The time we started to unlearn our unconscious mind and learn to use our brain consciously, we usually given straight forward objects with pictures, signs, gestures, objects (toys), also by material texture (feeling by our tongue and hands) and physical touch (hugs and kisses).
We always have the idea of ‘seeing is believing’. We solidified with this point by our school results, pictures with how is a smiling face look like, how is a sad face look like, or even our height and weight measurement, appearances of how we dress, … things that we can measure and grasp hold of.
Seeing is believing is highly accepted and commonly used especially when we hear people saying ‘prove to me’.
On the other hand, there are groups of people believing in ‘believing is seeing’. The believing is seeing in them is what they call luck, confident, faith, trust, timing, readiness…
There is something in between when we do not see them physically. We learned on how to pick them up along the way when we are in the adulthood and some even at the younger age. Little things like e.g. we know how sincere in the service by a waiter/ress at a restaurant. S/he could do everything perfectly with a smile, yet we know in side of us how willingly the person could do for us.
How do we explain that?
How do we know even in a short meeting with the person?
In NLP, this is called ‘Sensory Acuity’.
This is one of the most basic foundations we learned in the practitioner workshop. That is to pick up how the person’s feel in side of them in the most fundamental way. Are they sad? Are they happy? Do they have resistance? Are they sincere? Are they ready to make the change?
Professionally, we use sensory acuity to help the client to make the change, to let go of negative emotions and limiting beliefs. It is such a useful tool to help others, to see whether they are ready to move on to the next step in life.
You can pick it up easily too.
Just practice with a partner, with intervals to ask the person to think of:
1. The person s/he dislike most and then,
2. The person s/he like most
Look closely and pay attention to their facial expression. Pay attention to the detail in their face like the eye dilation, lines on their lips, facial color change, breathing, …
With more practice, your sensory acuity will become more sensitive.
Friday, August 13, 2010
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