how does hypnois fit with meditation?

Summary

May 25, 2013, 14 min

How hypnosis relates to meditation, prompted by a question about hypnotic gaze. Hypnosis works in the light state between waking and sleep, while meditation goes far deeper, through the stages of sense reversal into pratyahara, where bodily movement and the world disappear. Also covers why all hypnosis is self-hypnosis and SRF's stance against it.

In this video

Teaches

Hypnosis

Discusses

PratyaharaHypnagogic stateMeditation posture

Mentions

Stages of sense reversalSelf-Realization FellowshipSubconsciousMilton Erickson

Key moments

00:02Back after illness: a question on hypnotic gaze, or "fascination"00:51Why pratyahara is so often misunderstood 02:07Waking, sleeping and the in-between state 03:25Hypnotists use the light in-between state 04:06Missing your exit on autopilot is a self-hypnotic state 05:04Meditation goes deeper; hypnosis has to stay light 05:33His mistake: taking hypnosis subjects too deep 07:05Stages of sense reversal leave hypnosis behind 07:38Hypnotic movement means it hasn't gotten past asana 09:01All hypnosis is self-hypnosis, by law 09:45Who makes a good stage-show subject 10:22The gears: waking, in-between, meditation, sleep 11:14SRF's stance against hypnosis, and Erickson the master 12:24No one can make you go into pratyahara