| Topic: | Re:Hypnosis as an Application of NLP |
| Posted by: | ThomasR |
| Date/Time: | 10/09/2002 10:29:42 |
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Hi Thomas You Wrote: *While I got to learn a couple of interesting things, I was put off by what the instructor considered to be a fun application of hypnosis: He hypnotized 3 people, instructing one to act as if he were a Marsian (from the planet Mars) and the other two as translators (Marsian to English) and to fight over whose translation was right.* Question - Why were you 'put off' by that? *Now my questions are: Do you consider that a fun and or ethical application of hypnosis?* Could be a useful learning exercise IMO. *Is it common to have this kind of "fun" at NLP/hypnosis seminars?* What kind of 'fun', or not, did you experience it as being? *Whith whom can I train hypnosis in order to be spared from this kind of fun, but still be sure to train with a skilled practitioner?* Hmmm. Flexability is a good place to start IMO. What exactly did you not like about this demonstration? *Lenny even told a story that supposedly Milton Erickson had said - referring whith the latter to Richard Bandler - that two young, very intelligent men came to visit him and that one of them was an a.. I canīt understand why somebody would tell such a thing about his own teacher.* Why not? He probably heard it from Richard himself. Can you let me know what you canīt understand about somebody telling such a thing about his own teacher? Best Wishes ThomasR |