Title: Are You a "Patient" or a "Projector"? The Hypnosis of the Healing Industry Subtitle: A challenging perspective from The Shastra of No Mind on why our systems often fail us Date: 2025-12-24 Tags: medical system, psychology, responsibility, no mind, awakening This is a sensitive but necessary discussion. It is not an attack on medicine or compassionate healers, but an examination of a hidden psychological trap that can keep us bound to illness. We are conditioned from birth: When something is wrong, seek an expert. See a doctor. Get a diagnosis. Follow a treatment. This is logical and often lifesaving for acute, physical trauma. But for chronic conditions, unexplained pains, anxiety, and the vast realm of stress-related illness, this same reflex can become a central part of the problem. Here’s why, as explored in Chapter 7.3: The "Patient" Identity is a Hypnotic Suggestion. When you enter the system seeking a label for your discomfort, what you are often unconsciously asking for is: "Please confirm the reality of my suffering. Please tell me what is wrong with me." The diagnosis—"fibromyalgia," "autoimmune disorder," "anxiety disorder"—however valid medically, performs a powerful psychological operation: It crystallizes the story. It takes the fluid, energy-based process of 'mind at work' congealing your attention and turns it into a solid, named thing that you "have." You are no longer someone experiencing a dynamic flow of energy; you are a "patient with X." This identity becomes a new focal point for your attention (and the collective attention of everyone who knows), feeding the very cycle of solidification the diagnosis describes. You begin to perform your diagnosis. You monitor for symptoms. You interpret normal fluctuations as signs of…