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From: Das GOAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'd like to see some corroboration for these assertions, because the
devisers
of NLP --Bandler & Grinder-- clearly and explicitly created their system as
a
way of "pinning down" the extraordinary abilitity of one man, Dr Milton
Erickson, to "hypnotize." There are dozens of volumes published by the NLP
founders detailing their project to do so.
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Truly. I have known dozens of practitioners and none of them were of the
mind-control typem, many of them being decidedly anti-government. It is
quite openly practiced in some places in the United States as a therapy
tool.
To give an example of an NLP technique [a rather simple one]:
consider the fact that every day a multitude of things occurs that has never
happened in the world. consider also that in many ways, humanity is simply
repeating the same patterns over and over in different ways. one could say
that nothing changes and, in a sense, one would be correct. yet in another
sense, things are always changing.
say you are involved in a debate about the subject [and this is where NLP
comes in, being a communication tool]. someone asserts that nothing ever
changes and you believe that things are in constant flux. yet you recognize
that both stances are true, each from its own standpoint. a typical
response to the said person would be something like "yes BUT i see things
change every day." in stating your view in this way you invite argument by
merely using the word "but." that particular contraction is one of
confrontation, one of objection. if you instead answer "yes AND i see
things change too," you have stated your viewpoint without using the quite
invalidating "but" dagger. yes it is subtle and to some it may seem trivial
but in practicing speech in this way, we foster an environment conducive to
acceptance of others' opinions while not assuming that one must be right and
one must be wrong. in this way, merely being exceptionally conscious of how
we speak and respond to people, we foster unity, if only subtly. we don't
control another this way, we merely make it clear that we are open to
others' opinions yet our own remains unchanged. offering the opportunity to
have one's opinion deemed valid, even if not agreed to, in offering the
initiative in the endeavor of unity, we encourage a space that can be
exceptionally healing. it is quite an earth-shaking event when one realizes
that we DO indeed have the tools at our fingertips for getting along, when
we realize that an opinion contrary to our own is not even remotely an
invalidation of your own. we see here that tolerance leads to peace.
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