Mt:
I was under the impression that you don't believe in "Hypnotic Regression" -- from your respose to my suggestion:
(becase you sgrugged it off with a typical "teenage attitude", ). Perhaps you weren't old enough when you've "been there, done that".
I admite it's been awhile since I have been there/done that myself... But ever since those times I view everything from a different perspective. I mean, it's not something you can forget (or disregard), if you really "been there, done that" -- rather than
There are different degrees of involvement, and from your words, I can only conclude your's hasn't been deep enouph to really appreciate the power of the human mind, or the "magic" of Hypnosis!!!
*** However, I'm going to let you in on a secret:
The reason Hypnosis is not populaized (and even discouraged) is because it is so overwhelmingly powerful (though quite complex) a technique!!! It is on a verge with Mind-reading, etc. And that is countre-productive to the current state of human affairs that's frequently based on the fact of taking advantage of others!!!
The whole system would've crumbled, if evetbody knew the "power". For that reason, it is reserved mainly to the psychiatrists (although some high rank polititians are also familiar with it) and only partly known to the professional sales-people.

However, the major obstacle to successfuly deceiving others is that most of people are equiped with the ability of perceiving the intentions of others -- what I term as the name of my thread, Intuition

IBYP, Mt, but what "other peope" are you referring to? When I communicate with you, I'm not concerned about others! I express my opinion regaedless of what others might think. If they can prove me wrong, I've no problem admitting my fault. Otherwise, they're gonna have a hard time trying to convince me! However, if you're concerned with the others' opinion, then, perhaps, you can always send me a private email -- safe and secure!
For example, you said "Been there, done that, long ago".
I don't know where you've been, and what you've done -- regarding the "Hypnotic Regression", but, if you have, I don't understand your persistant denial of the phenomenon's validity??? Is it because you only trust the confirmed & veryfied data?
Actually, there have been a few cases when a regressed person has recalled the details known only to the professional historians! Thus, it might be more valid than you think!!!

IBYP, perhaps I confused the colors...

What else can you expect from the crip? ? ?

Well, I'm glad we're "on the same page", so to speak. Nevertheless, when you say "no solid evidence", you forgot to add the qualifier "YET" (i.e. no solid evidence yet). I recently read the article where researchers claim that an organ of the brain (amygdala?) stores most of our experiences -- starting from the 1st man/woman ever lived -- althogh those particular experiences would be completely incomprehensible.

Perhaps, you might be interested in looking into "Hypnotic Regression:
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by Christine Nightingale

Past life regression is a form of therapy in which the subject is hypnotically regressed to a previous life. Typically the therapist (a trained hypnotist) discusses with the client what they wish to accomplish. They may, for example, feel that a fear of water, not based on any known traumatic experience, might be based on death by drowning in a previous life, or they may wish to know whether they knew their spouse in past life. The regressionist then typically takes the subject back in time to two previous childhood experiences, if these memories are able to be clearly described--preferably as if they are currently happening, in the present tense--then the person is ready to go further back. The majority of subjects can in fact be brought back to the events of a previous life. This can be very powerful, as it often includes dramatic events of death, loss, betrayal, or deep love and happiness. The person often finds themselves in a body of a different gender, age, or race. Typically the subject is advised not to re-experience traumatic vents, but to observe them from above. The function of the whole experience is to heal past traumas by understanding, forgiving and being forgiven. Very often understanding the roots of a phobia, illness , accident, or even birthmark is very helpful to getting on with the business of the current lifetime.

-------------- Here's the full aricle: http://www.themystica.org/mystica/articles/h/hypnotic_regression.html

. . . in fact, when I asked you to elaborate on that, you respectfully kept quiet... Thus, I've been left to my own devices...

Hey, that was very intuitive of you!!!
Although it proves nothing. Logical deduction has lead me to this definition, i.e. "an unconscious learning mechanism". But, as I suspect, that's far from the ultimate finish! I'm trying to understand how it works, not just what its called! (although a precise definition tends to point to a certain direction).
The point is I discovered the notion on my own -- by sifting through a lot of matterial... (NOT because of your hint), although I appreciate your desire of helping. But on Wed 01/20/10 12:11 AM, when you send me the hint, I inerpreted that as just another riddle (plagiarized from somewhere), unconnected to the problem at hand.
(I thought you were offering me a left hand while I was seeking a rigth hand, LOL)

Nevertheless, thank you!

P.S. So, IS your intuition any better because your aware of what constitutes it?

Anyways, I'm greatful for your attempt of saving me a lot of effort...

Oh, htanx God! Can I count on you for not letting me down? ? ?
(________ I go "down" on my own, by the way...)





. . . as a matter of fact, I'd expect the same from you!!!

____________Unconscious Perception and its Role in Behaviour________

Unconscious perception can be understood as a phenomena of how a stimulus can affect us, how the mind still perceives stimuli that can influence the observers' responses, attitudes and thoughts despite of not being consciously aware of them, cannot report or detect them.
There are many processes that are continuously going on in the body and brain of which we are unaware, for example the brain has to regulate heart rate or breathing or the release of required hormones when needed. These processes happen without our conscious awareness of them and are part of the homeostasis that keeps the body functioning at an optimum level.
Although the idea that unconscious processes are important elements in mental life is attributed to Freud, it was an old idea dating back to Leibniz the eighteenth century German philosopher who suggested that every moment is filled with an infinity of perceptions most of which go unnoticed and are not available to reflection.
At the close of the eighteenth century the philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View' in which he devoted a major section to the concept of ideas that we have without being conscious of them. Kant found it something of a contradiction that we had ideas that we were not conscious of at the time although we later became aware of them indirectly: our conscious perceptions are determined by unconscious inferences. The origin of our unconscious abilities lies inherently in the individual, a deep mostly hidden power within the individual psyche. The Unconscious always appears to accomplish things far more strikingly, and therewith far more quickly and more conveniently for the individual, since the conscious performance must be striven for, whereas the Unconscious comes of itself and without effort.

Now she tells us -- After we've been spilling our hearts and minds for 4 pages!!! (ammusing each other)

My complaint: Why this humiliating topig was allowed into the forum in a fist place?

________________________ ALSO: ________________________
WHY SOME MEN ARE SO TIMID AND CAUTIOUS, like HawaiiMusikMan? ? ?

I'm afaid, I might die a virgine!!!

YEAH, GET YOUR MIND OUTTA THE GUTTER -- that's just a sign around her neck (supposedly)

EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE!!!

You don't have to be a PhD
to read my body -- though
a high degree of sensitivity
wouldn't hurt at all!!!

No, I didn't mean "Never making mistakes", but becomming content with those mistakes!!!

I case you haven't noticed, I already have -- awhile ago -- at the Science & Philosophy thread. It is called "_I_N_T_U_I_T_I_O_N".

Listen,

Stop pretending being a doctor,

if you really want to f*** me!!!

I always pitty folks who've stopped wondering about the existance (as if they know everything) -- getting old must be quite borring...
Yet, they never miss a chance of sharing their "great wizdom"!!!

Sounds like NOBODY else gives a Shyt about your topig!!!

My biggest complaint is THERE ARE TOO FEW TOPIGS IN HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN -- most of them are geared for low intellectual level.
And those I'd like to participate in are full of old people!!!

What a girl to do??? ___________________

When Humanity will learn Time travel, that's when we will discover the truth about everything, and altering the past in order of avoiding the pitfalls of the history... (and the origine of the hunburger and pizza... lol)

When I was young, I read a sci-fi book called << The End of "Eternity">>. about a crash of an organization which has been altering time...

Some day, that would be an ordinary science -- without fiction!