NLP™ and awareness
All the great philosophical and spiritual traditions agree in considering the human being as the only living being gifted with the greatest instrument for the search of knowledge: himself.
Every individual retains the secrets of the Universe within himself …yet, without any instructions on the best use of his inner resources, he risks losing his sense of direction and falling into confusion, losing sight of his individual Nature and his mission of accomplishing it.
Knowing oneself in order to use one’s potential to the utmost is the main task of each individual, that is, of each one of us. Our psycho-physical structure, combination of body, mind and emotions, is the only means at our disposal for reawakening and expanding our consciousness in order to realise our true nature. At the same time, the mind as well as the body can nourish the patterns and behaviour that interfere with our development, so that the reawakening of our consciousness has to reckon with interferences constituted by patterns and habits which obstruct our path rather than making it easier.
Fortunately, all behaviour patterns have structures which can be changed.
How can we recognise disorders in patterns and “mental programmes” and change them to achieve greater flexibility and freedom to act rather than simply counteract? How can we transform negative emotions into positive ones, creating and sustaining an inner state of happiness independent of external events? And at the same time, how can we alter those restrictions that foster uneasiness, discomfort or old habits that limit body and mind, destroying our energy?
Actually, we can do all this and much more besides…when we learn to exploit and manipulate to the best of our ability the most powerful instrument Nature has equipped us with: ourselves.
Neuro Linguistic Programming ™, created in the USA by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, draws inspiration and devices from strategies common to researchers of all ages and all places in the world, gaining as much from the psychology of Fritz Perls (inventor of the Gestalt Therapy), from the hypnosis of Milton Erickson, and from the studies of Gregory Bateson (British author who dealt with anthropology, cybernetics and the theory of communication), as from experiences “outside reality” of the shamans, mystics and Spiritual Masters. It refers to the mind and to the organisation of mental energy (Neuro), to the way in which the language that we use even unconsciously influences us and other people (Linguistics), and to how we can substitute repetitive patterns with conscious and conclusive actions (Programming).
To sum up, NLP™ helps us to enter consciously into contact with ourselves and our resources, harmonising the various aspects of our being, making operative, efficient contact with ourselves and the world around through feelings, emotions, thoughts and language. It helps us in particular to master our thoughts and control our emotions in order to comply with our true Nature.
We can use PNL to free our minds and at the same time obtain greater physical well-being, to experiment with the devices that everyone is unconsciously endowed with, and to bring to life both the assimilation of the mind with the body and the access to hidden resources as if they were treasures in each one of us…
…Beyond the inevitability of what we already know, towards new horizons… unreservedly…