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What is NLP?
NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a name that encompasses the
three most influential components involved in producing human
experience: neurology, language and programming. The neurological system
regulates how our bodies function, language determines how we interface
and communicate with other people and our programming determines the
kinds of models of the world we create. Neuro-Linguistic Programming
describes the fundamental dynamics between mind (neuro) and language
(linguistic) and how their interplay affects our body and behavior
(programming).
NLP is a pragmatic school of thought that addresses the many levels involved in being
human. NLP is a multi-dimensional process that involves
the development of behavioral competence and
flexibility, but also involves strategic thinking and an
understanding of the mental and cognitive processes
behind behavior.
NLP provides tools and skills for the
development of states of individual excellence, but it
also establishes a system of empowering beliefs and
presuppositions about what human beings are, what
communication is, and what the process of change is all
about. At another level, NLP is about self-discovery,
exploring identity and mission. It also provides a
framework for understanding and relating to the
'spiritual' part of human experience that reaches beyond
us as individuals to our family, community and global
systems. NLP is not only about competence and
excellence; it is about wisdom and vision.
In essence, all of NLP is founded on two fundamental
presuppositions:
1. The Map is Not the Territory.
As
human beings, we can never know reality. We can only
know our perceptions of reality. We experience and
respond to the world around us primarily through our
sensory representational systems. It is our
'neuro-linguistic' maps of reality that determine how we
behave and that give those behaviors meaning, not
reality itself. It is generally not reality that limits
us or empowers us, but rather our map of reality.
2. Life and 'Mind' are Systemic Processes.
The
processes that take place within a human being and
between human beings and their environment are systemic.
Our bodies, our societies, and our universe form an
ecology of complex systems and sub-systems all of which
interact with and mutually influence each other. It is
not possible to completely isolate any part of the
system from the rest of the system. Such systems are
based on certain 'self-organizing' principles and
naturally seek optimal states of balance or homeostasis.
All of the models and techniques of NLP are based on the
combination of these two principles. In the belief
system of NLP it is not possible for human beings to
know objective reality. Wisdom, ethics and ecology do
not derive from having the one 'right' or 'correct' map
of the world, because human beings would not be capable
of making one. Rather, the goal is to create the richest
map possible that respects the systemic nature and
ecology of ourselves and the world we live in. The
people who are most effective are the ones who have a
map of the world that allows them to perceive the
greatest number of available choices and perspectives.
NLP is a way of enriching the choices that you have and
perceive as available in the world around you.
Excellence comes from having many choices. Wisdom comes
from having multiple perspectives.
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