NLP and Memories
Posted by Ben TienFeb 24
In NLP, memories just as values, beliefs and attitudes are part of the filtration processes of generalization, deletion and distortion.
These are either because they are within your comfort zone, your current values, or because your subconscious mind thinks that you are able to handle an expansion of what you consider your comfort zone. In other words you are ready to expand you conscious mind on that particular topic or personal issue.
This article will deal in a very general manner about memory, as memory is quite a complex topic. For example, there is memory retrieval, sequencing for retention of memory, using memory triggers, strategies for improving the various VAK (visual-auditory-kinesthetic) memories, memory improvement techniques, short-term memory, long-term memory, to name but a few.
Memory is a process of your brain that involves taking in, storing and retrieving information, whether personal or societal. Your brain has an amazing capacity to store information. You have more capacity to store information than all the most advanced and sophisticated computers put together.
It is reported that Einstein only used 33% of his brain. Most of us only ever use 5%. Amazing, isn’t it?
Memories filter your current reality. The way you remember things show what values and beliefs are valuable for you at that time; they are not necessarily true. The way you remember things will not be true to someone else’s memory of the event that took place.
I’m sure it has happened to you, as it has happened to me, that you and someone else saw an event, and you describe it quite differently to a third person. You correct each other as you describe the event, each stressing or remembering quite different elements, convinced of your authenticity.
These past experiences, filtered in your unique way, have repercussions on how you view certain activities today.
Memories can be rational or irrational, that is immaterial, for each of us, they are very real. Our memories can hold us back or we can use them as learning lessons and move forward.
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