Leaving town

I am driving to Switzerland tomorrow. Checking out the cheese. Dropped a few books into a bag: The bible, Jewish history and a few others, plus the computer and a lot of Catholic DVDs. When I am supposed to watch them I do not know. However, I just take these things along as a security blanket. The prayer lessons went well, I think. Finished today with the morning group. I have to say I like this stuff although there is misunderstanding among the folks when it comes to centering prayer. Lord help me that I don't confuse the people more. Some people think that with centering prayer, one is open to the demonic. Years ago, my father told me never to get hypnotized in a carnival show. I guess when he was a little boy, people came around and did that. I can see now why and think it is stupid to have someone be in control of your altered state of mind whom you don't know. Evil could enter. However, later in life I met a wonderful Jewish Anesthesiologist who used hypnosis to facilitate pain free natural childbirth. I never needed his services but I would have trusted him and would have seen no harm in that. So it depends: How is it used and what is it used for?