Your son’s amazing poem reminds me of things said and written by the Erickson children as described in “My Voice Will Go With You”, by Sidney Rosen. Please thank him for causing me to see some things in a new way! And remember, if vai hadn’t posted vai’s comments, no one would have known how seriously depressed vai is. vai; ask for help!

John

The only people who are truly successful at creating their own reality are psychotics.

Which is not to say your meaning has to perfectly match reality. The people whose maps most match reality are pessimists – Oh, and also the clinically depressed, according to the breakthrough research of Martin Seligman.

Damn! There’s that word!

What?

Balance.

I hate balance! If I thought it would be helpful I’d become manic with every new project I undertake, like the early Robin Williams, bouncing off walls with creative energy, going non-stop for days. . .doing tons of cocaine, etc.

Whoops!

Damn! Balance.

Does Don Quixote HAVE to be insane? Are all mystics mad?

I refuse to believe it. But I doubt they’re the ones to show us the way because they don’t know how they got there in the first place, or how to get home.

Find a lodestone. A touchstone. Build a foundation made of granite first and then reach for the unreachable star.

The unchangeable character of God is my lodestone. My foundation. Stretching. Climbing. Dreaming – from there – and the whole universe is open to me.

That’s my meaning.

I have a dear friend and fellow NLP Trainer who states:
REMEMBER, YA CAN’T FIX STUPID! Says it all, doesn’t it Keith? Geez, to insult a 6-7 year old who has accomplished what you cannot? Interesting. Not a belief I would care to adopt.

Love your work, Keith, maybe I’ll see you at NGHWA soon!

In my mind, NLP is based on the idea that all our realities are subjective and takes tremendous advantage of the fact that people’s understandings of words is also subjective. I don’t understand how that would be a downfall of NLP. Maybe you could expand your thoughts here…

the genius of the hypnotherapist is to assist the client to by pass critical thinking and to enter a state of creative relaxation where only visualisation and imagery affecting the emotions create a new reality.

my reality of meatball is koenigsberge klopse.
just a laugh.

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No doubt, your son is having a great time during dinner.
Keep up the very good work.
It’s helping me a lot helping others.

Pia

By the way, congratulations on putting down a poem by a 6 year-old. Good work. It also seems as if you don’t understand that something doesn’t have to rhyme to be a poem.

Actually, I should probably thank you. You made my point. Look at the different meanings people drew from the post. Your meaning was “the poem is stupid.” Others got inspiration or food for thought.

For everyone else reading this…

I spend a lot of my time writing posts, articles and making videos to (hopefully) educate folks and help bring more understanding to the fields of hypnosis and NLP. I love NLP and hypnosis and love to share my knowledge. It’s helped me make profound, positive changes in my life and one of my goals is to help others do the same.

A few months ago I ranted in an email blast about the trolls out there who have nothing valuable to add and who write insulting or just plain idiotic comments and emails. I wanted all of you who responded positively to know that you have my deepest thanks. To know that many of you value this blog, articles, videos and my newsletter helps me to keep doing it!

Keith