[Neurons] 2015 "Neurons" Meta Reflections #2

Thu Jan 8 14:47:33 EST 2015

From: L. Michael Hall

Meta Reflections 2015  #2

January 8, 2015

HOW TO DEFEAT TERRORISM

WITH NEURO-SEMANTICS

Another act of terrorism!  12 dead, many more wounded.  Another deadly
Islamist massacre at a Paris satirical magazine by two brothers with
connections to terrorist organizations.  And why?  They wanted "revenge"
against cartoonists for using humor against their religion.  They even
murdered a Moslem man who apparently begged for his life!

A report said that the brothers, Cherif and Said Kouachi, were known to
French intelligence.  Cherif had even been convicted of funneling young
French jihadists to Iraq and is a follower of the then-leader of Al Qaeda in
Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

So, how can Neuro-Semantics (NLP) help?  What can we do in the field of NLP
and Neuro-Semantics to defeat the mentality that leads to terrorism and
especially Islamist terrorism?  Here are a few recommendations:

First, Publicize that "the Map is not the Territory."

Whatever idea that any person has about God, religion, life, the after-life,
etc. is an idea.  And as an idea, it is a human idea, and not the territory.
That means it is not real.  Now if your mental map about God is so fragile
that you have to go and get revenge because someone believes something
different from you and expresses doubt or sarcasm about your belief- you
must have a very low view of your God's ability to take care of himself!
Your god is that small?  That weak?  That incompetent?  Do you need to send
your god to an empowerment workshop?  If you have god who needs your help
defending him (!), I'd recommend upgrading and getting a more powerful god!

Helping people realize that their mental maps are just that-fallible human
understandings about something-enables people to stop treating their beliefs
so seriously.  In Neuro-Semantics we say, "When you get serious, you'll get
stupid."  The next step is this: When you get seriously stupid and then get
serious about that- fanatically serious- then you get sick.  And a religion
that is beyond humor, a religion that forbids humor and jokes, a religion
that seeks revenge if someone laughs or teases something about their
religion - that person doesn't have a Religion, they have a Disease.

"He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision." (Psalm
2)

Whatever anyone says or writes or draws is just a map and "the map is not
the territory."  It is just a map and therefore not real, just a construct
of their understanding.  Now if you get upset by their words, and suffer
from word-phobia, you need a therapist or coach.  The last thing you need is
a gun or a sick religion that validates you to act out your immaturity.

Second, Distinguish the Freedom of Speech from Your Self

Apparently these two brothers engaged in identification.   They identified
their religion with the words of those who don't share their religion.  This
amounts to the childish and primitive thinking of identification: "What you
say about me is what I am or will become, so stop!   If you don't stop then
I will kill you."  They also identified themselves with the words and
pictures that sarcastically  made satire comments about their religion.
This amounts to the irrational thinking: "If you disagree with me, mock me,
make fun of my beliefs and religion, then that makes me and my religion
wrong.  Hence, I kill you."

Korzybski in Science and Sanity noted that all identification is a form of
unsanity and can easily lead to insanity.  He urged to avoid identifying one
thing with another thing and urged to stop using the "to be" verb and that
when you do so, do it with consciousness of what you are doing!   Fanatics
identify their religion with what people say about it!  How silly.  Sounds
like what happens on first-grade playgrounds.  "If you call me certain
words, I have to hit you."

This was the state of the world during primitive times.  Then over the
centuries we humans grew up and realized that to have a healthy
civilization, there are certain inalienable human rights- among them is
freedom of speech.  I don't have to agree with everything you think or say.
But I defend your right to think and say what you believe.

Third, the Relevancy and Ecology Challenge.

Whenever I hear about "religious" people shooting and killing or going to
war against other people, I wonder if they are actually "religious" or if
they are actually a fanatic nut who uses some religion to confirm their
prejudices and hatred.  True spirituality makes people more compassionate,
humane, and loving.  If you believe in a God and believe that human beings
are "created in his image and likeness" then you do not go around killing
and destroying the height of God's creation.

This violates the principles of relevance and ecology.  In every true
religion there is a command against killing.  It was one of the Ten
Commandments of Moses: "Thou shall not kill."  Healthy religion and
spirituality is respectful.  It honors the sacred right of people to live
their lives and to be responsible for themselves.  Murder and assassinations
violate the ecology of true spirituality and its relevance.

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

                Neuro-Semantics Executive Director 

                Neuro-Semantics International

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Clifton, CO. 81520 USA                             

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