Hi Stephen,

John Grinder stated on his forum that he had seen Milton much more than 4 days, just for interest sake.

Scott, I have heard bandler tell that story too. To me, it had nothing to do with Milton understanding submodalities. Milton just did his usual superb job of help someone with a problem do things like someone who didn't have the problem. My understanding of that Bandler story was that it stimulated Bandlers thinking to investigate submodalities, rather than Erickson having an explicit (or even unconscious) understanding of them.

Also, I might point out that Bandlers story was also used metaphorically.

All the best,

Michael