What
is Hypnosis?
Wikipedia
defines hypnosis as: a mental state (state theory) or
set of attitudes (nonstate theory) usually induced by
a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly
composed of a series of preliminary instructions and suggestions.
Hypnotic suggestions may be delivered by a hypnotist in
the presence of the subject ("hetero-suggestion"),
or may be self-administered ("self-suggestion"
or "autosuggestion")
My
definition: I like to describe it as a state of consciousness
between awake and asleep. Similar to sleep walking or lucid
dreams. In this state your imagination will define your
reality. The hypnotist guides you to that state and tells
your over charged imagination what to do. In this state
the hypnotist is in control of reality as you know it and
can make you experience just about any known scenario from
complete bliss to that of a horror movie.
Control:
While
the hypnotist can make you do some crazy things he can't
break your moral code. If you find any of the suggestions
to be immoral or wrong your brain activates a fail safe
and rejects the suggestion. Without this fail safe hypnotists
could rule the world and have many perform their every bidding.
It is for this reason and many others hypnosis is no longer
recognized as evidence in a court of law.
