Very long, with lots of hyperlinked citations. Anyone familiar with Milton Erickson's hypnosis techniques & how cults (i.e. Scientology, est/Landmark, Byron Katie, Tony Robinson, et al) use these communication techniques care to comment? Very interested in your feedback on Senator Barack Hussein Obama's possible use of Erickson's communication methods...
1 posted on
10/18/2008 3:27:07 PM PDT by
MonicaG
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To: MonicaG
It ... is ... funny ... I tried...to read...the ...article, Yet...saw...nothing.
I need....water.... Master.....give...me....water.
2 posted on
10/18/2008 3:30:10 PM PDT by
Loud Mime
(President Bush, Order the FEC to Delay the Election until ACORN is investigated)
To: MonicaG
He will do ANYTHING to win.
There is a Persian proverb: beware the man who has no honor, for such a man is capable of anything.
3 posted on
10/18/2008 3:30:39 PM PDT by
pray4liberty
(The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
To: MonicaG
Posted two or three times last night but is worth some thought. Toward the end, the pdf has some meaty stuff. I do believe Obama is consciously using specialized communication techniques to put certain listeners into an unquestioning mental state, i.e. a light trance.
4 posted on
10/18/2008 3:33:42 PM PDT by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
To: MonicaG
I notice the expressions on the people sitting behind him -— They just want to say “what did he just say” .... snore. Obama talks in teleprompter, common folks can’t understand that.
5 posted on
10/18/2008 3:33:48 PM PDT by
Tarpon
(Barrack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
To: MonicaG
It's true!
6 posted on
10/18/2008 3:35:18 PM PDT by
Islander7
(This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
To: MonicaG
"Obama is committing perhaps the biggest fraud and deception in American history."
My mother and sister are ardent Obamabots, and just this evening they told me that they think I am crazy for not believing in Obama.
The only thing I can tell you all is that we need to get down on our knees and pray that God delivers America from Obama and his thugs next month.
I am so sick of this evil b@stard and his LIES.
It makes me physically ill to hear Obama shout, and I am grateful that I already mailed in my absentee ballot for John and Sarah.
Please, America.
Pray!!!
8 posted on
10/18/2008 3:36:31 PM PDT by
Prole
(Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
To: MonicaG
Obama often sets up what he is going to say with several phrases in a row, so when he finally gets to it, the statement of content appears to be super important from all the set up. He does this a lot.
To: MonicaG
11 posted on
10/18/2008 3:43:08 PM PDT by
bmwcyle
(Vote McWhatshisname and PALIN)
To: MonicaG
Do we really need this stuf on FR?
12 posted on
10/18/2008 3:43:10 PM PDT by
Soliton
(Faith is an act of love; Love is an act of faith)
To: MonicaG
This reminds me of watching the latest Indiana Jones movie about how the Russians wanted an alien device that they could use for mind control for communistic socialism.
15 posted on
10/18/2008 3:46:15 PM PDT by
Daniel Ramsey
(Live from Wasilla, Alaska and saying NO to Barack HUSSEIN Obama)
To: MonicaG
His Jedi mind tricks don’t work on me!
Mark
16 posted on
10/18/2008 3:46:19 PM PDT by
MarkL
(Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
To: MonicaG
This explains why the marxist fake messiah bought that half hour of air time. To home in all of his cool aid drinkers. Pray the electricity goes out during his half hour speech!
To: MonicaG
Took me 2 days to get through this article and my opinion is: Don’t discount the possibility that Obama is knowingly using these techniques. Everything he does is rehearsed.
His ploy is to keep the crowds from rational thought so that his BS is easily accepted.
Obama and his crew sincerely believe that this is their time and will stop at absolutely nothing. We witness that every day.
To: MonicaG; All
Into a nation depleted of religious belief and satiated with 8 years of BDS comes a speaker who speaks in the rhythms of a revivalist, crowning himself the deliverer. Add in a crisis moment, which may have been manufactured for him in order to peak at a 13 week election moment—somewhere around 2 months out—and you have a kobayashi maru: that hold which has no overcoming, save by the man who will risk everything to overtake it. Only in the sacrifice of a innocent martyr who is destroyed by evil shown to be associated with the one setting up the strangehold can victory be achieved and evil vanquished.
With all media and literature hemming in conservatives like Darth Vader’s empire, we shall surely need the help of God in this election. People of faith know well that we are in fact engaged in real war.
26 posted on
10/18/2008 3:54:30 PM PDT by
combat_boots
(From the Bush Derangement Syndrome(TM) to the 0bama Worship Cult in which NOTHING matters. USSKKKA)
To: MonicaG
Not just hypnosis...
Black magic.
31 posted on
10/18/2008 4:04:00 PM PDT by
Natchez Hawk
(Go Miss State!)
To: MonicaG
This possible.
But until the last 3 weeks or so, Barry has stammered and stuttered pitifully. It was hard to really get what he was saying.
So maybe someone hypnotized a teleprompter into his brain.
34 posted on
10/18/2008 4:05:07 PM PDT by
berdie
To: MonicaG
If true, it explains alot.
39 posted on
10/18/2008 4:09:46 PM PDT by
diamond6
(Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
To: MonicaG

Hitler was a mass hypnotist. The Dangers of Hypnosis If you are an independent thinker, the idea of being hypnotized may not sound like a good idea. You may not like the idea that you are in a situation in which you will respond to verbal suggestions. I, for one, prefer to make up my own mind to do or not do things. I certainly don't want someone in my head telling me what to do. Because we don't like the thought of being hypnotized doesn't mean we are stubborn or afraid. It simply means we wish to think for ourselves. Any situation where we relax and allow ourselves to become absorbed in something can set the stage for hypnosis. If you are in a state of confusion or distraction it is possible to undergo a hypnosis as well. You usually have to be a willing candidate, because it is not likely that you will be hypnotized unless you want to be. Hypnotism is the art of suggestion. It's used to influence attitudes and behaviors. It's common to hear that a smoker who has been unable to quit smoking will undergo hypnosis for help in achieving the goal. When hypnotized, you are often given a series of instructions, called an induction. Apparently, this creates a psychological condition where people can respond to verbal suggestions in an unusual way. I recently watched a show with Chris Angel where he hypnotized people by way of a written flyer that he was passing out on the street. As soon as the people started reading the flyer, they fell to the ground in a sleep state. Hypnosis comes from the Greek word "hypnos" meaning sleep. In fact, hypnosis is far from sleep. It's a way of reaching into the subconscious mind in a conscious, controlled way. In a deep state of trance, the body may sleep, but the mind is fully awake. As far as I've looked, I've found no scientific evidence that hypnosis is dangerous. There have been instances when bad things have happened to those who have undergone hypnosis. Stage hypnosis has been morally degrading for the participants, and many of those involved had no memory of what had happened to them. It has been noted that several people have suffered injuries while hypnotized. Occurrences when people have been hypnotized and it has resulted in their becoming emotionally and mentally unstable are documented. Some of these happenings have led to admittance into a mental facility. Several people have dismissed the possibility that hypnosis and danger are linked. Most of these people are not experts in hypnosis and couldn't possibly know enough to make that determination. There has been some agreement that any suggestion involving the participant to revert to an earlier age in their life should be prohibited. However, subjects can still be asked to act as if they were a youngster. This action resulted in a bad outcome for a man named Chris Gates. He was hypnotized by a former BBC Radio One disc jockey turned hypnotist named Paul McKenna. First of all, the thought of being mindfully submissive to someone who is not an expert in the field was a bad idea. Chris started to behave like a child only days after undergoing hypnosis during a stage performance by Paul McKenna. Chris is now diagnosed with schizophrenia. Paul has been known to put his subjects' minds in positions where they have the qualities of a severe mental patient, such as being in a straight jacket. He also has used tactics like reverting subjects to the age of five and instructing them to see him as their teacher and then telling his "students" to be very, very naughty in class while his back is turned. For stage hypnosis, you obviously need an audience. When we look at someone like Hitler, we see how the mind can and will often lose its individuality and personality when in a crowd. Hitler was a skilled politician of sorts and swayed the crowd, many of whom did not like to do his bidding but did anyway. Hitler's hypnotism at this time resulted in millions of deaths. The best way to avoid the dangers of hypnosis is to keep control over your own mind. We don't need outside sources to tell us what to do. We know what hurts us, and each of us has the power to overcome habits or fears all on our own. It comes right down to self-esteem and whether or not you believe you have the power to control your actions. Turning over the power of your mind's control to someone else is creepy.
43 posted on
10/18/2008 4:11:33 PM PDT by
Daniel Ramsey
(Live from Wasilla, Alaska and saying NO to Barack HUSSEIN Obama)
To: MonicaG
55 posted on
10/18/2008 4:27:09 PM PDT by
Colonial Warrior
(Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.)
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58 posted on
10/18/2008 4:30:38 PM PDT by
Daniel Ramsey
(Live from Wasilla, Alaska and saying NO to Barack HUSSEIN Obama)
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