Chris Paradox Patterson – The Art of Meaning: Make Your Life Matter

Chris Paradox Patterson – The Art of Meaning: Make Your Life Matter

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Description

This course will instruct you in 20 transformational practices that transform the Near Life Experience into a Meaningful Life Experience.

1. Making your current work so fulfilling and inspiring that your spirit soars…or creating work that is so inspiring and fulfilling that your soul sings!

2. Filling the exsitential gap and it’s unscratchable itch and finding that visceral, passionate, significant “something” that’s missing from your life

3. Discovering your true purpose in life

4. Living a life that is true to yourself, not the life others expect of you

In this course you will learn to:

Notice that your incessant mental dialogue (or Program) is preventing you from experiencing the unbearable lightness of being (what the Mystic Poet Rumi calls “The Beloved”) which will amplify this ecstatic experience in your everyday life
Feel the Presence of the Genius State of Mind (what poets call “The Muse”) and consistently tap into this unending source of inspiration and creativity
Make Meaningful (what Neuroscientists call “Reframing”) the mundane, negative or even traumatic events of your life by exercising your fundamental and ONLY true human freedom.

What are the requirements?

Minimum High School/6th Form level education (or basic Home Schooling)

What am I going to get from this course?

Over 35 lectures and 11 hours of content!
By the end of this course you will be able to…
Make your work so fulfilling and inspiring that your spirit soars…or create work that is!
Fill the exsitential gap by discovering that visceral, passionate, significant “something” that’s currently missing from your life.
Discover your true purpose in life.
Live a life that is true to yourself, not the life others expect of you.
In this course you will learn…
How to Notice that your incessant mental dialogue (or Program) is preventing you from experiencing the unbearable lightness of being (what the Mystic Poet Rumi calls “The Beloved”) which will amplify this ecstatic experience in your everyday life.
How to be Feel the Presence of the Genius State of Mind (what poets call “The Muse”) and consistently tap into this unending source of inspiration and creativity.
How to Make Meaningful (what Neuroscientists call “Reframing”) the mundane, negative or even traumatic events of your life by exercising your fundamental and ONLY true human freedom.

What is the target audience?

Anyone suffering from the Near Life Experience i.e. Unfulfilled & Uninspired by work or career; The sense that something vital is missing from your life; Lacking the motivation & passion to live fully and freely from your heart & soul.

Curriculum
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction to the Course Preview 07:24
In this Introduction Video we look at:

1. What the course is based on – i.e. radical personal experimentation
2. What type of radical personal experiements were conducted – i.e. Minimum Effective Requirements for Magical Meaningful Love Filled Living
3. What type of practices are included – i.e. Tried & Tested to be Independent of Luck & Circumstance
4. The Course Structure – i.e. Video; Powerpoint; Audio; Pdf document; Quizzes; Live Sessions

5. The format and of each Lecture type – i.e. Case Study; Theory & Practice; Finer points of Practice; Course Guide; Attention Check; Q&A and Coaching
6. Next Steps – How to start and the course – i.e. First 2 weeks going through Introduction Section plus all ‘tragicomic’ Video tales. Then do no more than One Section at a Time, completing any Assignments and starting all Practices before moving to the next Section and taking as long as needed to do so.
No Rush = No Overwhelm = No Quitting = No more Near Life Experience

Lecture 2 Course Guide & Practice Schedule 15 pages
Lecture 3 A Philosophy of Meaning Preview 15:01
In this Powerpoint Lecture we look at:

1. Our Axioms the basis of the Philosophy of Meaning – i.e. “Life is what you make it” & “Life is the greatest gift”
2. We unpack both Axioms to see how they relate to the problem (The Near Life Experience) and the solution (The 3 uncommon skills)
3. We talk about out Greatest Gift and One true Freedom as Human Beings
4. As real world evidence for our Axioms we discuss the life and work of Vicktor Frankl Neurologist, Existential Pyschotherapist, Holocaust survivor & author of Man’s Search for Meaning

Lecture 4 A Philosophy of Meaning part 2 Preview 15:01
In this powerpoint lecture we look at:

1. “Sunday Neurosis” & “The Existential Gap”, the part they play in the Near Life Experience and how recognising our existential freedom and power and expressing it overcomes this
2. Attitude – “Who do I choose to be?” The most important question of all
3. Post Traumatic Growth Syndrome – and how this course offers you the growth without the trauma
4. Our Second Axiom – Life is the greatest gift therefore the context for all living experience is gratitude
5. How Consciousness is the context for all experience and so Consciousness itself is Grateful
6. Context & Content – how our Content obsession obscures the magic of Context which is actually the overwhelming majority of existence
7. How all 3 uncommon skills are based on letting go of our Content Obsession and Surfing, Swimming and Diving Deep into Context

Lecture 5 A Science of Meaning Preview 15:01
In this Powerpoint Lecture we look at:

1. The nature of perception
2. The “gap” between stimulus & response
3. The mirror-like feedback loop of life
4. What it means that “Neurons that fire together, wire together”
5. Self Directed Neuroplasticity
6. Reframing to prevent hindbrain takeover
7. Reframing reduce negative emotional triggers

Lecture 6 A Science of Meaning part 2 Preview 00:56
In this Lecure we look at:

The free Udemy course: The Neuroscience of Reframing and how to do it – by Anette Prehn

Lecture 7 Life as a Work of Art Preview 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:

1. The Context for the course – Philosophical: Psychological; Artistic: Mythic & Mystic
2. The Various forms of The Near Life Experience
3. The Art of Living

Lecture 8 Life as a Work of Art part 2 Preview 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:

1. The nomenclature of the course – Definitions of what I mean by:
The Program; The Unbearabe Lightness of being; The Genius State of Mind; & The WOW!

Lecture 9 Life as a Work of Art part 3 Preview 14:53
In this Lecture we look at:

1. The course learning objectives – Noticing; Presence & Making Meaningful. Both specifically and in general.
2. Combining the 3 uncommon skills to: Create your experience of an event ahead of that event; Shift your anxious thought patterns into the Genius State of Mind; Transform a Near Life Experience into a Meaningful Life Experience
3. The Course Methodology – Multimedia & Multidimensional; Case Studies both failures & successes; Assignments & Practices; Time & Space for reflection & integration
4. Course Structure – Introduction & Videos first. Then section by section. Then after consclusion repeat sections as and when necessary
5. Instructor credentials/experience/qulaifications

N.B. The Course Guide Document has been moved to Lecture 2 to aid clarity and so does not follow this Lecture as stated in the narration

Quiz 1 Quiz 7 questions
Section 2: The Existential Dimension
Lecture 10 A Case of Mistaken Identity Preview 18:51
In this Lecture we look at:
1. Failing to notice our Self Misidentification via the Case Study of my disillusionment with my career/ambitions
2. How Self Misidentification is the main cause of the Near Life Experience
3. How this is a cultural issue due to the higher human values such as empathy, integrity, generosity and compassion being subordinate to profit in Modern Western Society
4. This cultural issue via the poem – The 10 o’clock bruise

Lecture 11 Misidentified Love Preview 13:10
In this Lecture we look at:

1. How we fail to notice our self misidentification in the area of love relationships via the Case Study of my failed marriage
2. How “falling in love” can cause this to happen if we’re not careful (noticing) via the poem “Love Complex”

Lecture 12 Uncommon Skill Assignments 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:

1. How to use your identity to notice The Program & experience The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. How to use your identity to create your experience of an event ahead of that event
3. Who am I? The holistic view both Subject & Object; both Context & Content etc.
4. How the “static noise” of The Program causes us to over identify with the Content & under identify with the Context
5. Choosing to be who you are by “getting lost” via Nature retreats/vision quests/meditation retreats
6. Awakening to the Universal self & your interconnectedness via the natural world
7. Getting some perspective on who you are and who you choose to be
8. The question of purpose via The Hero’s Journey

Lecture 13 Uncommon Skill Assignments part 2 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:
1. The human journey through life via The Monomyth or Hero’s Journey
2. Life as an adventure
3. The early 21st Century as a time of Legend – a choice point between evolution & extinction
4. Saving the world through fulfilling your potential by living a life that is true to you
5. The Primary Practice of the course – How grateful am I?
6. How Assignment 1 will clarify: What you really want; What’s really important with you & What you’re prepared to do about it.
7. Assignment 1 itself: Your Legendary Life; Your Fairy Tale Life; Your Poetic Mission Statement
8. Posting the Assignments in the question box to support and inspire the community of students taking The Art of Meaning
9. How Assignment 2 will help you measure the effectiveness of the course, improve your mood and give you extra perspective
10. Assignment 2 itself – Diary of Meaning; Happiness Diary; Dream Diary

Lecture 14 Mr Mediocre & The Divine Babysitter – Chapter 1 09:48
In this Lecture we look at:

1. My lifelong Mediocrity
2. The gift & blessing of what I call “The Divine Babysitter”
3. The technique of Non Avoidance
4. The technique of Slow Motion

Quiz 2 Quiz 6 questions
Section 3: The Physical Dimension
Lecture 15 A Body of Meaning Preview 36:39
In this Lecture we look at:
1. How failure to Notice and being stuck in our heads when we first feel the full presence of The Unbearable Lightness of Being can be catastrophic
2. Reframing the traditional meaning of the word ‘God’ and how words and belief and dogma shouldn’t get in the way of you experiencing your birthright i.e. The Unbearable Lightness of Being & The Genius State of Mind
3. Rather than the traditional ideology that there is a supreme being called God, that created The Universe…this perspective is based on the experience that The Universe is so supremely magnificently mind blowingly transcendent that ‘Oh My God’ are the only words that come close to describing the experience of it.
4. Your existence being the proof that existence loves you like an unconditionally loving mother
5. The reframing of life as benevolent, loving and giving by people who might easily have framed it as cruel and unfair
6. The limitations of belief

Lecture 16 The Body Eclectic Preview 16:07
In this Lecture we look at:
1. Noticing The Unbearable Lightness of Being in all beings
2. The Universal nature of The Unbearable Lightness of Being via the poem The Indestructible Matrix of Pure Space

Lecture 17 Uncommon Skill Practices 1 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:
1. 6 ways to use your body to tune out of The Program and Notice The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. The interconnectedness of Mind & Body
3. The epidemic of Talking Head syndrome
4. The goal “Centauric” Integration
5. The Fight of Flight response – how it’s regularly triggered unnecessarily by modern city life and how it causes stress and consequently illness and disease (as well as a much louder more active Program)
6. 4 Healthy Hippocampus boosters (Monthly Practice)
7. The Spider Technique – using the body to change the mind (Weekly Practice)
8. Stress Hormone Metabolism exercises (Momentary Practice)

Lecture 18 Mr Mediocre & The Divine Babysitter – Chapter 2 14:32
In this Lecture we look at:
1. The Soul Window Cleaning technique – a) looking with love & b) looking for the mystery
2. The Seeing the Perfection technique – Seeing the wholeness of every part

Quiz 3 Quiz 4 questions
Section 4: The Psychological Dimension
Lecture 19 In Your Right Mind Preview 28:20
In this Lecture we look at:

1. Combining all 3 uncommon skills to create my experience of an event ahead of that event & “magically” manifest money
2. How everything we do is for the feeling…and the fact that we already have all feelings inside us
3. How gratitude is at the heart of all great feelings
4. Looking from your right mind i.e. the perception of abundance
5. Looking at our One True Freedom via the poem “Attitude Kings”

Lecture 20 The Genius State of Mind Preview 30:50
In this Lecture we look at:
1. How I first experienced the Genius State of mind (as a “non creative” person) through poetic inspiration at the age of 35
2. How my life purpose emerged from the prolonged presence of Thw Unbearable Lightness of Being leading to an intense experience of The Genius State of Mind
3. How the Genius State of Mind is most commonly expressed as the free spontaneous creative play of children and how it directly relates to our ability to consciously give meaning to life
4. Our constant Making Meaningful with language via the poem Alphabet Tickle

Lecture 21 Uncommon Skill Practices 2 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:
1. How to use your mind to Notice The Program and change channel to The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. How to use your mind to Be Present with The Genius State of Mind
3. The unbelievable amount of thoughts The Program shoves into our minds
4. The massive difference between absorption in The Program and absorption in something else.
5. Creative thinking and the Genius State of Mind and how obvious it is in small children – before it is “socialised” out of them/us
6. Ways of exercising the Genius State of Mind muscle
7. Divine Child/Inner Critic repositioning;

Lecture 22 Uncommon Skill Practices 2 – part 2 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:
1. Improv as a Genius State of Mind exercise
2. Musical Absorption as a Genius State of Mind exercise
3. Solving problems permanently through premise reflection
4. The Relaxation Technique & Mindfulness Meditation (Daily Practice)
5. Inner Map re-examination (Weekly Practice)
6. Assignment – Stream of Consciousness Poetics; Ipod entering; Improv Party
7. Futher Reading

Lecture 23 Mr Mediocre & The Divine Babysitter – Chapter 3 20:24
In this Lecture we look at:
1. The technique The Dance of Abundance
2. The technique The Sound of Silence

Quiz 4 Quiz 4 questions
Section 5: The Emotional Dimension
Lecture 24 Feeling Fully Empty Preview 35:40
In this Lecture we look at:
1. How I learn much more about the 3 Uncommon skills during my first 40 day, water only fast
2. How emptiness enables fully feeling your feelings
3. How numbing, distracting ourselves, suppressing and indulging our emotions doesn’t help
4. How the cultural conditioning of “boys don’t cry” creates dangerous levels of emotional suppression and numbness is so many young men via the poem Babylon Man Dem

Lecture 25 Shadows Have Feelings Too Preview 08:49
In this Lecture we look at:
1. How I failed to feel all my emotions and failed to reframe/Make Meaningful my experience of The Unbearable Lightness of Being & Genius State of Mind and the consequences of that
2. How the denial of difficult emotions and “the shadow” in the “counter culture” undermines it’s efforts to create a better world via the poem “Tribsters”

Lecture 26 Uncommon Skill Practices 3 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:
1. The difference between Emotions & Feelings
2. Dealing with negative emotions through reframing
3. How everything we do is for the feeling – no one and no thing can “give” us a feeling, they can only trigger a feeling which is already within us
3. Gratitude – The Mother of all Feeling – The Default state of Grace – At the heart of all ecstatic feelings
4. Gratitude = Growth
5. Gratitude transcends the scacity trap
6. Healthy Gratitude boosters
7. The Dickens Technique (Daily Practice)
8. Gratitude bath (Weekly Practice)
9. Identifying the Gift through Joy (Weekly Practice)

Lecture 27 Mr Mediocre & The Divine Babysitter – Chapter 4 30:51
In this Lecture we look at:
1. The Invisibility technique
2. The “All Praise is due to Allah only the mistakes are mine” technique

Quiz 5 Quiz 4 questions
Section 6: The Relational Dimension
Lecture 28 In Relation to Agenda Preview 13:57
In this Lecture we look at:
1. Noticing how The Program creates an Agenda and how that Programmed Agenda inhibits magical meaningful love filled connections and experiences
2. Noticing the power of self sufficiency and “not needing” anything from people
3. A satire of Western “Hippies” travelling in India via the poem “Hippy Travellah”

Lecture 29 Meaningful Relationships Preview 01:08:54
In this Lecture we look at:
1. The Power of Vulnerability – Of surrendering control, being defenseless and helpless and needing everything from people
2. The Power of Friendships and the meaning they give life through our treasuring of them
3. The Power of Love & Purpose & Faith and their unmatched power to give meaning to life via the poem “The Colour of a Perfect Moment.”

Lecture 30 Uncommon Skill Practice 4 15:01
Lecture 31 Uncommon Skill Practice 4 – part 2 15:01
In this Lecture we look at:
1. Making things fun to get them done
2. Being the cause of your experience i.e. just because
3. The 6 stages of behavioural change
4. Be gentle with yourself & One day at a time
5. Finding balance through Purpose & Service
6. Eye of the beholder & Nothing but Angels (Momentary Practice)
7. Meaningful Meetings (Daily Practice)
8. Assignment – 10 Random acts of Kindness

Lecture 32 Mr Mediocre & The Divine Babysitter – Chapter 5 30:20
In this Lecture we look at:

1. Absorption and the scientific evidence for the Flow state and the “All praise is due…” technique
2. The “Need Nothing. Desire Everything. Choose what shows up.” technique
3. Guerilla Wowfare
4. The Big Why that inspired this course

Quiz 6 Quiz 4 questions
Section 7: Conclusion
Lecture 33 Mr Pain Preview 11:26
A poem about the paradox of pain – performed on 12.12.12 at the London Hilton Metropole

Lecture 34 Inspired Adventures Talk Preview 29:25
A talk at The WOW talk event in London – Summer 2012

Quiz 7 Quiz 2 questions
Lecture 35 Outroduction Preview 07:06
Course wrap up & Closing poem – Awesome Epidemic

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Lifestyle is the interests, opinions, behaviours, and behavioural orientations of an individual, group, or culture.
The term was introduced by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler with the meaning of “a person’s basic character as established early in childhood”.
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