The ABCDE’s of meaning include: 1. Associations: Sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts that emerge in tandem with each other, both spatially and temporally in the brain. This shapes what arises as we SIFT through the mind (an acronym within a mnemonic!) and reflect on what has meaning for us. 2. Beliefs: Our mental modes and perspectives on the world that shape what we see, as in “You need to believe it to see it.” 3. Cognitions: The flow of associated information processing as it unfolds in cascades of concepts and categories with their avalanches of facts, ideas, and patterns of
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