Just a few weeks ago I made a blog post entitled "I Wouldn't Have Seen if If I Hadn't Believed It." I'm surprised that I need to revisit it so soon after posting it, but after the furor resulting from a side issue related to my post last week, I feel it's important to do so. The statement that was the title of last week's post was by Marshall McLuhan, and it's something I agree with. The same idea is presented in NLP where there is a belief that "perception is projection." The basic concept is very simple: if you have an idea or perception of the way things should be—that is, if you have a belief or set of beliefs about something—you will project that on your own actions and the

The expression "the map is not the territory" is a concept found in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). It's meaning is very similar to the concept of Maya in Tantra. In ancient Tantric concepts, as in modern Western science, the physical universe is seen as an incredible collection of energy. The stars are energy. The chair you're sitting in is energy. You are energy. This energy is represented as sound. In order for our consciousnesses to deal with energy the goddess Maya gives us the illusion of solidity. The chair is solid. You are solid. This illusion allows us to interact with each other and with the environment. Some people mistakenly assume that the concept of maya is that the