Practical Hypnotism (eBook)

Hypnotism is the oldest knowledge of India. It is rooted into the deepest traditions. A spiritual outlook has always characterised the Indian life. It was for this reason philosophy and spiritualism figured importantly in every walk of the Indian life. Hypnotism was also called Pran1 Vidya or Trikala2 Vidya3 in ancient Indian literature. After its initial phase of glory this knowledge mostly remained buried on obscurity. It was pushed into the realm of witchcraft, which always remained as the special preserve of certain families. In the West, however, hypnotism was an object of curiosity and mystery. The people of the West had a keen inclination to investigation and research. When they learnt all about the miracles of the Indian seers, they were simply amazed. They visited India, and saw for themselves that the yogis could achieve the impossible. By a mere touch of their fingers, they would cure patients of their ailments, communicate knowledge about persons located far away and see anything anywhere all over the world as clearly as they saw the person sitting opposite. Not only this, they delved deep into the past and dug out facts long embedded into the unknowable. Indeed the entire exercise stunned the people of the West, who, for the first time, found cause to realise that the knowledge beyond touch and sight was as real as the physical sciences, if not a lot more miraculous. The human physique is a complex of certain strange and inexplicable phenomena, which have always baffled the scientists. They dissected the physique to locate its mystery. And yet they could not identify the physique in its entirety. Nonetheless they discovered in the human body such elements as might not be visible and yet nobody could disprove their existence. The mind, for example, is such an element. It might not be seen but nobody could disprove its existence. Anatomists dissected the body and yet they could not locate any limb known as mind. However they conceded that this part was the most crucial constituent of the body without which it would be reduced to mere bones and flesh devoid of emotions and feelings. It should be essential to know the mind before one seeks to know all about the physique. The mind is said to be the most forceful constituent of the body. Often it has been seen that a person by virtue of the force inherent in the mind can achieve seemingly impossible things. By dint of sheer will-power and perseverance the individual succeeds in negotiating the most difficult turns in his life. Take, for example, the case of a dying man whose son is posted far away. He is determined to see his son before death. By virtue of this staying power he continues to live long enough to see his son, although the physicians had given up all hopes. It was often seen that a determined person like him managed to live on for another 3 to 4 days. The moment the son arrives, the determination disappears and the man dies the next moment. It was only on the strength of the forceful mental power that he could linger on.