Belief Change NLP

Belief Change and NLP Neuro-linguistic Programming.

Belief Change and NLP Neuro-linguistic Programming

A belief is your own understanding about the world.  You may believe something that doesn't truly exist or vice-versa.  Your beliefs help you in responding to a certain situation.  These are the very principles that make you decide.  Your beliefs are formed from experiences, observations and generalizations.  Your behavior is dictated by your beliefs, and this can be either beneficial or detrimental.  In order to eliminate bad behavior triggered by unhelpful generalizations, you have to learn how to change your beliefs.  Here's how.

1. Visual Technique 1.  Draw a picture in your mind of your belief and another picture which is the exact opposite of your belief.  Clearly visualize and describe the two images and put them in separate frames.  All of these are in your imagination.  Disturb the picture of your belief by intensifying the exact opposite picture and destroying the scene altogether.  Think of the new belief you want to incorporate and picture it.  Put the new belief in the very same spot where your old belief used to be.

2. Visual Technique 2.  Draw a picture in your mind of your present negative belief and another picture of a positive belief.  Clearly visualize and describe the two images and put them in separate frames.  Think of the picture with your negative belief then calibrate.  Take one submodality away at a time if the effect is negative until you have a new belief.  You should be able to go through all the submodalities.

3. Future Pacing.  Picture yourself in the future where you can apply your new belief.  Evaluate the positive and negative effects of the belief on your behavior.  You should be able to identify and install anchors to access the mood you want to be in under different circumstances.

4. Time Distortion.  Picture yourself in different time frames in the future.  Forward yourself five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty five and fifty years into the future, then look back.  Reflect on the changes that your new belief has made during these years.  Evaluate the effects and whether you feel that the changes have been beneficial.  From this, you can decide whether or not you wish to go ahead and change your belief.

5. Time Line.  Put yourself in the past, present, future, meta-position in the past and meta-position in the future.  Envision the effects of your new belief in these five states.  In the meta-positions, you have to view the situation from a third-person point of view to see its relative effects.  Here are the six ground anchors of the belief change cycle.

1. Wanting a new belief

2. Openness to the new belief

3. Existing belief

4. Doubting the existing belief

5. Unbelieving the belief

6. Deep trust in the new belief

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