From mind to muscle, not what to think, but how to think.

After a recent tennis injury, it had persisted for 3 years with quite extensive bruising to ankle area I went to physio therapy. One should not go over the top on such matters, but the cure has been extrodinary 'walk WITH EYES CLOSED ETC

and AS A RESULT i AM  a big fan of a kind of thinking which is illustrated below;

 

 

 

 

With Neuro-Semantics there is  shift from content to context.

 

We move above the facts and details of what to think to the higher level structural elements of how to think.

 

Neuro-Semantics, driven by the Levels of Mind model that makes up Meta-States, goes even further in working with the structure of those higher levels of awareness.

 

The idea behind the patterning of mind-to-muscle in Meta-States is that we can take a conceptual level frame-of-reference— some high idea, understanding, concept, etc. and install it into our neurology, that is, into our muscles.

 

Then, once it gets into our neurology, we have it in our eyes (our way of seeing the world), our voice (our way of talking), our muscles (our way of being in the world). This puts the "knowledge" into a form that allows us to have it at ready access. When it gets to that level, it enables us to operate from those ideas as our Frame of Reference— as our frameworks.

 

Most of us who have worked with computers and with various software programs have well incorporated such conceptual understandings and processes like function keys, commands, etc. so that now we can make a keyboard sing. In fact, we may be able to do so to such an extent, that like typing, we no longer "know" what specific keys we’re using to center, set off a macro command, etc. Yet, our fingers know.

 

Of course, in saying that "our fingers know," we have identified a very powerful and almost magical realization. This neuro-linguistic program now runs the show. Our muscles know things.

 

We call it "muscle memory." Muscle memory drives and governs such complex activities as skating, driving, skiing, etc. This means that we have somehow incorporated ideas and concepts so that they are now embodied at the primary level of experience. They hardly seem like concepts at all; they no longer seem to be things of the mind. We now "intuitively" know. The knowing is "inside" of us. Somehow!!

 

Well, if we can get higher level concepts and ideas that seem non-corporal to become corporal experiences— actual neurological patterns in the muscles, if we can encode them at that level, then this gives us something truly worth modeling, does it not?

The design of the Mind-to-Muscle Pattern that follows is to turn highly informative, insightful, and valued principles and frames into neurological patterns in your body. It is to encode the program into your muscle memory so that it can then run from that level of experience. Then it is no longer "heady," "up in your mind," or merely "conceptual." Then it becomes felt, "intuitive," automatically, and fully integrated into who you are.

This is a natural process. It happens all the time. Consider typing on a typewriter or computer keyboard. The original learning to do so takes a considerable amount of time and trouble. It demands rote learning and lots of repetition. To get the muscle patterns and coordination deeply imprinted into the muscles and encoded there, we have to practice for many days. Yet, once we have practiced and trained our neurological pathways, then the learnings become incorporated into the very fabric of the muscles themselves. Then we are allowed to lose conscious awareness of the learnings and let the muscles run the program. At that point, we have translated principle into muscle.

The same holds true for expertise, excellence, and mastery in all other fields, from sports, mathematics, teaching, to surgery, selling, and public relations. We begin with principles— concepts, understandings, awarenesses, beliefs, etc., and we translate that level of thought so that it "comes down" to another level, into muscle itself. I have found this especially true in our modeling projects regarding resilience, leadership, wealth building, selling excellence, learning, etc.

 

AND as you now integrate and install that principle into your neurology, it may cause other conflicting ideas, feelings, principles, etc. to emerge. Let them. We want them to arise. If a conflict between the new frame and some old frame emerges and you feel uncomfortable about it, just welcome it graciously into your awareness and begin to explore it. Oftentimes, the "sense of conflict" is only that, a sense of conflict and no conflict at all. You are only feeling uncomfortable, "weird," "strange," experiencing the unfamiliar, etc. And for most people, the sense of being uncomfortable and not in your "comfort zone" has been judged and evaluated as "bad," as "wrong," and the coping response kicks in— "Stop everything; go no further."

Of course, a program like that can effectively con a person from developing, stretching, moving into new territory, etc. So just for the moment, and just for the purposes of this exercise, welcome the discomfort, unfamiliarity, etc. and continue to put the principle into your muscle. By doing this, you will give it a chance!

Afterwards, we will check out the ecology. I have used this pattern to coach people in putting the basic NLP Presuppositions into their muscles. And oftentimes (perhaps most of the time) people get to feel uncomfortable and want to "check the ecology" at that point. When they do, it messes things up. Why?

Because any time you check the ecology while inside of a system— the system itself will not want to change! That’s the principle of Self-Organizing Systems at work. Don’t ask an alcoholic while intoxicated about the ecology of drinking "one more." Don’t ask a woman suffering from the pattern of anorexia if it’s ecological to eat while she’s still thinking and feeling that way. Don’t ask about the ecology of public speaking when in a state of fear about public speaking.

This is a pattern about adding more resources so that the system changes. So choose some great Principles, proven principles in the field of your interest, and give yourself permission to feel a little weird until the new mapping reorganizes your mind-body at all of its levels.

 

THE MIND-TO-MUSCLE PATTERN

I have included most of the language that I use when I demonstrate this pattern or use it with a person. Because repetition and rehearsal plays such an important role in solidifying this and making the translate more and more real, continue to process through the steps again and again, calibrating to the person and really getting some strong neurological responses. The strong responses you obtain, the more likely you will assist the person in making the mind-to-muscle translation and setting it as a frame. Dance with the feed back and feed forward loops in the last step, changing and varying them as needed.

You will notice that I have some provocational questions throughout the process. I use these to get a person to fight for and defend the idea and expressions... as this activates the person to become more involved in the process, it strengthens the translation. You’ll need lots of rapport and respect to be able to pull that off.

The bullets provide the specific questions that you can use as you assist someone in coaching that person through the process.

1) Identify a Desired Principle.

This principle could be a concept, idea, belief, understanding, value, piece of knowledge, secret, law, paradigm, model, presupposition, etc.  Any mental awareness will work. It could be a desired plan, hope, dream, vision, identity, etc. It could be a pattern of behavior, a set of competencies that make up a skill, etc. Pick out something that you want incorporated into the very fabric of your muscles.

Specific the concept or principle by stating it, or even better, writing it down in a clear, succinct, and compelling way. Describe your theory or theoretical understanding in a paragraph or two. "I understand... I conceptualize..."

• What do you know or understand or believe about X that you want to set as a frame in your mind?
• What idea inspires you that you would like to "feel" in your body and let become a program for your way of being in the world?

2) Describe the Principle as a Belief.

Now use the semantic environment, "I believe..." and complete this sentence by rephrasing the concept and understanding as a personal declaration of a belief.

• You believe what?
• You believe that?
• Really?
• You don’t sound very convincing. Tell me again and see if you can speak it in a convincing way.

3) Reformat the Belief as a Decision.

Once the belief is stated in a way that sounds powerful, convincing and is stated very succinctly so that it feels compelling, reformulate the personal belief so that it takes the form of a personal decision. To do this, finish the following semantic environment, "I will..." Describe the belief now as a specific decision regarding something that you will do.

• So if you believe that, what will you do? "I will..."
• You will do what?
• You really will do this? You’re not just pulling my leg or telling me that?

4) Rephrase the Belief-Decision as a State or Experience.

When you fully experience your concept—>belief—>decision as an emotional state, what will you experience? How will you feel? To elicit this, complete the semantic environment, "I feel/ experience..."

• It sounds like you really believe that... and I think you actually are going to do those things to make it happen... so how does all of that make you feel? "I feel..."
• So what are you experiencing?

5) State the Actions that you will take as an Expression of this Translation.

This time finish the following semantic sentence stem,

"The one thing that I will do today as an expression of this concept, belief, decision, and state is..."

Doing this will enable you to begin to formulate specific actions that will enable you to execute your principles.

• So what one thing will you do today to make this happen?
• You will do that? Really? What else will you do?

6) Step into the Action and Go Meta Repeatedly.

As you fully imagine carrying out the one action that you will do today... seeing what you will see, hearing what you will hear, and feeling what you will feel as you do it... now move up through the levels ... into the State from which this action emerges, naming the State and experiencing it fully, owning the Decision, Affirming the Belief with a powerful "Yes!" as you do, and stepping up even higher in your mind into a full awareness of your reasons, understandings, concepts, and principles that drive this way of being in the world.... and as you step into that place fully, now bring it back down again ... noticing how it transforms everything even more and creates an even greater sense of empowerment.

Repeat this several times, future pacing as you do.

• Why will you do this?
• And you’ve decided on this?
• Is that really what you have finally decided to do?
• And what idea or principle governs this?
• And you will do this?
• How do you feel about all of this?
• Will it affect your identity? It will? How?

Afterwords
After you have run this pattern, you have several more levels that you can utilize to solidify and install even further.

7) Identify with the Principle for Self-Definition and Identity

• As you experience this new principle in your mind-and-body, and imagine moving through life with it, does it affect how you define yourself? Does it affect your identity? Would you want it to?
• [If yes:] Then go ahead and notice how this transforms and enriches your own self-definitions... and see the You, experience the You, feel the You... who lives by this principle.. who operates by this principle incorporated into your neurology.

8) Check for the Ecology of the Principle

• Now as you imagine living with this dynamic and wonderful principle in your muscles, in your eye, in your voice, in your very body... Does this serve you well?
• Does it enhance your life, your skills, your expertise?
• Does it empower you as a person and enable you to be more powerful in this area of interest?
• Does it fit with your values and your visions?

9) Confirm and Get the Person to Fight for it

• So you like this? [Yes]
• Really? You really do? [Yes]
• I don’t think you need this or deserve this! [Yes I do!]
• This is just an exercise and not real; you can’t have this! [I will to!]
• I’m going to take this away from you! [No you won’t!!]

Neuro-Semantics^® -- A Model that extends NLP using the Levels of Mind (Meta-States) to model the structure of meaning at the higher levels and to create personal empowerment. See the web sites:

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©2000 L. Michael Hall, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

 

 

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http://www.renewingyourmind.com/Techniques/Mind-To-Muscle.htm