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which is the same thing—he's not aware that he's being influenced. And when he is under the influence, he moves and has his being according to somebody else's will. And we don't realize that but when we do realize it, we make excuses. We deny. We deny that somebody else is controlling us other than us. That's our problem.
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Masters' father died in 1943, when
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presentation in which the hypnotist easily induced volunteer subjects to do strange and outlandish things. Masters remembered pondering the question: "Why can't hypnotism be used to make people act sensibly, rather than foolishly?"
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exercise, which has appeared in his books and recordings. Masters is the founder of the Oregon non-profit organization, The
Foundation of Human Understanding. His forays into radio broadcasting included his own show,
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in 40 different states. He was invited to participate in radio and TV interviews about the subject, and he briefly hosted a daily radio show which was titled
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