Singleness of Thought

[sol72us]

There is a meditative state that RA suggests,
called singleness of thought. I was thinking
about all those long boring textbooks I read
in college, just punishing myself with boredom,
then also thought about those long boring movie
scenes...then thought about the mechanism of
Hypnotism and Mesmerism. I found this link with
this interesting comment on Hypnosis:

http://www.institute-shot.com/hypnosis_and_health.htm

James Braid, another British physician, speculated that somnambulism
was caused by the paralysis of nerve centers induced by fixation of
the eyes on an object. In order to eliminate the taint of mesmerism,
Braid renamed the state "neurhypnotism" (nervous sleep); a term later
shortened to hypnosis. Later, he concluded that hypnosis was due to
the subject's concentration on a single thought (monoideism) rather
than physiological fatigue.

And just reminded me of the RA materials.
Is it possible that through meditation,
our "higher self" hypnotizes us? Could
this be a manipulative tactic of movie
makers? i.e. instill fear in efforts to
control us better? Just wondering...and,
Hypnotically blundering, Pat