Understanding Hypnosis: The Power of the Reactive Mind

The reactive mind secretly controls thoughts and actions through hidden commands, much like hypnosis.

### Understanding the Reactive Mind: The Influence of Hypnosis and Engrams
* 🧠 The reactive mind can **control behavior without conscious awareness**, similar to how **hypnosis operates**.
* 💤 During hypnosis, a subject enters a state of **partial unconsciousness** where a hypnotist can **implant commands** that later **influence actions**.
* 🔄 An example of this is when a hypnotist might suggest, "**When I touch my tie, you'll remove your coat**," leading the subject to follow the command **unknowingly**.
* 🤔 The analytical mind often seeks to **rationalize irrational behaviors** triggered by these hidden commands, showcasing the conflict between **conscious and unconscious thoughts**.
* 🕵 Even absurd commands, like sneezing when hearing the word 'rug', can lead to the subject **acting out of character** until the suggestion is removed.
* 📜 Just as hypnotic suggestions are recorded, the reactive mind stores **engrams**—painful memories or phrases that can later **dictate thoughts and emotions** without the person's awareness.
* 🔍 The upcoming analysis will focus on a specific woman's engram to illustrate how these **hidden commands can resurface and influence behavior later in life**.

[Music] Come back here and talk to me. I am sick and tired of you always walking away from me. To understand how the reactive mind can command you without you knowing it, let's take a look at what happens during hypnosis. Now, Dione XS is not hypnotism

but examining how hypnosis works will demonstrate that there is a part of the mind below your awareness which contains data that can control you. Right on this, okay. When a hypnotist installs a positive suggestion in an unconscious subject, he can make that person unknowingly act

irrationally. Good. Anyone who has been hypnotized has been placed in a state of partial unconsciousness. You're getting sleepy, sleep. Once in that state, the hypnotist installs a command that will later control the person's thoughts or behavior. The person has no idea this

command exists, but something he later sees or hears will unknowingly trigger that command. When I touch my tie, you'll remove your coat. When I let go of my tie, you'll put your coat back on. You will forget that I've given you this order. This person will now follow

that hidden command without ever being aware that he's doing so. So we going to start here. Oh, yes, yes, absolutely. We're going to start right away. I just wanted to see how do you... um, how do you feel a bit warm in here? Notice that his

analytical mind is trying to explain or justify his irrational behavior. I thought you said you were a bit... bit warm. Now I'm cold. The analytical mind must always be right. When it's faced with irrational behavior, it will justify it. You know, when you were asleep, you... um,

You were given an order. Do you remember what that uh order was? No, no. Here we have someone who was at first acting sanely, is then given a hypnotic command, and then temporarily acts irrationally. No matter how foolish the command is, he'll carry it out one way or

another. For instance, he could have been told that every time he sees a taxi cab, he's being pestered by a swarm of mosquitoes. He could have been told to sneeze whenever he hears the word 'rug'. Sorry, he can be told that all women

adore him, and he'll believe it's true. You're just playing hard to get. It's all any suggestion will operate like a direct order without his being aware of it and will make him act irrationally until the suggestion is released by the

hypnotist. See what happened is when you were hypnotized, I gave you a command that when I touched my tie, you'd take off your coat, and when I let go of my tie, you'd put your coat back on. Anyway, you get it? Yes. Okay. No hard

feelings, huh? Just like a hypnotist installs commands in his subject, engrams install hidden commands in the reactive mind. The words and phrases heard during moments of unconsciousness are faithfully recorded into your reactive mind along with their pain and like hypnotic suggestions.

These recordings can later control the way you think, the way you act, and the way you feel without you knowing it. Next, we'll take a closer look at one woman's engram. You almost messed things up, and see exactly what happens when it becomes reactivated later in her life. You're

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Hypnosis as an Analogy for the Reactive Mind

The speaker uses hypnosis as a model to explain how the reactive mind works.

Hypnosis demonstrates a part of the mind below awareness that can control behavior.

Hypnotized subjects are in a state of partial unconsciousness, receiving commands that later trigger actions.

The subject unknowingly follows commands triggered by specific cues, unaware of the command's existence.

The analytical mind tries to justify irrational behavior caused by hypnotic suggestion.

Examples of Hypnotic Commands and Irrational Behavior

Hypnotic commands, no matter how absurd, are carried out by the subject.

Examples include reacting to taxis as if swarmed by mosquitoes or sneezing upon hearing 'rug'.

Suggestions act as direct orders, causing irrational behavior until released by the hypnotist.

Engrams, like hypnotic suggestions, install hidden commands in the reactive mind.

These recordings control thoughts, actions, and feelings without conscious awareness.

The next section will examine a woman's engram and its reactivation.