Limiting yourself to a particular model of the world (including the one we have presented here), no matter how "real" it may appear to you, can stop you from expanding and enriching your experience of the world. If, as you attempt to apply these patterns and techniques or as you read over portions of this text, you have the experience that many people label "confusion" we invite you to try to try something new and stay with it for once rather than try to avoid or dispel it. Confusion is the gateway to new realities. Confusion simply means things do not make sense (and we like to think of "sense" in its literal meaning here) given your current model of the world.
In reading over this book ourselves we are well aware that it is not an "easy" book to read in many ways — that was not our intent writing this text. We have written and published other books (such as Frogs to Princes) where we have put the patterns presented here into simpler and more entertaining language. Our purpose in writing this book the way we have has been to push to create a new vocabulary, a new syntax, a new way of thinking about the world rather than trying to make the Neuro–Linguistic Programming model fit existing ways of thinking. The rigor and syntax of this book are themselves an attempt at programming. If you have read this entire book your perceptions and ways of thinking about human behavior will be dramatically altered. This book has been an invitation and a challenge to the reader to think and process as we do.
If you have found the content of this book exciting and wish to learn more, or if you are unconvinced that this material is valid or useful, we again extend our invitation to you to join us at one of our seminars or workshops where we will make these patterns easily available to all of your senses. We also invite you to read any of our other books including the next book in this series, Neuro–Linguistic Programming, Volume II, in which we will apply the model that has been developed here to present and analyze the strategies that we have found to the most effective and well–formed for achieving the outcomes for which they were created. In Volume II we will present the strategies that have been proven to be most efficient and elegant for achieving successful results in areas and disciplines ranging from learning physics, to playing chess, to making decisions, to learning to play a musical instrument, to creating entirely new models of the world for yourself. In the second volume we will also explore more specifically how to apply Neuro–Linguistic Programming to your work and everyday life.
If you are planning to have future contact with us, we look forward to meeting you. Until then, enjoy your explorations.
NOTA BENE
It is a common experience with many people, when they are introduced to Neurolinguistic Programming and first begin to learn the techniques, to be cautious and concerned with the possible uses and misuses of the technology. We fully recognize the great power of the information presented in this book and wholeheartedly recommend that you exercise caution as you learn and apply these techniques, of a practitioner of NLP, as a protection for you and those around you. It is for this reason that we also urge you to attend only those seminars, workshops and training programs that have been officially designed and certified by THE SOCIETY OF NEURO–LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING. Any training programs that have been approved and endorsed by THE SOCIETY OF NEURO–LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING will display on the cover of the brochure (or on the front page of the literature) a copy of the registered certification mark of THE SOCIETY OF NEURO–LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING shown below:
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