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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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
given by the operator in the hypnotic state, lies in the fact that in the former case it reaches the individual will through the portal of intellect, and, for that reason, is the result of the exercise of deliberate choice ; while in the latter, i.e., in hypnotism, reason is beld in abeyance, and, thus, not in a position to know of what passés directly between the operator and the will. Hence, the individual remains ignorant of what takes place in the hypnotic trance, unless the operator intend otherwise.
This being the only difference between the act of deliberate choosing and the hypnotic suggestion, obviously, the execution neither of our own resolution nor of the operator's command can have anything to do with the faculty of reason, except in so far as will chooses to avail itself of its assistance; and since there is no other force capable of voluntary activity, it is will and will alone which is concerned in carrying out the idea which it adopts in one of the two ways described above. Now, because the same faculty, namely, will, is concerned in carrying out its own as well as the operator's suggestion, it is legitimate to infer that it adopts the same procedure in both cases. Hence, the same mechanism would be employed in both instances, so that, if we could know its modus operandi in one case, we should know it in the other as well.
Now, when we wish to do some act on a certain date in the future, we form some mental scheme of the process which would culminate in the desired act. This may be done deliberately, or merely by linking the idea of the end to some habitual act, which is to be performed