MindSight: "Quentin's Analysis" Article by Carmine Baffa Ph.D.

It is said, A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.	Truism. Somethings are true, therefore what I say could be true.
I've got to hand it to you, the idea of using language deliberately.	Giving the idea to them.
Now if I were to think in a deliberate fashion I would write with a conscious thought, or two, or even three!! No, not me!!	Denies conscious state which presupposes unconscious state.
But just because it is unconscious, and I may not consciously perceive the use of my language as deliberate, it still is -- Or is it?	The unconscious exists.
I remember, which is to say I am recalling a set of PERCEPTIONS that have, in my opinion, happened in the past.	Build dissociated state for learning, "in past," "only in his opinion," etc.
But the funny thing is that there is only now, another perception, which of course in not now any more.	Increasing the dissociation.
Just as I know, that if you are curious in nature you will go on reading this.	Reverse logic. You will carry on reading this therefore you are curious.
This I say because you are trained in NLP	Anchor reader.
-which we all know is really HYPNOSIS.	To access hypnotised state
Which naturally leads us into the understanding of other than conscious communication.	Increasing association into hypnotised state.
Those of you who are astute in your observations will certainly be able to catch what I am getting across here by the time I am through with this, or will you?	Directive posed as a question.
Well anyway, what I was remembering a minute ago, which I am remembering now is, or should I say WAS, a presentation I offered about two years ago	Reinforcing time dissociation
I was asked to do a presentation at the (name changed to protect the innocent) xxxxxxx Institute of Anxiety.	Nominalises trigger state in dissociated form.
And not being of sound mind, I looked at this as an opportunity, as I felt it would be interesting.	Reframes anxiety as an opportunity.
So here I was, surrounded by a room full of people who got together to install anxiety in one another. If not the intent, that was the result of what they were doing.	Stacked reality. The audience does this. This applies to you buster.
You should have been there, here I was smiling, being playful and having fun. And when I looked up to see these people I thought I was somewhere else, Miami Florida.	"There, here" association to smiling, playful, fun state.
Back in 89, I was involved in a program in Miami that was designed to get people who were heavily involved in the use of cocaine to become interested in books and learning.
I got involved with the people who were doing this because I wanted to see what they had in mind.
So I pretended to not know NLP, DHE(TM), HYPNOSIS, or any other encrypted language that was designed to cover up the notion of persuasion.	It is known that NLP etc. are persuasive
And in doing so persuaded them to allow me to be on their committee.
So here was I, I was, As Yodi would say.	Quotes
Intent GOLDEN, methodology = communicating in a way that got the opposite of what they were wanting to achieve.	For raising description of unproductive behaviour.
Imagine this, here you are in front of a room full of people who are coked out of their minds.	Now it's your turn to be turned on.
It's as if the entire room is vibrating.	Excitement
You look out into the eyes of the people attending and all you see is BIG GIANT EYES LOOKING BACK AT YOU!!	Dilated eyes are a sign of relaxation and desire. To imagine the physiology is to partially experience it.
Now, here I am at the xxxxx Institute of Anxiety, having flashbacks that reminded me of that time back in 89, when I was involved with those people who wanted to convince active cocaine users to read books!
And as I looked out at all of these very anxious people in the audience I began to feel very anxious myself.	Trigger state
It was at that very moment that I began using sound judgment, I think it was that voice on my head that said to me "I tried to tell you this wasn't a good idea."	Resource = sound judgement.
But now it was too late!
I was already in with the lions!	Lions are fierce.
It was time for me to become creative.	Resource = creativity
And I said, as you can see, I too can suffer from anxiety, that is why I agreed to come here.	Trigger
However, I have also found a way, if not to completely eliminate the anxiety we all have shared together, but to reduce it to a normalised level.	A little anxiety is normal.
And even though at first I didn't believe it is possible, I did anyway in the end.	Pacing uncertainty of success to a successful conclusion
Because it was there that it wasn't at all.	Experiencing anxiety means you aren't.
It is much easier for you to do it than it is for me to explain it.	Reverse logic. I am explaining it, therefore this is easy.
So I want you to not believe as you follow my instructions, any way you want to, as long as you follow the steps in the order I go through them with you.	Just do it without preconditions.
By now, by and by, I had said many things to them, some they understood, some they didn't.	Collapse time. Junko logic. I have indeed said many things. Its OK not to understand everything.
But they were beginning to buy into what I was offering to them, after all, I went from playful my preferred state, into anxiety, their preferred state -- back into playful -- OUR shared state.	Playfulness is spreading.
What I instructed them to do, was something that I had said I was anxious about talking about, and in their being able to fully understand my sensitivity, as we all once shared a common difficulty together.	I have shared
So please make it easier for me by just doing it as quickly as possible, as not to deliberately offend me, as this once tended to make me anxious.	Do this quickly. Guilt bound.
SO, I told them to take the best black and white internal image they could find of having been had been anxious And EXTERNALISE it...	Dissociate anxiety and give it diminishing submodalities.
in fact to move it way out into the distance, and as it continues moving out there on it's own, just let it.	And further diminish it.
Because I want you to do something else, something that will require you to remember to forget to remember what that was for the time being, that's right. NOW. . .	Amnesia instruction = break state.
I don't want you to bring into your body the feelings of the best sexual experience you have ever had, real or otherwise, any quicker than you begin seeing a bright, rich, clear focused visual image of that sexual experience expanding in front of you.	Enriching submodalities.
Now. As you continue turning this image up, the voices and sounds that go with it, you can also begin to feel it fully, even more, that's right.
Now, I don't want you to look through this at that old image of having been anxious any quicker than you turn it up even more.	Lady Godiva Swish.
So that the more you try in vain to bring that old image closer the more intense these feelings will become.	So that the more you try in vain to bring that old image closer the more intense these feelings will become.
. . . Looking into future. . . past. . . having had these good feelings time and time again, while looking back at having been that old person you were here and NOW, liking what you see.	Future pace experience of having been successful. Since it is past it must have happened.
Well, for the next two hours I tried, but failed, in helping them get back the old anxiety they once experienced, or did they?	Convincer that the change is permanent. Loosening story.
However I didn't cure them of their need to belong to a social group, instead I offered the suggestion of forming a support group for those who had recovered, and they did.	Retaining whatever is ecological. And nominalising recovery to stabilise it further.
As for a bird in the hand, No thank you....I like the bushes, never know what you might find!!	Closing opening truism updated.

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