minimal resources self hypnosis

Understand, this is coming from someone who can't be hypnotized, so I can't speak from personal experience here. As I understand it though, this is best done with a simple script that you can memorize, and the suggestions are made *before* the induction so that your conscious thought won't be required after you go into trance.

From what I understand, Betty Erickson's 3-2-1 induction is very good for self-hypnosis. You can find it all over google, but my favorite version is in the book Hypnotic Influence, by Teppo Holmqvist. It's a very useful book overall, but the self-hypnosis chapter in particular goes into more detail than entire books I've read on the subject.

i will explain it in step by step manner

Light a candle in a dark room (dawn or dusk are the ideal times). Sit cross-legged on the floor and place the candle three feet away. The candle flame and your eyes must be parallel. You may use a chair to give the desired height to the candle. Use cushion so that your legs do not hurt. Make sure the windows and door are closed and the flame is still, and no external sound disturbs you.

Look into the flame consistently. Do not wink your eyes. In the beginning, your eyes will hurt, tears will fall, and even your nose will run. When it becomes impossible to look at the flame, close your eyes and rub gently with your palm. And then continue to look into the flame again. As you look into the flame, don’t let your mind wander. You have to concentrate on the flame and empty your mind from wandering thoughts. Just witness what’s happening inside the flame.

Start with ten-minutes-practice and then gradually increase your exercise. At first you won’t be able to stare the flame for too long, but with your persistent practice you can look into the flame for 20-30 minutes without closing your eyes. After your session ends, wash your eyes with water and then rub gently with your palm.

As your ability to look into the flame increases, you will witness different things. At first, you will see colors inducing through the flame. Then one day you will see a dark hole appearing in the middle of the flame. Take your mind into that hole, and travel through it. After few days you will see white light appearing. Travel through the light. As you continue practicing, you will witness many other extrasensory experiences.

Now you can move into the second level. In the level two, you don’t use any medium. Close your eyes and concentrate on the spot just between the eyebrows. This spot is called Third Eye in the Hindu term. As you continue concentrating on the Third Eye, you will see light blue light appear between the eyebrows in few days. Witness what happens with this light. Extrasensory experiences may differ person to person.

I know everybody defines hypnosis differently, but that previous post is what I'd call meditation. However you want to define hypnosis, I think the difference between hypnosis and meditation is that hypnosis has instructions or suggestions. In meditation, you enter a trance state, and that trance state is the final goal. In hypnosis, the trance state is used for something.

Candle meditation is a good way to experience that trance state for the first time, but I prefer anapana meditation, because your breath is always with you, so you can easily do it when you're somewhere where you have no candles.