Re: [ET2] Intention vs Willpower - are we trying too hard?

Nan wrote:
>
> What do you think about using Imagination here?
>
> At the July training Heidi, of the 'Swiss Delegation', brought up this
> issue of how to not use will power, and she and I used the word
> 'imagine' it soften and flowing, and it worked for her , ( and me ) like
> a charm. She felt very moved then and much better; then of course Sandra
> reminded us that since the moved feeling was localized, at the heart
> area, we weren't done, -and Sandra helped her continue and finish.
>
> Anyway, what about imagination?
>
> Nan

A VERY VERY VERY *****VERY***** dodgy slippery semantics slope!

Heidi wasn't English or American. And you are a very capable and
empathic practitioner to "say the right words at the right time".

In general, if you tell someone to "imagine" the energy flowing, they
get an imaginary energy flow and imagine that they might be healed - but
they're not.

Words are tricky things, and you never know what goes on in a person's
head when you say to them, "Think of this!" or "Imagine that!"

For most people who are told this in the English language, a movement
occurs by which they get out of touch with the physicality and enter a
mindspace that is a map of something, but not the actual territory.

A very few people who have learned otherwise start working with existing
thoughtfields that are directly connected to the territory.

The problem with energy healing in the past, faith healing, hands on
healing and so forth was EXACTLY THAT - namely that people "imagined"
all sorts of stuff, good and bad alike, and nothing happened in the
territory whatsoever - there was no healing, no change, just a mindgame
had taken place, like watching Bambi die or something for the 666's time
but it's always the same ...

I'm not going to say that I would BAN the word "imagine" from the
repertoire of an ETP but I would strongly warn against it until and
unless you're an ET Trainer with stacks of experience who can find the
right words intuitively and know they're gonna work for the person in
front of them.

For the VAST MAJORITY of people, the map is NOT the territory and if
they start to imagine things, the effectiveness of EmoTrance dies right
there and then, when it could have all been real, real change, real
healing with real progress in the real world if we kept it to the
feelings and paying attention to what is there, and stuck to the
standard "show me with your hands - where does it need to go - I work
from the outside, and you work from the inside - soften and flow!"

Very important topic!

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Received on Sun Sep 14 2008 - 05:44:07 BST