Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00326)

> In a message dated 98-08-17 17:26:51 EDT, you write:


> >Swooning advocates of Chanellers:    I wonder if you guys - mostly Govert and
> >Bjorn it seems - think it is possible for a powerful messmeric force, via a
> >dugpa, black adept or ????  make you feel "high as a kite" and seemingly
> >spiritually inspired by your own succeptibility and its own mesmeric power?
> >Could a powerful hypnotist or mesmerizer induce whatever emotion in you that
> >he wanted?
> >Is this Possible?????

So, you think I am a "swooning advocate of channelers?". I am not the "swooning"
type, as you would realize if you knew me better. But if you consider people
like HPB to be channelers, yes, in that case I am advocating some of them. After
all, HPB received "messages" from "higher beings" and transmitted these to
thousands of people. If you by the word "channeling" mean conveying messages
from discarnate beings on the astral plane, then I am not an advocate at all. I
think most theosophists know too much to be interested in that sort of thing.

As far as how much we can be influenced and by whom. This is a complex question.
It depends on many factors, such as our degree of self control (self mastery),
the power of the person trying to influence us, temporary conditions such as our
mood, energy level, etc. I have always had an "instinctive" dislike for
hypnosis. To me, free will is sacred and any messing with it wrong.

Bjorn