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Map of reality
Model of the world, a unique representation of the world built in each person's brain by abstracting from experiences, comprised of a neurological and a linguistic map, one's internal representations (see Model of the World).
Mapping Across:
Following Contrastive Analysis, Mapping Across is the SubModality process of actually changing the set of Submodalities of a certain Internal Representation to change its meaning. E.G.: Mapping the Submodalities of hamburger (which the client likes) over to those of broccoli (which the client does not like so much) should cause the client to eat fewer hamburgers. I did this after doing an ecological check. The client asked to eat hamburgers up to six times a year and so we selected broccoli that she could eat but did not dislike. More than eight years later she reports she eats very few hamburgers each year and she totally enjoys them.
Matching
Deliberately imitating portions of another's physiology or behavior to increase rapport. (E.G.: If we both raise our right hand, then I am matching you.) Adopting characteristics of another person's outputs (behavior, words, etc.) to enhance rapport.
Meaning Reframe (Sometimes called a Content Reframe)
Giving another meaning to a statement by recovering more content, which changes the focus, You could ask yourself, “What else could this mean?” or “What is something you had not noticed in this context which will change the meaning of this?”
Meta
Above, beyond, about, at a higher level, a logical level higher.
 
Meta-levels
Refer to those abstract levels of consciousness we experience internally.
Meta Model
Meta Model means “above” Model. It is a model of language developed by John Grinder and Richard Bandler from modeling Virginia Satir in 1975 that allows us to recognize deletions, generalizations and distortions in our language, and gives us questions to clarify imprecise language. The meta model includes specific questions by which the "ill-formed" language is reconnected to sensory experience and the deep structure. These meta-model challenges add precision and bring a person out of (their own) trance.
Meta Programs
These are unconscious, content-free programs by which we sort through multiple generalizations simultaneously. We filter our experiences through these meta programs. Toward & Away From, and Matching & Mismatching are examples of Meta Programs. They control how and when. we engage in any set of strategies within a given context.
Metaphor
In NLP: A short teaching story tailored to the situation of the subject where something represents the client's situation and connects directly with her unconscious.
A story which allows us to bypass the conscious resistance of the client (the critical factor) and to have the client make connections at a deeper level.
 
Milton Model
Whereas the Meta Model is about precision and taking the client out of his trance, the Milton Model has the opposite intent and induces Trance. It is derived from the language patterns of Milton Erickson. The Milton Model is a series of ambiguous abstract language patterns which match our client’s experience and assist him in entering trance and accessing unconscious resources.
Mirroring
Matching portions of another person's behavior, as in a mirror. (E.G.: If you raise your right hand, and I raise my left, then I am mirroring you.)
Mismatching
This generally relates to contradictory behavior or words, and is one of the Meta Programs. These are the people who will say, "No," when you say, "Yes," and the reverse. Watch an old Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd cartoon to observe mismatching and how it can allow you to be easily controlled.
Modal Operator
Modal Operator of Necessity relates to words, which form the rules in our lives (should, must, have to, etc.).
Modal Operator of Possibility relates to words that denote that which is considered possible (can, cannot, etc.).
Model
In NLP, a Model is a description of a concept or a behavior, which includes the Strategies, Filter Patterns and Physiology so as to be able to be adopted easily.
Modeling
Modeling is the process by which all of NLP was created. In Modeling we elicit the Strategies, Filter Patterns (Beliefs and Values) and Physiology that allow someone to produce a certain behavior. Then we codify these in a series of steps designed to make the behavior easy to reproduce.
Model of the World
A person's values, beliefs and attitudes that relate to and create his or her own world.
 
Multiple Description
The process of describing the same thing from different perceptual positions.