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“Allow yourself to see what you don’t allow yourself to see.”

Quote by Milton H. Erickson

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Milton H. Erickson

Milton H. Erickson was a renowned American psychotherapist and psychiatrist, known for his unique hypnotherapy and communication techniques. He made significant contributions to the field of psychology, particularly in the areas of addressing psychological disorders and promoting personal growth. more

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“The unconscious mind is decidedly simple, unaffected, straightforward and honest. It hasn't got all of this facade, this veneer of what we call adult culture. It's rather simple, rather childish It is direct and free.”

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Book:The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: Human Behavior and Psychotherapy

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“You see, we don't know what our goals are. We learn our goals only in the process of getting there. "I don't know what I'm building but I'm going to enjoy building it and when I get through building it I'll know what it is." In doing psychotherapy you impress this upon patients. You don't know what a baby is going to become. Therefore, you take good care of it until it becomes what it will.”

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“Life isn't something you can give an answer to today. You should enjoy the process of waiting, the process of becoming what you are. There is nothing more delightful than planting flower seeds and not knowing what kind of flowers are going to come up.”

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Book:The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: Human Behavior and Psychotherapy

Source: The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: Human Behavior and Psychotherapy

“The Structure of Magic I by Richard Bandler and John Grinder is a delightful simplification of the infinite complexities of the language I use with patients. In reading this book, I learned a great deal about the things that I've done without knowing about them.”

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Source: The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society

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“It is easy to make a simple machine which will run toward the light or run away from it, and if such machines also contain lights of their own, a number of them together will show complicated forms of social behavior.”

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