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Using Scales to “Measure” Identity

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"On a scale of 0-5 with 5 being absolutely true, how true is your evaluation of such a person who believes/acts that way?"

“On a scale of 0-5 with 5 being absolutely true, how true is your evaluation of such a person who believes/acts that way?”

When someone has a belief about something they also have an underlying belief about themselves to support that belief. This is what we call identity – a deeply held belief about who the person is who holds such and such beliefs – which is then applied to “me.” To elicit this level of belief, all you have to do is ask for identity – “What kind of person would believe that?” – notice how I use the word “what” in this context. The word “what” in a question tends to elicit identity statements more often than “how” or “why” questions do.

Using a Validity of Cognition (VoC) scale you can start the releasing process – “On a scale of 0-5 with 5 being absolutely true, how true is your evaluation of such a person who believes/acts that way?” Adjust the question to suit your situation. The essence is to elicit how true their judgment of themselves is – a level of judgment – how strong/intense is their judgment?

Then it’s simply a matter of using a stress-reduction process like Rapid Eye Technology (RET) to diminish the level of belief to zero. I especially like the RET Release and Gather technique to deal with identity issues – actually, you are not releasing identity – you are releasing the intensity of judgments (perceptions) you have about your identity. True identity is never in danger of release.
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Suppressed Emotions Can Hurt You

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Mental stress can harm you.According to a study of healthy women by Dr. Philippe R. Goldin and associates of the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, published in Biological Psychiatry, emotional suppression strategies actually increased the activity of the emotional areas of the amygdala and insula. In contrast, re-evaluation strategies in which one reconsiders the meaning of an event or situation, tended to significantly lower the activity of these brain regions.

Basically, when you suppress an emotion, you still feel it and your body must account for the increased chemical activity – usually resulting in illness or later increased emotional expression. On the other hand, re-evaluation of the judgment one gives their experience tends to significantly decrease the chemical activity of emotional brain areas – and leads to far less emotional expression later.

I recommend the same for men as well. When you feel angry for whatever reason, if you will take a step back in your mind, disengage with the object of your anger, and reconsider your judgments about it, you may find that you’ll feel better. And even more importantly, you’ll feel better later.

Perhaps the greatest emotion generating judgment we have is the need to be right. The energy we expend on our crusades rivals those of the middle ages – often giving us similar results: less energy overall, impoverished relationships, and overall poorer health. It’s wise and prudent to reconsider your positions in relation to others. It may be okay for more than one person to be right. It may be okay to let someone else have their opinion.

If you find you’re having trouble reconsidering your judgments, you might find value in a therapy like Rapid Eye Technology, EFT, hypnosis, or CBT.

Deflating Unwanted Memories

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Take the emotional sting out of certain memories with this simple NLP technique:

  1. Turn your memory into a flat 2D image – like a picture in a book. Make it black and white. Put a picture frame around it. Hang it on the wall. Why not hang it upside down? Or at a silly angle? What would it look like if it were all in cartoon?
  2. In your mind, play some silly music. Change the voices into Donald Duck, or some other amusing voice, until it makes you laugh or starts to tickle your funny bone.
  3. Feel how flat you have made the memory now.
  4. Lastly, make a new picture of how you want to be/feel and over impose this new wonderful you in front of the picture of you smiling.

Using a Light & Sound Mind Machine to Access Visions

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I was using the Voyager Galaxy with a client who reported suffering from depression. I was adjusting the frequency of the lights when the client suddenly yelled out to me to stop at a certain frequency. The client was “seeing” recognizable imagery! What’s more, when I placed the glasses on myself, I saw clear recognizable imagery, too! All I could figure was that the frequency matched some physical brain structure that opened imagery to me (and my client).

visionsWhat I saw was clear and distinct as though I was looking out the window at an actual scene. The colors were as clear as broad daylight. What’s more, the scene changed in a logical order; that is, it proceeded like I was watching a movie. My client, too, saw a moving imagery that was spontaneous. I suspect that the frequency triggered spontaneous imagery related to deeper issues that were metaphorically represented.

Since then, I’ve experimented with the Galaxy on a number of clients and several have reported spontaneous imagery at frequencies of 12.3 to 12.8 hz. More imagery was reported at 12.7 hz unison (both lights flashing in unison) than at other frequencies in that range. In one instance, a person reported imagery that evoked strong emotion that we could work with using RET. Most other clients merely received insight or, in some cases, “gee whiz” information. As a hypnotherapist versed in metaphor, I could use their “gee whiz” imagery to draw useful information for the client’s sessions.

Not everyone who tries this process sees visions. Of the 25 clients with whom I’ve done this, 14 saw visions, 2 saw “something interesting”, and the rest saw lights flashing or unrecognizable patterns.