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Comment on Positive Change Works in New York! by nick kemp

nick kemp — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:00:20 +0000

Since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours with Frank and now teach his “classic PT” approach as well as my own Provocative Change Works approach which I presented in SF at the IASH conference. I promise a very cool workshop with lots of material not in the NLP tool box…

Comment on Simply NLP and Simply Hypnosis, November 2007 by Michael DeBusk

Michael DeBusk — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:28:32 +0000

For training in India, contact Andy Austin at NLP Training India.

Comment on Simply NLP and Simply Hypnosis, November 2007 by nlp724

nlp724 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:19:02 +0000

Any NLP Training going to happen any soon in India?

Comment on Psychedelics and Therapy by Michael DeBusk

Michael DeBusk — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:38:58 +0000

I regret that it has been too many years since I saw the report. I believe it was on The Discovery Channel, though.

I’m not so sure that “watchdog” is a fitting metaphor for the ability to think in a straight line. Good question, though.

Comment on Psychedelics and Therapy by stevebauernlp

stevebauernlp — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:29:32 +0000

Hey Michael,

Thanks for the mention in the blog.

“have serious conversations with animals or inanimate objects.”

LOL!

In fact, that’s only the beginning. The most privileged ones get a chance to visit with Jesus, aliens, deceased spirits and a number of additional non-material entities.

Glad you corrected me on the effect of hallucinogens. What could we use as a better metaphor? “Entice the watch dog of the mind away from the gate?”

Your pointer on hallucinogens reminds me of the effect of a well-executed hypnotic induction: dislocating the watchdog to get straight access to the vault.

Do you know of any research that discusses the biological seat of the rational, judgmental “module” of our toolkit?

Comment on Ticking off the pros, part two by Michael DeBusk

Michael DeBusk — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:56:59 +0000

I have a few more.

I’ll have to ask her about that story sometime. Better to have her tell it to someone whilst recording it surreptitiously and then asking her for her indulgence. She has a “storyteller” persona and a “stage performer” persona.

Comment on Ticking off the pros, part two by mdonk

mdonk — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:04:05 +0000

Oh, and further to my last commen; Grab a cheap mp3 recorder, record Deb telling the story and then post it. I want to hear it!

Comment on Ticking off the pros, part two by mdonk

mdonk — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:00:34 +0000

Michael,

More ‘war’ stories, please! I’m looking forward to having a ‘Ticking off the pros’ signed hardback on my shelf. Though I’ll settle for reading them online…

Enjoy,
Michael.

Comment on Psychedelics and Therapy by Michael DeBusk

Michael DeBusk — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:51 +0000

The neuro research on hallucinogens has shown that the drugs do not, in point of fact, open anything; they shut down judgment instead. One ends up suspending the ability to think rationally. So it may well be that such drugs regress people to infancy in that one aspect of the personality.

I remember being a pre-verbal child and having a mental “conversation” with a stuffed toy. I felt a little surprised when it “talked back” and tried to get it to talk to one of the adults in the room. It’s no surprise to me that an adult with the ability to converse can, while on acid, have serious conversations with animals or inanimate objects.

Comment on Psychedelics and Therapy by stevebauernlp

stevebauernlp — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:47:42 +0000

Hey Michael,

Have you looked at Ken Wilber’s four quadrant model? I’m sure you’ll find useful leads to answer your question in his work.

Terrence McKenna also offers some interesting pointers as to why pharmacologicals work to open perception.

Castañeda also describes how the use hallucinogens loosens up crystallized “mental” structures.

In short, software rides atop hardware. They go hand in hand. Same for mind and neurology. You play with one, you affect the other.

When someone’s model of the world is so tight that they start believing that corpses do bleed (I’m sure you know what I’m talking about), the only way out of the self-referencing loop is to leverage a pharmacological substance that will stick a crow bar into perception, thus creating room for influence and consequently, change.

Steve

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Comment on Simply NLP and Simply Hypnosis, November 2007 by Michael DeBusk

Michael DeBusk — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:20:00 +0000

@nlpguru: I’m not sure. I know there’s one with Bandler and LaValle coming up in Orlando in July 2008.

Comment on Simply NLP and Simply Hypnosis, November 2007 by nlpguru

nlpguru — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:42:54 +0000

Is there NLP Practitioner Training going to happen in New York any soon?

Comment on What’s a tachistoscope? by Michael DeBusk

Michael DeBusk — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:29:47 +0000

Two things I’d like that WordUp doesn’t have:

an attractive interface and
the ability to use something besides a space to delimit “words.”

The ability to display images would be a bonus.