This is really great advice. Thank you.
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> John Ginder one of the co-founders of Neuro Linguistic Programing,
> took this view I think. He was one of my hypnosis instructors. He
> used to make up rituals on the spot to demonstrate how he could
> disrupt patterns of thinking. In his writings he was pretty clear
> that he believed that the content of the ritual was not the most
> important aspect. He felt that once the mechanism of the ritual was
> understood for its psychological effect, then you could substitute
> all the superficial variables to fit the person's cultural context.
> He felt that some magical beliefs were caused by not knowing what
> was the most important thing in a ritual, so they get passed down
> with a lot of baggage and unnecessary beliefs.
You know how many shamanic belief systems, such as
Native Americans and South Pacific islanders, have
a figure in their mythology named "The Trickster?"
That's always been my belief about where the "power"
of ritual comes from. Not from the actions performed
or from the language used, or from *any* of those
nitty-gritty details. Rituals work because they
allow the practitioner of the ritual to trick them-
selves into a state of attention in which their
desires are more easily manifested.
Working with this theory in mind, I once developed
a ritual for job or contract interviews that never
fails. I get up early, run a few miles, shower, med,
and then put on a certain "interview suit" that I
bought in Paris and that I have associated in my
mind with success. Then I walk into the interview
not giving a damn whether I get the job or the
contract, focusing *only* on having as much FUN
with the interview process as humanly possible.
And it's never failed. Not once.
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