Re: Stopping the Internal Dialogue
- Subject: Re: Stopping the Internal Dialogue
- From: "Jon Nicoll" <jkn@symbionics.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 12:59:31 +0000
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- Organization: Symbionics Ltd.
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>I have read many books on NLP and have done some training as well.
>I am very interested in NLP's application to meditation and
>spirituality. Does any one have an easy strategy for Stopping the
>internal dialogue ?
>
>
Stopping the internal dialog is easy - for short periods of time
(a second or two). You JUST DO IT. Don't think about it, do it.
The situation then arises that thoughts try to make their way into
your brain. Your response to this situation affects what happens
next.
The usual response is some sort of critical thought. "Damn, I've
started thinking again". "I didn't stop thinking for very long that
time". "I'll never get the hang of this". etc.
This judgement of failure is what gets you thinking again. And then a
vicious circle develops.
If you can realise, at the point where the thought/internal dialogue
tries to get you thinking, that _you have not failed - you only
*think* you have_...
then you will continue to not-think.
Now go off and don't think about this - DO IT.
I acknowledge Barry Long for this teaching.
jon Nicoll
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