Maintaining the Flow

Now it’s your turn............suggest the best descriptors for the influence flowing in the Channels joining Centres in adjacent Levels.

The aim is to give ourselves (and others) a solid genuine feel for the influences (types of power) in the channels.

Everyone is welcome to participate in one of two ways:

1. by proposing "the nature of the influence"

If you do this you must include a brief explanation with brief examples.

2. by voting for a particular formulation.

Here are some hints to help clarify the influence:

● Adjust names. Feel free to alter the exact name of the centre without changing its nature  e.g. it might be easier for you to find an example by avoiding "invented naming" and instead referring to «unexpected labeling» or «strange naming» and so on.

● Noun ↔ Verb. You can also alter the name to the nounal form if that helps you explain. e.g.  «new name» sounds all right, but «new naming» sounds a bit odd (to me anyway).

● Be Brief. Keep explanations brief--not more than a few sentences or so for each directional influence.

● Create Distinctions.. Avoid synonyms for "influence" or for the hierarchical relation: i.e. terms like «requires», «needs», «implies», «affects» &c apply to every single channel in each direction. It is a good idea to check your notion to see if it fits nearly everywhere. If it does, it is not what is needed.

● Try. Propose something that is not quite right rather than suggest nothing at all.  Knowing why something is wrong is a great help, also you will give yourself and others a target to criticize and improve on.

● What Doesn't Work. A proposed channel may be dysfunctional or meaningless for some reason. This needs to be identified and explained.

Openness-L7 ↔ Meaning-L6

Channels between Openness (L7) and the two Meaning Centres (L6)

Openness is a Balanced Centre with potential for influencing the two Meaning Centres.

Name the influence: L7-Openness → L6-Usual Meanings.

Name the influence: L6-Usual Meanings  → L7-Openness.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Name the influence: L7-Openness → L6-Unfamiliar Meanings.

Name the influence: L6-Unfamiliar Meanings → L7-Openness.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Meaning-L6 ↔ Naming-L5:

Meaning and Naming both have two Centres: so there are four possible channels as shown.

Potential Channels between Centres of Meaning (L6) and of Naming (L5)

Name the influence:  L6-Usual Meaning → L5-Conventional Naming.

Name the influence:  L5-Conventional Naming → L6-Usual Meaning.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Name the influence:  L6-Usual Meaning → L5-Invented Naming.

Name the influence: L5-Invented Naming → L6-Usual Meaning.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Name the influence:  L6-Unfamiliar Meaning → L5-Conventional Naming.

Name the influence:  L5-Conventional Naming → L6-Unfamiliar Meaning.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Name the influence: L6-Unfamiliar Meaning → L5-Invented Naming.

Name the influence: L5-Invented Naming → L6-Unfamiliar Meaning.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Naming-L5 ↔ Symbolizing-L4

Channels between Centres of Naming (L5) and Symbolizing (L4)

Naming has two Centres while Symbolic Connotations is a Balanced Centre: so there are only two possible channels.

Name the influence: L5-Conventional Naming → L4-Symbolizing.

Name the influence: L4-Symbolizing → L5-Conventional Naming.

Name the influence: L5-Invented Naming → L4-Symbolizing.

Name the influence: L4-Symbolizing → L5-Invented Naming.

Symbolizing-L4 ↔ Signifying-L3

Channels between Centre of Symbolizing (L4) and Centres of Signifying (L3)

Symbolic connotations is a balanced Centre while Significance has two polarized Centres: so there are only two possible channels.

Name the influence: L4-Symbolizing → L3-Subjective Signifying.

Name the influence: L3-Subjective Signifying → L4-Symbolizing.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Name the influence: L4-Symbolizing → L3-Orthodox Signifying.

Name the influence: L3-Orthodox Signifying → L4-Symbolizing.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Signifying-L3 ↔ Signaling-L2

Channels between Centres of Signifying (L3) and Centre of Signalling (L2)

Signifying has two polarized Centres while Explicit Content has one balanced Centre: so there are only two possible channels.

Name the influence: L3-Subjective Signifying → L2-Signaling.

Name the influence: L2-Signaling → L3-Subjective Signifying.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Name the influence:  L3-Orthodox Signifying → L2-Signaling.

Name the influence:  L2-Signaling → L3-Orthodox Signifying.

Now suggest a Channel name.

Channel between Centre of Signalling (L2) and the Centre of Stimuli (L1)

Signaling-L2 ↔ Stimulating-L1

Signaling has one Balanced Centre and so does Stimulating: so there is only one possible channel.

Name the influence: L2-Signaling → L1-Stimulating.

Name the influence: L1-Stimulating → L2-Signaling.

Now suggest a Channel name.

► Now consider influences that bypass one or more levels.

Originally posted: 8-Nov-2013. Last updated: 14-Mar-2016.

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