This was a question from a person on Quora and as is usually the case, I had a very different take on this question than those who state endlessly that people will never act against their moral code. Here is my answer to that question:
As usual, I have news for you all!
Though it is quite right that someone seeking clinical hypnotism to heal will not do something against their moral code – they will pop out of the hypnosis most likely or just refuse, and volunteers in stage shows will refuse to do the act requested if it is against their moral codes, there are plenty of times in human history when people did many terrible things against their inherent moral code.
We have something going on in the Western World called ‘mass hypnosis’ presently, where opinions are being stated as facts, medical and researchers who go against the narrative are being censored (being deplatformed) where people become part of the ‘in group’ while foisting terrible statements against those who have made a different choice for themselves based on their own medical histories – which is a personal and individual situation for each of us – people with chronic health issues have different needs than those who do not. People with a history of cancer, MS, etc have different requirements than those who do not. So, we can’t assume that we know what is correct for anyone else because we don’t know their health history.
Hitler was able to use his charisma and outcasting of anyone who wasn’t a part of the population he considered the ‘supreme race’ with many people taking part in inexcusable behavior. Most people do not realize that the Germans thought that they were winning the war, even as they were losing, as Hitler never allowed the truth to come out. This was easy to accomplish because the war was happening in the surrounding countries not in Germany proper so the Germans had no idea what was really going on during that period. When the Versailles treaty came out with all the war reparations being placed on Germany causing hyper-inflation – and the country itself split in two weakening its power, the average German citizen realized the reality of what happened to their country.
Anyone who remembers the story of Jonestown remembers Jim Jones, a white minister who preached unconventional socialist and progressive ideas to a predominantly African-American congregation called the Peoples Temple. At the height of its popularity during the 1970s, it had over a thousand members. By 1977, Jones had grown paranoid from the media scrutiny over the Temple’s suspicious activities, so he and his numerous followers moved to an agricultural settlement (a.k.a. Jonestown) in Guyana, the remote country east of Venezuela.
U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan visited Jonestown in November 1978 being concerned for the people who were a part of the Jonestown. Ryan was shot to death along with four other people by Temple gunmen at an airstrip after he checked it out. After those murders, Jones commanded his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, starting with the children first. In all, there were over 900 who died in Jonestown, including Jim Jones, who with a gunshot to his head.
Learning:
When we are repeatedly told the same information it goes into our unconscious mind where it becomes as good as ‘fact.’ It is in this way that many terrible events have happened throughout history because people did indeed overrun their moral values as a result of these occurrences.
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Suzanne Kellner-Zinck founded Dawning Visions Hypnosis in 2002, She has become an innovator in the use of hypnotism and neuro-linguistic programming in the areas of obsessive compulsive disorders such as: eating disorders, sexual addiction and substance abuse as well as working with those with anxiety and mood disorders.
Her clients have come to work with her from across the United States and as far away as Africa to help them to finally be freed from these emotional issues that once ruled their lives. Today she is in the process of bringing her work to many more in the form of ebooks and other downloadable formats.
She is a member of American Holistic Medical Association and the American College for Advancement in Medicine.
Prior to founding Dawning Visions Hypnosis, Kellner-Zinck worked within vendor programs for the mentally ill working to help them to live up to their fullest potential. Many of her previous clients were able to move out on their own and find fulfilling work.
Kellner-Zinck is a Certified Trainer of Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic programing through Tad James Company, Inc. and a Master Hypnotist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming through Advanced Neuro Dynamics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education and political studies from Curry College.
Dawning Visions Hypnosis is teaching people that they can indeed leave their unwanted behaviors behind as they move forward to living fulfilling and joy filled lives.