| Re: Susceptibility (was Re: Eckhart Tolle) |
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Group: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy · Group Profile
Author: oxtailoxtail Date: Feb 23, 2008 13:24
Tang Huyen wrote:
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> Feng wrote:
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>> RaaN:
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>>> A person cannot be hypnotised unless they believe they can be
>>> hypnotised. And being hypnotised a person cannot be made do do
>>> anything contrary to their nature. So maybe that will give you some
>>> insight into just what you fear about a hypnotic speaker such as
>>> Eckhart.
>> Very funny. Just what is your point to stay un-hypnotized in a
>> hypnotic environment?
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> What Raan says is true. To be hypnotised
> one has to want to be hypnotised. One
> cannot be hypnotised against one's will.
> I can never be hypnotised. That is a
> statement of fact.
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> On these boards there are very suggestible
> people. When I float a comment without
> any name attached to it, they will jump on
> it, accept it for themselves, accept it as
> part of themselves, and act on it, for or
> against (e. g., identify with it and defend
> themselves against it), though I have made
> no effort to stick it on them.
>
> Tang Huyen
>
People can probably be
hypnotized against their will
so long as they believe it's possible.
Aren't you trying a little too hard
to be unskillful?
--
~Oxtail
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