--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > By the way, being trained to teach TM and hypnosis and > having experienced both here's my take: TM and > hypnosis are initially identical. The difference with > TM though is the continued quieting of the mind's > activity and if that particular mind is capable of it, > the absolute quieting of the mind and the shift of > attention to the transcendent or, more correctly, pure > consciousness. You can't and don't transcend with > hypnosis because that is not its intent. TM and > hypnosis are just two different "things".
I'll go along with this, but I'd add that suggestion can play a role only initially because you can't suggest something that (a) cannot be adequately described in words and (b) is a completely novel experience for the subject (at least in most cases). This is the "common sense" aspect I was referring to earlier.
