STIFF FINGER TEST

DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A RIGID FINGER --- THE

IDEA IS THAT YOU WANT THAT FINGER TO BE SO RIGID THAT
AFTER YOU OPEN YOUR EYES YOU'RE GOING YOU'RE GOING TO
TRY TO CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT IT ---
YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO BEND IT BY ACTUALLY CHANGING
YOUR MIND ---
AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO
CHANGE YOU'RE MIND --- YOU'LL FIND YOU CANNOT AND THE
FINGER WON'T BEND EVEN IF YOU DO CHANGE YOU'RE MIND
--- THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN ---
SAY THE FIRST WORD AND LOCK YOUR EYES TIGHT SHUT;
"GREEN" --- NOW MAKE YOUR FOREFINGER ABSOLUTELY RIGID
--- SO RIGID THAT YOU CAN'T BEND IT ---
NOW SAY THAT SECOND WORD WITH THE IDEA THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE SO RIGID THAT YOU CAN'T BEND IT; "GREEN"
---
NOW TRY TO BEND IT AND YOU'LL FIND YOU CAN'T BEND IT
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY! ... NOW, YOU WANT THAT
FINGER TO BE SO RIGID AFTER YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, THAT
EVEN IF YOU TRY TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, YOU CAN'T BEND
THAT FINGER ---
SO SAY THE THIRD WORD OPEN YOUR EYES AND YOU'LL HAVE
A RIGID FINGER AND YOU'LL FIND YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR
MIND;
"GREEN" --- NOW TRY TO BEND YOUR FINGER AND YOU'LL
FIND YOU CANNOT --- YOU CAN TRY TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
--- OR DO ANYTHING YOU WANT THAT FINGER WON'T BEND
--- SEE WHAT I MEAN; YOU'VE GOT IT ---
NOW IF YOU'VE GOT IT AND YOU CAN'T BEND IT, WHETHER
YOU TRY TO CHANGE YOU'RE MIND OR NOT, THEN YOU'VE GOT
IT. * Now release client from the hypnosis by counting back "GREEN"
three times