[Neurons] Neurons #54 HOW I INVENTED THE META-STATE MASTERY PLAYING CARDS

[Jason Schneider]

From: Jason Schneider 2024 Neurons #54 December 5, 2024 HOW I INVENTED THE
META-STATE MASTERY PLAYING CARDS

When I first learned about meta-states I did not fully understand how they
worked. I didn’t comprehend the impact of how I was applying my thoughts to
previous thoughts, and feelings to my previous feelings (which is largely
unconscious).  I was walking around ignorant, and unfortunately, more often
than not it was not a ‘blissful ignorance’.  My emotions ‘had’ me and the
way my brain had learned to run itself was running me into walls left and
right.  I led myself to a poor level of physical health, toxic
relationships, a lack of marketable skills, and a savings account to show
it.  Worse yet I was busy blaming the world and others for my circumstances
and not recognizing that it was my own thinking, feeling, and believing
that was in my way.

When I first experienced the skill of meta-stating my life transformed.  I
could bring acceptance to my frustrations, and appreciation to the
blessings I had been taking for granted.  I could transcend limiting
emotions in a single bound, and slay some dragons with a single swing of my
metaphorical sword.  How had I not heard about this before? And what about
all of the other people who have no idea about the transformational power
of meta-states and the impact it could have on their relationships, health,
career, and overall quality of life.  I knew I had to get the word out.

When I started training the Meta-States Model in my training programs I
would guide the participants to rip up a paper into pieces and write some
‘state’ words onto the shreds of paper.  We would mix up the papers and
experiment with different state-upon-state interactions.  With time I began
to collect the papers and over that time I detected some patterns.  There
would be many unresourceful states repeated from participant to participant
e.g. anger, sadness, frustration, etc.  Also there would be crucial
resourceful states that were missing from the pile, e.g., acceptance,
permission, trust, releasing, etc.

Eventually I took the 52 emotions that were the most repeated as well as
the significant states that I repeatedly found missing from those torn
pieces of paper and formalized them into a professionally designed deck
that I called the Meta-State Mastery Cards.  Essentially they were a set of
flash cards with a crucial mix of resourceful and unresourceful emotions to
practice, play with, and transform.  I produced 100 packs of the cards and
the feedback was fantastic.  People were reporting that they had increased
their emotional vocabulary, they were more empowered to transform their
limiting states, and they were cooking up powerful ‘recipes’ to proactively
prepare for anticipated events.  All 100 decks sold out which validated the
concept.

As I played with them in workshop environments and others experimented with
themselves, their friends, and family members we found some interesting new
use cases and I set out to develop version 2.0.  We changed some of the
emotion cards, bringing in some that were missing and removing some that
were rare or redundant.  We also added an instruction booklet that included
some new ways we had discovered to use the cards.  Again I produced 100
decks and again they sold out.  I was excited for the next round of
improvements.

I am happy to announce that I recently produced the Meta-State Mastery
Playing Cards 3.0 and I am so proud of how they have turned out.  This deck
is an actual deck of playing cards (Think ace of spades, two of hearts,
etc.) and there has been a third round of refinement to the states
represented in the deck.  There is a new two player card game called
‘Peace’ (a variation on the game known as ‘War’ for those who know how to
play it) that allows you to play with meta-states with others in a fun,
simple, and memorable way.

We have used the cards in a training environment with great success from
icebreaker exercises and energizers, to training exercises to learn basic
meta-stating, using meta-states to transform negative states, ways to play
with groups, and ways to use the cards for yourself for mastering the
meta-levels of your mind.  Many of these uses are incorporated in the
included workbook that explains how to elicit states in yourself, how to
meta-state, how to use the cards, and some fun facts about meta-stating to
deepen your understanding and practice.  I imagine that as you play with
them you may even discover and share even more ways to use them!

In future articles I will go deeper on some of the ways we have utilized
the playing cards for increasing emotional mastery and in training
environments as I imagine you may have some questions and I am happy to
support.  No matter one’s level of knowledge and experience, these cards
are a powerful learning tool for beginners all the way to experienced
trainers, and an excellent gift for loved ones for whom you would like to
offer the meaningful gift of learning to master their mind and emotions.
I have attached some photos of the cards below and you can learn more about
the cards and reserve your decks here:
*https://perceptionacademy.com/metacards/*
<https://perceptionacademy.com/metacards/>.  We have a limited supply and
for being part of the Neuro-Semantics community you can use coupon code
*NEURONS* for an additional $10 discount as we continue our mission of
actualizing excellence, one person at a time.

[image: pa_cardmockup_4.png]

*JASON SCHNEIDER*

Master Trainer of Neuro-Semantics & Founder of the Perception Academy

*perception*academy.com <http://perceptionacademy.com/>
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