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Is Hypnosis Evil?
Today has been a pretty slow day overall. I’m just sitting here in front my computer trying to think of the next step to take with this blog.
As I was sitting here an idea came to me, which I think would benefit everyone. So I have decided to share that idea with all of you.
Is Hypnosis Some Type Of Ancient Magic?
One of the biggest problems facing the profession of hypnosis is that the general public has been miseducated. Many people have been led to believe that the stuff seen in the movies and other media are the truth when it comes to hypnosis. In my opinion it’s because of the public not being educated that the majority of our society believes the rumors and myths about hypnosis.
I believe that it is time to educate the public and let the truth be known. My goal with this articles and others to come is to lay the fears, rumors and myth’s about this wonderful profession to rest.
The first part of this series is dedicated to letting the world know that hypnosis is NOT magic or evil in any way. The reason so many people think hypnosis is a form of magic is because of lack of understanding and knowledge about what we do. People see us yell “sleep” and the next thing you know the person has dropped into some type of magical trance where we control them.
Honestly, this couldn’t be further from the truth and whenever I hear this I just want to laugh. The honest truth is that if I controlled people I wouldn’t be writing this blog. I would be hypnotizing people to give me money and everything else, but that isn’t how hypnotism works.
Beliefs And Facts Can Change Over Time
To help aid me in getting my point across I want everyone to think back to a time in our history where people believed the world was flat. The belief was that if we sailed too far we would fall off of the earth. We have come a long way from those days or has history just repeated itself. This belief was accepted as truth back then and for someone to say otherwise meant they had to be crazy. The only reason the average person believed that the earth was flat was from a lack of understanding.
Over time a few different people stood up to question this belief and guess what happened to these people? Many of them were laughed at and some were even forced out of their home and towns. In a few rare cases some of them we’re thought to be evil or inhabited by the devil.
They just didn’t have the information available and kept very closed minds. It is because of this that we continued to live in ignorance. The belief back then was if we don’t understand something it must be magic, evil, a lie, fake and etc. It’s funny how all the people back then called anyone that believed in anything else crazy. The one thing I’m amazed at is how after all these years we continue to dismiss things we don’t understand.
How A Lack Of Knowledge Can Prove Deadly
One of the worst cases of us jumping to conclusions was the Salem Witch Trials. I remember one story of a woman who was killed at the stake. When this girl turned 18 she developed some type of sickness. The people didn’t understand what was going on with her so she had to be a witch to them. Looking back in time we can now say she may have been suffering from some type of illness or disorder.
I’m sorry to say that due to the people being miseducated and not having all the facts. This poor girl was murdered for no reason as we’re many others. The reason for me telling these stories is to get you to understand that we as a race tend to reject things we just don’t understand or don’t have knowledge of yet.
The truth of the matter is that no one knows everything. So does that mean that because you don’t simply understand something it has to be evil. I can only hope that we as the human race have come further then that.
Knowledge Is Power
Another example would be the medical science of today. I’m not a doctor and don’t know anything about medicine other that it can help to make us better. So does that make medical science magic, mystical or from the devil because I don’t understand how the medicine actually heals my body. It just means I don’t understand how medicine works, but if I did some research, read a book or two then I would have a better understanding of how it works.
So if you take the examples I have given and apply them to hypnosis you can understand my point here. Just because something looks odd or strange doesn’t make it evil or magic in any way. The fact is you just don’t understand how it works.
So the next question on the list is if hypnosis isn’t magic or from the devil then what is hypnosis? Hypnosis is nothing more than a natural state of suggestibility, focus and attention and that is just a loose definition. Some people tend to think relaxation is needed for hypnosis, but this isn’t true. Relaxation seems to be produced by hypnosis and helps with hypnosis, but it isn’t needed to establish hypnosis.
Have You Been Hypnotized?
The reality is that all hypnosis is nothing more then self-hypnosis. Hypnosis is a natural state and everyone goes into it at least twice a day or even more. There is nothing magical or evil about hypnosis. So you have to ask yourself this question. Have you been hypnotized?
For instance, have you ever been driving on the highway for a long time or a long distance and feel like you have zoned out? Your just driving along and then all of a sudden you are at your destination, but don’t really remember driving all the way there and making every turn? Another example is when your driving and someone happens to slam on their brakes in front of you.
You seem to snap out of being zoned out super quick and hit your brakes to avoid the accident. It’s almost as if you become hyper alert very quickly. This zoned out feeling is a form of hypnosis.
Have you ever sat in class, while the teacher was talking and started to day dream? Than all of a sudden the teacher calls your name and you quickly come out of your dream and act surprised or become very alert very quick. When this has happened you were in hypnosis. The moment right before you fall asleep and the moment right before you wake up is also another stage of hypnosis.
All of the things mentioned above are a form of hypnosis and everyone has entered into hypnosis weather you know it or not. Have you ever watched a really sad movie and you we’re so into it that you started to cry or couldn’t hear someone call your name until the second try. That is another form of hypnosis.
The truth is that you actually heard the person call your name the first time, but your attention and focus was on the movie so you ignored it until they said your name again. These are just a few of many examples of how people go into hypnosis all the time.
Beliefs Should Change As Time Changes
I hope this post has given you something to think about. I hope you all now realize that hypnosis isn’t magic.We live in the year 2009 and have come a long way since the days of the Salem Witch Trial. We have been to space and back and come a long way as a species.
We need to leave the old beliefs behind and learn to keep an open mind. We need to realize that if we don’t understand something it doesn’t make it magic or evil. All it means is that we don’t understand it and that can’t be fixed by just educating yourself about the subject.
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Thu, Oct 25, 2007
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