Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. ~Thomas A. Edison

Reviewing again…a quick recap: We are going over a NLP based technique for installing or strengthening a peak emotional state. This technique is one of the most powerful that I have worked with, where the user of the technique does not need to be an expert in NLP, and does not need to have someone to work with them on the procedure. I was trained in a different version of this technique in my early NLP training in 1993 (Thanks Lara Ewing!) and it has been a “go to” tool in my toolbox since that time. Over time, say perhaps 3 to 4 weeks of using this technique for as little as 20 minutes per day, a person can transform an area of their life.

For me, I became so fond of this technique, and used it so long and so often that I had to have the carpet replaced in my office…there was a beautiful square outlined in masking tape residue and wear in 9 squares in the fabric of the carpet. Even now, 14 years after first learning this technique, I still use it with and for myself when I am making a change. I will use other techniques as well, but I always put this one in the mix…it is that powerful!

Part 1: You have selected the first emotional state that you would like to install / generalize / strengthen.
Part 2: You have gotten some leverage on yourself about why having this state will be a great thing for you.
Part 3: You are in the center square of the grid and you are accessing as much of the state that you are working with as you can.
Part 4: In the 4th part of this process, you will be moving into a new perspective and gathering more information that will strengthen the experience for you.

So, back to the technique. You are standing in the center square and you have accessed as much of the state as you can. Now, you are going to step forward and to your right, stepping into the place of casual observers in your future. This is a very useful perceptual shift. You are taking the new peak state with you and these casual observers from your future, people that you have just met in your own future are seeing you with this new state. They are experiencing you with this peak emotional state and they like what they are experiencing! Even though they have just met you, or perhaps just observed you for the first time, the you that they are observing, with this peak emotional state is affecting them positively. What positive messages do they have for you, that can make this experience for you of this new state even more complete, even more transformational? Once you know that they have some positive messages ready for you, step back into the center of the square, face the square you just came from and receive those messages. Say them out loud. Let them, the messages, add to the experience of this peak emotional state for you.

Now you will cycle thru the rest of the squares in a similar fashion:

You will step into each square as directed, and do the best job that you can of accessing what it would be like to:

  1. Be in the here and now with this peak emotional state fully accessible to you
  2. Be in the perspective of casual observers from your future observing you with this new resource and having positive feedback about what it is like to experience you with this resource
  3. Be in the perspective of significant others from your past observing you with this new resource and having positive feedback … etc
  4. Be in the perspective of casual observers in the present observing you with this new resource and having positive … etc
  5. Be in the perspective of significant others from your future … etc
  6. Be in the perspective of your own past … etc
  7. Be in the perspective of significant others in the present … etc
  8. Be in the perspective of casual observers from your past … etc
  9. Be in the perspective of your own future … etc

In each square, you will bring that new resource with you, as completely as you can, and get the positive messages that are waiting for you in that square. Become aware of the positive messages, step back into the center square…the here and now…receive that positive message or those positive messages…let them add to the state you are building and then move into the next square.

Next time we will pay particular attention to squares that have some of the greatest potential for the most powerful messages.

Jack

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ~George Bernard Shaw