The first NLP notion of thought-virus invited Robert Dilts. He described it this way: the idea-virus, it is the belief that lives in isolation from other cognitive processes and experiences from which it emerged. Simply put, the idea-virus, this belief is not connected with the context.
As an example, Dilts led a thought-virus: "If you really care about your family, you have to prepare them to everything." It seems that it is humane belief, but given that it was said it was a man with suspected cancer .... Fortunately, the patient did not share this belief and lived much longer than promised.
Thought-virus as this virus (computer or biological) is a program of scraps. In itself it is not dangerous because it can only work adhering to any "program" when it starts. That is, if a person will perform some action based on the belief, which is the idea-virus. Therefore, in order not to reach the thought-viruses, is always to check whether the relevant belief is a basis of your actions in this context? "A lot of women, it was good" when you think so in the company of men, and quite the contrary - in the company of his wife. So do not be a question over how this belief relates to your experience, and whether you do it?
Here are a few options for the typical thoughts of viruses, detached from context and concrete experience: "In Russia, some fools." "Everyone knows that better than the national import." "The disease is incurable." "Resistance is senseless, it is still out there." "I did not." "I'm always right."
Thought virus may be a separate conviction, may be - a set of beliefs, supporting themselves, but can - an idea. If we are faced with samopodtverzhdayuschimisya beliefs, it is very likely that we are dealing with a mind-virus: "It is not possible to find a good job without experience, and not working, the experience did not get it." Or: "To get power, we need a lot of money. To get the big money, you need to be in power." Such "logic" objects is immediately placed in quarantine and to mark a sign: "Caution! Idea-virus. When you touch - it breeds."
Multiply, viruses are also thought as real viruses. It copies itself to any information environment, which can join. If people are interested in power, then to his beliefs may be thought to have pro-viruses, power, if it is interested in money - may be thinking about money, viruses, etc. The fact that they appear to human opinion, it certainly does not mean that they will work and will harm him. Only if people take them at face value - real and relevant convictions. Therefore, all new "zaletnye" belief is always careful to check: whose experiences they are confirmed, when and where it was and whether they are relevant to you at this time?
How to defuse the idea-virus? To do this, simply identify the thought virus, or, in other words, to expose it. After all, knowing that some beliefs or ideas is mind-viruses, you are already less likely to rely on them for their actions and decisions. Anyway, if you are not going to delude ourselves.
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