HYPNOMAP README FILE -------------------- Summary:- suggested use of Hypnomap. 1. Unzip to C:\hypnomap : Hypnomap, Visible Pascal, Pilgrim's Guide 2. Install ANSI.SYS in config sys file if not already there 3. Read Manual - start with TECHINFO.MAN & then read Combinatorial Psychology, either manually [the .MAN files are plain text files] or with Hypnomap (option A in menu) . EDIT.COM X.MAN will do fine. 4. Read Pilgrim's Guide to hypnosis, again either manually [the .DC2 files are plain text too ]or with hypnomap 5. Browse suggestion files & translate suggestions into your own paradigms & representational systems 6. * If you do not have prior knowledgism* level confidence of being able to use the program,learn more about hypnosis first or cheat by getting a good therapist to plant a post-hypnotic suggestion / learning more yourself e.g. with Pilgrim's Guide Read 'Combinatorial Psychology' & choose whether to make paradigm shifts or not . 7. Use the program : C to configure speed I to make induction files P to choose steps [induction, suggestion, speed-read] H to run program EDIT PHRASES.TXT to change phrases EDIT X.TXT to change induction file [where x is name] 8. Tailor program - learn VISIBLE pascal not by trial and error but by using prior knowledgism*. Change existing programs into your own / improve / tinker. 9. Add your own opinions & experience to the manual / program AND / OR write your own versions under the GNU public license. 10. Acquire critical mass of subjective information - popular psychology books, news archives, personal opinions etc. & construct your own 'it all makes perfect sense' prior-knowledgism* cheat-sheet for your own use of hypnosis, NLP & everything else. Use it to implement your own ideas & make them available as GNU freeware. --- end of summary Details:- You need to do the following configuration steps before running hypnomap:- 1. You should unzip to the directory c:\hypnomap ; If you use a different directory you will need to change the HOMEPATH constant in the MENU program.You should unzip VISIBLE.ZIP into the same directory, and the Pilgrims Guide to hypnosis. Other applications which can be run through hypnomap [HELPER, How the Mind Works Hyperbook, Alternative Health Guide, etc.] require to be installed by you and their name added to the MENU program manually by you- their inclusion in the hypnomap menu was for my own convenience to enable their use during trance for speed-reading and such. Understanding VISIBLE pascal and being able to write your own self-hypnosis & speed reading programs is not much harder than being able to configure it properly for effective use in the first place- please go the full hog and make your own knowledge & particular skills available under the GNU license. 2. You MUST install the driver ANSI.SYS for VISIBLE Pascal to work properly; to do this you need to add the line DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS to your config.sys file, and copy the file ANSI.SYS into your DOS directory if it is not already there. This is so that VISIBLE will be able to draw things on the screen without the lines scrolling and printing messed up characters. To run the program, type HYPNOMAP.BAT at the DOS prompt. 3. Some parts of the program need upper case character input i.e. H rather than h ; this was due to bad planning but has been fixed for the menu program ; if the menu gives an error 'case statement out of range' it means that the menu hasnt recognised the option either because it's the wrong case of letter or because it's taken another character in error. The program wont crash in this case & re-entering it will work. 4. The important options in the MENU program are:- H to run the main program [only after reading the manual & checking through induction & suggestion files, and in all cases with prior experience of hypnosis & preferably with implanted multiple-use presuppositional post- hypnotic suggestions. P to configure program steps, i.e. the order of Induction, Suggestions, Speed Reading. Usual is I S R for speed-reading. 5. Speed reading file needs to be made manually normally, and called SPEEDIN.TXT ; you are strongly advised to use this facility for review only and not for initial reading of un-previewed material. The utility CAT.EXE can be used to concatenate files to make large speed reading files - there is no limit on the size of SPEEDIN.TXT which will work as far as I know. 6. The mind-map construction routine buildmap is functional but far inferior to the INFO MAP LITE shareware program; Currently the automatic map construction and speed-reading file construction routine CYCLE works but with severe limitations; It's hoped to improve this into a true LILA system - mind map random access filing system implementation. 7. The program APPENDF (OPTION I) allows one to construct an induction suggestion file from some preset suggestion modules; the main module file is almost verbatim taken from the HELPER program induction, the others have been useful for me to provide lateral workarounds to wrecking practical problems & to put in bootstrap suggestions during the induction. N.B. you are expected to at least check through these files before using them, and preferably to translate them into your own preferred representational systems, presuppositional language patterns & make your own suggestions which are best suited to your own paradigms & particular needs. The modular nature of the suggestion files is intended to provide the 'autosync' property which allows one to remain in sync with the program without any effort & releases one from associated wrecking problem of worry over sync with a tape or remembered induction script. The whole program aspires to implement the 'Rhubarb' principle described in the manual. 8. The program is designed to run at a speed chosen by the user, by using delay routines connected to a single constant. This is set by using the CONFIG (OPTION C) program, and uses a quadratic delay factor i.e. 10 will delay four times as long as 5 and 20 will delay 16 times as long. On a fast 386, the optimum machine for HELPER IMO, a delay of 8 is suitable; on a fast DX4 100 a delay of 20 produced the same speed of program. The config program also asks for the parameters for the width of rectangles, number & horizontal and vertical offsets. Tinkering with this allows one to change the look of the hypnospiral effect, but the presets have worked best for me. 9. The program is not as user-friendly as it could be - it is necessary to be able to make your own induction files, speed reading files, and changing the program and adding in your own ideas and improvements is actually no harder than being able to edit the program files and type 'RUN' after making simple changes. I would like to encourage people to configure and tailor the program for their own needs at the same time as installing it, and to take the time to ensure that their hypnosis knowledge is sound before using it too - the practical obstacles of ANSI.SYS, paths, directories etc. can be overcome by someone for you but the practical obstacles of hypnosis will need to be overcome by you; one should spend at least as much time ensuring the suggestion and induction files are congruent with one's own belief systems as one does setting up the program. Please take the time to learn how to use VISIBLE pascal as well; the sample files give the complete syntax & to write your own pascal and batch file programs to improve /configure hypnomap differently you only need to be able to change the existing files, not learn complex and obscure syntax. As with hypnosis, it is better to take the time to become a fisherman oneself than to rely on other people's fishing rods.