Hi Whim,
you might like to read this post which I wrote a few months back which explains trance induction:
Sahara71 Wrote:
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>
>
> It's interesting that you question the "Invitation
> to Freedom" video presentation which has become
> the centrepiece of the online Moo show.
>
> I went back and watched it just then. It starts
> out rational, but notice how Moo slows down is
> speech and talks more and more quietly as the
> video goes on? His pauses in speech become longer
> and longer, too. Towards the end, those pauses are
> really long... and he keeps closing his eyes, like
> he is getting some kind of divine inspiration....?
>
> I notice that the audience begins to close their
> eyes, too. They are mirroring him. They answer his
> repeated, boring questions as though they are in a
> dream, a trance to be more specific.
>
> This is trance induction.
>
> The long, long pauses, the voice getting softer
> and softer. Then Moo even has the audacity to say
> in The Invitation, "this is not hypnosis". It's
> hypnosis all right! Denying it won't do you much
> good in a court of law! He waits until people in
> his audience have already begun to get spaced out,
> before he says "this is not hypnosis" so they will
> integrate that idea into their distorted thinking.
>
> Moo gets his audience to repeatedly answer
> questions about the state of "is-ness" or
> "one-ness", while they are tranced-out. It doesn't
> matter how rediculous his questions are, the
> audience all reply in unison with soft voices
> "nooooooo". Like zombies!!
>
> He even asks "can the is-ness be manipulated?" The
> audience answer "nooo".
> Pretty scary stuff, when he is actually in the
> business of manipulating everyone that he can!
>
> Then Moo's voice becomes even softer and he tells
> them they have just had some kind of
> transformative experience.
>
> He starts to stare directly into the camera a lot,
> without saying anything, at this point. It goes on
> and on a bit; I didn't actually watch it all. The
> prolonged staring into the camera is part of the
> trance induction technique. It attempts to create
> some kind of intimacy with the viewers. No-one
> normally stares at you like that in normal,
> everyday life. It's unnerving, of course it is
> designed to be unnerving.
>
> Moo tries to tell us that we weren't using our
> 'minds' when we were answering his rediculous and
> repetitive trance questions, and this is supposed
> to lead us away from relying on the mind. "Leave
> your mind behind".
>
> How can you answer a question without using your
> mind? It's impossible. You need your mind...you
> can't function rationally without it. But you can
> function irrationally, without questioning
> anything, in a trance, which is what Moo wants
> from his followers.
>
> The reason this video is at the centre of the
> Online Moo Show is that it quickly converts all
> those people who are susceptible to trance
> induction. If the video "The Invitation" really
> did give us instant enlightenment, then we
> wouldn't need to go to any retreats, we wouldn't
> need to watch any more videos and we wouldn't need
> to buy the Moo books.
>
> We certainly wouldn't need to meet with Moo in
> person for 150 euros a pop!
you might like to read this post which I wrote a few months back which explains trance induction:
Sahara71 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> It's interesting that you question the "Invitation
> to Freedom" video presentation which has become
> the centrepiece of the online Moo show.
>
> I went back and watched it just then. It starts
> out rational, but notice how Moo slows down is
> speech and talks more and more quietly as the
> video goes on? His pauses in speech become longer
> and longer, too. Towards the end, those pauses are
> really long... and he keeps closing his eyes, like
> he is getting some kind of divine inspiration....?
>
> I notice that the audience begins to close their
> eyes, too. They are mirroring him. They answer his
> repeated, boring questions as though they are in a
> dream, a trance to be more specific.
>
> This is trance induction.
>
> The long, long pauses, the voice getting softer
> and softer. Then Moo even has the audacity to say
> in The Invitation, "this is not hypnosis". It's
> hypnosis all right! Denying it won't do you much
> good in a court of law! He waits until people in
> his audience have already begun to get spaced out,
> before he says "this is not hypnosis" so they will
> integrate that idea into their distorted thinking.
>
> Moo gets his audience to repeatedly answer
> questions about the state of "is-ness" or
> "one-ness", while they are tranced-out. It doesn't
> matter how rediculous his questions are, the
> audience all reply in unison with soft voices
> "nooooooo". Like zombies!!
>
> He even asks "can the is-ness be manipulated?" The
> audience answer "nooo".
> Pretty scary stuff, when he is actually in the
> business of manipulating everyone that he can!
>
> Then Moo's voice becomes even softer and he tells
> them they have just had some kind of
> transformative experience.
>
> He starts to stare directly into the camera a lot,
> without saying anything, at this point. It goes on
> and on a bit; I didn't actually watch it all. The
> prolonged staring into the camera is part of the
> trance induction technique. It attempts to create
> some kind of intimacy with the viewers. No-one
> normally stares at you like that in normal,
> everyday life. It's unnerving, of course it is
> designed to be unnerving.
>
> Moo tries to tell us that we weren't using our
> 'minds' when we were answering his rediculous and
> repetitive trance questions, and this is supposed
> to lead us away from relying on the mind. "Leave
> your mind behind".
>
> How can you answer a question without using your
> mind? It's impossible. You need your mind...you
> can't function rationally without it. But you can
> function irrationally, without questioning
> anything, in a trance, which is what Moo wants
> from his followers.
>
> The reason this video is at the centre of the
> Online Moo Show is that it quickly converts all
> those people who are susceptible to trance
> induction. If the video "The Invitation" really
> did give us instant enlightenment, then we
> wouldn't need to go to any retreats, we wouldn't
> need to watch any more videos and we wouldn't need
> to buy the Moo books.
>
> We certainly wouldn't need to meet with Moo in
> person for 150 euros a pop!