Again, I'm not an expert on hypnosis,
But I can try to describe what I have encountered,
And these thoughts have occurred to me only since late on Easter Sunday.
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Originally Posted by Psychotheosophy
If, like temptation, there is success in doing something good in one regard of any given event,
While there was the desire to do evil, but avoided, in a different regard of the same event,
Can contentment be associated with the desire to do the evil in a similar event?
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Because they occur in one event,
Contentment in following through on one desire (doing good),
Can be associated with contentment in not following through on another desire (doing evil),
So to avoid confusing good and evil, following through and not following through,
One can become at most certain that from the event (reality?),
Contentment is associated with desire (apathy?).
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The more that we are unaware that we have made these associations,
Doing evil becomes automatic, without reasoning, when trying to do good?
And manipulating physiological desires (eating, drinking, sleeping, sex, etc...) are powerful and effective places to start?
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Someone in a large room with many people,
May start coughing when hearing another person cough,
Without realizing that they are coughing because of hearing the other cough.
Which means that people can be secretly manipulated by using their physiological desires against them.
And if coughing is associated with some action,
Then people can be secretly manipulated to automatically perform some action,
Which they may normally consider as evil, and furthermore, do it without a reason.
And if you believe in supernatural things like mind reading and thought insertion, a person could essentially be under "remote control."
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Eventually, can this be generalized, in complete awareness, to the point where goodness itself means evil?
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To keep themselves from coughing,
By focusing on the idea that hearing coughing can cause them to cough,
The association can be strengthened through repetition, leading them to cough.
(Trying to do good automatically means trying to do evil, and without a reason.)
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And if certain cues of a similar event are given through repetition,
Can this increase you're contentment in desiring to do evil,
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From theories of learning,
Associations may only be considered at first,
But they can be strengthen through repetition.