A novice’s view of Meta Model
This is my first post so be gentle.
As a novice NLP Practitioner enrolled on the latest Practitioner course, yesterday we were discussing Meta Modelling!
At the end of yesterday’s session I was trying to build a picture in my mind about this (Meta Model); I began my thoughts as the Meta Model being an instrument in which we interpret, what we hear, see, touch etc. #
As I tend to visualise things I thought of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) within a computer; as I thought of it more I realised I was wrong, CPU’S (if my understanding is correct) software sends data to the CPU to carry out actions.
Our brain is far more complex than any CPU or the software and far more resourceful as it develops ideas, theories, conclusions etc based on observations, listening, touch etc and previous experiences, whilst learning new and developing from continuous incoming ‘data’.
So if I’m correct, our goals are to: –
– define the challenge facing us or explained to us and repeat what we have heard, to ensure we understand the speakers’ statements,
– to decipher and isolate ‘markers’, key words or phrases,
– to reduce the risk of bias or judgement being formed remain neutral,
– to determine, Generalisations, Distortions and Deletions.
In Scotland we have a saying “Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff” i.e., to sort the useful (valuable) things (the Wheat) from the less useful (worthless) things (the Chaff).
So in my humble opinion the Meta model is sorting the useful from the less useful; and as a group of learner practitioners we’ll improve our listening skills at detecting the ‘markers’ by continually practicing the art of listening.
Paul Burns
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