All of our experiences result as a product of what we see, hear, feel, touch and smell. In NLP we refer to these senses as the representational system.
A key element of the NLP concerns that of the elements or qualities of the rep system (i.e. submodalities).
The human brain determines the parameters of our experiences by using these qualities of the rep system.
As you recall some experience, you probably have a picture of the stimulus for that experience (…submodalities of that picture or…).
Do you see all the events of that memory through your own eyes (associated) or you see yourself in the picture (dissociated)?
To note or detect these qualities of our representations, we have to go meta or above the internal representation. Think about a pleasant experience until you step into it so much that you fully experience it again. Now think about that experience. How did you code your pictures in terms of distance, clarity, color, etc? And your sounds – how did you code the volume, tonality, distance, etc? As you think about the qualities of your internal representations – the submodalities – do you not have to step back or go meta? Do you not have to get out of content by moving to a higher level and then notice their structure? Of course.
Even though we cannot change historical facts, as making those external events to have never happened, we can change our current internal representations of those events. And, as we change the internal representations, we signal different cues to our brain and body about how to feel about it. By changing how to feel, we change our response. This describes the heart of NLP and its patterns for renewing the mind work.
What you will learn in this chapter:
The representational systems that make up conceptual processes
The modalities that run conceptual processes
Your own favorite modality
Your driver (primary) submodalities
New discovery concerning the limitations of submodality shifts
The secret of what "controls" submodalities
Characteristics of the representational system (rep system)
Not what you’re given.
Not what you need.
So if you don’t believe, don’t concede.
Disagree.
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