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thankyousir I completely agree. I also picked up "NLP The New technology of Achievement" after reading about NLP in The Game. I saw the book on Amazon and figured for $10 or so it was worth a shot just to see what it was like.
The book was very powerful, and I would be lying if i didn't say it changed my life a bit, especially the presupposition of 'If one person can do something, anyone can learn to do it."
I am a very scientific and practical person, I was a biology and psychology major in college. Baraka is correct in saying these techniques are very difficult to quantify or properly examine. Of course, just because we don't understand it, doesn't mean it's ineffective.
Reading NLP, as an atheist, was also somewhat enlightening to me as to how people experience gods and religion (I am trying not to threadjack here!). Often when I asked people about why they are religious they would reply with statements about their (pleasurable) feelings or emotions while praying or conducting other religious rituals. By conducting these rituals and experiencing these responses, their gods become more real to them. This is analogous to the NLP principle that you can take any idea or memory and make it more potent by attributing certain emotions or other effects to it.
I could really write so much more on this subject, but let's just say the book was worth the $10.
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"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows us that faith proves nothing." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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