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Recognize bids for connection by distinguishing the

Recognize bids for connection by distinguishing the relational function (request for presence/attention/validation) from the surface content (the topic being discussed), as most bids are designed to maintain plausible deniability.

Why This Is a Principle

This principle derives from Meaning as Receiver Construction (meaning constructed by receivers), Goals as Perceptual Filters (goals as perceptual filters), and Internal working models of self and others, constructed in (internal working models). It prescribes a specific perceptual skill: seeing through surface content to relational function. The lesson explicitly frames this as a skill that must be developed. This is not an axiom because it tells you WHAT TO DO with the axioms about meaning-making and goal-driven perception.

Source Lessons

L-1344

Emotional bids and responses

Relationships are built on small emotional bids — turning toward them strengthens connection.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomGoals as Perceptual Filters AxiomMeaning as Receiver Construction AxiomInternal working models of self and others, constructed in

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