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Connirae: Think of an unresourceful situation that involves you and one other person. When you think of this situation, first notice what you see.
Bob: Visually, it’s my perspective.
Connirae: NLP-trained people tend to give a label for which perspective it is, but we want to gather more detailed information. It turns out that our first impression of what we are doing is usually not precisely it. So, Bob, tell me exactly what you see. Where is the other person?
Bob: I’m seeing out of my own eyes. The other person is to the side (gesturing to his left).
Connirae: All right. This next question may sound a little strange, and that’s okay. Check to find out if you are seeing exactly out of your eyes, or if it’s as if your eyes have shifted slightly. Notice if your visual perspective is even slightly dislocated in any direction from your eyes–in front, behind, to one side, above, or below.
Bob: I’m looking from a little to my right (gesturing slightly to the right of his eyes and higher than eye level).
Connirae: OK. And are you looking from eye level, or is it higher or lower?
Bob: Actually, I think I’m looking from a little higher than eye level.
Connirae: Great. That matches your gestures. So, visually you are looking from a place between Self and Observer positions.
(Note: In Self position, we are looking out of our own eyes. When we look from Observer position, we are watching both Self and Other interacting, from a position outside of either Self or Other. Bob’s viewpoint is just a bit to the right of Self position, so while it is not in Self position, it is far from a true Observer position.)
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