conversation)

Take a look at this video and see how you do:


What is interesting about this for me as a hypnotist is that I see
how when a person's mind is focused on something, it is what
can become their reality, whether it is for a moment (like during
a session) or many moments (like causing a change of behavior).

When the mind is directed, it can miss other things that somehow
don't seem to be as important. Ever wonder how you were
affected by something and can't figure out how it happened?
Odds are you weren't focused on that thing that your mind still
observed and processed without your awareness, while you were
focusing on something else.

Sometimes we're so cavalier in how we treat the workings of our
mind...it seems there is a lot we really don't know. I would
imagine it could be a good thing at times, not so good at others,
depending on the outcome of the resulting events.

It seems to give credence to the idea that we create our own
reality if what we're focused on is what we'll access information
about.

Makes me think there may be more times than we might like when
we may miss out on something while we are so focused on a
particular aspect of a situation. It seems that what we focus on
determines what is important, and it isn't always going to be what is.

Hmmmm.

Would love to know what you think.
What do you get from all of this?