Imagery and Power Definitions

Power

Power is the capacity to participate knowingly in change through being aware, making choices, feeling free to act on one's intentions, and involving oneself in creating change. Power, the capacity to participate knowingly in change, has four inseparable dimensions: awareness, choices, freedom to act intentionally, and involvement in creating change. Power is being aware of what one is choosing to do, feeling free to do it, and doing it intentionally.

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What is awareness?

Awareness is observing "what is" in the moment while being wakeful and alert.

What are choices?

Choices are selections of thoughts, feelings, and/or actions from the myriad of emerging possibilities and potentials.

What is the Freedom to Act Intentionally?

Freedom to Act Intentionally is absence of constraint in voluntarily following through on choices and action that one intends.

What is Involvement in Creating Change?

Involvement in Creating Change is participating with awareness to act on one's choices to freely create change.

What is the Fleur-de-lis

Fleur-de-lis is the stylized lotus or lily, the flower of light and life; the flame of light and life.

What is Mental Imagery?

Mental imagery is the revelatory, natural and true language of your inner life. As such, it is the reservoir of all the knowledge you need to take charge of your life and to discover your inner fountain of power-as-freedom.

What is a Power Plan?

Power Plan refers to the blueprint of those traits and characteristics that express themselves in how you live your everyday life. It is like an architectural rendering of how your human beingness will unfold.

What is Power-as-Freedom?

Power-as-Freedom is the urge to take charge of oneself, without concern for what other people say, think, feel, or do, and to act according to one's intentions without interfering with the freedom of others. In power-as-freedom, the will is used to fulfill one's purpose.

What is Power-as-Control?

Power-as-Control is the urge to gain dominance over other people and circumstances and often includes subjecting others to one's will.

What is a Power Dimension?

A Power Dimension is one of the four inseparable qualities that define the capacity to participate knowingly in change.

What is a Power Characteristic?

A Power Characteristic is one of twelve opposite adjective-pairs that further define the Power Dimensions.

What is a PowerGram?

A PowerGram is a description of the twelve sets of opposite adjective pairs of qualities as they relate to the Four Dimensions of Power.

What is a Power Profile?

A Power Profile is the description of the individual's awareness, choices, freedom to act intentionally, and involvement in creating change. The Power as Knowing Participation in Change® Tool measures power. Findings are termed the Power Profile.

What is PIP?

PIP is someone or something wonderful. (This means you).

What is a Power-Imagery Profile (PIP)?

Power-Imagery Profile (PIP) is the process of assessing your power input data and designing your Power-Imagery Process (PIP), - computer program, Power-Imagery Project (PIP) - research, Power-Imagery Practice (PIP) - homework.