Masterful NLP is not hypnosis per se. Yet, the oceanic
feeling could engulf one in the kinaesthetic state. My observer said I was in a
trance like state, needing effort to get out of it.
We were at our scheduled practice session between master
practitioners today. To expect such from a verbal, vocal exercise was not
imagined. After all, it was affirmations. That it was to be about affirmations
for Health did mean much to those seasoned in years amongst us.
One among us is a masterful Yoga teacher. He came to Yoga
after learning NLP. 3 of us were mindful Vipasana practitioners. So, the
observations were sharp, subtle and tuned in.
From a Yogic understanding, the affirmative sequence got us
through the anamaya into the pranayama in the first phase. Then the manomaya in the mid-phase. We seemed to
have grazed through the vigyanamaya
layer just enough to get a glimpse of the blissful outer sheath of anandamaya. These sheaths are referred
to as koshas.
It is nearly facile to slip into unexamined inference of
this yoga school of thought. It is also a done thing to attribute the success
of people like Carl Jung, and Integral
School proponents, to the heritage India has in this respect. And yet, since language can
distance us just as geography does, shamanic
traditions of Latin America or that of Siberian archetypes like Dersu-Uzala, are
seldom on our minds in Anglican or Sanskrit lands.
This is where the methods that integrate mind, body and
emotions that NLP has
is potent. Masterful practitioners like Dick
McHugh also learnt from epitomes of human mastery such as Virginia Satir., Milton Erickson, and
others like them. It is one thing to listen to audio-tracks of people like
Louise Hay, and quite the trance to be guided by real fellow practitioners. While
my observer described that part of me which was on his eyes, what was in me was energy
rekindling parts o my unattended body, that left me floating in weightless
state free from afflictions.
Getting into that core state through affirmations then is a
wonderful gift to have.
