ABSTRACT
The point is that suggestion is characterized not only by the process or manner of influencing the psychic domain, but by the result of that influence as well. It is obvious that the nature of suggestion is defined not by its external features, but by the peculiar relation of a suggested idea to the personality of the subject during his perception and execution of the suggestion. Generally speaking, suggestion is one of the ways that some people exert influence on others, one that is produced intentionally or unintentionally by the suggesting person and that can occur either unnoticed by the suggested person or with his consent and agreement. Penetrating into the mind without active attention, the suggestion remains outside the personal sphere of the mind. It is obvious that suggestion, unlike argument, penetrates the psychic domain without active attention, directly entering the general sphere without particular processing and being consolidated, as is in general every subject of passive perception.
