You are the point and time in space where Spirit dwells. It awakens in you, as you. It calls you to awareness. You are the archer, you are the bow, you are the arrow, you are the goal. The great command of spiritual practice is, “Know Thyself.” Through NLP, as a spiritual practice, you can learn how.

One powerful new way of understanding your reality—what makes you tick, and what you can do to have more control of your life—is to think of it as an interactive movie. You have been making this movie since birth. It is your subconscious set of reality templates, made up of individual frames, scenes, dramas and plots. They determine how you think and what you think about, how and what you feel, and how you will or will not behave.

Everything you think, feel and do is measured against your inner movie: Every time the outside world matches it, you experience “good” emotions. Every time the outside world mismatches your movie, you experience “bad” emotions.

You behave and react according to the authority of your movie, even though you might not be aware of it.
A movie in the theater has only a visual and audio track. Your inner movies are richer in content, and have important additional tracks for feelings, smells and tastes. There is even a specific track for commentary.

There could be many voices on your commentary track. Are you aware of them? Do you have a nagging or encouraging voice? Who does it sound like? How do you feel when it speaks? Would you like to change the way it talks to you? You can.

Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) is a powerful set of editing tools that allow anyone to edit their movie.

NLP editing tools allow anyone to change and/or improve their individual tracks, as well as edit frames, scenes and the order of the film itself, so that it meets their needs, wants and desires.

Through the application of the editing tools even your experience of the past can become a rich resource, if it isn’t already. You can make the now and the future turn out the way you want.

If you think about the implications, can you realize how this is a way you can empower yourself and others?

Since you already play a part in others’ movies, NLP gives you more control over how the part you play will be perceived. The tools can be used interactively with others, so you can enter their movie, communicate effectively, and improve your results.

In other words, NLP is a set of tools for editing and enhancing anyone’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors, so anyone can change and greatly improve their life by getting what they want.

These tools include powerful information and training in communication skills. They bring you a deep understanding of others and yourself, and make you more effective in what you accomplish.

You can achieve amazing results in sales, management and supervision, education, persuasion, motivation, personal relationships--virtually ANY situation involving others can be enhanced dramatically.

Although NLP tools and skills are highly sophisticated and effective, they are easily learned. NLP is based on research-tested applications from neurology, linguistics, coding (learning) theory, and the precise observation (modeling) of human thoughts, feelings, behaviors and results.

Personal changes in perception are astonishing, and results are powerful and amazing. You can heal your past if you need to. You can empower your future if you want to. You can have what you want. You can do what you want to do. You can be who you want to be. It’s only a matter of learning how.

The first step is learning what it means to be a habitual outcome thinker.

Outcome thinking is the key to empowering NLP skills, and tools. As an outcome thinker you evaluate what is happening now, and then decide how you want “it” to be different. You decide on a target, and then do what is necessary to hit the target.

The power comes from targeting what tracks of your reality movie need to be edited—images, dialog, emotions, aromas and tastes—and then applying the tools and/or skills necessary to make the change. You can become more positive and effective in your thinking; heal emotional hurts; gain new strengths, and find peace of mind; motivate yourself to action or learn how to relax; put the steam into self-esteem; and, be an effective communicator.

Most importantly, you can learn how to be the star (or more effective star) in your own life. You can learn how to assign appropriate and effective roles to others, and eliminate the bit parts you have accepted for yourself. You are the producer, director, star and editor of your own reality, and NLP provides you with all the editing tools and skills you need to make the most of it.

All spiritual traditions provide a target—an outcome—for their practice, and your body-mind is the vehicle for experiencing it. You are the star of your spiritual movie. As you wake up to greater spiritual truths you become aware of your own limitations and roadblocks. And while spiritual traditions teach that these limitations must be overcome to advance on the path, they rarely teach us how.

NLP provides the tools and skills for overcoming these limitations, from learning how to quiet the mind, to mastering the art of forgiveness—of yourself, as well as others. Amazingly. NLP can teach you how to harmonize all the elements of your life and personality, no matter how you might struggle with them.

Know Thyself. Empower Thyself. Learn how.


DAVID LINTNER, a former Lutheran Pastor, has been involved in NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis for 15+ years. David conducts NLP training and seminars for businesses and the general public. He offices in Claremont, CA. e-mail: defel@gte.net DFLintnerNLP.com909-621-6883