NLP Through ThirukuraL
Prejudice
(NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Program, Psychology of excellence.).
(Thirukkural is a classic Tamil text consisting of 1330 couplets or kurals, dealing with the everyday virtues of an individual)
KuraL
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Transliteration
Ariya katru aasatraar kaNNum theriyungaal
Inmai arithae veLiRu
Meaning:
Though deep scholars of faultless sense
Rare is freedom from total ignorance.
Explanation
In this kuraL ThiruvaLLUvar says even when a person has acquired rare learnings, attained exceptional brilliance and also pure at heart, there will be with him at least a little amount of ignorance.
It is very difficult to be without any sort of ignorance.
The kuraL says it is impossible to be without ignorance of any sort or measure.
Man will carry a little amount of ignorance. There is none who is all knower.
Coming to NLP
NLP says no one is free from prejudice.
No one is free from bias.
This bias happens as a matter of essentiality for earthly understanding.
Our makeup is that way.
Every one forms his or her map (of reality) of every event (world reality) and that map alone guide us to navigate through the world of events
Stephen R Covey says this map of reality as Paradigm
People don’t respond to real reality; people respond to their map of reality only
There is no reality ‘out there’
In the absence of a perceiver there is no perceived.
Outside world, time, sun, moon, earth – all are collective subjectivity.
This personal bias, if one can understand, then there will not be conflict or confusion in large measure and there will be space for everyone to express and coexist.
We can think different, yet coexist
There is nothing absolutely unbiased in this world.
Even the most claimed objective study too will have a small element of subjectivity.
Thus NLP through map of reality reflects the wisdom ThiruvaLLUvar gave us millenniums ago.
(V Ranganathan is a NLP Specialist & Executive coach, PCC-ICF, author & media guest speaker)
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6 年Great read on perxeption and maps...thanks
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6 年Able to see both! What is the relevance of that picture to the specific kural (which has focus?on ignorance) being quoted??The above picture?is relevant to the topic of "Perception"!?Not sure what's the connect/bridge is between "Perception" & "Ignorance" that is being explored here! Or is it my "Perception"/"Ignorance" of the possible/implicit/explicit connect :-) Cheers, Nandhakumar.S
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