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Just as in a heroic physical challenge, in the Meta-Yes/Meta-No process, the client is asked to make a digital, all-or-none shift from the old belief to the new one. It is either “Yes” or “No” and no compromise or integration of the old and new beliefs is even contemplated, much less attempted. As Hall writes:
“And how many more times do you need to utter this disconfirmation to that old belief to really blow it out of the water and allow it to have no place in your mind” (7, p. 165).
“Blow it out of the water” and “have no place in your mind” are statements that use violent terminology, and do not demonstrate respect of the old belief, or any of the positive intentions or consequences of that old belief. A lack of congruence is inherent to either/or alternative methods. In the following two descriptions of the technique there are further statements in regard to the limiting belief (4, p. 3; 8, p. 65):
“Meta-model the limiting belief to assist in deframing it, loosening it up, and preparing for the belief change. Find out how it has not served them well, how it has messed things up, etc. As you notice how they represent the belief, pace its positive intentions.”
Almost all of this instruction is about realizing how the old belief has been limiting, and “pace its positive intentions” is short of respecting and acknowledging those positive intentions, and integrating them into the creation of the new enhancing belief.
In another description of this step, Hall writes:
“Check the ecology and realism of the limiting belief. How does this belief limit you? How does it get in your way? How does it sabotage your success, happiness, resourcefulness, etc. What would you get if you did not have this belief interfering as it does? Meta-modeling the limiting belief in this way will assist you in deframing it, loosening it up, and preparing for the belief change. Find out how it has not served them well, how it has messed things up, etc. Notice how they represent the belief, and pace its positive intentions” (7, p. 164).
Although this is described as a check for “ecology,” again it is all about weakening and destroying the old limiting belief, ending with the same inadequate instruction to “pace its positive intentions.”
When it comes to the new enhancing belief, there is the following instruction (8, p. 65) “What specifically will the person think and say in the new belief? Write out the language of it. Get several versions and make sure that the person finds the expression of it compelling.” Here again there is no testing or checking for congruence at all, only a test for how compelling it is.
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