A LESSON IN HYPNOSIS….WATCH CAREFULLY…..

Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness characterized by an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion.  The term “hypnosis” comes from the Ancient Greek word ὕπνος hypnos, “sleep”.  The hypnotized individual appears to heed only the communications of the hypnotist. He seems to respond in an uncritical, automatic fashion, ignoring all aspects of the environment other than those pointed out to him by the hypnotist. He sees, feels, smells, and otherwise perceives in accordance with the hypnotist’s suggestions, even though these suggestions may be in apparent contradiction to the stimuli that impinge upon him. Even the subject’s memory and awareness of self may be altered by suggestion, and the effects of the suggestions may be extended (posthypnotically) into the subject’s subsequent waking activity.

Hypnosis typically involves an introduction to the procedure during which the subject is told that suggestions for imaginative experiences will be presented. The hypnotic induction is an extended initial suggestion for using one’s imagination, and may contain further elaborations of the introduction. A hypnotic procedure is used to encourage and evaluate responses to suggestions. When using hypnosis, one person (the subject) is guided by another (the hypnotist) to respond to suggestions for changes in subjective experience, alterations in perception, sensation,  emotion, thought or behavior. Persons can also learn self-hypnosis, which is the act of administering hypnotic procedures on one’s own.

Electronic devices and media, such as cell phones, television, video games, TV shows and commercials, films, and music are often used as tools of hypnosis to guide the thinking, perceptions and behavior of individuals and entire civilizations.  To avoid being induced into a hypnotic state it is necessary to  use MENTAL DISCIPLINE TO THINK AND REMAIN FOCUSED ON YOUR OWN THOUGHTS!