#11 Reality Tunnels

Reality tunnel is a term coined by Timothy Leary and popularised by Robert Anton Wilson. The theory states that, with a subconscious set of mental “filters” formed from their beliefs and experiences, every individual interprets this same world differently, hence “Truth is in the eye of the beholder”. (Wikipedia)

• What is reality? – Our own perspectives of realities & reality tunnels
  • Spiritual
  • NLP
  • Perceptions that we hold true – “Perception engineering”
• Reality from the scientific & spiritual perspectives
• Structure of subjective reality
  • NLP: reality strategies
  • Beliefs
  • Values
  • Imprints (response potential)
• Expanding the definition of reality of NLP
  • NLP: reality of the past
  • Beliefs, Values, Imprints: reality in the now
  • Map of realities: reality of the future
    • Linguistic constructs of realities
      • Visualization
      • Future behavior generator (NLP)
    • Holding reality in the body
    • Submodalities (compare: hopes, dreams, desires)
      • Location, location, location
• Epistomology – how do we know what we know, how do we know what is true
  • What our beliefs allow inside
• Summary of perspectives on realities
  • Remembering past (NLP)
  • Beliefs and values
  • How do you return to what is true for you, and yet go through different tunnels of reality
  • The map is not the territory – once you change the map, the territory is transformed
• How do realities evolve (models)
  • Stages of different realities – 8 circuit model, response potentials
  • Work of Dr. Clare Graves, and the derived work on Spiral Dynamics
  • The chakra system
  • Joseph Campbell: The Monomyth, the Hero’s Journey

[techtags: NLP, Reality Strategies, Beliefs, Values, Imprints, Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson, Clare Graves, Joseph Campbell]