Mind is a reservoir or a treasure chest of the unknown. Yes it is your mind, but how much do you know about it? It would only be a meager percentage. The rest is mystery. The mind has a pattern of its own living. You and your actions are controlled by your mind. Everything you see around you exists just because their existence is registered in your mind as knowledge or a memory or as an observation or experience. You see things through your eyes only once your mind recognizes what it is. Otherwise you would not see it at all. Since childhood your mind is programmed in a specific manner to accept certain concepts and objects as they are supposed to appear or seem and you are made familiar to the day-to-day aspects of life and eventually you start viewing things in the way people want you to view them.

Mind control comes into action when we manipulate how the mind works or thinks or perceives. To control ones' mind or someone else's is an art that needs a lot of faith in the process and also a positive approach towards the phenomenon. You have three different roughly divided sections of the mind and amongst them one is the logically thinking or critically thinking 'conscious mind' the other is the part where memories of your emotional experiences are stored which is known as the 'subconscious mind' and the third part is the one that is responsible for the dreams that you see while at deep sleep.

When the human body goes into deep relaxation mode during sleep the mind cycles down from the conscious mind to the dream phase of the mind. Mind control makes use of this natural phenomenon and sends messages from an external source directly to the subconscious mind such that it programs the mind and tunes it to a suggestibility mode to accept the message signals that are sent and apply them effectively into action by the person on the receiving end. The only difference here is that the process takes place when the subject in question is in a trance state.

Sometimes a trance state is not even needed. Mind control can be practiced during a seemingly normal conversation as well. All you need to know is the pattern in which the normal mind functions and how it can be gradually manipulated in order to get things done by manifesting your power of skillful persuasion. Usually, the subconscious mind is unable to differentiate between a real event and one that is distinctly imagined. Thus it has immense power of turning an imagination or an ingrained thought into action that was previously thought impossible. This very concept can be used for the betterment of others, in order to get them out of a trauma or phobia or even strong addictions to alcohol, smoke or drugs.