Patter de-identification in NLP

[Teacher]

Concept

Sometimes we become overly identified with some aspect of our experience - for example, with our beliefs, with our body, gender, race or religion, social role, profession, etc.

This over-identification can lead to the fact that we begin to mentally perceive our own "I" as dependent on any of our qualities or transgressions. As a result, we may be tempted to construct an image of ourselves as a victim, as a person dependent on other people and external circumstances, and we begin to react painfully to everything that threatens such coding.

Assagioli developed a procedure for revealing his higher self with the help of special de-identification exercises, which begin with the realization of the following position: “I have a body, but I am not my body”.

Whenever we identify with physical sensations, we become slaves to our own body ... I experience emotions, but I am not my emotions or feelings. I have intelligence, and yet I am not my intelligence. I am I, the center of pure consciousness.

Assagioli uses the linguistic-semantic field "I have, but I am not ...", applying this form of de-identification to other human abilities and manifestations. For example: “I am endowed with will, but I am not this will” - and so on. Then, using patterns of hypnotic language, he composes a detailed formula for gaining access to a state relative to a state (meta-state):

I take a comfortable and relaxed position and close my eyes. I repeat to myself, "I have a body, but I am not my body."

My body can be healthy or sick; rested or tired, but it has nothing to do with my being, with my real self. My body is a precious instrument that gives me the ability to feel and act in the outside world, but it is nothing more than an instrument. I take care of my body, I try to keep it healthy, but it's not me. "I have a body, but I am not my body."

I feel emotions, but I am not my emotions. My innumerable moods are contradictory and changeable - from irritation to peace. Since I can observe, understand and evaluate my emotions in order to better manage and use them, it is quite obvious that they are not identical with my self. I feel emotions, but I am not my emotions.

I feel desires, but I am not my desires, excited by my physical and emotional drives or external influences. Desires are also changeable and contradictory, and sympathy can be replaced by dislike. I have desires, but I am not my desires.

I have intelligence, but I am not my intelligence. The intellect can be more or less developed and more or less active; undisciplined but trainable; it is an organ of cognition of the external and internal world, but this is not me. I have intelligence, but I am not my intelligence.

Without identifying my own “I” with the content of my consciousness (sensations, emotions, desires and thoughts), I recognize and affirm that I am the center of pure self-knowledge. I am a center of will, capable of harnessing, directing and using any of my psychological processes and my physical body.

Then what am I? What remains if we give up identification with the physical, emotional and mental content of my personality, my ego? This is my essence - the center of pure self-awareness and self-realization. This is what remains unchanged in the ever-changing flow of my individual life. This is what gives me a sense of being, constancy and inner stability. I acknowledge and affirm that I am the center of pure self-awareness. At the same time, I understand that this center represents not only static self-awareness, but also a dynamic force; he is able to observe, subdue, direct and use any psychological processes and the physical body. I am the center of consciousness and power.

Overidentification with transient aspects of self or with an external situation makes us “obsessed” with identification. In this case, we become our own roles, masks, emotions, etc. And this, in turn, "makes us frozen and petrified ... prisoners."

These exercises are especially indicated for overly emotional patients, as well as for those who are overly identified with any affective state, with a certain form of behavior, with certain plans, sometimes global, sometimes petty. All this plunges a person into a state of obsession. These are fanatics of all stripes.

Some patients, especially Americans, stubbornly resist not identifying with their own body, feelings and thoughts, and have a panic fear that as a result of this practice, they might be torn apart. But many, on the contrary, are impressed by the idea of experiencing a sense of a center within themselves - a center in which they can gain strength and wisdom to help them withstand the stresses of modern life.

Pattern

Start by giving yourself some moral support. Do you accept the idea that you are something more, rather than your abilities, manifestations of your personality or external circumstances?

Do you know that you are more than you think and feel? Are you ready to play with this statement?

Give up identification at the linguistic level.

Using the linguistic formula “I have, but I am not”, frame any, and maybe even all of your abilities, functions and life circumstances as “not me”. How do you feel about it?

Which words are the best to help you step back from the state of identification?

Give up identification in a trance state.

Feeling a relaxed and comfortable state, enter transcendental state in relation to your psychological and physiological forces and realize that even if you lose any of them, then your deep self will remain unconditionally significant and valuable.

Read it yourself or ask your partner to read Assagioli's trance formula for you.

In a trance, separate your self from your functions.

Realize as clearly as possible that each of your abilities, functions, etc. is different from your deep self. How do you feel when you reframe all of this just as a function or tool that you use in your life?

Take your mind to an even higher level to form a transcendental identity.

Have you concretized the “I” that exists above and beyond your capabilities and abilities and only uses them?

Take a step back and observe your experience in a state of "pure consciousness."

With what symbol or word could you represent it?

Imagine your higher self as a stable center.

How do you feel when you envision this higher self as the center that drives your life and self-expression? Stay with it and adjust it to the timeline of your future.

 

[Tomcat]

NLP: Three Positions of Perception​

Straight to the point, friends!
Let's chat with you about three positional descriptions, how to better understand yourself, how to better understand those around you, how to get quality feedback and how to improve your communication skills!
I must say right away that someone may not understand the technical component ... Practice, and you will be strong! Personally, I think this is a Jedi theme. So, let's begin!
The NLP model "Three-position description" (as well as: "three positions of perception", "positional transitions", "three-position perception", even if you call it an ass), this model is used to collect information and assess communicative situations. The model is borrowed from Virginia Satyr , although everyone thinks this is NLP, yes it is, but Satyr gave a start.

Now about the positions:
1st position: "I-myself", association in oneself. I assess the situation from my point of view.
2nd position: "I am other", association in the other. "I get into the place" of another person, "I look with his eyes."
3rd position: "Observer", dissociation. I assess the situation as an observer qualified in this context (Or just an outside observer)
4th position: "System", a stationed position impoverishing different systems in itself. That is, an assessment from the outside: Family, Job, Firm or city where you live. The topic of the 4th position requires a separate discussion.

1st position of perception
The first position of perception assumes that a person evaluates the situation from his point of view, based on his own interests and values. Despite the seeming simplicity, this is not always easy to do - all three positions of perception in consciousness can be "linked" and it can be difficult for a person to separate his interests from the interests of another person. Or from the assessment of the situation from the outside. There is also usually a preferred way of assessing the situation.
In the first position of perception, a person says about himself in the first person: "It is important for me to pass this exam." Non-verbal is characteristic of association - pronounced emotional reactions, great mobility and muscle tone, etc. In order to determine who and what type of people are stuck in the first position, remember those people about whom they say: “He thinks only of himself,” egotists, etc. Such people are usually the first to be saved.
In order to enter the first position if you are not in it, it is enough to listen to the breath, sensations in the body, pay attention to the internal dialogue, ask yourself: What am I thinking about?

2nd position of perception
The second position of perception presupposes "association in another" - in this case, in another participant in communication. It is clear that if there are several other participants, there can also be several second positions. For example, when assessing a conflict, the determination of your views is made from the first position, and the assessment of the same situation from the point of view of the opponent - from the corresponding second position, with the association, respectively, into the opponent. How to identify people in the second position, these people are very benevolent or, on the contrary, negative, they either think how to do you better to serve or to make you better. Also, they are often asked to enter the second position: stand in his place;
look with his eyes; feel how he is; look at it from his point of view; look from its bell tower; walk in other people's shoes. In this case, the second position is understood precisely as the state of "association in the other", and not the result of a logical analysis of this very other. That is, the second position is a way to use the capabilities of the unconscious to model the map of another person. In order to extract this information (or rather, create, it is actually not there, unconsciously simply creates it as needed), you need to determine what you actually need.

Technique for entering the second position:
1. Ability to visualize
2. Imagine how your spirit or your perception leaves the body and merges with the body of your opponent.
3. Then you imagine as if you see everything through the eyes of your opponent, imagine so that he can feel what he might be thinking.
4. All second position.

3rd position of perception​

The third position of perception presupposes dissociation from the situation. In this case, it is assumed that the person is an expert in what is happening, and can give a balanced assessment and recommendations to the participants. The third position presupposes a lack of emotional involvement and an orientation toward analyzing the situation. That is, in the third position, a person does not defend someone's point of view, but analyzes the process, relationships and can give recommendations to participants on how to achieve their goals. If the goal is defined. Accordingly, the person in the third position needs to set a framework for the assessment - for example, if this is a solution to a difficult situation, for example, if it is the sale of surfactants, then reach an understanding in terms of prices, volume.
Nonverbalica is characteristic of dissociation: a detached "frozen" posture, low muscle tone, weak emotional reactions. Often the transition to a digital modality with the appropriate non-verbal.
Requests to enter the third position of perception are also present in the language: look from the outside;
get out of the situation.

Technique in 3rd position:
1. Get out of the body (No fanaticism, just visualize)
2. Imagine that whoever came out is an expert in the matter.
3. Collect the information you need from the position.

How to use all of the above?
Move from position to position and find out what you are missing from the second position and what the second position wants, with the third ask what you need to reach an agreement, etc. Sounds simple.
Try to remember a situation where you did not understand someone and go through 3 positions. The result will surprise you.

 

[Brother]

NLP: BSSF - what is it and how to use it?​

Fireworks, villains and manipulators, this is Stalilingus! Dumping officer equipment for you! I recommend working with her, she is effective, but not instant! 100% better than 80% of coaches and psychotherapists!
There are many psychotechnics. And this and that, and that and another. According to the research results, the most useful, simple and understandable for an ordinary person and applicable in everyday life is BSFF. This is something like "Ericksonian hypnosis for beginners", combining signaling, suggestion and building an interface for working with the unconscious.
What is it and where to dig it? It's simple - as soon as you feel ...
- unreasonable irritation;
- bouts of anger or rage;
- a sharp change in mood;
- emotional depression;
- growing tension in the head and body;
- stress (if you know what it is),
then it's time for you to tackle this technique. Yes, it looks like a magic pill. Why? Because it works with the unconscious. Yes, I believe in your unconscious and this technique. Let's move on to the description.
BSFF is a self-hypnosis-based technique that works on negative emotional states in a person.

The main points behind the BSFF theory are:
· Problems are caused by unresolved negative emotions and beliefs.
· Thoughts, emotions, and behavior are controlled and limited by subconscious programs.
· Our beliefs determine the purpose, timing, duration and frequency of psychological symptoms and behavior.
· Defective (negative) belief systems and emotional roots must be completely eliminated in order to achieve lasting psychological freedom.
· The complete history of all our psychological problems is recorded in the subconscious.
· Consciously identifying or understanding the problem at hand is completely unnecessary for effective treatment.
· Every single problem can be eliminated instantly with one procedure.
BSFF can effectively treat any physical, psychological or spiritual problem that has emotional roots

Selecting a key phrase
This is not difficult. Just pick the word or phrase you want to use. It is better if it is a word or phrase that does not carry a strong emotional charge (in this sense, the word "money" is not suitable for this role).
Here is an example of words that practitioners used:
· Fine
Dynamite
Let it go
· I can!
· Peace
· Joy
· Do it
· Be free
· Light
You can change your keyword whenever you want. You will instruct your subconscious mind to use whatever keyword you want.
If you use this word outside of a therapy session, your subconscious mind will not think that this is a signal to start treatment. In other words, you must have the intention to cure something so that the subconscious mind perceives the word as a command for action.
Come up with your word (phrase), and write it down.

Understanding the instruction by your unconscious
You will read the instructions below aloud or silently just once. From now on, your subconscious mind will always agree to heal whatever you tell it. You will never have to give him this instruction again, although you may want to supplement the instruction with new information. The instruction will always work, until you tell the subconscious mind to stop doing it. Everything that you read next is needed to help your subconscious mind understand what you mean by "problem" and what you want from your subconscious when you ask it for help.
The instructions for your subconscious mind include the concept of the Completeness and Wholeness of your personality - everything that defines you as a person. They are designed to include all possible parts of the personality separately and the whole personality - what is usually meant by the word "I".
You may notice that the instructions are written using the words "OUR", "ALL", "WE", "OUR ALL", "US", etc. This is a very important point as it includes all the parts of you that are mentioned in the second paragraph of the instructions. For the treatment to be completely correct, each of these parts must be recognized as a possible storage area for different aspects of the problem we are working on. We kindly invite all of these parts of us to participate in the treatment.
Every part of us is vital, must be invited to integrate with us, and included in every BSFF treatment. This is a very important invitation, her recognition, so that the treatment can be carried out completely and forever. Please note that when you use the words "I", "me", etc., when treating a problem, your subconscious mind will understand that it needs to include in the treatment process absolutely all parts of you and all past experiences that relate to problem.
When you read the instruction for the subconscious mind, do not worry about whether you understand it consciously, and whether you understand what we were talking about here. Your subconscious mind will understand what it is about. A more meaningful understanding will come with time as you practice BSFF and re-read (for conscious understanding) the instructions in the future.

Read this instruction for your subconscious mind. Remember, you only need to read it once. Paste your chosen keyword in the appropriate place. Read everything from this place to the phrase "end of instructions."
These instructions are for you, OUR subconscious. When WE consciously pay attention to any problem that WE want you to fix, WE will just think or say out loud the keyword or phrase we have chosen, and you will conduct a full BSFF session for US. The key phrase that WE choose to use for this purpose is “_____________________________”.
You will simultaneously heal all genetic / hereditary, hereditary, present, and all dissociated / fragmented parts, emotional roots, and beliefs that cause these problems or are caused by these problems, and / or any other problems associated with this experience and contributing to it is an experience. This means that you will heal all the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of all problems associated with this experience, and all dissociated / fragmented parts of OUR personality, in any way involved in these problems (all of them, in any combination, are here called OUR ALL, WE, OUR, I, MY, and so on).
You will completely eliminate all problems at all levels and in every part of OUR being that can in any way directly or indirectly contribute, support, help cause, or in any way support any specific problem that WE noticed and wanted you to eliminate. In each case of treating a problem, you will eliminate all these problems completely and safely.

This means that you, OUR subconscious, will eliminate every and every level of all limiting emotional roots and beliefs that are the cause of the problem that WE point you to in order to eliminate it. Also, you will eliminate all the roots of the roots, and the roots of the roots of the roots, and so on, completely, which appeared throughout our life, during birth, as well as in the womb and before birth. All these roots will be removed by you. Each time in the process of treatment, you will include all cases - from the very first to the very last, when WE experienced any or all parts of the problem, the signal for the elimination of which WE gave you.
You will also simultaneously eliminate every Post Traumatic Stress Factor (PTS) that has been associated with the problem and was caused by it in the process, or as a result of each root emotional experience that is the cause of every problem that WE eliminate.

You will completely and completely dissolve all of these PTSD Factors so that they will no longer cause any mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual discomfort or instability in US. The PTSD Factors you will address include all seven of the following negative impacts on OUR ALL, as well as any other debilitating or disruptive effects of the FPS of the problem being addressed:
Shock, shock to OUR system
Suffering for OUR system
Stress for OUR system
Anxiety, concern for OUR system
Upset, upset for OUR system
Trauma to OUR system
Excitement for OUR system.
You will do all this for US, regardless of whether WE consciously know what the problem is, and even if WE cannot define, describe or call the problem in words. It is enough for us just to consciously notice the problem, and use OUR KEY PHRASE that WE have chosen, and you will heal and eliminate, at all levels of OUR consciousness, subconsciousness and being, this problem, as well as all parts related to it, and contributing to it, parts this problem completely, safely and forever.
You will do it all for US, no matter what combination of levels of OUR TOTAL was involved and / or included at the time all these associated problems were created or experienced. You will completely and permanently eliminate every and every problem that WE treat, together with the subconscious programs that we may have, and which can now or ever become the cause of any kind of vulnerability in the US, which can lead to the fact that WE will save the problem, get the problem back, resolve the problem back, or passively accept or accept it back in any way, in any form and in any way.

You will also simultaneously eliminate any and all problems that may make US vulnerable to returning any fixed problem in any form and at any time in the future.
Even while WE are treating other problems, you will automatically and independently heal all aspects of each problem, until all the appropriate conclusions about the causes and origin of each cured problem are fully realized and understood by OUR consciousness at a conscious level.
You will do all this for US, from now on, for any problem that WE ever consciously notice and will signal you the desire to eliminate it when WE signal the start of treatment by using OUR key phrase, or any other word or phrase. which WE can tell you to use for this purpose at any time. All we have to do is simply notice the problem and initiate a fix by speaking, thinking, imagining, or otherwise using OUR KEY Phrase.
Whenever WE are engaged in the elimination of "stoppers" or any anger, judgment, criticism, or unforgiveness, or any other limiting thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or beliefs that WE may have about, or in relation to US, you will eliminate all those that WE might not have eliminated during previous treatment sessions. You will make this additional elimination regardless of how long ago WE have done the previous treatments.
Likewise, when WE eliminate any anger, condemnation, criticism, or unforgiveness towards another person or group of people, WE carry out the elimination of these feelings for all parts of each person, and for all people in the group. This will always be the case, even if WE use the word "you" or use the name or names of people in the process of treatment.

OUR subconscious mind, when you eliminate any problem that WE notice and signal the beginning of treatment with a KEY Phrase, you will also automatically and each time include in the treatment process any related problem that is in any way associated in OUR experience with the problem that was signaled for treatment. Also, you will include in the process of treatment all related problems and / or roots that have been formed or may be caused by any possible positions and combinations of positions of the head, eyes and any other body parts or body functions in which WE were or that WE were experiencing. at a time when each of these problems was either created or happened at any time in OUR life.
OUR subconscious mind, you will always do everything that WE have described in this instruction, starting from this moment, regardless of what state, in what circumstances, in what situation or in what mental or emotional state we are, or what the problem WE notice , imagine or remember WE ask you to signal to US the moment of the end of the elimination of the problem or aspect (component of the problem), on which we are currently working with BSFF, with the help of yawning produced by OUR body. And WE thank you and are deeply grateful to you and respect you for the fact that you always remain OUR faithful servant. End of instructions.

This material was taken from Philip Bogachev! Give him everything mentally to karma +1

 

[Carding 4 Carders]

NLP: metaphors for working with emotions, states, beliefs​

The metaphor is present practically in all spheres of human activity. Psychology, PR, marketing are becoming the most relevant areas of use of metaphors. Based on the results of a large-scale study of the phenomenon of genius, Robert Dilts calls the use of metaphors one of the properties of geniuses. The metaphor in working with emotions, states, beliefs is simply a genius find of humanity. Since ancient times, people have used allegory, transfer, to denounce hot temper, aggression, fear. In the culture of ancient China, possession of emotions was considered a valor and an indispensable quality of a real warrior, so ancient metaphors have survived to this day. We can say that managing emotions is one of the main qualities of a modern manager. Here are some useful metaphors for dealing with negative emotional states, limiting beliefs,

Resentment.​

A student comes up to the Teacher and says: “Teacher, it's very hard for me to live because people hurt me. And I take offense at people for a long time. What should I do? "The teacher gave him a bag of nails and said," Every time you take offense, you must hammer one nail into the wall. "
On the first day, 26 nails were driven into the wall. The next week, the boy learned to control his anger, and with each passing day, the number of nails driven into the wall began to decrease. The boy realized that it was easier to control his temperament than to drive in nails. Finally the day came when the boy never lost his composure. He told his Master about this and he said: "Every day, when you manage to restrain yourself, you can pull one nail out of the wall."
As time went on, the day came when the boy could inform the Master that not a single nail was left in the wall. Then the Teacher took him by the hand and led him to the wall: “You did a good job, but do you see how many holes there are in the wall? She will never be the same again. When you say something evil to a person, he is left with the same scar as these holes. And no matter how many times you apologize after that, the scar will remain. A verbal scar is as painful as a physical one.
"What should I do with the holes in the wall that were left after the nails?" The student asks. The teacher replied: "But with them you will have to live your whole life."

Five simple rules to be happy.​

One day a farmer's donkey fell into a well. He screamed terribly for help. A farmer came running and threw up his hands: "How can we get him out of there?"
Then the owner of the donkey reasoned like this: “My donkey is old. Shouldn't I do it now? At the same time I will bury the donkey so that the smell of decomposition is not heard. "
He invited all his neighbors to help him bury the well. All together took up shovels and began to throw earth into the well. The donkey immediately understood what was going on and began to emit a terrible squeal. And suddenly, to everyone's surprise, he became quiet. After a few throws of land, the farmer decided to see what was down there.
He was amazed at what he saw there. Every piece of earth that fell on his back was shaken off and crushed by the donkey. Very soon, to everyone's amazement, the donkey appeared above - and jumped out of the well!
… In life you will encounter a lot of all kinds of dirt and every time life will send you more and more new portions. Whenever a lump of earth falls, shake it off and go upstairs, and this is the only way you can get out of the well.
Each of the emerging problems is like a stone for crossing a stream. If you don't stop and give up, you can get out of any of the deepest wells.
Shake yourself up and go upstairs. To be happy, remember five simple rules:
1. Free your heart from hate - I'm sorry.
2. Free your heart from worries - most of them do not come true.
3. Lead a simple life and value what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

Different tactics​

Epigraph.
- I work from morning to evening!
- And when do you think?
(Dialogue between the young physicist and the brilliant Rutherford)
You might have seen it on television, heard about it on the radio or in the newspapers, but this time the annual world championship was held in British Columbia. The finalists were Canadian and Norwegian.
Their task was as follows. Each of them was assigned a certain area of the forest. The winner was the one who could knock down the most trees from 8 am to 4 pm.
At eight o'clock in the morning the whistle blew and the two lumberjacks took up their positions. They cut tree after tree until the Canadian heard the Norwegian stop. Realizing that this was his chance, the Canadian redoubled his efforts.
At nine o'clock, the Canadian heard that the Norwegian was back to work. And again they worked almost in sync, when suddenly at ten minutes to ten the Canadian heard the Norwegian stop again. Once again, the Canadian set to work, wanting to take advantage of the enemy's weakness.
At ten o'clock the Norwegian got back to work. Until ten minutes to eleven he paused briefly. With an ever-growing sense of glee, the Canadian continued to work at the same rhythm, already smelling of victory.
And so it went on all day. Every hour the Norwegian stopped for ten minutes while the Canadian continued to work. When the bell rang for the end of the competition, exactly at four o'clock in the afternoon, the Canadian was quite sure that the prize was in his pocket.
You can imagine how surprised he was to learn that he had lost.
- How did it happen? he asked the Norwegian. “Every hour I heard you stop working for ten minutes. How the hell did you manage to chop more wood than I did? It's impossible.
“It's actually very simple,” the Norwegian replied bluntly. - Every hour I stopped for ten minutes. And while you continued to chop wood, I sharpened my ax.

The parable of the raven and the hare​

A crow is sitting on a tree branch. A hare runs past. He looked at the crow and asked:
- Crow, can I sit all day and do nothing?
- You can, - the crow answers.
The hare sat down under a tree.
After a while a wolf ran by. I saw a hare sitting quietly under a tree, grabbed it and ate it.
MORAL: to be able to sit and do nothing, you need to sit high.

Two little boys​

Last summer, the teacher sat by the sea, resting after a long hike. She ate a sandwich and watched what was happening on the beach. Two little boys, about 6 years old, played together. They ran around, laughed and now, a little tired of this, sat down side by side, not far from her, and began to talk.
Perhaps they just met (children get to know each other easily during the holidays). Finally one said to the other:
- What do you want to become when you grow up? I want to be a neurosurgeon.
- I do not know. I never thought about it. You know, I'm not very smart.
The wind blew their conversation away. And the teacher wondered where the second boy got such a belief in his own limitations. Perhaps from another teacher! Or from your parents. He is six years old, and if he does not change his mind, or someone else does not help him change his point of view, it will have a negative impact on his life, limiting his faith in his own possibilities, fettering his potential.
Beliefs are not true. They are constructed by the environment that organizes our behavior. Each of us acts as if these beliefs were true. And for these reasons, all of our beliefs are confirmed and become "true" by the principle of self-fulfilling prophecy.

The taste of the air​

One day Master asked me:
- Do you taste the air?
I sniffed the forest air and named several smells.
- Yes, you have a good sense of smell. But what about taste?
I stuck out my tongue a few times like a dog, but remained at a loss.
“Okay,” Teacher smiled and, jumping up from behind, grabbed me and clamped his mouth and nose.
I realized that resistance was useless, but after a minute the instinct of self-preservation made me jerk my limbs and wriggle. Then Teacher let me go and I breathed in Life with a full breast.
“The taste of life,” I said, catching my breath a little.
- Right. You should always feel this taste. It also tastes like water, food, and more. Don't eat something that doesn't have the main taste. Don't talk to someone who is mentally dead. Drink from the Chalice of Life with pleasure, but take your time, because you can empty it ahead of time, or you can completely spill it. They limit or open up new opportunities

The parable of feelings​

They say that once all human feelings and qualities gathered in one corner of the earth.
When BOREDOM yawned for the third time, MADNESS suggested: "Let's play hide and seek !?" INTRIGA raised an eyebrow. “Hide and seek? What kind of game is it??" And MADNESS explained that one of them, for example, it, drives - closes his eyes and counts to a million, while the rest are hiding. The last one to be found will drive next time, and so on. ENTHUSIASM danced with Euphoria, JOY jumped so much that it convinced Doubt, but APATIA, who had never been interested in anything, refused to participate in the game. TRUTH chose not to hide, because in the end it is always found. PRIDE said it was a completely stupid game (she didn't care about anything except herself). And cowardice really did not want to risk it.
- One, two, three ... - the beginning of the account MADNESS. The first to hide was LAZY, she hid behind the nearest stone on the road, VERA ascended to heaven, and ENVY hid in the shadow of TRIUMPH, who, on his own, managed to climb the top of the tallest tree. NOBILITY for a very long time could not hide, as every place that it found seemed ideal for his friends: a crystal clear lake - for BEAUTY. Cleft in the tree - so, this is for FEAR. Butterfly wing is for PONDER. A breath of breeze - after all, this is for FREEDOM! And it disguised itself in a ray of the sun. EGOISM, on the contrary, found only a warm and cozy place for itself. A LIE hid in the depths of the ocean (in fact, it took refuge in a rainbow), and PASSION and DESIRE lurked in the crater of the volcano. FORGETTING, I don't even remember where she hid, and it doesn't matter. When MADNESS counted to 999999, LOVE was still looking for a place to hide, but everything was already taken. But suddenly she saw a wonderful rose bush and decided to hide among its flowers.
- Million, - MADNESS counted and began to search. The first, of course, it found LAZY. Then it heard VERA arguing with God, and it learned about PASSION and DESIRE by the way the volcano trembled. Then MADNESS saw ENVY and guessed where TRIUMPH was hiding.
There was no need to look for selfishness, because the place where he was hiding turned out to be a hive of bees who decided to drive out the intruder. In search of MADNESS went to get drunk to the stream and saw BEAUTY. Doubt sat by the fence, deciding which side to hide from. So, all were found: TALENT - in fresh and juicy grass, SADNESS - in a dark cave, FALSE - in a rainbow (to be honest, it was hiding at the bottom of the ocean). But they couldn't find LOVE ...
MADNESS searched behind every tree, in every stream, on the top of every mountain, and finally, it decided to look in the rose bushes, and when it parted the branches, it heard a scream. Sharp thorns of roses hurt LOVE eyes. MADNESS did not know what to do, began to apologize, cried, prayed, asked for forgiveness and, in atonement for his guilt, promised LOVE to become her guide. And since then, when they played hide and seek for the first time on earth, LOVE is blind and MADNESS leads her by the hand ...

Climbing​

Everyone told him that this peak was dangerous. Everyone told him that this mountain is the highest in the world. Everyone told him that no one had been up there yet. But one morning he collected everything he needed and set off on the road.
The climb was incredibly difficult. Many times he balanced on a thin blade between life and death. The body seemed to have become a stranger and sometimes reluctantly reacted to the commands of the brain. But he continued climbing, gritting his teeth and whispering words that no one heard.
The last meters seemed like hell. And now the brain refused to understand where it was, and often painted strange surreal pictures. And then the body took on a seemingly overwhelming task and continued to climb up.
Having reached the top in the pitch darkness, he filled the entire surrounding space with the beastly cry of the winner and forgot himself in a short restless sleep.
However, the dawn gave him new impressions: at a distance of several kilometers from the conquered peak, the path began to the mountain, which was twice as high as the conquered one.
I don’t want ham !
Your well-being depends on your own decisions.
(John Rockefeller, 1839-1937, richest man in American history).
Two people worked at a construction site. At lunchtime, they used to sit by the side of the road and get out their sandwiches. One man unwrapped a parcel of food, rubbed his hands in anticipation, and said:
- Perfectly! I'm so hungry! Chicken, cheese and tuna sandwiches, chips, fruits ...
The second looked at his sandwiches and sighed heavily.
- Oh my God, this ham again! How tired I am of it! For the third time in a week, ham sandwiches. I can't see her anymore!
“Don’t worry so much,” his friend began to console him. - If you don't want ham, just tell your wife to make you sandwiches with something else!
The man seemed to be confused.
- What are you talking about? - he said. - I'm not married, I make myself sandwiches.

How old are you?​

Once Galileo was asked: "How old are you?" He replied: "Eight or ten ..." Of course, he could not be so young, since he already had a gray beard.
Then he commented on his strange answer: “I have as many years as I have left to live: I don’t have the past years, just as you don’t have the money you once spent”.