In his book, “The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” Alan Cohen tells how he decided to attend a concert at the last minute. He left late, was held up in traffic and had trouble finding a parking space. Arriving at … Read More

Soul Retrieval is very much on my mind, because I just finished conducting a 5-Day Professional Hypnotist Training in Sedona, AZ. One of segments was on Soul Loss & Soul Retrieval. I shared some of the following information with my … Read More

The following are processes/techniques Richard will teach in the upcoming 5-Day Professional Certification Hypnosis Training to be held in Sedona, AZ, March 25-29, 2013 at the PocoDiablo Resort. You will receive all the scripts mentioned below in your Manual which … Read More

“Subpersonalities” are an aspect of psychosynthesis (an Italian psychotherapy) that claims deep within you have many subpersonalities — a crowd of contradictions constantly resisting each other. One part of you wants to do one thing and another part, something else. … Read More

When you live with expectations and desires, it follows you want to control outcomes. You want things to unfold in your favor. But you can’t control outcomes in life. The best you can hope to do is increase the odds … Read More

My communications are a combination of grounded metaphysics and street-wise Zen, so study of both subjects is an ongoing quest. On the Zen side, Charlotte Joko Beck is a favorite teacher from the Zen Center in San Diego, CA. In … Read More

Last week Richard and I resumed our free webcasts using a whole new platform: USTREAM. Our friends, who were with us during our first season, had wanted to view the webcasts when they couldn’t join us live, but now everyone … Read More

In the middle of winter in the Himalayas, yoga adepts sit outside naked practicing a technique called “Tum-Mo” to generate body heat. Through visualization and breathing exercises the adept imagines a small fire burning at the base of his spine. … Read More

“If a person is confident enough in the way they feel, whether it’s an art form or whether it’s just in life, it comes off—you don’t have anything to prove; you can just be what you are.”                                                                                     Clint Eastwood … Read More

When the Sandy storm resulted in water in the streets and subways of New York City, dozens of past seminar participants wrote me saying it was fulfilling the visions they saw in the hypnosis progression to Dec. 2012 they experienced … Read More

A new baby, a quick road trip to LA and back, rolling out our new website, celebrating Thanksgiving, and completing the move to Sedona . . . what a week we’ve had! The week started off wonderfully when my daughter … Read More

With our country divided as it is, to end suffering and attain peace of mind is to accept that what is, is. As simple as this concept is, I’ve been studying it for years and I still continue to learn … Read More

The following is an introductory talk I used to set up a recent “Human-Potential Liberation Techniques” training for professional hypnotists:   * * * * *   This is a spiritual human-potential training. It’s grounded metaphysics combined with street-wise Zen. … Read More

With the weekend coming up fast, Roberta and I will be driving to California for my son Steven’s wedding to Amanda Pecora. So, I’m going to have to share a column from the past—one of my favorites. * * * … Read More

Medium Susan Austin Taylor is a regular guest on my radio show and one of my favorite guests. She lives day-to-day with the dead, and always has fascinating stories to tell about her contacts with the other side. Susan also … Read More

The following blog is inspired by a page in Alan Cohen’s book, “A Daily Dose of Sanity.” On the page for May 26, he begins with a crash course in raising a puppy. Roberta and I responded to Alan’s writing … Read More

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Last week I talked about the value of regularly obtaining a FLOW state. This week I will explain how to do it. The majority of people diffuse their attention in hundreds of random ways. Those who flow, focus their attention … Read More

Author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says in “FLOW,” “More than anything else, people seek happiness.” The author is a professor and former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. He spent 20 years researching topics related to this … Read More

Roberta:  In the two years we have offered our “Metaphysical Examinations,” a few unusual cases stand out for us.  In one situation, when a woman walked in to our office, so did two tall Spirits.  As our client sat down … Read More

Since our daily temperatures in Scottsdale are reaching 110 to 114 degrees daily, we’ve changed the column heading to a cooler photo as wishful mind-programming. A few weeks ago, my friend Randy Belous sent me a copy of “Yin and … Read More

(Note from Richard Sutphen: This is a column Roberta wrote about six months ago describing a Metaphysical Exam that we offer to our clients. For those who are not familiar, she is a talented Spiritual Medium who can communicate with … Read More

Within the last 24 hours, two of my e-mail friends have written me about needing to find more balance in their lives. That kind of synchronicity always gets my attention. A little voice in my head said, “Write about it.” … Read More

Before leaving to do a keynote talk and teach at a hypnosis convention, I searched my bookcases for some reading to take along. While taking one book from the shelf, another title fell at my feet: ”If You Meet The … Read More

In his book, “The Eye Never Sleeps — Striking to the Heart of Zen,” Dennis Genpo Merzel talks about suppressing. As a Zen monk leading retreats, he is sometimes in a position of interviewing students. “Those who try hard to … Read More

A famous Zen story is about a man being chased by a tiger. To avoid being eaten alive, the man leaped off a cliff and grabbed a vine where he hung precariously. As the tiger swiped at him from above, … Read More

HYPNOTHERAPY IN ACTION “I’m stuck. I can’t seem to move forward in my life,” Maria said. A middle-aged woman with a broad smile and a friendly demeanor, she came to us for a 3-hour Metaphysical Examination. She summed up her … Read More

When you ask “why did you do that?” you show a lack of awareness. You seek reasons and reasons rarely exist. PEOPLE ALWAYS ACT EMOTIONALLY. They invent logical reasons to justify their actions to themselves and others, yet the reasons … Read More

A woman came to see us who felt she had made many mistakes that blocked her from moving forward in her life.  Three Spirits came into the office with her; which turned out to be her Spirit Guide, her deceased … Read More

As a writer, you need to understand human motivation for your story or screenplay to ring true. So to study writing is to study human potential. Writers and counselors must have the same understanding to do their jobs well. Example: … Read More

The first step to manifest change in your life is to search out the deep-seated beliefs that are blocking you from becoming more. All self-change begins with changing your beliefs. (Hypnosis and sleep programming tapes are designed to create new … Read More

In his book, “Healing Lost Souls: Releasing Unwanted Spirits from Your Energy Body,” William J. Baldwin, Ph.D. includes several stories of Past-Life Therapy. Bill was a friend who has crossed over, but his wife Judith continues his work: spiritreleasement.org In discussing Past-Life … Read More

Many of you reading this probably remember the book, “Love Is Letting Go of Fear” by Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.. While looking through my crumbling paperback edition I came upon this and decided to share it: “I CAN ELECT TO … Read More

Richard and I thought, like most of you, that once you died you see a beautiful Light and you naturally transition over to the Spirit World.  And as you travel through the tunnel, the Light of Universal Love envelopes you … Read More

In a recent hypnotist training, I asked for a volunteer to be regressed in front of the group. I usually demonstrate with two or three participants, so everyone taking the class fully understands the process. Darcy, an attractive woman of … Read More

David K. Reynolds, Ph.D. writes powerful books that introduce Western readers to Eastern growth methods. What David calls “constructive living” provides awareness about what in life is controllable and what is not. A sensible individual does not waste time and … Read More

Whatever you refuse to face consciously you must suffer unconsciously. In fact all your current suffering is the result of situations you have refused to confront. You’ve refused to act, repressing your thoughts, feelings and emotions until they are like … Read More

In my book “Radical Spirituality” I end the volume with 69 reminders (note the yin/yang symbology and circle of energy in the number) that summarizes our spiritual evolutionary path: 1. Your earthly purpose is to cast away your fear-based emotions. … Read More

For years I’ve been saying that beliefs are the basis of reality. Beliefs generate thoughts and emotions, which in turn create all your experiences. It is that simple and there are no exceptions. Your beliefs are the result of programming … Read More

The purpose of your mind is to assure your personal survival, the survival of that which you identify with or consider yourself to be. That sounds simple enough, but there is a lot to be considered here. First, if you … Read More

Last night, Roberta and I conducted our Thursday evening Webcast on the subject of Symbol Therapy—a psychotherapy technique of restructuring and redirecting unconscious energies. Symbol Therapy is part of Italian psychotherapist, Dr. Roberto Assagioli’s, Psychosynthesis. Ram Dass calls Psychosynthesis, “A … Read More

Remote viewing, which I’ll be conducting in the Sedona Psychic Explorations Seminar starting June 30-July 1, is one of my favorite psychic seminar sessions because it demonstrates so conclusively the power of your mind to reach beyond time and space. … Read More

Energy cannot die, it can only transform. And you are energy. For over 30 years, I have been investigating reincarnation and karma with past-life regression and as a philosophical study. That’s a long time to keep one’s interest, but this … Read More

An astrologer recently reviewed my chart, marveled at some of the planetary comings and goings, and said, “You’re being taught to live with uncertainty.” “That sounds about right,” I said. “But aren’t we all living with uncertainty all the time?” … Read More

The following is a tiny part of the of the communications I’ll be sharing in the “Multi-Millionaire Mind-$et” seminar I’ll be conducting March 18, 2012. Watch on your computer or attend in person in Scottsdale, AZ. See notice below. 1. … Read More

All change and growth involves three steps: 1. DISSATISFACTION: Because of outer events or inner feelings, you decide your current situation no longer works for you. 2. CONFUSION: Normally, a period of confusion follows in which you challenge your old … Read More

“Which of your past lives do you most relate to, Richard?” We were having our morning coffee in the predawn hours, enjoying discussing our favorite subject: metaphysical ideas and concepts. I mentally scanned the lives I know about. Incarnations in … Read More

Richard and I have found so many entity attachments in our clients, we’ve spent considerable time figuring out what it all means.  We both feel that anything profoundly affecting your life was planned prior to birth, so we naturally assume … Read More

When clients come to Roberta Witters and me to experience a Metaphysical Examination, they know what the three-hour process will entail. But I like to start out explaining how it will happen: “We’ll begin with me hypnotizing and regressing you … Read More

In the past, I have written about and conducted seminar progressions to 2012, so I’ve had several people asking, “What do you think is going to happen in 2012?” Well, I wish I could tell you exactly what is going … Read More

Christmas Day was so wonderful for Richard and me this year.  We were all moved into our new home in Scottsdale and had time just for ourselves! What do you think a Hypnotherapist and a Medium would do with their … Read More

I have been trying to make the peaceful choice most of the time. Living in a large city like Hong Kong, life is full of anxiety and it makes one really tired. But then the peaceful choice seems to mean … Read More

First, I want to thank everyone that tuned into the video Webinar that Roberta and I conducted last night. It was the first in a series of 1-hour Thursday night shows. Last night the presentation was a lot about fear … Read More

Talk about burning the candle at both ends. I spent the entire month of October cleaning out and figuring what to do with the Valley of the Sun offices and warehouse; 20 years of research files, creative projects, seminar records, … Read More

I posted the following on Facebook yesterday, and a large number of people expressed interest. We’ve found earthbound entities that have followed their host from a past life, into this life, twice this month during Metaphysical Examinations. It can happen, … Read More

The following are notes from a talk I gave at a National Guild of Hypnotists Conference. I was demonstrating and talking about how Mind Electronics can be used to support hypnosis, or to hypnotize an individual or a group, all … Read More

A past-life regression can improve your life in a dozen different ways. So there are some important questions for a hypnotist to ask during a session. First, of course, a regression allows you to learn the causes of your problems. … Read More

Control freaks come in the form of our partners, friends, family members and business associates. From a metaphysical perspective, these people are karmic tests, because they create difficult situations you have to learn to live with or walk away from. … Read More

We learn fastest through pain. It’s what karma is all about. If you were to get punched in the nose every time you walked trough a yellow door, eventually (if you have any sense) you’ll learn to stop walking through … Read More

“True Love, A Practice for Awakening the Heart”, by Thich Nhat Hanh is a small book packed with a lot of wisdom. Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced “tick not hon”), is a renowned Zen monk and he shares timeless insights into … Read More