indicates the boundary between your internal and your external real-
ity. The diagram takes into account that your mind and body are part
of the same system. Change your body and your mind changes, and
vice versa. The two right-hand boxes refer to your externalreality. We
have direct control of our internal reality and no direct control of ex-
ternal reality, particularly the behavior and opinions of other people.
The arrows on the diagram indicate the direction of causation,
so you can see what is cause and what is effect.
Direct your attention to the vertical arrows at the left. Notice
that there are both darkly and lightly tinted arrows, pointing in op-
posite directions. What does this mean?
A two-way relationship exists between our state of being and our
physiology and thinking. When our internal state is sufficiently in-
tense, it takes control. The lightly tinted arrows represent this situa-
tion. In these instances, our state of being controls thinking and
physiology without conscious intention. Whether this is a bad thing
or not depends on the results produced. If all of your behavior is
Our Internal Sensory Representations 55FIGURE 4.7 Producing Your Results
Source:Adapted from the work of Tad James and David Shepard, Present-
ing Magically, Transforming Your Stage Presence with NLP, Copyright
© 2001. Reprinted by permission.