If I told you
over the last few days we've been working on these
metamodel patterns
and how John Grinder and Richard Bandler
coded
the language patterns
that have been modeled
from Fritz Perls
and Virginia Satir
and they put together a model and they had this model called the metamodel
they presented it to Gregory Bateson
who wrote the foreword actually for the book "The Structure of Magic 1"
and Bateson proposed to them
that he thought they should go and visit Erikson
Milton Erikson
because Bateson realized that
the...Bandler and Grinder had established something quite unique
in their modeling
of Perls and Satir
and Bateson also recognize
they hadn't grasped yet
was something quite different
that Erickson was doing
and Bateson
probably realized that actually whilst
Erickson
was working quite differently
from Satir and Perls
there's also a relationship
between the language structures
so on Bateson's recommendation
Grinder and Bandler decided
to
good down to Phoenix, Arizona
to meet
and study
with Erikson
Bateson
agreed he was going to set it all up
they jumped
in a car
which seemed to be the way they'd like to go down there
it's quite a long way
california
to Phoenix
and it involves
changing
state
(laughs)
changing states
they could have flew there
internal flight the United States
Trans World Airlines
(laughs)
could be their preferred airline, couldn't it?
trans...
we don't get that over here that often
we get British Airways
but imagine that
Virgin
(laughs)
more insteresting
but trans world, uh?
trans
but anyway they drove
you can imagine the scene in the seventies
american big sedan car
you know, you watched the film, 1970's films
and the car is as long as this room
and just the front part
and they get in the car
and one would be
in this case
the driver
and the other
the navigator
going down the big old freeway
and you know how's like when you are in a car
going on a long journey
and you are with somebody
with whom you have a lot of rapport
you quite comfortable
in the silence, aren't you?
you can just sit there
and enjoy
the silence
is almost as if
the silence
inside
is easy
and every now and again the driver would
change
lanes
and in doing so
sometimes
the driver would indicate
that he's about to change
and sometimes
the driver
would change
and not indicate at all
sometimes
they would speed up
another times slow down
as the navigator
did his job
of navigating
and the driver
did his job
of driving
all the way down
into
the depths
of the state
of Phoenix
a place that is open
and warm
at a place where
Erickson
did his work
Bandler and Grinder
checked in to their motel
and were anticipating
the meeting
with the master
of trance
the trance
master
and they called Erickson's house
and I don't know if you know
but the phones in america
are much more
hypnotic
than the phones
here in the UK
did you know that?
so our phones go
ring ring
their phones go
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing......
but it's rumored
that Erickson's phone
had a low
gravely
ring
hhhhhhrrrrrrr
rrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhnnnnng