hypnosis

The evidence of priming studies suggests that reminding people of their mortality increases the appeal of authoritarian ideas, which may become reassuring in the context of the terror of death.

hypnosis allows us to be completely absorbed in the object of our attention, gain heightened control over our bodies and feelings, and get out of our own way so that we allow the power of our subconscious to work freely. When we deliberately embed an intention in our minds through repeated visualization, we are making use of the same physiological

It is reasonable to conclude, and many psychologists do conclude, that the ‘person’ who is speaking during a hypnotic session is in fact the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain. Thus by hypnotising a person we can communicate directly with their hidden self.

Willpower needs an enemy to overcome before it reaches its goal. It tries to be tough and, like most toughies, it becomes a cream puff when the going gets rocky. There is a gentler, easier way to shuck bad habits—imagination. Imagination seizes directly on the goal; it gets what it wants.

"Przeciwnik" zostaje odhumanizowany, względnie - tak samo jak własne „ja" - nie może on być odbierany jako człowiek, jako istota odpowiedzialna za siebie, która prawo działać według własnego uznania, we wspólnym świecie wzajemnych powiązań. W ramach hipnotycznie militarnego powrotu do poziomu mózgu gadziego wróg zostaje zdegradowany

However, our brains record far more events than we realize.