I recently came across this old story and I think that it may well spark something in you when you read it..

Many years ago, two monks were walking through the forest one bright and sunny morning when they came across a young woman who appeared to be in some distress.

She looked up at them as they walked up to her and through her tears she asked them if they could help her in crossing the river, which had swollen from recent rains, so she could get home safely.

Although they had both taken strict vows to not communicate in any way with the outside world, the first monk happily agreed, carrying the young woman across on his back  to her safety.

She thanked him with much gratitude and left, and the two monks continued their journey for many hours in silence.

Finally, when night fell, they set up their camp. But before they went to sleep, the second monk could not contain his emotions any more.

"How could you!" he burst out. "We have taken strict vows of chastity! We vowed to never communicate with outsiders! But you carried that woman on your back!" he said to his friend.

The first monk looked at his red face and simply replied:

"My friend, I carried her for only a few minutes... You, however, have carried her all day!"

What does this story say to you? Sometimes we may carry things with us from our past for a very long time. Perhaps it may well be time to let them go? I wonder if carrying them with you is helping you or stopping you from moving forward in your life?

So..How long are you prepared to carry your past experiences with you?

We don't have to pretend that something from our past never existed, we just need to understand that it doesn't need to control our lives any longer.

Enjoy the rest of the week, and you can begin to start looking forward to the weekend now.

Here is a interesting idea for a TV show. We are already getting prepared to see Philip Schofield appear in his new Hypnosis TV game show “You’re back in the room” which will be starting on ITV soon, but news from France is all about a television programme on hypnosis that has been a hit over there and may well be on its way to the UK soon.

Produced by a company called Satisfaction, “Stars Under Hypnosis”  has eight celebrities who “surrender themselves and their minds to hypnosis.” In France the show featured a French stage hypnotist called Messmer and was seen by over five million people.  

So the format of “Stars Under Hypnosis” sees a celebrity hypnotised, transported to an unknown location and then woken up to find themselves in an strange and awkward situation. This is interesting because basically Derren Brown has already done similar in his show Trick of the Mind so clearly there isn’t a huge amount orf original thinking needed in order to create a new TV show! So far in the French TV show they have shown someone suddenly able to speak Chinese (as if that’s is possible!(no it’s not!)), as well as imagining they are naked or being attacked by hordes of insects. Let’s be honest it’s basically the same as a stage show in some resort in the Costa del Sol being moved onto television.

When the show is shot in front of the live audience then each celebrity watched videos of themselves for the first time, to record their reactions to their antics.

They do say that all publicity is good publicity so I imagine that getting people talking about hypnosis is a good idea although it doesn't really show the reality of what happens. In any stage show a stage hypnotist would be looking for someone who would enjoy taking part and not be afraid to make themselves look a little foolish. Add celebrity guests into the mix, getting paid to look foolish and who knows what they will do to entertain!

Keep your eyes peeled for this arriving on our shores sometime soon! It may not be realistic but may well be entertaining!

There is also a new gameshow hosted by Phil Schofield in the works. It's called "You're back in the room" and has magician and mentalist Keith Barry hypnotising celebrities and members of the public. You can read all about it and watch some video here: http://www.markpowlett.co.uk/myblog/read_115112/phil-schofield-to-host-new-hypnosis-gameshow-on-itv-with-keith-barry.html