Hypnotism

Satan launched a deceptive assault upon one of the disciples of Ḥazrat Junaid Baghdādī (R.A.) in such a manner that, each night, he would appear at the disciple’s residence leading a giraffe, proclaiming, “I am an angel, sent to take you to Paradise.” Taking hold of the rope around the giraffe’s neck, the disciple would be led to a certain location—one that, in reality, was merely a heap of refuse. Under the spell of this induced hypnosis, Satan instructed the disciple to grasp the rope fastened around the neck of what appeared to be a giraffe and would then lead him to a location he proclaimed to be Paradise. In actuality, the site was nothing more than a mound of refuse and debris. The disciple had been placed under a state of hypnotic suggestion by Satan, who manipulated his perceptions—presenting the garbage heap as a celestial domain and offering illusory visions of assorted fruits and delicacies to gratify him. The creature, assumed to be a giraffe, was in fact not a giraffe at all, but a donkey, veiled under the deception of delusion.

One day, the disciple of Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (R.A.) recounted this extraordinary experience to his master with great enthusiasm. In response, Hazrat Junaid advised him that upon the next visit of the so-called angel (Satan), he should recite a specific Qur’anic verse, but only after having arrived at the purported Paradise. When the disciple subsequently complied and uttered the prescribed verse at the scene, the veil of illusion was lifted, revealing that the creature upon which he was seated was not a giraffe but a donkey, and that the supposed Paradise was merely a heap of refuse.

In the modern era, hypnosis continues to be widely practiced, though susceptibility to its effects varies among individuals. A select subset of persons demonstrates pronounced responsiveness, allowing medical interventions—including surgical operations—to be conducted under hypnotic anesthesia. Hypnosis denotes a psychological condition wherein the subject’s perceptual field is systematically constrained to regard the externally suggested content as the sole continuous and coherent experiential reality.

It is often observed that practitioners, while performing their spectacle, deviate from their established ritual. At such moments, the practitioner’s mind enters the specific gate within the ritual’s framework that is associated with delusion. (The five gates surrounding a single gate are collectively regarded as one unified gate).

In accordance with the law of creation, initially the gate of delusion (wahm) opens, while the subsequent five gates—those of thought, knowledge, movement, action, and result—remain closed. Practitioners exert intense mental focus to keep these five gates closed, allowing only the gate of delusion to remain open. The nature of this delusion gate is such that it manifests whatever is suggested to it, yet what is perceived is essentially a creation of the mind. Whatever is introduced into the gate of delusion is what the eyes perceive, thereby enabling the phenomenon of hypnosis. When hypnotizing a patient, the practitioner first directs their focus onto a particular object and then proceeds to operate accordingly.

Hypnotism necessitates disciplined practice. For instance, an individual arranges playing cards before them, designating the cards as practitioners while embodying the ritual themselves. When confronted with an ace, the individual is instructed to perceive it as a king. This cognitive fixation directs the observer’s attention unilaterally; the absence of blinking leads to sensory contraction and the closure of perceptual gates. Consequently, if the individual’s cognition affirms that the ace is not an ace but a king, their perception will correspondingly manifest exclusively as the king.

Another practice involves constructing an inclined table on which dice are cast with the practitioner concentrating on a specific number. Upon rolling, the dice consistently display the number held in the practitioner’s mind. However, this outcome is attainable only through rigorous practice. This method constitutes a secondary exercise within the domains of parapsychology or hypnotism.

The third exercise entails appointing a child as the focal point of the ritual and directing the practitioner’s concentrated mental focus upon the child. When the practitioner points toward a woman and asserts that she is the child’s mother, the child perceives the woman accordingly. This phenomenon illustrates the intrinsic convergence between hypnosis and parapsychology.

The fourth exercise entails designating an adult as the ritual focus, subjugating their senses, and directing one’s mind into the gate of illusion within their consciousness. As a result, the senses become dulled, and the mind concentrates solely on that singular gate, wherein all sensory faculties converge. Henceforth, the ritual subject will act exclusively according to the instructions given.