Thanks for posting this Vaj. One interesting area of Neuro linguistic Programming was something they call "sub-modalities". These are all the internal distinctions we make to tell one type of thought or memory from another. We code thoughts with internal visual cues like image qualities, brightness,size, color vividness and our internal dialog with qualities like volume, tone and speed. These qualities can be manipulated once you isolate them. We did an exercise on my practitioner's training where we tried to uncover what internal cues we use to tell a real memory from a made-up story. The purpose was to build some convincing histories of success for ourselves when we were doing something new to build confidence. It was pretty obvious what internal qualities we used to internally code true experiences from fiction. We attempted to make the made up story as much like the true ones as we could. I got to the point where I could feel emotional changes from the false memories once I had altered them like the real ones. It never got confusing which was real, probably because there were other cues I was missing, but it served the purpose of shifting emotional states.
One interesting exercise we did with sub modalities was to locate negative subconscious internal tapes that we were running without knowing it. The usual stuff like "You aren't good at..." or "You never (always)..." Often times, when analyzed, it would turn out to be in the voice of a loved one who had started the self-doubt process and then it ran by itself below conscious attention. We would then take the phrase and use a sped-up cartoon voice and run it that way until the phrase would lose all of its emotional charge. I am doubtful about a lot of claims in NLP for miraculous cures quickly, but I did find these insights very useful. Now I am pretty conscious of the specific qualities of internal dialog I have with myself and the kind of pictures I am using that motivate my emotions. It has been helpful for me. We also studied trance induction ala Milton Erickson. That was the beginning of my shift in my POV on what I was experiencing in meditation and what my subjective experiences meant. Interesting article! --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070406_past_lives.html >
