RE: NLP on HP
I've ordered 2 more books so I'll have a few to get through though time may be limited and it may not happen that fast.
I can see that NLP really does have multi-faceted uses. The guy at weekend commented a bit wryly that in America this kind of thing seems so focussed on How To Make Money etc., whereas it appears his own background is in community development and altruistically helping people to get on such as in meetings (though he's paid for it of course).
My personal interest would be that I've had a lifelong passion for 'the spiritual Path'. And of course there are many such paths. I've sampled quite a few as I was in an esoteric school which encouraged much eclecticism. For some people, their chosen spiritual path works fine - whether it's raja yoga, a Western tradition, Catholic mysticism, you name it. But for others, whereas it's their chosen path and probably is indeed the best path for them, everything that path has to offer to them seems to still lack something they need. Right now I'm thinking particularly about those who can be instantly mystical but don't have rounded-out or 'holistic' lives, maybe because they just can't make money, or they can't master some 'mundane' aspect of themselves such as weight. The list goes on.
But I've encountered this so often that my interest is in exploring a bit to see how useful NLP can be to those who are spiritually inclined. Archetypically you might say they have their head in the clouds. And so things they could well use are missing down here in the physical. Actually, I know many devoted, spiritual Americans and most seem to do fine in the physical - maybe it's the culture - but at least in the UKthese areas of 'lack' occur over and over again. In the past (and future) I've done regular meetings on spiritual matters of a practical sort - let's actually get it done sort- but it's refreshingly rare when someone new walks in the door in the UK who has a successful business or career, say, or is great in practical meetings, but still has a deep and genuine inteerest in spirituality or mysticism. Usually my eyes role up into some NLP-significant part of my head and one thinks, "Here's another one!" (though they are as precious as anyone elsse of course) - can't focus, can't keep a decent job, can't plan action and carry it through. And I'm far from perfect in some of these things also.
Mind you, the 'can't get things done' type are also, and here's the conundrum, the type who probably wouldn't do it if you said "Do a course on NLP". [&:]It's absolutely not my way to be prescriptive. On spiritual matters I just give people tools, etc. You don't give a list or give orders do you? But a recent chap asked me straight out on two occasions "What do I need to do? What wold you say I should do?" So I took the time to tell him and gave as much explanation re why as I could. He did none of it!
So I don't know how much time I'll have to go deep into NLP, though it might go along with how useful I find it is! - but this is where I'm coming from. To anchor people committed to a spiritual life into not being so impractical that they can't affrod to travel or pay for the courses they need and want anyway!.
Venetian
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Hi Laura,
My chosen book list?
One which is certainly NLP and that's "NLP Workbook" by Joseph O'Connor.
TBH I'm not sure if Anthony Robbins is considered totally NLP and probably not, but he brings it in a lot, so his "Unlimited Power" and "Awaken The Giant Within", etc.
V xx
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The Joseph O'Connor book is the one I bought as a workbook for a course on Communication Skills - largely NLP based - a few years ago, and run by my then local WEA.
Your post above to CHegarty make me smile ... wryly, as in yes, you're so right! 😉
I really hesitate in putting up any more links, but out of curiousity I googled "spiritual NLP" - interesting in itself - and discovered there's a conference in Glastonbury in June, although the page is currently under construction:
[link= http://www.nlpdevelopment.org.uk/Conf_2006_June/Conf_Home.asp ]http://www.nlpdevelopment.org.uk/Conf_2006_June/Conf_Home.asp[/link]
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Laura.
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I love the eye accessing man on this site.
[link= http://nlp-practitioners.com/interactive/eye-access.htm ]http://nlp-practitioners.com/interactive/eye-access.htm[/link]
Love & Light
NLP practioner
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I like it 😉
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There is a huge aspect of NLP which touches on the spiritual side, if you review Robert Dilt logical levels. I'm going to do my NLP trainer training in a couple of months, and I'd love to hear from more therapy back ground folk who would like to learn more. There are excellent applications in therapy. I've just started to arrange a one day course for therapists. Opening the door to the world of NLP is like stepping into a whole parallel reality.
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Hi everyone,
Here's a couple of websites you might find useful indiscovering more about NLP:
Michael Neill's site [link= http://www.geniuscatalyst.com ]www.geniuscatalyst.com[/link] has a forum which includes an NLP section. Plenty of interesting, friendly people posting - mostly those (such as myself) who trained with Michael, Richard Bandler and Paul McKenna and are NLP Practitioners or Master Practitioners.
And [link= http://www.nlpcoachingarticles.com ]www.nlpcoachingarticles.com[/link] does what it says on the tin (I will declare an interest - I'm the site editor). Articles vary in the intended audience and are a great way of getting a feel for NLP. If anyone would like to know any more, continue the thread or PM me 🙂
Much love,
Ian
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Thanks Ian. Personally I'm tied up until after Easter but hope to look more at your links then. (The article on The Present Moment in the second link: couldn't agree more and it's a basic spiritual technique in most (all?) religions at the mystical level of practice: "Be Here Now".)
Venetian