Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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they lead to, any longer. The law of suggestion is the grandest discovery of the nineteenth century for the nations of the West, though long before that it was well-known to the orientals. The subjective mind obeys the suggestion given to it and imparts it to the multitude of cells under its control, and these tiny little entities faithfully carry out, as it were, the orders of their chief, so far as it is possible to do so. The suggestion may come from outside, as from a hypnotist to his subject, or it may be what is called an auto-suggestion, which means a suggestion given by a person to himself. The subjective mind does not enquire into the truth or falsehood of the suggestion, but accepts it as correct without any investigation. Hence, it will assume any attitude, however false, which might be suggested to it. Thus, if it is suggested to a hypnotized subject that he is a dog, he would instantly assume the attitude and perform the acts characteristic of a dog, so far as it is physically possible for him to do so. In short, 'any character suggested, be it that of a fool or a philosopher, an angel or a devil, an orator or an auctioneer, will be personated with marvellous fidelity to the original, just so far as the subject's knowledge extends. The wonderful histrionic ability displayed by hypnotized subjects in personated, suggested characters has often been remarked. But it is not acting a part. It is much more than acting, for the subject believes himself to be the actual personality suggested. A suggestion that is known by the subject in his normal condition to be absolutely false will always excite, at least, a momentary opposition ; for suggestion