Neuro is related to our nervous system. We perceive and process the information through nervous system. Now let us divide nervous system in two parts.

Hardware – Sensory organs, brain, spinal cord, nerves etc.

We cannot change the hardware part and we do not have control on it but what we can do is, upgradation of software (reprogramming of mind).

Software – Mind 

We are ultimately programming mind (software) while using brain and other components of nervous system (hardware). That is why it is called Neuro not mind directly. Our human computer is considered combination of software (mind) & hardware (brain, spinal cord & other physical components) which acts for transmission & processing of information to & from brain. It controls complete decision making & in other words we can say our life because we are product of our decision making.

We perceive information through our five senses and finally it goes in our mind. How we receive & utilise the information will decide our behaviour. Our behaviour will decide our actions and finally actions will lead results (it may be good or bad).

Linguistic is related to language. What kind of language we are using to communicate with our mind will determine the quality of our life. If we are aware about language of mind then our communication will be effective and we will get the desired results in our life depending upon the actions we take. Similarly if we do not know the language of mind then we cannot communicate with our mind and our life will be in auto pilot mode.

We use verbal and non-verbal both kind of languages to program our life. Mostly we talk of verbal language but please understand that non-verbal language also plays vital role in programming of mind. We need to learn the coding for both verbal and non-verbal languages.

Verbal language – Words in the form of sound. Words contribute only around 7% in our overall communication. Our major focus remains in this area.

Non-verbal language – Our physiology or in simple way our body language which includes our postures, expressions etc. Normally we do not take care of our non-verbal language but it plays around 55 % role in our communication. Is it not mind boggling and eye-opening fact? Is this not a reason to learn NLP?

When we understand the proper use of language our communication becomes effective. It is related to communication with outer world and inner world both. When communication is better than we will definitely perceive things in better way and our overall decision making will enhance. We can come out from auto pilot mode to conscious state mode. Imagine the situation when you know the right language and how it can bring positive results in your life.

Programming is basically set of instructions that are used for getting a desired outcome. In NLP, programming of mind is done through set of instructions (using language) for desired results in our life.

Over the period of time, we all accumulate some beliefs, habits or behaviours. Some of them will be resourceful for us and some of them will be un-resourceful. Here re- programming will be done to weaken and eliminate the un-resourceful behaviours and intensify the resourceful behaviours which ultimately lead success in different walks of our life.

So, in NLP, we program our mind through languages for attaining desired outcome. It is not limited to our self but once we learn NLP, we can also understand how other people behave differently in similar situation. We can identify the patterns of people and help them in transforming their life.