Rob, digital in this context refers to words, meaning the Ad part of client’s communication. What the client says. Analogue refers to subtle (or not so subtle) physiological changes in physiology as the client answers. For example their hand may unconsciously make a gesture, their head may tilt in the direction where the last or future is located, their eyes may look in that direction as well…. So everything that’s not Ad should be also taken into consideration.
One client adamantly insisted that she does not know where the time line was, but her hand was gesturing to the right “slicing” through the air as she was showing memories like slides one next to each other in front of her and to the right. Needless to say that she turned out to be through time with her past in front of her and to the right and future in front of her and to the left.
But all this should be still considered in light of encouraging the client to answer very fast and without much Self Talk (Ad). The fastest the client answers the more they will answer unconsciously rather than trying to figure out consciously how the TL is organized. This is important because the client is not organizing the memories consciously. It is the UM who organizes the TL either through time, in time, or a combination of both.
I hope this helps.
