[Neurons] 2016 "Neurons" Meta Reflections #1: Making 2016 Meaningful

Sun Jan 3 23:09:07 EST 2016

From: L. Michael Hall

2016 "Neurons" Meta Reflections - #1

January 4, 2016

MAKING 2016 MEANINGFUL

I'm often asked, "What is Neuro-Semantics?"  The shortest answer is, "It is
about the meaningfulness of your life."  That's because the term "semantics"
refers to meaning and meaningfulness and "neuro-" refers to where you
experience meaning, namely, in your body and in your experiences.  Given
that, how meaningful is your current life experience?  How much meaning do
you experience on a daily basis?

These initial questions about meaning and meaningfulness is just the
beginning.  There are a lot more to ask.  For example, we can take any
aspect of life (well-being, health, fitness, relationships, family,
job/career, finances, wealth-creation, hobbies, creativity, sports,
faith/spirituality, etc.) and asked these questions regarding meaning.

           How meaningful is exercise for you?  What meanings do you give
to staying fit?

           How meaningful is your work, the job you do, your career path?

           What meanings do you give to your loved ones?  How much meaning
do you invest in them?  How much more meaning would you like to invest?

One of the central models we use in Neuro-Semantics, which takes it beyond
the ken of NLP, is The Meaning-Performance Axes.  This model arose from the
study of self-actualization and the research into the history of the Human
Potential Movement which was the background for the emergence of NLP (see
"The Secret History of NLP").  These axes enable us to sort out the two
dimensions of life, the inner and outer dimensions, which uniquely and still
mysteriously defines our lives.

           The Meaning Axis.  You and I are meaning-makers.  We create,
construct, and invent meaning.  This lies at the heart of our essential
nature.  Without formal "instincts" which animals have, we create our
"instinct-like" responses by the meanings we construct.  Nor is this
optional.  You have to invent meanings.  Why?  Because by itself, nothing
meanings anything.  For anything to have "meaning," you have to attribute
meaning to it.  And when you think, when you feel, when you respond-that is
what is happening, you are attributing, appraising, and constructing
meaning.  What meaning you create then becomes the question.  So also the
quality of the meaning that you invent.  That's because the quality of your
life is the quality of your meanings.  This is the inner dimension-the
dimension that you cannot see, hear, smell, or taste.  It is your inner
game.  And all of the truly meaningful and significant facets of your life
comes from this dimension.  That's why it is inside-out.

           The Performance Axis.  You and I are also responders.  We act.
We speak, emote, behave, react, respond, and do things.  And the key to our
actions, the meaning of our actions, the quality of our behaviors lies in
our meanings.  That's because behind or within every response is a meaning
and the response is the acting-out of meaning.  That's also what every
emotion is-the feel of meaning.  Regarding this outward dimension, this is
the outer game and is what you can see, hear, smell, and taste.  It is
empirical and sensory-based.  And, the quality of your actions or
performances depends on the quality of your meanings.

This is Neuro-Semantics: the synthesis of meaning and performance which
enables you to manage your life-both your inner and outer dimensions of life
so that you find it significant and highly meaningful.  If there's some
aspect of life that you don't experience as rich and meaningful as you would
like, you have two areas or dimensions that you can work with-the inner and
the outer games.

As you begin the new year, the structure of experience requires that you
must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of your
life.  No one can do this for you.  No one or no thing will come along to
relieve you of that responsibility.  You are the meaning-maker and you are
the responder.  So your life-and the quality of your life, the quality of
your actions, the effectiveness of what you do-is ultimately in your hands.
If you try to live off of the meanings that someone else gives you-you do so
to your own detriment.  If you procrastinate, waiting for some great meaning
to come to you-the odds are against you and you will more likely just be
wasting your time.

To make your life meaningful-you need to learn what meaning is, how you make
it, how you can suspend old meanings, how to reframe new meanings, how to
integrate meanings into your neurology, to translate what you know into what
you do, and how to perform your highest meanings.  That's what
Neuro-Semantics is all about.

Yes, this is about "how to run your own brain" (the basic NLP theme) and
yes, it is about "how to manage your states" (another NLP theme).  It is
also about how to become a professional communicator in using language with
precision and clarity (after all, NLP is essentially a Communication Model).
Yet it is about much more.  It is about discovering your uniqueness and
stepping into your very best states so that you can unleash your highest
meanings and values.  That's what the Accessing Personal Genius (APG)
focuses on as the flagship training of Neuro-Semantics.

>From there we move into the unleashing processes, that is, how actualizing
your highest meanings into your best performances work.  Accordingly,
picking up on the modeling emphasis of Maslow and NLP, Neuro-Semantics
focuses on the structure of experience and how to model excellent and highly
meaningful performances.  If you're committed to raising the level of
meaningfulness in your life this year, try Neuro-Semantics.

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L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

               Neuro-Semantics Executive Director 

               Neuro-Semantics International

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Clifton, CO. 81520 USA                             

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