Why have you been hiding your knowledge?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles P. Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:25 AM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] hypnotism > Izzy wrote: > > >I still have no idea how hypnotism works. > > Nor does the scientific community. > > >With it, the Controller seems to be able to turn a person on and off like a > >lightswitch--so weird! > > Things are not always as they appear. The subject is merely acting out > the hypnotists commands. One does not have to be hypnotized to do that. But, > hypnotism adds a mysterious nature to it, and it is performed exactly as the > hypnotists suggests it will (with the exception of acts that violate the > subjects conscious will.) > > >Yes we can be seduced by Sin. We can also be seduced into hypnotism, which > >is probably sinful, too. > > We cannot be "seduced" into hypnotism. No one can be hypnotized if they > do not want to be hypnotized. All of those people that run up onto the stage > at a stage hypnotist's show ALL want to be hypnotized. > > I do not believe that a persons yields control of their mind to the > hypnotist. It is believed that no one will do anything under hypnotism that > they would not do when conscious. Think about it. Anyone who would run onto > the stage when the hypnotist calls for people that want to be hypnotised are > exhibitionists to begin with. They do not mind barking like a dog or > clucking like a chicken or slithering like a snake when asked by the > hypnotist. > > I do not believe that a person can regress to past lives, as some claim. > If the hypnotist suggests to a subject to regress to past lives, the subject > may invent past lives to report. > > > Extra Reading for the Enthusiastic Student of Hypnosis: > > In his Autbiography, Samuel Clements wrote very entertaining account of > his experience, as a young boy, with a stage hypnotist > (http://www.boondocksnet.com/twaintexts/autobiography/mtauto09b.html). > > Edgar Alan Poe wrote an interesting story about hypnotism called > "Mesmeric Revelation" > (http://eserver.org/books/poe/mesmeric_revelation.html). It is fiction, of > course, but he weaves an interesting tale in a way that only he can. > > And, I am sure you know the origin of modern hypnotism, or originally > Mesmerism, after the Reverend Franz Anton Mesmer, and it was also known as > "animal magnetism". The origin and beliefs (and myths) about hypnotism is a > very interesting study, indeed. > > >But are there valid medical uses for it? > > I have a cousin that is a dentist and successfully used hypnotism during > dental procedures instead of anesthesia. As far as uses for hypnotism in the > counseling room, there are many claims, many of which are false. For > example, some hypnotists claim that perfect recall is obtainable under > hypnosis, but that has been proven to be false. Any therapist who believes > this and relies on it in therapy stands a very real chance of causing damage > to the patient, and s not the hypnosis causing the damage...it is abuse of > the trust relationship between the therapist and the patient, even though > the therapist most likely has good intentions. > > >Is hypnotism just a spiritual thing, or is there some physical aspect of > >the brain that can provide an explanation for it? > > I do not think it is that it is a spiritual thing, but lies in the nature > of the mind itself. Anyone who can focus their thoughts can be hypnotized, > if they trust the hypnotist and want to be hypnotized. (Interestingly, > feeble individuals cannot be hypnotized.) It is obviously a capability that > God has built into the human mind. I cannot help but to believe that it was > intended by God for good. Do we have any capabilities or features that God > did not design into us, or that He designed into us that have only evil > uses? I think not. After all, we are made in His image. That is not to say > that hypnotism cannot be used for evil purposes, but remember...the subject > has to be willing at some level. > > Perry > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
