Covert Metaphor

God or enlightenment is the ultimate pleasure, uninterrupted happiness. No such thing exists. Your wanting something that does not exist is the root of your problems. Transformation, moksha, liberation, and all that stuff, are just variations of the same theme: permanent happiness. The body can’t take uninterrupted pleasure for long; it would be destroyed. Wanting to impose a fictitious permanent state of happiness on the body is a serious neurological problem. –U.G.

I have never come across anyone quite like U.G. Krishnamurti. His words are not for everyone, and at times had caused me to be depressed because life felt meaningless. After I purged myself of all my major cultural programming I began to just be myself.

To be an individual and to be yourself you do not have to do a thing. Culture demands that you should be something other than what you are. What a tremendous amount of energy we waste trying to become that! But if that energy is released, living becomes very simple. Then what is it that you cannot do? –U.G.

The following link is a website to many of his words which his friends wrote down. I advise caution to those readers who find safety in dogma, faith and belief.

http://www.well.com/~jct/

I put this post in the Gurus category, but U.G. is more like an anti-Guru.

admin :: Sep.14.2007 :: The Gurus :: 4 Comments »

When you do a search on covert hypnosis and persuasion techniques John Wingert isn’t usually a name that pops out first. This could be because of the fact that he puts himself so fully into what he does, he doesn’t have time to launch full online marketing campaigns; that’s my guess anyways. He appears to set aside large chunks of his own time to connect personally with his customers, so they can fully understand the material he is teaching. I was introduced to John Wingert by way of the HandShake Interrupt. John Wingert by the way is now known as 20/20–I’ll leave it up to you to find out why.

When I first heard his audio programs and watched a few of his DVD’s, I honestly didn’t know what to think. His teaching methods were off the wall. These weren’t the conventional NLP, Hypnosis, and Persuasion methods I was used to. I wasn’t even sure if anything was being taught, but I found myself coming back for more. I watched and listened to his programs many times, thinking I must be overlooking something. Then suddenly things just began to come together, clicks and pops–neurons lighting up my brain. Each new listening or viewing revealed new insights which I was previously and consciously blind to. Little did I realize how much all of it was influencing my unconscious mind. Later I began to play with the material and REALLY understand it. I no longer wanted to master this stuff, but I was now WILLING to play and let go of what I thought was supposed to happen. That’s when I find these methods are effective. Little by little I’d focus on one small piece of the teachings, and then realize I’d started unconsciously eliciting the same states in people as I’d seen John do on his DVD’s.

I joined his Yahoo Group recently. Everyone seems down to earth, open and friendly. Check it out.

Incidentally, my only affiliation with John Wingert is as a customer and a student. I receive no monetary compensation for sending people to his site, but if he had an affiliate program I’d sell his products with gusto! He conducts business with integrity and his products are top notch so I have no problem giving him my highest recommendation.

You can find 20/20’s blog at www.nlplive.com and his products at www.innercircleproducts.com. Have fun!

admin :: Jun.13.2007 :: metaphor, persuasion, covert hypnosis, NLP, The Gurus :: 1 Comment »