Comments on: About Self-Hypnosis http://ukhypnosis.com Hypnotherapy training courses and workshops in the UK. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:15:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy http://ukhypnosis.com/about-hypnosis/self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-6021 UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:15:12 +0000 http://schemata.im/samplesite/?page_id=38#comment-6021 Well, Braid actually said that a few years after he developed hypnotism, and coined the word, he was sent copies of books describing ancient Hindu and Sufi mystical practices, yogic meditation, etc., which he felt was an obvious forerunner of his approach, although based on more mystical explanations opposed to Braid's emphasis upon common sense explanations and established psychological and physiological processes. There's no evidence, as far as I understand it, to conclusively establish whether Buddha was an actual historical figure or a mythological construct. I don't think there's any evidence to show that Buddha, or his early followers, emphasised that the effects of meditation were due to hypnotism, i.e., the suggestive power of focused attention on the expectation of certain responses occurring. For example, if Buddhists, like Braid, believed that the experience Nirvana was merely the result of hypnotism and imaginative suggestion that would, at least at face value, seem to conflict with the rest of their philosophy. Donald Robertson Well, Braid actually said that a few years after he developed hypnotism, and coined the word, he was sent copies of books describing ancient Hindu and Sufi mystical practices, yogic meditation, etc., which he felt was an obvious forerunner of his approach, although based on more mystical explanations opposed to Braid’s emphasis upon common sense explanations and established psychological and physiological processes. There’s no evidence, as far as I understand it, to conclusively establish whether Buddha was an actual historical figure or a mythological construct. I don’t think there’s any evidence to show that Buddha, or his early followers, emphasised that the effects of meditation were due to hypnotism, i.e., the suggestive power of focused attention on the expectation of certain responses occurring. For example, if Buddhists, like Braid, believed that the experience Nirvana was merely the result of hypnotism and imaginative suggestion that would, at least at face value, seem to conflict with the rest of their philosophy.

Donald Robertson

]]> By: Mandy Kimberly http://ukhypnosis.com/about-hypnosis/self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-6020 Mandy Kimberly Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:38:20 +0000 http://schemata.im/samplesite/?page_id=38#comment-6020 2500 years ago Lord BUDDHA practised this theraphy to mental patients in GAYA india so I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE THE FOUNDER OF THE hypnotic theraphy is LORD buddha of INDIA 2500 YEARS AGO. 2500 years ago Lord BUDDHA practised this theraphy to mental patients in GAYA india so I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE THE FOUNDER OF THE hypnotic theraphy is LORD buddha of INDIA 2500 YEARS AGO.

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