lmao!! Thank you for posting your opinions. I agree with you that people can't be positive all the time. I guess you didn't read the part when "S" flipped out and told "L" to fuck off and stop dwelling on negative shit. Anyways... balance IS extremely important. Balance is what keeps the Universe from collapsing. Everything is always balancing out and is continuously perfecting itself. There is no "perfect", there is only "better than before". From gravitational fields that affect the level surface of water, to the creation and destruction of stars. Good and evil are just one mega force regulating existence. I knew that some of you would find the concept of "creating your own reality" hard to grasp. For the most part, we humans like to "go with the flow" because it seems easier. But if that means sacraficing your self then who is in control? Other people and their expectations? Or your own wants and desires?

CpRiSsLer makes a good point. External forces can influence our realities. But like you said, situations are what we make of them. If we are constantly projecting negative vibes then we will receive negative vibes in return. The lovely the cliché "you get what you give" is very true. I like the analogy of a person freezing while believing they are actually warm. It is true that when our internal body temperature falls below a certain point we actually feel a warm sensation. This analogy reinforces the fact that having choice over our perceptions is a powerful tool. If while drifting into that state of delusional warmth we chose to believe that we were actually freezing, we could reverse the process by moving our bodies to warm ourselves up again. You also raise a good point about being a slave to culture. Hitler's Germany was a place of mass deception and delusion based around false claims and ill ethical propaganda. And while the public was being lied to blatantly, people believed they were free. But how can someone be truly free while being forced to believe something completely ludicrous!?!? You can't because in those situations your perceptions are being manipulated. I was never especially fond of that elementary school game "follow the leader".......

Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a therapeutic process which enables you to break old patterns and generate unlimited potential using posture, breathing, specific exercises, awareness and communication skills. The first area of NLP which I will be discussing is building rapport. The term "rapport" is defined as a relationship, especially one of mutual trust and natural attraction. People who have achieved good rapport will feel a connection between one another. Rapport can be further described as the sharing of energies. Whenever we talk, move, or hold a certain expression on our face we are projecting energies. And these energies are received by everyone that is aware of your presence. These observers are constantly judging you consciously and sub-consciously according to the energy frequency you are projecting. This is where self-awareness comes into play. In order to project the correct frequencies you must be aware that you are projecting frequencies at all times! Have you ever seen yourself on film? Does it make you feel uncomfortable? This is because you are judging yourself from an observers point of view. Now, it can be assumed that you will judge yourself more harshly than other people do. This is because when we become self-aware we also become increasingly self-critical. Being critical is important when diagnosing the energy we project.

For more information on building rapport click the following link;

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Anchoring is a very powerful tool in NLP that allows a person to render another person "open" to suggestion. Anchoring is an advanced method of mental conditioning used readily within the advertising industry. Advertisers create mental anchors that trigger internal sub-conscious events to occure which give them the opportunity to "drop" information into our heads with ease. These people are tricky and becoming aware of their game makes it easier to overcome.

Click this link to learn about anchoring

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First let me ask you a question. Yeah, that’s right~ I'm speaking to YOU directly here! Have you ever felt like you have little or no control over your own life? Do you feel trapped within a destiny that doesn't appeal? Are you really happy?

I know, I know... That was three questions, not one... ;)

The way we think has a major affect on our realities! Perception is reality, and the way we think influences our perceptions. So if you control your thoughts and create your own perceptions, you create your own reality! The gift of choice is an extremely powerful tool that we all have to create our own realities!

Now stop for a second. And don’t think about Bart Simpson!

What are you thinking about right now?

Bart Simpson?

Exactly…

This example shows us that our minds don’t care if a “thought” or “suggestion” is negative or positive. We digest both positives and negatives just the same! Perceptions are defined as "the way we see things". And they have a massively huge impact on our lives. If we see life as a difficult struggle we will experience it that way because that’s our focus. On the other hand, if we believe that life isn’t a struggle at all, we will naturally lean towards a positive outcome in every situation! Seeing things in a positive light will open a whole new world of opportunities! Doors will open that you never saw before. And this is because negative thoughts are very distracting!

Click the link below to read about a positive person having a conversation with their negative roommate. Lets call the positive person "Successful" and the negative person "Learning".

http://www.geocities.com/enoxy7z/choice.html