Metaphorology
How To Expand Your Thinking And Change Your Life

Haven't heard of metaphorology?

Here's my definition: The study and conscious use of metaphors as a "thinking technology," as well as a kind of "science of personal transformation." You can consciously change the way you think, the way you experience life, and the way you respond to life by using different metaphors. The bottom line? A better understanding that leads to better results.

The purpose of the Metaphorology web site? To show you how to tap into the power of metaphors. Bookmark this page and return soon (the site is a work in progress) to learn more about the transformational power of metaphors. In the meantime, here are some of the current pages.

Metaphorical Playtime - A chance to get creative and see things in new ways... What is a belief? Some would say (optimistically) that it's a "truth." I like to say that beliefs are "tools." The metaphor chosen can totally alter our perspective, but we don't have to see it only one way...

I Am A Metaphor -The Metaphorical Nature Of Consciousness - The idea that consciousness is a metaphorical creation is not so strange as it might seem at first. Consider for a moment what happens if you tell yourself "I am James Bond." If you adopt this metaphor of yourself as James Bond, and play along with it for a moment, you'll notice that...

Metaphor of the Month The Box - The box is the classic metaphor for the conditions and ideas which limit our thinking. Hence the expression, "out of the box thinking," which refers to creative thought that goes beyond the conventional. See that your own ideas really do create a "box" in which you are mentally confined, and you can start to see the ways out of this. Imagine the interior of this box painted with your view of the world. Are you not often looking at these painted walls and taking them to be the reality outside of them? Get out of the box!

The Metaphors We Live By - The metaphors we live by include life as a journey, a game, a dream, and a movie. But how do these metaphorical perspectives affect our actions and our lives? Here's a look at a few of them, and how to best use them...

Newest Pages

Spiritual Metaphors That Work - Useful ways of understanding.

Using Metaphors - Examples - Discover the difference between "understand" and "overstand."

Great Examples Of Life Metaphors - And how they give us new understandings.

Good Metaphors - What is it that makes a metaphor so useful?

Metaphor List - The Less Common Metaphors - Democracy is mob-rule, ego is a slave master, and more...

Metaphor Therapy - How to be your own doctor with better metaphorical perspectives.

Money Metaphors - The common ones and some better options.

Other Pages:

Lists of Metaphors -
From several areas of life

Examples Of Metaphors
Some common and unusual metaphors.

Using Metaphors For Problem Solving
How to find creative solutions with metaphors.

More Metaphors Gone Wild
An unleashing of metaphorical ideas.

Metaphors In Poems
A look at two poems that use metaphors.

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