[Neurons] 2013 Meta Reflections #24 --- Neurons

[L. Michael Hall]

From: L. Michael Hall

Meta Reflections 2012  #24

May 20, 2013

 

 

DIMENSIONS OF SELF-ACTUALIZATION

 

There are many dimensions of self-actualization, maybe there are as many
dimensions as there are aspects of human experience.  As we in
Neuro-Semantics keep studying, researching, training, coaching, and
consulting on self-actualization and enabling people to live a
self-actualizing life, we are discovering new dimensions.  To this end, I
have designed the Self-Actualization Training, Certification, Competency
skills, and Diploma around four of the key dimensions: vitality,
potentiality, creativity, and leadership.  These are very different aspects
of the self-actualizing life and so each of the trainings are very different
as well.

 

The Vitality Dimension - Biological Self-Actualization

The focus in the first module is on identifying a person's basic and higher
needs so that a person can adequately and truly satisfy those needs.  When a
person succeeds in doing this, it results in vitality-energy and motivation
to live more fully and humanly.  It enables a you to discover your real self
and to be authentically you.  How about that!?  How much is that worth?
What then results from this vitality dimension of biological
self-actualization is authenticity- being real and authentic in yourself as
a person.

 

After all, if you do not have vitality and energy to live your life with
focus and passion, then you will not be able to be your best self or fulfil
your visions and values.  It takes energy for the effort of
self-actualizing.  Where can you get that kind of energy?  That energy comes
from the built-in drives within your mind-body system.  These drives are
instinct-like but without content information.  So you have to learn.  You
have to learn what these drives are and how to adequately and truly satisfy
them.  Do that, and then as they go away, the next level of drives emerge.
Eventually, you move beyond the lower needs to the higher being-needs that
are the truly human needs that enables us to be fully alive, fully human.

 

The Potentiality Dimension - Psychological Self-Actualization

The focus in the second module refers to what is potential in human beings
which can be made actual and therefore real in your everyday life.  To find,
identify, and develop your potentials, begin by taking on the challenge of
owning and exercising your human powers as a meaning-making in constructing
great and positive meanings and also in releasing limiting meanings.  We
refer to this as entering into the Construct and taking ownership of these
powers.  This lies at the heart of Neuro-Semantics (as you can see from the
front page of the website,  <http://www.neurosemantics.com)./>
www.neurosemantics.com). 

Doing that then allows you to create a human Crucible whereby you can
release old meanings that no longer serve you and which may, in fact, create
leashes that prevent the unleashing of potentials.  From this then you can
create the synergy of integrating meanings and performance as you move into
"the zone" of optimum performance and do so at your will.  In APG we call
this the "personal genius" or "flow" state.  The result that follows from
this is a being-doing synergy that allows you to close the knowing-doing
gap.

 

This is the core drama of self-actualizing and we talk about it as a drama
in three acts: The Construct, the Crucible, and the Zone.  After all,
self-actualization is a function of "both contemplation and action" (Maslow)
or as we say, meaning and performance (challenge and competence).  To taking
ownership of meaning-making powers and ownership of your core powers from
which every skill is made enables you to act on your highest meanings and
sacrilize your everyday activities.  That's the synergy of
self-actualization.  Would you like that?

 

The Creativity Dimension - Existential Self-Actualization

The focus in the third model is that of creativity.  Maslow described the
first creativity is that of creating your self, that is, hearing your inner
voice and unleashing your potentials (covered in the second module).  After
that, your power of creativity does not end, it only shifts gear so that
instead of creating your best self, you move outside of yourself to
addressing the problems of the real or external world.  That's why
self-actualizing people are, by nature, highly creative and inventive.
Unleashing your creative powers in creating your self now take a new form as
you use them for problem-solving the problems that we have in human
societies, businesses, governments, etc.

 

The third module is about creativity and innovation and to facilitate that
we use four conversations- four well-formed conversations.  The first is the
well-formed outcome conversation to set out a vision and mission.  Next is
the well-formed problem conversation by which we identify and solve the
problems that interfere with achieving our goals.  Next comes the
well-formed solutions conversation wherein we brainstorm solutions and
choose to fully invent the best solution.  Finally, the well-formed
innovation conversation which, of course, is for innovating the solutions
that transforms the problems and enables you to actualize the vision that
you began with.  The result of this is a professional communication style
that is a coaching facilitation style by which you become a highly skilled
problem-solver.

 

The Leadership Dimension - Sociological Self-Actualization

The focus of the four module is on leadership.  After all, to unleash your
own or another's potentials for creative solutions is to bring out the best
in yourself and/or others.  That's what leadership is-bringing out the best
in others and to lead to creating self-actualizing homes, businesses,
communities, etc.  Self-actualizing leadership is situational and functional
and is something everyone who is self-actualizing can do.  After all, we
need good, caring, visionary, competent leaders in every home, every area of
life, and at every level.  The result of this is the ability to create and
innovate humanistic communities among any and all groups of people.

 

Self-Actualizing couples, families, businesses, associations, companies, and
countries, however, do not just happen.  They have to be envisioned and then
created by self-actualizing leaders.  And given the current crisis in
leadership in every area and dimension of life, we really need much more
mature and creative leaders in the world today.

 

These are the four dimensions of self-actualization that we present in the
four trainings and when we combine them, this leads to a Diploma in
Self-Actualization Psychology.  If you are interested, contact us.  The next
one is this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the one after that is in
Johannesburg, South Africa. See the contact information below.

 <http://www.seekingthepeak.co.za/> www.seekingthepeak.co.za
<mailto:info at seekingthepeak.co.za> mailto:info at seekingthepeak.co.za - for a
Description of the trainings also-

 <http://www.self-actualizing.org/> www.self-actualizing.org        

 

  The next trainings that I will be involved in for the entire series in 9
days is:

            May 25- June 1 --- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - contact
<mailto:jairo at pnl.med.br> jairo at pnl.med.br 

            July 14-August 1 --- Johannesburg, South Africa - contact --
Barbara Walsh  <mailto:barbara at metaco.co.za> barbara at metaco.co.za 

In South Africa -  <mailto:info at seekingthepeak.co.za>
info at seekingthepeak.co.za 

 

 

 

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

                Neuro-Semantics Executive Director 

                Neuro-Semantics International

P.O. Box 8

Clifton, CO. 81520 USA                             

                1 970-523-7877 

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