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The Presuppositions of NLP
Mind and Body Affect Each Other
By Caitlin Collins
T
he NLP presuppositions are to matter goes back thousands And the fact of its happening mind influencing body, as are
tools to help us transcend of years to ancient India; in is undeniable. Elsewhere in psychosomatic symptoms and
limiting beliefs about ourselves the West the debate comes via this issue of Rapport there’s stress disorders.
and our world. You don’t have ancient Greece to the present an account of one woman’s The other way around, we
to believe or disbelieve any day, when much discussion experience of cancer, and can all come up with examples
presupposition; just consider revolves around the mechanism how the constructive way she of our body affecting our mind.
the implications of acting ‘as if ’ of exactly how a non-material thought, managed her emotions What about mind-altering
you believed it, imagining the agency can influence matter. and used creative mental drugs? Not just the exotic ones,
differences doing so could make Generally more pragmatic images affected that process, but liquor and nicotine and the
to your life. than philosophical, NLP is less contributing to her leaving good old British cup of tea all
This is a deceptively simple interested in the debate than in hospital just three days after make us feel better, perking us
statement that expands like a how we can make skilful use of major surgery with no need for up or calming us down. And
Tardis when you open the door. whatever interaction of mind pain medication. And, still in hormones, anyone? They’re
Philosophical discussion and body occurs, however the medical world, the placebo mind-altering all right! Not to
about the relationship of mind it happens! effect is another example of mention the food we eat, and our
physical state - even our posture
affects our thoughts and feelings.
Scientist Masaru Emoto is
researching the capacity of water
molecules to respond to thoughts
and feelings, as indicated by the
crystals they form. Given that
the bodies of living beings are
largely water, if the molecules of
water within them are sensitive
to mental transmissions, this
could be one way in which
our minds can affect our own
bodies - and those of others. His
research endorses what the wise
have been saying for years: we
should be very careful how we
think - we have more power, and
therefore both more opportunity
and more responsibility, than we
might have believed.
Caitlin Collins:
www.naturalmindmagic.com
cait@globalnet.co.uk
12 | Summer 2009 - rapport
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