From The Celestine Prophecy
- Subject: From The Celestine Prophecy
- From: Patrick Farrell Placement Officer <pfarrell@jones.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:39:10 -500
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Hi all!
An excerpt from the book that I just wanted to share. I think it
illustrates mind reading as we know it in NLP.
The setting is two aquaintances talking in a public place. If you
have the book, this can be found on page 208.
I looked at the man to my right one more time. He did look
vaguely familiar. Incredibly, as I gazed at him, he turned and
glanced at me again. I quickly looked back at Julia.
"You MUST talk with this man," Julia said.
I didn't respond. I felt uncomfortable with the idea of just
walking up to him. I wanted to leave, to go on to Iquitos. I was
about to make that suggestion when Julia spoke again, "This is where
we need to be," she said, "not Iquitos. We have to play this out.
The trouble with you is that you're resisting the idea of walking up
to him and starting a conversation."
"How did you do that?" I asked.
"Do what?" she replied
"Know what I was thinking."
"There is nothing mysterious about it. It is a matter of
looking closely at your expressions."
"What do you mean?"
"When you are appreciating someone at a deeper level, you can
see their most honest self beyond any facades they may put up. When
you really focus at this level, you can perceive what someone is
thinking as a subtle expression on their face. This is perfectly
natural."
"It sounds telepathic to me," I said.
She grinned. "Telepathy is perfectly natural."
I found the entire book to be an interesting journey. The author's
"insights" are workable for understanding how people relate on a
spiritual level. He interwove traditional psychoanalysis with
humanistic psychology and you can see many examples that call to mind
NLP. He also dealt rather handily with the religious issues
regarding human potential and God's will. I'd say it's a good read.
Any comments on the above excerpt or the book as a whole?
Kind Regards,
Patrick
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LESSON 1
A wizard exists in all of us. This wizard sees and knows everything!
The wizard is beyond opposites of light and dark, good and evil,
pleasure and pain.
Everything the wizard sees has its roots in the unseen world.
Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.
The body and the mind may sleep, but the wizard is always awake.
The wizard possesses the secret of immortality.
--from "The Way Of The Wizard" by Deepak Chopra
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Patrick Farrell
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