Mind Manipulation. Dr. Haha Lung

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      The Art of Disguise

      Requires a study of physical make-up (wigs, prosthetics, dress, etc.) as well as other skills designed to allow the ninja to insert themselves into various roles. More than any other, this hall of study demands that students understand the psychology of others (such as their mind-set and cultural and religious traditions) in order to successfully perfect their role-playing.

      The Art of Espionage

      This hall first concerns itself with gathering intelligence and insight into the movements and motivation of foes. Ninja then use this information to devise a strategy for removing any obstacles blocking the ninja’s objectives.

      The traditional ninja way of thinking is that human obstacles can be overcome either through education or assassination. Despite their bloodthirsty reputation, shinobi-ninja always preferred “educating” an enemy (through the use of mental manipulation) rather than having to resort to physical methods of removing that enemy.

      The Art of Escape and Evasion

      Teaches the student taisavaki avoidance techniques ranging from physical skills (camouflage, locksmithing, escapology, etc.), to mind-manipulation ploys designed to help the ninja escape detection by clouding an enemy’s mind.

      The Art of Mysticism

      Teaches students a myriad of concentration and mediation techniques designed to focus and strengthen the student’s mind.

      Advanced students are then taught techniques of mind manipulation (for example, evoking a foe’s emotions, the use of subliminal suggestion, or hypnotism) designed to give ninja an edge against foes.

      Attacking an enemy’s mind is known as saimen-jutsu (storming the mind-gate. )

      STORMING THE MIND-GATE

      “Your greatest weapon is in your enemy’s mind.”

      —Buddha

      Ninja compared attacking another’s mind to invading an enemy fortress, literally overwhelming their mental defenses (either through direct attack or through entering by stealth). Other accomplished mind masters have used the metaphor of “The City of Nine Gates” when speaking of the mental vulnerabilities of the body.

      These “nine gates” are the nine bodily openings (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, urethra, and anus) through which we interact with the world (that is, how we receive information, express ourselves, experience pleasure, etc.).

      A foe can thus be overcome by breaching one of these gates. For example, false gossip and propaganda attacks his ear gate; a sexual ploy can be used to attack his (urethra) sex gate.²

      Ninja mind-manipulation experts employed a two-step strategy when attacking the mind of an enemy—first discerning and discovering, then distorting and destroying.

      Step 1: Discerning an enemy’s mind-set (overall attitude toward life, personal beliefs, etc.) and then discovering the inherent weaknesses they carry through the use of satsujin-jutsu allows us to prepare a mind strategy for invading a foe’s mind castle.³

      Step 2: After discerning an enemy’s mind-set and discovering his inherent weaknesses, we then set about distorting our enemy’s version of reality, figuratively and literally destroying his trust in the world and his confidence in himself.

      Techniques designed to distort an enemy’s view of the world around him (destroying his trust of others, undermining his self-confidence, etc.) are collectively known as kiai-shin-jutsu (shouting into another’s mind).

      Satsujin-Jutsu

      In order to gain insight into another’s mind (indeed, into our own minds) we must examine two factors:

      First, we must explore the role nature (genetics, gender, the time and circumstance of our birth) plays in our overall make-up.

      Second, we must examine the nurture factors in our lives (such as our birth order, our family relationships, and childhood trauma).

      Master manipulators—from medieval ninja to modern cult leaders—are adroit at discerning and then distorting the part nature and nurture play in the overall make-up of their victims. Ninja sennin (mind masters) adopted mind-manipulation tactics from a variety of sources in addition to developing many unique mind-bending techniques of their own, each of which will be discussed at length later in this book.

      However, at this point, a brief introduction to these tactics and techniques is in order:

      Jujushin

      A concept shinobi sennin adapted from Shingon Buddhism. Jujushin identifies “10 minds,” 10 levels of understanding and functioning into which human beings can be categorized.

      Discerning the jujushin level at which another person is operating at any given time gives us great insight into the mind and motivations of that person.

      Ekkyo

      These are divination methods that allow us to determine a victim’s birth order and examine his interactions with others, especially close relatives. This allows us to attack an enemy by psychologically “cutting at the edges” of his world, that is,undermining his confidence by eroding his comfort zone.

      Junishi-Do-Jutsu

      Employs the ancient art of Chinese astrology to determine a person’s overall temperament as well as his weakest time of the day, when he is most susceptible to physical attack and mental manipulation.

      Having discerned an individual’s overall modus operandi, having discovered his innate weaknesses, ninja sennin then deployed a variety of kiai-shin-jutsu tactics and techniques designed to distort the victim’s world and eventually destroy him.

      Kiai-Shin-Jutsu

      Kiai-shin-jutsu tactics and techniques directly attack the intended victim psychologically by “shouting” into his mind. Examples include:

      In-Yo-Jutsu

      These tactics are designed to unbalance an opponent, to sow doubt and distrust in his mind.

      In-yo is the Japanese version of the Taoist concept of yin-yang (balance). The theory behind all in-yo tactics is to throw an opponent off balance by making him doubt himself and distrust others and to pull him from a sure-footed black-and-white way of looking at the world into a slippery-slope “gray area” where his trust in others and confidence in self begin to falter and flag.

      Amettori-Jutsu (A Man of Straw)

      Encompasses all tactics and techniques of deception. The name comes from the ploy of dressing up a scarecrow to make an enemy think it is a real sentry or soldier.

      Gojo-Goyoku (Five Element Theory)

      This was derived from the Chinese pseudo-science of wu-hsing, which teaches that all reality (including actions and attitudes) is composed of five basic forces: earth, air, fire, water, and void. In all things and all times, one of these elements is dominant. Each element has a corresponding element in opposition to it. When gojo-goyoku is specifically applied to emotions it is referred to as The Five Weaknesses or The СКАЧАТЬ