The Resource Place, a Powerful Tool for Everyday Life

“What you lack, seek it within what you have.” — Zen Koan

Within each of us there are invisible territories, inner spaces where the world settles, transforms, and is reborn.

These are places of passage and presence, landscapes of consciousness that change with the rhythm of our inner lives.

Humanist Hypnosis gives these spaces a voice and a form.

Exploring these inner places means rediscovering the ability to encounter oneself.

It means rediscovering that symbols, images, dreams, and emotions are not accidents of the mind, but languages of the soul.

This journey is not an escape into the imaginary: it is a return to reality, to that calm center where our strengths and memories gather.

Where we stop searching for ourselves and finally inhabit ourselves.

And somewhere within each of us, there is a place that knows neither fear nor doubt.

A place where the noise of the world falls silent, where thought becomes breath, and where the body remembers its peace.

This place is not imaginary: it is symbolic and therefore real—for whatever the mind can imagine, it can also inhabit.

A Space of Safety and Peace

The resource place is an inner space where serenity and quiet strength prevail.

It is not an imposed setting but an intimate creation, unique to each person.

Some may find a clearing at dawn, others a calm beach, a library, a garden, or simply a light.

This place does not depend on the past or the future - it manifests in the present, the moment you connect to it.

It is a symbolic refuge, but also a foundation for transformation, for every healing begins with a sense of safety.

The Invisible Logic of Trust

Creating such a place within yourself is already an act of trust.

The very act of building it, entering it, breathing in it, awakens two profound affirmations:

• “I am capable.” — because I have created something.

• “I am worthy.” — because what I have created has value.

These two invisible foundations — confidence and self-esteem — form part of the symbolic work of the resource place.

They restore to the mind the certainty that it can rely on itself.

“He who knows himself is enlightened. He who masters himself is strong.” — Lao Tzu

Renée and the Polar Bear

Renée was sixty-two.

She described herself as fragile, often anxious, often lost.

When she first entered her inner resource place, she found herself on a vast frozen plain — flat, icy, endless.

A small igloo stood on the horizon.

That’s where she settled.

Then, a polar bear appeared.

He was not threatening, but protective.

She named him Olaf.

A symbol of calm strength, loyalty, and warmth amid the cold.

In the weeks that followed, Renée continued to visit her resource place and meet Olaf.

He helped her feel safer, more secure, and more confident in herself.

Little by little, the ice melted, giving way to a green and flowering meadow.

And each time she closed her eyes, Olaf was there — as if courage had found a face.

That is how the resource place works: it grows with the one who visits it.

A Natural Learning of Self-Hypnosis

Returning often to one’s inner place is, in a sense, to practice self-hypnosis without realizing it.

Each return strengthens the neural pathways of calm, coherence, and presence.

With repetition, the passage becomes natural — a reflex of serenity.

It is a virtuous side effect — an unconscious education in inner peace.

And this constancy, in turn, installs trust.

A Foundation for Therapy and for Life

In a Humanist Hypnosis session, this place becomes both a beginning and an end point.

One enters it to recharge, and leaves it to act in the world.

It reminds us that safety does not come from the outside, but from the inner bond.

Whatever a person’s story — however complex — there always exists within them a preserved space, an intact center.

The therapist’s role is not to force entry, but to reopen the door.

It is both a refuge and a school of the self.

Conclusion

To create your resource place is to offer yourself a symbolic refuge to which you can return at any moment.

It is the simplest and most powerful act: to give yourself a space of love at the heart of your own being.

Close your eyes

Breathe.

And let the first image of peace appear.

That is where it all begins.

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