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unforeseen mindsets and emotions, not to word ‘entretenir’, meaning to ‘hold together’
mention physical pain, sometimes through or ‘support’. From there, it came to mean
Covid symptoms.This unexpectedness can amuse or distract. Thus entertainment is an
also stimulate alternative ways and means, amusement or distraction. Distraction (6)
not only to address specific Covid-related comes from the Latin, dis, ‘apart’, and tra-
issues, but also our entire life. Whenever we here, ‘drag’. So distraction is when you’re
know and feel something new, our whole dragged away from your task or from your
life is impacted. worries.

We have to endure very tough situations
and events over long periods of time, in which
our ordinary practice, tools and self-confidence
are not strong and powerful enough to make
us pass through this Covid time as if everything
is fine. We are compelled to imagine new possi-
bilities to surmount these new circumstances. Entertainment during confinement
Both ‘usual’ entertainment and ‘casual’
Truth, are not satisfactory any more. We One of the most efficient means of handling
need to re-shape our habitual practice and long isolation is entertainment. In fact, at
knowledge, as well as the interconnection first sight, everything that can distract us
between Truth and entertainment. Possibly, from this uncomfortable situation is welcome.
by finding a way to reconcile them. Furthermore, distraction can also be used
to deal with physical pain, to the extent
In fact, the intensity of the challenge contains that it can also make the pain vanish. There
in itself a proportional number of insights, are numerous instances in hypnosis when
knowledge and probable rewards. Life only distraction is used to alleviate or make
proposes to us what we are capable of handling, pain disappear. That is why hypnosis is
as there is also interconnectedness between such a beautiful tool that is more used and
us and the Universe. combined with or as anaesthesia, during
surgeries. A lot of positive side-effects are
Entertainment and Truth are not separate any recorded when hypnosis is employed, such
more. They push for the same goal within us. as less bleeding, conscious participation in
surgery, reducing times of hospitalisation,
Truth and entertainment absence of anaesthetic consequences, etc.

Truth: “Take Truth for your force, take Truth One day, in Malaysia, I was stung by a
for your refuge (1) “The truth is in us, we jellyfish and I endured a strong allergic
have only to become aware of it (2).” “Cling reaction. Even after receiving an anti-his-
to Truth (3)”. Only those who are perfectly taminic shot in hospital, my level of pain
truthful can be my true children (4).” still increased, reaching an unbearable peak
at the middle of the night. All my exercises
Entertainment (5) is from the old French of self-hypnosis proved ineffective. At that

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