Accelerating NLP Using Meta-StatesPost to Neuro-

Semantics E-group
Dated: April, 2001
Why e !elie"e in Accelerating
N#P $raining%%%
#% &ichael 'all, Ph%D%
() you *no a+out N#P, then you *no that +ecause Neuro-#inguistic Programming
is a+out ,running your own brain, it leads to empoering people to ta*e charge o)
their on neuro-linguistic responses% N#P is also a+out modeling e-pertise% .rom
the +eginning N#P has introduced a great many models, patterns, and insights
a+out ho to Accelerate #earning and $rans)ormation% $oday, s*illed N#P
Practitioners can typically deal ith speci)ic pho+ic responses in /ust a matter o)
minutes% $hat0s the *ind o) ,magic, that the model o))ers%
What e ha"e disco"ered in &eta-States is that this *ind o) magic almost alays
occurs at meta-le"els% $he patterns and techni1ues may not re"eal that% $here may
+e nothing in the description to cue you into that% And they may snea* in the meta-
le"els "ia metaphors, +elie)s, decisions, etc%, yet the magic occurs +ecause e ha"e
changed the higher le"el .rame o) 2e)erence and it is at the structural meta-le"els
that the per"asi"e systemic changes occur% $hen the neuro-linguistic or neuro-
semantic System3 as a system3 can sel)-organi4e to ,ma*e real, 5real-i4e6 the
higher le"el or meta-)rame attractor%
.or us this e-plains hy the art o) +eing a+le to use the Levels of Mind model
5#e"els o) A+straction, #e"els o) #earning, &eta-States6 empoers the Practitioner
to *no hen to /ump logical le"els, ho to ma*e the meta-/ump and hat to
out)rame ith% When e do this ith a +asic N#P pattern li*e the ,Pho+ia 7ure,
pattern, this means that e are essentially layering le"el o) thought and emotion
upon le"el o) thought and emotion, )rame upon )rame, state em+edded inside o)
state to create a Neuro-Semantic System% When e do this, e do not rely /ust
upon one pattern or techni1ue3 e layer techni1ues and patterns so that the
trans)ormation +ecomes ine"ita+le%
8See the article ,7uring Pho+ias 9sing &eta-States :pho+ia%htm;, to get a
sense o) all the .rame #e"els used in that pattern%<
$hat this represents a hypnotic process highlights the $rance-li*e nature o) meta-
stating% $o some e-tent this changes the predominant metaphor a+out trance in
N#P, although using the &eta-&odel, e ha"e alays spo*en a+out going up the
linguistic le"els to the higher a+stractions 5nominali4ations, presuppositions, cause-
e))ect statements, etc%6 as the most impact hypnotic language%
8See ,$he 'ypnotic Nature and #anguage o) &eta-States
:'ypnosis=and=&eta-States%htm;, on the e+site )or a )uller description
a+out this%<
What does all this mean>
(t means that as e increasingly de"elop our models )or or*ing ith the structure
o) e-periences, e can increasingly accelerate our learnings and s*ills% Dr% !o+
!odenhamer +egan disco"ering this hen he +egan to sloly integrate &eta-States
into his regular N#P trainings% 'e +egan to )ind that participants ere pic*ing things
up 1uic*er%%% more thoroughly%%% and ith more s*ill% (t too* a hile )or hat this
meant to really sin* in3 +ut hen it did e trans)ormed !asic N#P Practitioner
$raining and pac*aged it as Meta-NLP%
Meta-NLP means that e ha"e em+edded our training o) the +asic N#P &odel
inside the higher )rame o) &eta-States and do it right )rom the +eginning% And ( can
tell you that this has in)uriated people around the glo+e% ( ha"e recei"ed many
angry emails )rom people ho say that ( cannot teach the N#P model in ? days%
$hey rite, ,(t can0t +e done%,
5Which alays seems li*e a strange parado- to come )rom a N#P Practitioner
or $rainer3 a)ter all e are the ones ho hear that )rom the traditional
psychological community, ,@ou can0t cure a pho+ia in one session%,6
&y response to this> (0d li*e to share it, especially since !o+ and ( ill +e doing the
? Day &eta-N#P Practitioner $rainer in Australia in &ay and in .lorida in Auly, 2001%
16 There are more Learning Styles than Experiential% E"en ithout &eta-
States, many people learn N#P +y reading, "ieing "ideos, hearing audio-
tapes and ha"e a great strategy )or suc*ing *noledge )rom +oo*s%
7ertainly, those ho need the e-perience o) the li"e seminar ill pro+a+ly
not deri"e as much )rom this *ind o) preparation% !ut that0s nothing that a
little N#P Strategy elicitation and installation can0t )i-%
$he actual Wor*shop $raining is as much )or the e-periential part3 the part
here e practice ith and on each other in small groups and re)ine our
s*ills% And yet, e are not dependent upon the or*shop training )or that%
We can practice ith our )riends and )amily% @ou can practice in your
,pri"ate practice%, $hat0s hat ( did )or years as a psychologist% (0d practice
cali+rating to eye accessing cues ith my clients, then noticing predicates,
then noticing &eta-Programs% @es N#P inherently in"ol"es hands-on
practice3 the e-periential hands-on e-periences in the small practice groups
%%% and this can +e achie"e through Study Broups, Practice Broups, etc%
(n )act, a)ter N#P Practitioner $raining, it ill still ta*e 1 to C or D years until
a person ill de"elop unconscious competency% No ?-Day or 21 Day training
or e"en DE Day training 5as they ha"e in some places in Europe6 ill achie"e
that% 7ompetency ta*es time and practice% $he $rainings are designed
primarily to introduce things %%% and install a Fision o) the &agic along ith
the right hand o) Attitudes 5&eta-States6 that ill *eep on at it%
8See the article ,Which 09nconscious &ind0 Do @ou3 $rust or $rain
:9nconscious%htm;, )or )urther discussion a+out 0unconscious0
learning%<
26 Meta-State Acceleration% With &eta-States, e accelerate the already
accelerated nature o) N#P +y Accessing Personal Benius% $here0s a reason
+ehind this madness% We )igure that i) you are learning )rom a Benius State
o) )ocus, intentionality, sel)-esteem, appreciation, calm mind)ulness,
empoered in your Poer Gone, etc%3 you ill learn it )rom an e-acted state
o) mind% $hat0s part o) the unconscious installation e do in Neuro-
Semantics%%% so hile our )ocus is on 7onscious #earning %%% you can +et that
e0re installing ,play)ul genius )ocus state, 5and te-turing it in many ays6
all the hile%
2ecogni4ing the nature and process o) layering le"el upon le"el, e ha"e
designed the &eta-N#P training so that repetition o) pre"ious material is *ept
to a minimum and so that each piece and section +uilds upon the pre"ious
ones%
$he *ind o) Accelerated N#P $raining that e ha"e decided to do is not
7orrespondence 7ourse N#P% (t is not /ust gi"ing ? Days o) N#P% (t is rather as*ing
)or lots o) pre-Seminar Preparation% We ma*e reading and studying The Users
Manual of the !rain and The Sourceboo" of Magic% We as* people to read as many
other N#P +oo*s as they can +e)ore the training% We e-pect that e"ery participant
ill )ully *no all o) the language and terms o) N#P, and e encourage audio and
"ideo-tapes% We also ha"e a 1uestionnaire a+out N#P *noledge and understanding
to test this%
$he ? Accelerated Days e )ully introduces the N#P &odel o) human )unctioning and
communicating, the pieces o) neurology and linguistics that go into the structure o)
su+/ecti"ity, and the three meta-domains o) N#P: &eta-&odel 5language6, &eta-
Programs 5)ilters6, and &eta-States 5states and le"els6% At the end, e do gi"e
7erti)ication %%% certi)ication to no use the model, practice ith it, use it and ha"e
lots o) )un groing and learning% (n )act, that0s hen the learning and disco"ery
really +eginsH
&ay @ou ha"e a &eta-Aesome Day
&ichael