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    This document discusses hypnotic phenomenon and altered states of consciousness. It covers several key points: 1) Hypnosis is described as an altered state of consciousness different from ordinary awareness, where the participant can both observe and participate. 2) Hypnosis transforms ordinary consciousness and can produce psychological effects like improved memory recall, regression to past lives, and post-hypnotic suggestion. 3) Physiological changes under hypnosis are also documented, including effects on the muscular, involuntary, sensory, and autonomic nervous systems that can impact things like pulse, respiration, bleeding, and temperature regulation. 4) Hypnosis is proposed to originate from the fourth stage of consciousness called

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    Hypnotic Phenomenon

    MS University,
    8th October 2023
    What is Consciousness
     Consciousness is fundamental attribute of all matter – Shri Aurobindo.
     Consciousness as an attribute that may be explicitly unfolded as seen in the life forms that
    are conscious or maybe in the form of implicate order that remains unexpressed. – David
    Bohm.
     Consciousness is a novelty seeking modality of experiencing that turns on gene expression
    and brain plasticity. – Ernest Rossi
     To be aware is to be conscious.
     According to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra there are 7 stages of consciousness the first 3 of which
    are: Awake, Sleep and Dream where the feeling of “I am” persists.
     The 4th stage is called the Turiya state. In Mandukya Upnaishad the 4th stage is described as:
    that which has no parts, soundless, the incomprehensible, beyond all senses, the cessation
    of all phenomena, all blissful and non dual AUM, etc.
     Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness. It is different from ordinary awareness. Here,
    one is a participant and a witness too. Finally, the observer and the observed both merge
    Hypnosis as an altered state of consciousness
     Hypnosis has been studied extensively in the scientific world and the phenomenon of
    hypnosis is well documented.
     No one can be hypnotized against their will.
     Hypnosis transforms ordinary consciousness to an altered state of consciousness, like dream
    and sleep.
     Hypnosis is natural and ordinary. It is not delusional.
     Hypnosis is goal-oriented
     One experiences a natural hypnotic trance state when one is engrossed in hobbies like
    reading, painting or engaging in creative imaginative visualization and even when one is in
    love. These experiences are ethereal and “other worldly”.
     Hypnosis can turn these glimpses of these experiences from the past to the present – here
    and now. It is a doorway to this altered state of consciousness.
    What is Phenomenon in hypnosis?
     Hypnosis, Yoga Nidra and Dhyana originate in the 4th state of consciousness or Turiya
     Characteristics of this state:
     Mind becomes quiet, calm and peaceful
     A general sense of well being prevails.
     A state of alert restfulness.
     A state of focalization at the center (subject) with lesser peripheral awareness. This focal
    point become symbolic which goes on expanding its abstract meaning.
     There may be distractions but no disturbance.
     There is choiceless extensive awareness but it is not inclusive of anything in particular.
     Metaphors appear to be real.
     Subjective time distortion – time may move fast or flow- utilized in hypnotherapy. Time
    dilation and constriction as well as stoppage of time are natural outcome.
     There is also shift of Location or space
     There are various psychological and physiological benefits as well.
    Psychological phenomena in Hypnotic state
     Psychological benefits:
     Shift in time perception and location in space
     Lower levels of stress
     Improved interpersonal relationships
     Realistic goal settings and achievement
     Increase in productivity and creativity
     Clarity in perception and generation of intuitive insight
     Establishment of rapport
     Impact in Memory – (Details next slide)
    Memory in Hypnosis
     Improved memory recall and Reviving of lost memory
     Echolalia – Hypnotized people are capable of repeating like phonographs –
    utility in school studies
     Past life regression
     Revivification
     Catharsis
     Age Progression: Memories of the future
     Post hypnotic suggestion
     Post hypnotic amnesia
     Selective ablations of the past traumatic events
     Automatic actions – useful in removal of tics and helpful in sports hypnosis
    Physiological phenomena in Hypnotic state
     Physiological Phenomenon in Hypnosis
     Changes in voluntary muscular system and eye movements, Catalepsy and arm
    levitation, Increase of muscular power, Paralysis, Muscular features independent of
    suggestion,
     Changes in involuntary muscles and vasomotor systems:
     Pulse – frequency of pulse can be altered during suggestion, Respiration – slowness can be
    induced, Bleeding – can arrest bleeding, Local redness of skin and blistering, Changes in body
    temperature, Menstruation, Action on bowels, Micturition (urination), Lachrymal secretion
    (eyes), Perspiration, Milk secretion and others like fall in metabolic rates, peripheral flow of
    blood increases, Plasma cortisol level declines and increased functions in both hemisphere of
    the brain
     Ideosensory changes – Visual, touch and pain perception; analgesia and anesthesia
     Hearing, Alterations in Olfactory sensation, anesthesia, Childbirth, Cutaneous sensibility,
    appetite, hunger and thirst, vision, gustatory, somnambulism
     Miscellaneous Ideo-sensory phenomenon: Dissociation, Depersonalization, Positive
    and Negative Hallucination
    Questions?

    Thank you

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