Misstyk Wrote:
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> Was there some kind of group
> hypnosis going on? I can understand, in the case
> of young, naive, and idealistic people coming from
> an abusive background, falling in with something
> like that, but there were middle-aged
> professionals there, even a psychologist! And
> somehow (he's not sure how, apparently) the
> psychologist was moved to give away his home?
> Where did he think he would go after his stay at
> the Rajneesh community? Was he caught up in some
> kind of group enthusiasm, a rush of donating
> frenzy?
>
> Some of it could be explained by the type of
> devotion that's encouraged, but that doesn't
> explain the newcomers, and highly educated and
> accomplished ones at that, who turn out to be so
> easily manipulated and gullible.
Misstyk,
Anyone can be suseptable to trance induction or hypnosis. It doesn't make any difference how intelligent or educated you are. I have been doing a lot of research on this, because it actually happened to me! I wouldn't have believed it was possible either, until I came under the influence.
As Corboy shared here in one of his posts- a professional social worker described Rajneesh as one of the best hypnotises he had ever seen. "The way he uses language, the tone of his voice, the sequence of ideas..." Rajneesh was a highly intelligent guy, very educated... I believe Rajneesh was a professor of philosophy before he became a cult leader. His ideas and the things he spoke of would appeal to other educated, intelligent people, because of the vocabulary he used.
Did you know that many people who join cults have above average intelligence? I think this is because they are the type of people who are questioning life and looking for something meaningful. I know I was looking for meaning when I because involved.
The clinical social worker I mentioned above said that the art of hypnosis was "the art of being vague, while pretending to be profound." That's exactly how I experienced it.
While I was under the influence, the words of the cult leader seemed extremely profound to me. If I listen to them now, they don't mean anything much, they are very repetitive and vague. It's just all mildly confusing stuff... it's useless, really. It has no real meaning. But some of the words are very loaded, very powerful, very suggestive... It somehow seemed meaningful, even though it wasn't.
I will have to listen to Rajneesh and write my impressions for you.
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> Was there some kind of group
> hypnosis going on? I can understand, in the case
> of young, naive, and idealistic people coming from
> an abusive background, falling in with something
> like that, but there were middle-aged
> professionals there, even a psychologist! And
> somehow (he's not sure how, apparently) the
> psychologist was moved to give away his home?
> Where did he think he would go after his stay at
> the Rajneesh community? Was he caught up in some
> kind of group enthusiasm, a rush of donating
> frenzy?
>
> Some of it could be explained by the type of
> devotion that's encouraged, but that doesn't
> explain the newcomers, and highly educated and
> accomplished ones at that, who turn out to be so
> easily manipulated and gullible.
Misstyk,
Anyone can be suseptable to trance induction or hypnosis. It doesn't make any difference how intelligent or educated you are. I have been doing a lot of research on this, because it actually happened to me! I wouldn't have believed it was possible either, until I came under the influence.
As Corboy shared here in one of his posts- a professional social worker described Rajneesh as one of the best hypnotises he had ever seen. "The way he uses language, the tone of his voice, the sequence of ideas..." Rajneesh was a highly intelligent guy, very educated... I believe Rajneesh was a professor of philosophy before he became a cult leader. His ideas and the things he spoke of would appeal to other educated, intelligent people, because of the vocabulary he used.
Did you know that many people who join cults have above average intelligence? I think this is because they are the type of people who are questioning life and looking for something meaningful. I know I was looking for meaning when I because involved.
The clinical social worker I mentioned above said that the art of hypnosis was "the art of being vague, while pretending to be profound." That's exactly how I experienced it.
While I was under the influence, the words of the cult leader seemed extremely profound to me. If I listen to them now, they don't mean anything much, they are very repetitive and vague. It's just all mildly confusing stuff... it's useless, really. It has no real meaning. But some of the words are very loaded, very powerful, very suggestive... It somehow seemed meaningful, even though it wasn't.
I will have to listen to Rajneesh and write my impressions for you.