linguistic truths

[Arie]

I felt like sharing some more linguistic truths with you all. Hope you enjoy.

The phrase "have you ever" in the beginning of a question can actually get someone to re-experience some mind-state they have experienced before.

For example...Have you ever felt an incredible connection with someone?

If the person truly answers that question and has experienced an "incredible connection with someone before" they will in fact re-experience that state.


If you were to...  <----  that phrase is interesting.  What it actually does is make you step back from the question.

If you were to feel incredible right now with me...would it last for a few minutes or a few hours?

I remember reading Robert Greene's book "the 48 laws of power" and he was saying one law of power is giving the other person a choice when in fact either choice is where you want them to go.

For example...If your a mother who wants her child to do her homework , you could give the child a choice..."you can either go do your homework now or in 15 minutes...there is no third choice"

see?

Now...  <----thats also an interesting word....Now can refer to time....as in "Do it now!"  or it can mean an expression to go to the next point.....now....see what I mean?

It's called an ambiguity.

You can actually influence someone unconsciously by using language in a certain way.

For example.....   I was walking up the street and suddenly there was a cat who was scratching his nose and I heard a voice in my mind that said "Scratch your nose"....Now...I think it was kind of funny.

Now...you might be scratching your nose now or you might do it later....but that really doesn't matter.

Did you see the now in the example?

SCRATCH YOUR NOSE  NOW

Do you see that command?

In that example I was suggesting your unconscious mind to scratch your nose.

We use commands in language all the time.

Just in that sentence...USE COMMANDS....ALL THE TIME.

You see someone might give you a command and you do it later unconsciously.

Of course...even if you DO do something later because of a suggestion someone gave to your unconscious mind....if you were aware enough you would of noticed it in the first place.

Have you ever read a book and were really into it and suddenly you started talking like the author or doing things the author said?

The entire time he was giving you suggestions.

Now...this is interesting.

Okay....another thing about language are questions.

When will you feel good?

Let's imagine someone says tomorrow in answer to that question.

Look at all the presuppositions in that question though.

I'm presupposing you will feel good and that you are a you and not an it...and that you will feel good in the future...and that you have the capability to feel good...and that you can answer that question.

Well...my Dad wants to use the computer...so I gotta go.


Later

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