Does Meditation leave you Open for Suggestion????

Meditation .. .well well !! For me, my brain is always flying around here and there. I have 1000 of tasks to do on the go at any one time, a toddler to chase around after, piles of incoming email to go through, my mind is like a shaken snow globe at all times. Meditation has given me a tool to stop this snow globe being shaken and for a short while have stillness. Its like a robot without having a sleep. Ha ha ha In addition, it is also teaching me control of my own mind. Naturally through the day our minds are getting attached to things, especially worries. Here also, Meditation brings another tool. As you become more aware of where your thoughts are, you can choose consciously whether to explore these thoughts constructively or simply go back to focussing on the matter at hand or whatever else. Before meditation my mind would impulsively latch onto various streams of thought. I mean to say, it still does to an extent, but that awareness brings a level of autonomy over my own thoughts that I never had before. Many people think the aim of meditation is to stop thinking. Getting away from the tyranny of thought is great, but learning the art of gently and compassionately bringing your focus back, to the breath or whatever is where I think the true mileage is.

I see how hypnosis could be considered a form of meditation, it is a form of looking in. However, to even be put under hypnosis, you have to willingly give that person that power. Normally when you meditate, you don't do that. Someone can only have access to your mind if you give it to them. People who don't believe in hypnosis can't be hypnotized. Unless perhaps with some other extreme circumstances going on. You could meditate around whoever; they aren't going to have an access to your mind.