TimeScape
There is no time. Like the present?
The TimeScape process uses a model of time that represents all events past and future as happening right now. With this model the terms "past" and  "future" have no meaning. With this process you are free to explore all events and the thoughts that bring them into being in a completely new way. Many people who have read the Conversations with God (CWG) Trilogy and Friendship with God (FWG) written by Neale Donald Walsch have been struck by the depth, symmetry and completeness of the concepts outlined within its pages. I became interested in creating processes that reflected some of the most useful concepts outlined in the books. The concept of time comes up frequently in the CWG books and on this subject Quantum science and CWG agree, there is no such "thing" as time. The model of time proposed by CWG and Quantum science suggests that all events are happening right now in what CWG calls the Eternal Moment of Now. The beauty of NLP is that you can have a significant experience without having to intellectually understand the concept or process that produces the experience. Using NLP we can play with the concept of the Eternal Moment of Now and discover how this model of time (or no time) serves us. This model of time is the framework for the TimeScape process. Process Description
This process is derived from two concepts found in CWG. These concepts are: - The Eternal Moment of Now
- The Sponsoring Thought
First let's look at the presuppositions that support the concept of the Eternal Moment of Now: - There is no time. All things exist simultaneously. All events occur at once.
- Past, present and future are concepts we have constructed in order to create a context with which to frame our present experience
- Whatever outcome you can anticipate in any situation is already there for you
- There is no such thing as coincidence
- Events and people are drawn to you by you for your own purposes
To take these presuppositions on-board is extremely challenging and to conceptualise everything happening at once is virtually impossible - until you do the process! As with all presuppositions these cannot be proved to be true and their purpose is to provide a better understanding of the concept. Now lets explore the presuppositions that support the concept of a Sponsoring Thought: - A Sponsoring Thought is the thought behind the thought behind the thought
- A Sponsoring Thought is the raw energy that drives the engine of human experience
- A Sponsoring Thought is either a thought of love or fear
- Your Sponsoring thoughts become your reality
Having read the presuppositions you begin to imagine how these two concepts are connected. If a Sponsoring Thought is the raw energy that drives the engine of human experience could this be the mechanism by which events and people are drawn to you by you for your own purposes? In the TimeScape process outlined here you are finding the Sponsoring Thoughts that best serve your Mission. In this example, your Mission is the served class of experience. You can use love, health, fun, career and any another class of experience as the served class of experience.
By combining the essence of these two sets of presuppositions we arrive at a third set which becomes the framework for the TimeScape process: - Events past, present and future are held together, in a cluster, by the energy of a Sponsoring Thought. (See Sponsoring Thought Event Clusters below)
- Every class of experience e.g. love, health, fun, mission, career, fear, frustration and anxiety is created by one or more Sponsoring Thought Event Clusters
- You can change the events you experience in the Eternal Moment of Now by changing your Sponsoring Thoughts
- Putting your attention either unconsciously or consciously on a Sponsoring Thought causes events within that Sponsoring Thought Event Cluster to become manifest in the Eternal Moment of Now
Sponsoring Thought Event Clusters
A useful way to experience the relationship between events and Sponsoring Thoughts is to see the events being clustered together by the energy of the Sponsoring Thought. The Sponsoring Thought could be about any class of experience for example; love, health, fun, mission, career, fear, frustration and anxiety.
 Finally
Please send me your feedback about the TimeScape concept and process. This process is continually being reviewed with intention making it simpler and more effective. Some thoughts to leave you with. There is so much presupposed by the TimeScape process including: - We live parallel lives
- We are totally at cause all of the time
- Every outcome is already there for us, we choose which one to have
What are your views on exploring these concepts using NLP? What other concepts from CWG or any other teaching or science would make a useful NLP process? Many thanks to Joey Walters for helping me develop the TimeScape process and prepare this article. Thanks also to the participants of the London NLP Health Certification Training for their insights.
TimeScape Process Version 2.0
Warning
Depending on the individual going through the process (from hereon known as the "Explorer") some of these processes can lead to a temporary feeling of confusion or disorientation. Far from being a "bad" thing this could indicate a degree of internal re-alignment leading to positive change. Always follow the Guidelines for creating an "Earth Point" where the Explorer can return to at any time during the process. As a general rule do not drive or do anything else that may put yourself or other people at risk having been through a process, give yourself plenty of time to re-adjust. This rule applies to both Guide and Explorer. If for any reason you doubt you can safely complete a process do not attempt to do so. If you doubt your ability to safely act as Guide please do not do so. These processes are shared in the spirit of Self Leadership, please be sensible and take complete responsibility for your own actions. What are the square brackets [ ]?
In this example all Sponsoring Thoughts elicited by the process are empowered to better serve your [Mission], this is called the served class of experience. The square brackets [ ] indicate that the served class of experience can be changed to Health, Love, Mission and any another class of experience you wish to serve.
Intentions for this Process - Explore a space where all events past and future are happening right now.
- To know your Sponsoring Thoughts manifest events in the Eternal Moment of Now.
- Empower the Sponsoring Thoughts that serve your [Mission].
- Transform the Sponsoring Thoughts that do not serve your [Mission].
Preparing the Event Space - Layout your timeline in the way that best serves you now.
Walk your timeline and notice how you currently experience the passage of time.
Return to the present and anchor the experience of being in the present moment.
Know that you can return here at any time during the process and re-establish your original timeline.
Move to a space that is clear of this timeline.
- Again lay out your timeline.
Take your timeline and turn it so that it is vertical.
Allow the events from your vertical timeline to transform into sheets of paper with each sheet being an event.
Notice how all events future and past exist in this stack of paper at this moment.
- A strong swirling force lifts the paper into the air and the events circle around you.
As the movement of the events gradually slows down, look around you.
You may notice that some of the events are suspended in the air, some may be on the ground and some may have formed a natural landscape of their own.
- Standing here, in the centre of the event space, past and future have no meaning.
All events are here in this moment of now.
You are standing in the eternal present, the Eternal Moment of Now.
- As you look all around you may notice some events are clustered together.
Each event cluster is held together by the energy of a Sponsoring Thought.
Notice how events in a cluster have the potential to become manifest in the Eternal Moment of Now when you put your attention on the Sponsoring Thought.
Become aware that events manifest by unconsciously, or consciously putting your attention on a Sponsoring Thought.
Locating the Served Class of Experience - Notice the location, size and shape of the event cluster created by your Sponsoring Thoughts about your [Mission].
- Move into your [Mission] event cluster.
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"What Sponsoring Thought creates this [Mission]?"
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"What is a more empowering Sponsoring Thought?"
Notice how you experience this empowerment.
- Move into the Eternal Moment of Now bringing this empowerment with you.
Know that to live with the empowerment of this Sponsoring Thought is unavoidable.
Notice the events in [Mission] become manifest here in the Eternal Moment of Now.
You are now living your [Mission] in the Eternal Moment of Now.
Empowering the Sponsoring Thoughts that Serve Your [Mission] - Notice the location, size and shape of the event clusters created by your Sponsoring Thoughts about: confidence, love, security, guidance and any other empowering class of experience that serves your [Mission].
- Move into your [confidence] event cluster.
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"What Sponsoring Thought creates this [confidence]?"
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"In service of my [Mission] what is a more empowering Sponsoring Thought?"
Notice how you experience this empowerment.
- Move into the Eternal Moment of Now bringing this empowerment with you.
Know that to live with the empowerment of this Sponsoring Thought is unavoidable.
Notice the events in [confidence] become manifest here in the Eternal Moment of Now.
You are now living [confidence] here in the Eternal Moment of Now.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 for Love, Security, Guidance and any other empowering class of experience that serves your [Mission]
Transforming the Sponsoring Thoughts that do not Serve Your [Mission] - Notice the location, size and shape of the event clusters created by your Sponsoring Thoughts about fear, frustration, insecurity, anger and any other dis-empowering classes of experience that do not serve your [Mission].
- Move into the [fear] event cluster.
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"What Sponsoring Thought creates this [fear]?"
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"What is the positive intention of this Sponsoring Thought?"
Move out of the [fear] event cluster into a neutral space and break state.
Choose an event cluster which has a Sponsoring Thought that supports this positive intention.
- Move into the event cluster that supports the positive intention.
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"What Sponsoring Thought creates this [supporting event cluster name]?"
Ask and answer this question trusting completely what comes:
"In service of my [Mission] what is a more empowering Sponsoring Thought?"
Notice how you experience this empowerment.
- Move into the Eternal Moment of Now bringing this empowerment with you.
Know that to live with the empowerment of this Sponsoring Thought is unavoidable.
Notice the events in [supporting event cluster name] become manifest here in the Eternal Moment of Now.
You are now living [supporting event cluster name] here in the Eternal Moment of Now.
- Move back into the [fear] event cluster bringing all the empowerment of the Eternal Moment of Now with you.
Notice now how your experience of this event cluster has changed.
Repeat steps 2, 3, 4 and 5 for frustration, insecurity and anger and any other dis-empowering class of experience that does not serve your [Mission]
Time and Sponsoring Thought Integration - Move into the Eternal Moment of Now.
Notice how the location, size and shape of the event clusters of your Sponsoring Thoughts has changed.
Notice that here the concept of time, past and future has no meaning.
You are standing in the eternal present, the Eternal Moment of Now.
Notice how your empowering Sponsoring Thoughts are here with you in the Eternal Moment of Now.
Know that to live with the empowerment of these Sponsoring Thoughts is unavoidable.
- Follow this stage if you would like to integrate this experience into your original timeline.
Imagine the strong swirling force that scattered the events picking up the events around you and transforming them back into a stack of pages.
Allow the stack to become the events in a vertical timeline.
Turn the vertical timeline and layout your timeline in the way that best serves you now
Walk the timeline and notice how you now experience time.
Return to the present and be present in this moment, the Eternal Moment of Now.
The TimeScape process is now complete. |
