All behavioral manifestations during hypnosis reflect the intrinsic nature of the manas

The recollection of past lives and the behavioral manifestations during hypnosis are all activities of the manas, having nothing to do with the mind consciousness, nor are they controlled by the mind consciousness. The psychology and behavior of the mind consciousness pertain only to this present life, not to past lives, whereas the manas is connected with life after life. However, the manas has only one single lifetime, so if it is not influenced by the mind consciousness, all matters are not too distant for the manas—they are as if right before its eyes.

All behavioral manifestations during hypnosis are the manas's own habitual tendencies, all revealing the nature of the manas. Whether in hypnosis there is wholesome or unwholesome nature, wholesome or unwholesome mental factors, greed or anger—all are characteristics of the manas.

Since the manas presents all the affairs of the five aggregates from past lives, this shows that the manas possesses the function of memory. It is only that the manas's expression must rely upon the mind consciousness during hypnosis in this present life. At such times, the mind consciousness can only obediently follow the manas's instructions, not daring to act on its own authority, not daring to govern the manas. What the manas presents is the manas's true face, the manas's inherent nature, without concealment, falsification, or disguise. If we wish to genuinely realize the nature of the manas, we can observe and contemplate the manas in the hypnotic state, and thereby understand the manas and gain wisdom.