L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
We first introduced the new cutting-edge field of Neuro-Semantics in our book Mind-Lines: Lines that Change Minds (1997). Since then we have also published other works in this field of Neuro-Semantics. These include Figuring Out People: Design Engineering Using Meta-Programs (1998), Time-Lining: Patterns for Adventuring in Time (1998), and The Secrets of Magic (1998).
Author: Michael Hall
The Three Meta Domains of NLP
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
With three Meta-Domains, NLP offers three avenues to its target. This means that we have three redundant systems that to describe subjectivity. It also gives us backup systems for working with subjectivity whenever we find a roadblock along one pathway.
Meta-Thinking that Leads to Neuro-Semantics
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
Long before NLP came into existence, Gregory Bateson and his associates were exploring the idea and art of “going meta.” In Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972) Bateson related the “meta move” to art, beauty, communication, consciousness, dreams, grace, aesthetics, schizophrenia, and much more.
Super-Charge Your Ego-Strength
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
We first introduced the idea and terminology of ego-strength into NLP when we made it one of the higher level meta-programs in Figuring Out People. Of course, the idea has a long history in the field of psychology. We can trace the development of the concept back to Freud and his three-fold division of personality in terms of id, ego, and super-ego.
Selling Like a Neuro-Semanticist
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
What greater integrity and congruence is there than applying one’s own principles, patterns, and models to oneself? Is there a greater integrity? Since I can’t think of one, let’s play with this idea and see where it takes us.
The Neuro-Semantics about Giving and Receiving Feedback
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
We’ve all heard the jingle, have we not? “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” Athletic champions use sensory-based feedback information from every attempt during both practice and in actual performance of the sporting event to mark and measure their progress.
The Neuro-Semantic Difference
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
To the first two questions, you will find that the answer in this article is, Yes, there is a difference between NLP and Neuro-Semantics, and yes, it is a critical one. To the third question, this article then details those differences. I could not have written this article when we began Neuro-Semantics, even two years ago I could not have written it.
Modeling “Abundance”
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
As you look out onto “the NLP community” does it strike you (as it does me) that we have an abundance of the Scarcity Model and a Scarcity of the Abundance Model? We talk about, and even presuppose, a Model of Abundance, and yet as a community we seem to live and act more according to a Model of Scarcity.
William James and the NLP Model
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
Just how close did William James come to inventing NLP? When you read his classic work (1892/1961), Psychology: The Briefer Course, he seemed to come very close to many of the formulations that we now recognize as part of the NLP model of human functioning and consciousness.
What if we put the VERB back into “LOGICAL LEVELS”?
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
In the past seven or eight years, while traveling internationally and training Meta-States, I have been asked scores of questions about “logical levels.” It comes up naturally because a meta-state is a higher “logical level” than a primary state.
Zigzag Modeling that Captures the Dialectic of Form to Process
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
With Gregory Bateson’s wanton curiosity about how things work and how to create theoretical models for cultural phenomena, mental phenomena, and biological processes, he explored numerous fields.
Is there Any Difference Between Logical Levels and Logical Types?
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
I have recently been criticized as not knowing the difference between logical levels and logical types. Some in this field have taken me to task that Meta-States is inadequate and say that doesn’t work because it fails to distinguish logical types from logical levels. This raises numerous questions, questions that I will address in this article.
Greater Flexibility Using The Other “Logical Levels”
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
Even though the model is not strictly a logical level system, and has some flawed aspects, it provides the structural heart of many very powerful NLP Patterns that facilitates positive transformations in people’s lives.
How Meta-States Enriches Logical Levels in NLP
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
People want to know. At least people well-trained in the NLP model want to know. I find it everywhere. Without fail wherever I present the Introductory workshop on Meta-States, “Accessing Personal Genius,” I am repeatedly asked about the relationship between Meta-States and the Neuro-Logical Levels model. Just this past month it happened recently in Monterrey Mexico, in Moscow Russia, in Sydney Australia.
The Texturing of States: Engineering “States Plus”
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
Consider the nature and quality of some of the following mental and emotional states. Examine the following list of terms that summarize these common everyday states and take a moment to explore them in terms of how you experience the quality of these states.
Unleashing Your Real Self
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
One of the perennial questions of philosophy and psychology (as well as theology and perhaps some other disciplines) is that of the self. This is also a major concern for Self-Actualization Psychology. After all, it is the self that we seek to actualize, make real, and unleash for its full potentials.
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Beliefs are magical. As a phenomenon of human consciousness, they are absolutely incredible. They are more important than your talents and competencies.
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