NLP Through Thirukural 1

REPRESENTATIONAL SYSTEM

KuraL

சுவையொளி ஊறோசை நாற்றமென் றைந்தின்
வகைதெரிவான் கட்டே உலகு  ( 3 : 27)

Transliteration:
Suvaioli Ooruosai Naatramendru Aindhin
Vakaidherivaan Katte Ulaku

Meaning

They gain the world who grasp & tell
Of taste, sight hearing touch & smell

Explanation

ThiruvaLLuvar, the author of ThirukkuraL, is clear in stating the role of 5 senses in gaining knowledge from the world manifest and mastery over worldly affairs. ThiruvaLLuvar says ‘he will command the world who appreciates the true value of 5 senses namely seeing hearing feeling smelling & tasting.

This commandment of ThiruvaLLuvar is reflected by NLP.

Coming to NLP

REPRESENTATIONAL SYSTEM

NLP says we do not experience the world directly, rather it happens through our senses. 
Our senses are the doorways of our perception.
Senses are the modes with which we cognize the world.
All we know of the world we know through our senses.
Senses represent the world to us & so 5 senses are called REPRESENTATIONAL SYSTEM

We have five main sensory modalities.
Our inner subjective experience is structured in terms of these senses.
When we think, or process information internally, we “re-present” the information in terms of the sensory systems – our representational systems. 
They are our only contact with the “outside world.  In NLP we refer to these as the main modalities.

V – Visual- seeing; A – Auditory- hearing; K – Kinesthetic- feeling; O – Olfactory- smelling; G – Gustatory- tasting

To the extent our senses are sharp the information received will be rich & matured to well process for manipulation.

Sensory acuity is important for mastery of NLP skills

Thus we can easily agree that NLP & ThirukkuraL emphasize on the same point