Attracting What You Want Through the Magic of Autopoiesis and Bringforthismby Kristine Hallbom
"Our outer reality is a mirror to our inner reality. We bringforth that which we know and believe." - Kris Hallbom Autopoeisis is the patterning that can be found inside of all living systems and has to do with how we create our own reality through individual life experiences; how we manifest what we want both consciously and unconsciously, and how we bringforth reality as we know it through our acts of cognition, language and perception. The term autopoeisis was introduced by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela in 1973, and was originally conceived as an attempt to characterize the nature of living systems. The Greek meaning of the word "auto" is self and refers to our individual identity. The Greek "poeire" means to produce or create (such as poetry) and refers to the ongoing creative processes existing within all living systems. Thus autopoiesis means "Self Creating". (1) I remember the first time I came across the word autopoiesis. I was fascinated with the promise that this concept offered for understanding not only the systemic nature of human beings, but also the possibility of becoming attractors for what we want in life through the art of "Self Creation". What makes the process of autopoiesis so special, is its systemic ability to perpetually self create. For example, when a cell undergoes mitosis, it is able to replicate itself without any help from the outside world. How is it that a cell can divide and multiply itself without any external aid? It can do so because it already has all the internal resources it needs to self-replicate. Cells are autopoietic by nature. Humans are the same way. We have all the resources that we need to make any dream come true and those resources are inside of us in the form of our thoughts, beliefs and our spiritual identity. Our thoughts, beliefs and higher self work as attractors to bringforth the kind of positive life experiences that we have over and over again. Our beliefs can also bringforth negative experiences. However, we now have the technology through the fields of NLP and Bringforthism to quickly move through our limiting beliefs and strategies of thinking. It's all a matter of making the conscious choice to discover those limiting thoughts and beliefs, and then becoming free of them. (2) All you have to do is observe nature and you will see autopoiesis (self creation) happening all over the place. We can learn a lot by observing the growth of trees, the waves of the ocean, and other universal patterns of self-creation and replication. Nature is our greatest teacher. Have you ever seen a tree go through an identity crisis, or a star get angry and cry? We don't see these kinds of things happening, because trees and stars don't have the same kind of cognitive belief systems that humans have. Therefore, it is easier for a star or a tree to be aligned with its true purpose and calling in life, than a human being who has to deal with limiting beliefs and imprints. What nature can do for us is to serve as a model in the art of self-creation. There is no reason, why we can't harness the same kind of creative potential existing within the seed of a plant or a star in our galaxy. We have the skills and knowledge to move through our limited thinking and beliefs, and to align with our greatest good because the potential for change is deeply imbedded within the core of who we are. Autopoiesis also has to do with how we create and generate ongoing love, wealth and prosperity throughout our life. This amazing process influences our every day conscious thoughts, as well as the unconscious parts that make up who we are. It determines how we are creating our internal maps of reality and it effects what we are creating outside of ourselves. Our outer reality is a mirror to our inner reality. Life as we know it is truly an internal experience, and we bringforth that which we know and believe. The structure of our internal experience determines how we create our individual realities. Beyond that, it's all a perceptual illusion. External occurrences may happen outside of us and may trigger an internal response. But given the unconscious and conscious structure of who we are as a person, the experience will ultimately be determined by our own personal history and how we choose to represent reality through our perceptual filters. We no longer live in a universe. We live in a multiverse of all possibilities. (3) Autopoiesis offers us the ability to examine how are beliefs and thoughts influence us from a whole new scientific perspective. We can have anything we desire, as long as our beliefs are aligned with our true calling in life. It's through the alignment of our beliefs, with our purpose and mission that sets the stage for making our dreams come true. This is what the magical science of self-creation and bringforthism is all about. We can have whatever we want. We just have to set the intent, clear our limiting beliefs and thoughts, and then make it happen!
References 1.Wikipedia,The Free Encyclopedia (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, 2007). 3. Ruiz, Alfredo, The Contributions of Humberto Maturana to the Sciences of Complexity and Psychology, Santiago, Chile; The Institute for Cognitive Therapy Abstract, 1997. According to Ruiz, Maturana is quoted as saying, "We no longer live in a universe. We live in a multiverse of all possibilities." 4. The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding by Maturana, H.R. and F. Varela. (Shambhala Publications, Inc. 1987).
Kristine Hallbom is the co-director of the NLP Institute of California and is a principle author and developer of the the WealthyMind™ Program. Recognized for her ability to translate complex ideas into practical skills, and for her warm, approachable style, Kris has trained and coached clients throughout Europe, South America, Australia, and the United States. She is a long time student of NLP and Systemic Thinking, and holds a degree in Psychology and Languages.
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