--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "You've just defined away any kind of distinctions > between these states. They're all "hypnotic." We're > all going around in hypnotic states all the time." > > I would say we drift in an out of them all the time. We do have a > preferred style of non hypnotic awareness that dominates for most > people most of the time. For therapeutic purposes the levels of the > trance are only important so that the work gets done. Although there > are levels of trance they are only important pragmatically for the > purpose. We don't have to invoke a deep trance to plan tomorrow, but > we might if we wanted to go back in time and change the way we view a > parent's action in our childhood for therapy. The definitions and > distinctions when talking about awareness are by nature very broad and > not clear cut. > > I think your criticism would apply to MMY's terms as well. Try the > definition of CC for a comparison of how everyone is in the same > boat with defining states of awareness.
His definition of CC is quite distinct from ordinary awareness; it's not something you could use to apply to just any old state. I would even say that the > nonspecific terms he uses are right out of the hypnotic language > phrase book and are not actually terms with specific meanings > necessarily, Why don't you cite some of the terms you have in mind, Curtis? they just have a Colbert-like "truthiness" feeling to > them and they shift our states of attention. They do? I never had that experience. Do you mean you went into a trance state when you heard him describing CC? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
