- The essence of this technique is to show you the critical differences that give experiences their meaning.
- Think of something that you believe, an absolute statement of fact, for example that you have blue eyes or brown hair or live in a house.
- As you think of that, what pictures, sounds and feelings come into your mind? The content of the picture does not matter the slightest, all that matters is the qualities of the picture. Look at the picture and list the submodalities.
- Listen to any sounds or voices and list the submodalities. What the sounds are is irrelevent to this exercise, it is the qualities of the sounds that matter.
- Now feel any feelings that represent that belief. Make sure they are feelings that are part of your representation of that belief, not feeling that you have about this belief.
- Now do the same thing for something that you do not believe - for example that the moon is made of green cheese or all politicians are honest.
- Again, look at it, listen to and feel the way you represent that belief.
- List the submodalities of the pictures, sounds and feelings that you have that represent this non-belief.
- Now compare the two lists. There will be critical differences. One picture might be associated and the other dissociated, for example. one picture might be in a different part of your visual field. These submodality differences are how you code belief as opposed to disbelief.
