WHAT IS METAPROGRAMMING?
Gray:
"Metaprogramming is becoming aware that you have been programmed
already. That your beliefs and values are simply ideas that have been programmed
into your brain and nervous system. It is taking charge of and RE-programming
yourself! A most excellent experience."
*** Dr. John Lilly first coined the term metaprogramming in his seminal
work, Programming and Metaprogramming the Human Biocomputer. Lilly
was an avid explorer of altered states of consciousness, working with various
combinations of isolation, LSD and ketamine explorations, and various mental
disciplines. He proposed the notion that inasmuch as the brain can be considered
the hardware of the mind, the linguistic models that the brain uses to
interpret the world -- programs -- can be modified and refined at the discretion
of the metaprogrammer. As the psychedelic explosion began to reverberate
across America, Dr. Timothy Leary grabbed hold of the concept, proposing
that specific, disciplined approaches to the psychedelic experience can
be used to do such metaprogramming.
*** Since then, metaprogramming has become an umbrella term for any
number of approaches to self-improvement/self-refinement. Altered states
of consciousness are often, but not always, a factor in metaprogramming;
similarly, although the psychedelic experience is often linked to metaprogramming,
thanks to Dr. Leary's influence, it is by no means the only nor the "most
important" method for metaprogramming. For example, yogic disciplines,
various mystic practices and disciplines, shamanic traditions, meditation,
and many other consciously directed forms of concentration are used and
discussed on Leri with reference to willful and positive metaprogramming.
Hermit:
"Leri seems to be fulfilling the promise of its stated intention
- metaprogramming. Scotto says, 'Self reference, of course, is the red
cape of the metaprogrammer...' Leri seems to really enjoy talking about
itself, referring to itself, Leri ITSELF enjoys self-metaprogramming."
Crazy Fingers:
"One important aspect of Leri and metaprogramming that must be
kept in mind is that Leri is not a list about metaprogramming, it is metaprogramming.
If I were inclined towards personifying Leri (which I am at times), I would
say Leri metaprograms us. How can this be? I struggled with this one for
awhile, and the best explanation I can give to someone who hasn't interacted
with Leri on this level yet is that on the list, certain issues are discussed,
which cause the readers to think about them, and somehow in that process,
the ideas insidiously work their way into the readers' reality-maps."
Gray:
"Just hanging out on leri is a metaprogramming experience. Although
this was told to me when I subscribed here I didn't understand it till
a couple of months ago. The reason being that for the most part the entities
that post on here are generally free, unique and intelligent and most are
involved in metaprogramming. Therefore, you'll probably get more real
information on life here than probably anywhere else on the net (although
I haven't actually been everywhere yet). This kind of interfacing will
definitely rewire your nervous system."
Spigot:
"Seems to me that many people who come to Leri ‘discover’, via
the posts, that a) their lives are fucked up in one way or another they
hadn't quite realized before, and b) that there is something they can do
about it. So Leri shows people a depth of experience they might not have
seen before, openning doors…. The writing of posts to Leri can be a sort
of ‘metaprogramming’ exercise. Being able to write about things that deeply
effect one to a group of like-minded people can itself be cathartic. In
a sense, the list operates like a sort of communal psychologist's chair
in this way. Sometimes, responses and threads are less important than the
actual act of writing it down and posting it."
Jamie Manuel:
"I have noticed that when many of the people on this list use
the word metaprograming they are refering to the life long development
of an expanded consciousness and self improvement. In this sense it is
a process. I personally tend to use the word metaprogramming in reference
to the actual act of imprinting through altered states of consciousness.
In this sense it it is a tool for consciousness expansion and self improvement,
and it is something you 'do'."
Annie:
"’It's not just a job, it's an adventure!’ Actually, it’s a way
of life. I was doing this stuff long before I knew it had a name. Used
to wuz, they called something like metaprogramming ‘cognitive restructuring.’
But what it is, at base, is being the best whoever-you-are as is possible,
given the strictures of the material plane."
Erica:
"my opinion has changed on this matter.... it can be useful for
ideas or ‘tricks,’ but over a long period of time, it seems as though it's
the same people talking about the same things they want to change, without
any sign of progress. that makes it kind of depressing. i realize that's
an overstatement, but sometimes that's the atmosphere i feel on the list.
I guess that's why i like unsubbing for awhile sometimes, because the blahblahblah
gets to be too much. on the other hand, i've found recently that the list
can be a good gauge for determining my own progress; i pay more attention
to how i react to posts and what my perspective is on the issues being
discussed. i'm using the mailing list, rather than just absorbing it."
Casey:
"After one year, and more than 500 threads saved, 'Leri' has talked
about most things I think about, it's the books I read, the music I listen
to, and I realize the 'MetaProgramming' isn't in the individual messages,
although they provide a language to talk about it, but in Leri.. So, as
long as I'm not happy with my current 'program' I'd better stick around."
From: Weird Mother
Subject: Re: vasudeva address and loss of clarity
Groping through language, Gregory Thomas Chadack said:
>
> i will begin to change.
> love,
> greg
powerful statement, you realize.. and almost nearly a
metaprogrammer's dearest mantra. woofda, difficult task, but
honorable.
-- weirdmomma | "love ya madly, thru all the madness"
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--all words, expressions, memes, | "Self-reflection is the engine
and related paraphenelia) above | that makes Leri run."
(c) 1995, weirdmomma productions | -- jenna
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