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Not really on topic I guess, but I'm just watching one of Bandler's videos.. He's a really funny guy. "See, when I met schizophrenics, they were much like my neighbours. I couldn't really tell the difference. And as far as I could tell, the only real difference between a psychiatrist and a schizophrenic, is that a schizophrenic stood a chance of getting well." Are you talking about Tricks Of The Mind (I forgot which book has a section on NLP)? How did you like it? Did you find something practically useful in it?

Actually, the things is, that he isn't using NLP only. It's a front. He's a mentalist (next to being a NLPer & hypnotist), he uses tricks. So it's not neccessarily true that we didn't see all the failures, there might not have been any at all. If he were using NLP alone there would be failures if he tried to do the exact same thing on everyone, or at least it wouldn't go down as smoothly. As for having strong will, I doubt it matters. The way I understand it, this works in a subtle way, your mind wouldn't detect it, unless you're very aware and know what to look for. Freeform: While we were talking about something else, this applies here as well IMO. The average Joe won't invest enough time into it, to be able to successfully manipulate people all the time.

Ah so you're the SOB that posted this link!!! All this time I thought it was Oolong. Damn it, I probably watched more movies in the past week than in a month before that. Yeah I watched The Man From Earth. I thought it was a great movie. Especially considering that it's happening basically in just one room.

Yo soy bueno. E tu? (right? ) What kind of wichcraft? Can't answer the other questions , but as for the last one, I think most people here more or less meditators & qigong practitioners. The only one that is into witchraft, or something like that, that I can remember is Witch.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Can you elaborate?

Hi Harry. I think one reason could be fear/doubt, that our path is wrong maybe, and our ego argues about it, tries to convince others of our right in an attempt to lessen the doubt, to make it true for itself. Whether that fear is unfounded or not is another matter though.

Thanks.

Heheheh, you haven't read much of Buddy's posts have you?

Hi. Welcome to The Tao Bums. What is brujeria?

Thanks, can you say a bit more? What kind of exercises are in the manual? Sitting, standing, meditation etc.?

Was she hot?

Stumbled upon this years ago. I think it's BS.

Thanks.

Didn't Crowley figure out how to cure yourself of cocaine addiction? By switching to heroin?

OK, where's Buddy and what have you done with him? But seriously, it's from this poem: Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight. I am the starshine of the night. I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room. I am in the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I do not die. It was supposedly written by a Mary Elizabeth Frye, who lived to be 100 years old. Pretty nice.

(too bad there's no hug smily )

Thanks! But for some reason it doesn't really seem easy to me. Well I'm hardly to be considered being "NLP people". Just started. Yeah, a mixture, I'd say the "intensity" of things varies. Sometimes it's mostly images, like a movie, sometime mostly voices. It seems like when I'm more relaxed images manifest more often, and when I'm not so relaxed I often have an internal dialog. Though I haven't really paid much attention to these things when meditating. Whatever came was just another manifestation, not really important. I'm not sure what you mean with feelings? Emotions or what? Hmmmm. I understand slowing down, but the rest i'm not really sure about. Can you elaborate on what you mean? Is it like when you "get it" but can't really explain yet? Then why are there tests and stuff for it? (sorry, like I said I just recently became more interested in NLP)

LOL! I know you are, but this isn't a MA forum. I actually thought Pietro was just being funny. Can't help myself, I'm meddlesome.

He said he knows the method of HOW TO DEVELOP that skill, not that he actually developed it. Well, I think he's reffering to the staring competition... Dude, was this really neccessary? Relax.

I don't know. Seems like BS to me. Maybe some resentment because DB made him scream after looking all tough. Though I guess he just could be that good of an actor.

Read the Power of IMA a couple years ago, as I recall it was pretty interesting. Might be worth re-reading. Well since we're on the topic (haha), does anyone have Kumar's new book "The Chi Revolution"? Or perhaps his Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong manual?

Wow, I just realized I own this book. Used to write a report on Taoism in high school. Maybe I'll join in...

Ah I see, thanks.