What is Neuro-Lingiustic Programming ?

The nature of thought.

NLP was begun in the mid-seventies by a linguist (Grinder) and a mathematician (Bandler) who had strong interests in (a) successful people, (b) psychology, (c) language and (d) computer programming. It is a difficult to define NLP because those who started it and those involved in it use such vague and ambiguous language that NLP means different things to different people. While it is difficult to find a consistent description of NLP among those who claim to be experts at it, one metaphor keeps recurring. NLP claims to help people change by teaching them to program their brains. We were given brains, we are told, but no instruction manual. NLP offers you a user-manual for the brain. The brain-manual seems to be a metaphor for NLP training, which is sometimes referred to as "software for the brain." Furthermore, NLP, consciously or unconsciously, relies heavily upon (1) the notion of the unconscious mind as constantly influencing conscious thought and action; (2) metaphorical behavior and speech, especially building upon the methods used in Freud's Interpretation of Dreams; and (3) hypnotherapy as developed by Milton Erickson. NLP is also heavily influenced by the work of Gregory Bateson and Noam Chomsky.

basically a blueprint of thought and stimulus/response in relation to consciousness.

interesting..

Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a behavioral model and set of explicit skills and techniques founded by John Grinder and Richard Bandler. Defined as the study and mapping of the structure of the mind.

I have been studying it for just over 10 years. A great aid to body language, meta language, and other areas of psychology that enhance interpersonal communication and allow us to understand and help others to help themselves.

how exactly do u study it ?
are there any books on it ?

Are you coming to webmaster access I will lend you a book on the subject if you promise to send it back to me or go to amazon and look up bandler and grinder. If you need help picking books icq me 52416841,I studied it in NYC for 2 yrs under Dr David Feildson.

ok

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...oe=UTF-8&q=nlp

Lot's of places to read up oin it