Technology of Achievement
- how boring!
The internet is filled with polished sites promising to use the 'technology of achievement' to 'program your mind' to replace 'useless software' with 'meta-technology' that uses 'neuro-linguistics' to 'harness the power' to make you somehow happier.
Hang on a minute - our minds built every computer that exists!
Shouldn't it be the other way round? Computers might reflect our brains to a certain degree, but we hardly compare to computers. We are so much more than that.
These polished, slick sites that use jargon and technology metaphors to talk about 'programming your mind for success' get carried away with themselves.
I rarely see the word emotion.
In our society we are becoming increasingly reliant on technology and computers, to the point where when one goes wrong, people have no idea what to do! How many times have you been told by someone in a call centre that they can't do what you've asked for because the computer won't let them? As if the computer somehow has more power than a human being?
And now computers are becoming so ever-present and relied upon that people think you might be excited by being compared to one? As if the 'technology of achievement' will allow you to program your computer brain so that your computer will allow you, perhaps one day, to enjoy something real and human.
They're forgetting that we are so much more than that. We are emotional. Therapies like neuro-linguistic programming are in danger of becoming drowned in cold, techno-babble nonsense.
Fortunately, there are still some intuitive therapists around who understand human emotions, and can work with you to release whatever you need to.
Frequently in hypnotherapy, I help clients overcome emotional blockages that can lie at the root of addictions, habits, anxieties, even pathology like Crohns disease or skin disorders. Emotions are very powerful indeed, they fuel us, direct us, and occasionally get us into muddles.
So don't worry if you get turned off by all that techno-babble speak - I do too.
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