"I debated my teachers all the time, using patterns similar to what you are using now. Are you trained in NLP or do you just do this naturally?"
It comes from being a 'professionally-trained' philosopher...goin' to Grad school next year for my Ph.D.
It sounds to me as if being in Rapport means just being more open to the intuitive-empathetic signals during communication. It's fascinating though, your textbook's dealing with Rapport...I think we ought to look more closely at the possibility of what us "normal" people would consider paranormal phenomena like telepathy. Rupert Sheldrake, one of my favorite living scientists has actually collected hard data which strongly indicates some sort of telepathic bond as a natural phenomena. You guys know that I wouldn't drop this sensationally, I suggest looking in to his research for yourself, his website URL is:
www.sheldrake.org
Jonah, where does this scientific information exist? I'd be fascinated to know where in the Veda's they discuss anything like PRing
