Suffering is Optional

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Suffering is Optional“Suffering is optional”,  is what I answered, to the question “what is the purpose of suffering?” posed by one of the Rabbi’s in a group discussion. It shocked a few people. And one person exclaimed: “Pam Castillo, It isn’t optional! How do we explain difficulties like 9/11, or, to use the most used example, the Holocaust? How is suffering optional? Do mean if a person makes himself delusional, he won’t suffer?”MY ANSWER:In a way, your...

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THE LIFE OF NLP

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THE LIFE OF NLPA FEW YEARS BACK I PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE CALLED THE DEATH OF NLP (See Blog archives) where I wrote how the skills of NLP helped me to help my beloved uncle, pass on, when his death was eminent.  I wrote about how NLP was useful to making sure the nursing staff, and physician’s were  supportive, rather than using language that would create, or further any fear of dying. If you missed that article, I recommend you find it, and read it.  HERE I WANT TO TURN THAT TOPIC OVER...

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Interview Series – A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Life; NLP People Talk: Amanda More

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A Funny Thing Happened on my Way to Life: Amanda More One of my students works as a part time Art Assistant. She recounted a story to me of a healing trance she had while she was waiting for a layer of paint to dry.  On a couch nearby she laid down and closed her eyes, putting herself into a deep relaxed state using one of the advanced hypnotic induction techniques she learned in Master Practitioner Training. As she did this, she recognized she had thoughts floating in her head about...

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The Other Side Of The Coin

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The Other Side Of The Coin   Let’s connect the dots: Logic class. The first set of language patterns in the Milton Model. Two lumbar back vertebral discs. And a cannabis and cocaine addict. Ok, here we go… Logic class: One the most valuable things I learned to do successfully in my college logic courses was to successfully argue my opposing viewpoint in debates. To learn these skills, the professor taught us many ways to persuade and argue within the context of philosophical debate...

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Interview Series – A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Life; NLP People Talk: Amanda Khatib

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  A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Life; NLPeople Talk: Amanda Khatib   Amanda Khatib went to Burning Man 2016, a radical 9 day festival that takes place in Black Rock City in Nevada. Everything is extreme there she says, the people, the heat, the activities. Amanda did research on the event so to feel as prepared as possible. She felt that the most important and effective thing she could do is set up a system in her mind, her Unconscious mind, a place she could go to the...

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THINK

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“Remembering produces a state called hesitation, and thinking leads to action” ~Richard Bandler   If you want to learn how to think by design and take control of what you can learn, and maybe even surprise yourself by learning more than you thought possible, then you can learn NLP and Unlearn what you remember that stops you and move into the future that propels you...

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