Inducing BOREDOM is a technique in hypnosis, like inducing confusion. Many of them have talked how in conventional church through repetition of material, people go into a Trance. Same with many rituals. So boring the shit out of you, is a way to put you into a suggestible state of "hypnosis" which just means you are more open to accept their Suggestions. Then they give suggestions to
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Unfortunately time is short, so more specifics will follow soon. But what has happened in the last day is a classic example of a persuasion technique, used on the internet, and far more powerfully in person. That is a cognitive FLOODING technique, being used by Bernie Poolman & Co. Its designed for new Desteni members, and for those who might be interested in Desteni, who might come acr
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Thanks for that link about the copied quote from the Gnosticism site, and the other esoteric links. Gnostic christianity, is the core foundation of the New Thought Christ Consciousness idea, in the end they amount to the same thing. Some people take it as a metaphor, whereas others take it literally and believe they can attain supernatural mystical powers. Very clearly James Ray just takes va
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Byron Katie is still at it, still able to induce trance-states in such a way to make true believers believe she is a divine superbeing. Byron Katie is so skilled a rapid hypnotic trance-induction, that she can walk into a room, and start to put people into trance states in just a few minutes. Its possible to learn and develop those skills, but it takes talent and a lot of experience, and BK has
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just a footnote of CAUTION, about Stephen Mitchell. If anyone has contact with him, by email, or in person at a seminar about any BK problems or issue, please be very very cautious, and very skeptical. You don't know what Stephen Mitchell is really up to, or what he may or may not be doing to you. Stephen Mitchell has been an expert in these areas, since the early 1970's, his e
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There are quite a few links with Jack Kornfield and Gurdjieff, and Kornfield does talk about Gurdjieff. and that connects with Michael Katz, who is/was Jack Kornfield's agent, and close associate with Byron Katie. All of these types of guru's, all have backroom "teachings" which they share only with eachother in private, which are very different than the stuff for the pu
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these complex verbal techniques originate in Ericksonian hypnotherapy, but they were created originally to help people, not to exploit them in this manner. (as its being done without any consent). So when she carefully constructs a sentence like below, to the conscious grammatical mind, to the mind of reality, it is meaningless, and literally cannot be understood. It is nonsensical, like Alice
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also, in ancient times, Nature and reality was a complete mystery, so basically no one knew anything, so that is why they preached the ideas of No-Mind, and just shutting the mind down. These days in the modern world, the use of the paradoxical statements, is one that is also used to Induce Confusion in the subject. (every hypnotist does that now). Just think, if a subject is given dozens o
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also, in ancient times, Nature and reality was a complete mystery, so basically no one knew anything, so that is why they preached the ideas of No-Mind, and just shutting the mind down. These days in the modern world, the use of the paradoxical statements, is one that is also used to Induce Confusion in the subject. (every hypnotist does that now). Just think, if a subject is given dozens o
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one other thing before it slips away.. Janaki has a wonderful detailed recollection of how her conversion to Byron Katie happened. What's wonderful is that Janaki does not appear to know what "hypnosis" is, but her description could be in a textbook! Put it this way, if you are getting "tunnel vision", and things are moving in "slow motion"...that's a clu
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recently read some info about what are called "Nested Loops", which are used in this type of hypnosis that was coined by Richard Bandler and relates to the hypnotherapy of Milton Erickson. Byron Katie uses these techniques as well. These are basically stories within stories, sometimes 5 stories at once, that can set up a symbol/metaphor system, and in the confusion they create, serv
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