May 14, 2016

May 14, 2016

Written by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Verbal Engineer

Dear Reader,

My life is as I am describing in this writing. I have relationships with people who are on left side of the political spectrum, but I also have relationships with people who are on the far right. According to me, people on the left and the right have equal amounts of Noxious Verbal Behavior (NVB) and Sound Verbal Behavior (SVB). This may come as a surprise. Probably you would like to hear that people of your orientation have more SVB than others. We all have such high levels of NVB and such low levels of SVB because we think it has to do with our political view. However, the SVB/NVB distinction will completely change how we view ourselves and each other. We will actively change our society once our SVB experiences begin to increase, because the hierarchical structure that was based on our NVB is no longer maintained. The freedom so many have dreamed about will become a reality, because we will have come to terms with our history of NVB. When we know what NVB is, we are no longer trying to change it. When we only give attention to our child when it is misbehaving, we are reinforcing acting-out behavior. When we reinforce the behavior which we would like to see or hear, this behavior will become more prominent. In essence, because we keep reinforcing NVB, we keep reinforcing a whole slew of bad behavior. The good behaviors which will improve this world cannot come about with NVB. We must have SVB to be able to stimulate these good behaviors and as long as we don’t produce SVB, we will, even with the best of intentions, reinforce the wrong behaviors. Politics is only one of the many ways in which we alienate ourselves from our environment, from others. All ways in which we dissociate from our reality are maintained by NVB. It is because we are repetitive and predetermined in our interactions that we are so mechanical and unconscious. During SVB we will say and hear new things. We will enjoy our conversation and want more of it. We will appreciate and mutually benefit from our different behavioral histories.  Our struggles will have meaning because they have led us to SVB.