hypnosis

[youbetterholdon]

What is your take on hypnosis and past life reccolection?

I'm reading a book called "One Soul, Many Lives" and it draws attention to the fact that the mind is capable of making things up- especially when they are associated with traumas in the current life, I thought this was interesting and it really made me re-think my beliefs about reincarnation.

[MisterJingo]

I'm very weary of any information gained from hypnosis; there have been a lot of cases of false memory syndrome, where a patient has undergone therapy and literally invented memories of abuse or other acts which never happened. They believe these new 'memories' to be real.
A quick google of this term will bring up many examples of this. Surely if a person can't be certain of their current lifetime memories under hypnosis, we should not put much confidence in those supposedly gained from previous lifetimes?

[youbetterholdon]

I see what you mean.

but isn't there some kind of validity that comes out of it (the hypnosis) after all of the physical improvements that can come from it- actual bodily changes and such?

are you saying just that hypnosis doesn't manifest the past life memories or that past lives don't exsist?

[MisterJingo]

I'm not saying either way if hypnosis does or does not manifest past life memories. I'm just pointing at evidence that hypnosis makes people very open to suggestion (the basis of hypnosis) and such a state is ripe for invention, as can be seen in the invention of false memories.
Hypnosis is just a tool to allow a person to enter a suggestible state - all improvements gained from it are the result of the person being hypnotised (the mind can effect the body in amazing ways - hypnosis can plant the seed of this change in the mind).
In my opinion, if hypnosis can fool a person to believing false memories of this current life (to the extent of naming people as paedophiles and ruining their lives unfounded) how can we trust the memories of past lives?
People might claim that the knowledge they retrieve for a past life can be verified by historic records. All I can say to this is that the mind seems to be a leech, remembering everything it seems (even that which conscious awareness misses) - isn't it at least feasible it can remember and recall various facts it hears over time to create this evidence (these facts potentially being the seed of the past life memory creation)?

I feel hypnosis has been proven too unreliable to used as a source of evidence for past life proof.

As a side note: I have seen convincing evidence of past life knowledge being gained through astral projection.

[hypnotist1]

Hi MisterJingo,

Yes, Hypnosis being used by a UN Trained Professional is dangerous. Not all hypnotists can do a past life session.  The questioning has to be right if said wrong a person can receive false memories.

Example: If you are a National Race Car Driver and you want your Race Car tuned up correctly you don't go to the Gas Station and have them work on your engineer lol.  Same with Past Life you go to one that is Certified and has years of Experience.

I hope this helps.

Frank (hypnotist1)