Article by John La Valle, Advanced Master Trainer of NLP, Dr. Richard Bandler´s co trainer, President in The Society of NLP
"I get so many questions regarding hypnosis, trance, business,
persuasion, communication, etc. and one of the most prominent questions
seems to be around the scientific data that supports NLP.
So, first, let me get this one out of the way: THERE IS NONE.
Keep in mind that the reason to have scientific studies is to be able
to predict with some degree of certainty, when something will succeed
and when it will fail. The mere notion that NLP has taken the top off
what used to be a misunderstood and not-so-useful field for helping
people and taken the idea that just about anyone with a brain and the
desire to learn can learn to use their own brain in a way that
diminishes the need for *professional* help with many *problems* is
more than enough to satisfy those who WANT RESULTS.
The fact that what Richard and John did was to codify what most other
people missed and were able to take a new technology to the masses so
they could learn to use their brains better is what makes NLP so very
different from any other technology.
The fact that they took language and were able to connect it to
behavior in such a way that makes it possible to learn to change easily
defies scientific testing for the simple reason that we understand how
very different each person is.
Subjective Experience is the operative phrase in the definition of NLP.
Scientists keep wanting to take subjectivity and treat it objectively.
And while we are all different in the same ways, the combinations of
what's possible are infinite, so how would anyone design a scientific
test, or tests, that could prove if it works or not?
Having said that, the most relevant idea about all this is that
*hypnosis*, which has been around for a very long time, cannot even be
truly defined, except to say it's exquisite communication. Most
definitions are: "An artificially induced altered state of
consciousness, characterized by heightened suggestibility and
receptivity to direction." (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the
English Language, Fourth Edition; Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin
Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.)
Based on this, don't we really use hypnosis in marketing? In sales? In
every day situations? Especially when "altered" state means "To change
or make different; modify", (same reference as above) This sort of
clears it up, doesn't it?
When you think about what it is you want to convey, the point you want
to get across to other people, along with the information you wish to
impart, comes the means of lubrication you wish to use to ease things
along. Ease things in such a way that you avoid abrasions and glide in
and out of the ideas so smoothly that the intermingling alone creates
new and exciting sensations of wonder and passion in the people
involved. And the hotter the idea, the quicker the pulse and the tempo,
or in some cases, the slower and more penetrating the language so that
it permeates every cell of their body and their soul.
Getting messages through to others is like having your way in such a
way that the others enjoy the experience as much, or even more than
you. It's possible first if you believe it is, and second, if you know
how, and third: do it.
Some people think it's necessary to learn to know how first in order to
believe, but when you think about all of the things you've done before,
even "forbidden" things, while you tried some of them with a certain
degree of trepidation, you tried them, anyway, only to find the
pleasures that were waiting, and then tried again, each time getting
better and better and more skilled as the trepidation of *butterflies
in your stomach* turned into deep curiosity with an new angle of
excitement. You found different ways of doing it that had you and
others experiencing even more enjoyment and more passion and even more
technique that you could apply at other times and even more deeply.
Human beings are so versatile and by nature such fascinating learning
machines that, when in the right state for learning, really learning,
to enjoy the sensations of life itself, expressing thoughts of
experiences, can absorb so much . . . more easily than they thought
possible and thus learn to do more . . . elegantly . . . than the past
may have allowed them . . . but the past is passed and can be replete
without limitations because it's over . . . and what you do now . . .
in the present determines your future so that in the future, you can
have an outstanding past. . . so think about what titillates you now,
what excites you beyond belief, what tickles you in just the right
places that you tingle all over . . . what it is that would help
satisfy your most inner desire exquisitely and completely in such a way
that you can have it sooner than you thought possible because it's you
who are in control of your destiny . . . you decide where you want to
go . . . where to take it . . . and that's more exciting than any
experience you've had because it opens everything up to what's possible
. . . all ways . . .
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It's not just the passion, the ecstasy, and the wisdom, it's in your
own ability to experience life fully and take it in, lavish in it,
bathe in it, immerse yourself in it in such a way that your experiences
are indescribable and yet, fully always reaching yet further for the
peak as it moves higher each time you've reached it, or so you thought.
And since you know that more must be possible just by the quality and
quantity of all you've already done, you know there must be more . . .
While you're thinking about whatever journey you want to take, think
about how you can use your own ability to *trance for* an experience to
someone else, perhaps a customer, a friend, a family member, just
because you can see the possibilities more clearly.
And think about how we have the most valuable opportunities right in
front of us each and every day of our lives . . . to make a difference
in whatever forum we choose and by having others imagine the
possibilities . . . which are endless when you think about it, because
we are all different and unique and yet in the same ways which makes it
easy . . . the magic is in between the moments of time and the
possibilities are always there in front of you . . . all you have to do
is look . . . and there they are.
Science? Science cannot even defend itself when placebos have been
tested more than any other drug, and are consistently successful. There
must be a reason that science cannot define. There have been many
wonderful discoveries and developments through science but how humans
think just isn't one of them and as far as hypnosis goes, there's more
beyond hypnosis than you can readily see or even hear. We have so much
more to learn that I am excited about it more each and every day.
Beliefs are just something else we've made up in order to understand,
or perhaps to use as excuses at times, but nonetheless, the beliefs
we've had have been of some use at some time, and are easily changed,
or even put aside for a time just so you can experiment on your journey
to wherever it is you're going.
So, what would you do if only YOU could?
John La Valle ©2010
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