Reaching Congruence
Despite the digital Yes/No alternative that is the basis of this method, it could be made into a useful method:
- If there were respectful and careful elicitation of the values and positive intentions of the limiting belief, inviting and utilizing the person's unconscious mind to the fullest,
- If these concerns were then used to modify and contextualize the new enhancing belief,
- If this new belief were then thoroughly tested for both its advantages and disadvantages, to be sure that it did not interfere significantly with any other outcomes that the person has,
- If all this exploration and testing were done in the person's primary experience of images, sounds and feelings—examples of memories of past experience and representations of future experiences—not just words.
However, if you do this kind of thorough checking and testing, a very interesting thing happens: then there is absolutely no need to go though the meta-yes, meta-no process. If you do your work well, the person will do their own Meta-Yes and No automatically, based on all their relevant needs and values. This technique seems effective when congruence checks are inadequate, while if the congruence checks are done adequately, the technique is no longer necessary.
