Moods
Immersion occurs when we are contained in our negative feelings. The feelings are within our body and once activated take over our usually conscious self. We also lose sight of our presence. A mood is a classic immersion, the person
Fishbowls
I like the concept of fishbowls (see Ch. 2 The Livingness) as it gets across the notion that we are ‘swimming’ in something that is so basic that we take it for granted. Hence the fish doesn’t realize that he’s
Bearing Points
Over the consulting years many of my clients have had what I termed Bearing Point experiences. Often they were just wandering in nature or just sitting doing nothing of obvious consequence. The sense of this is that these experiences gave
The Unconscious
There has always been much talk of the unconscious. Sadly psychologists today considering themselves modern (sic) and evidence based have turned there back on such wooly notions! However, wiser heads know better, as Jung said: Until you make the unconscious
The Videotape
As the image of the menacing Drone suggests the Videotape as I termed it in The Livingness is also intrusive to our psyche. The video is that collection of images, attitudes, conditioning, upbringing & any other type of brain bending
Immersion
Elsewhere we discussed the Videotape, the 3 waves, moods & feelings & these referred to types of feeling states. Its true to say there is overlap but Immersion is potentially a more permanent state & is referring especially to
Self Emergence
Self Emergence is the opposite to immersion. We progressively emerge back to a higher knowing of self and of our sense of quality. Everything seems clear and we are amazed we can get caught in the state of immersion.
Joint Knowing
Crisfel and I were aware of the Art Deco staircase & started to have an experience of what I termed Joint Knowing. Several of our friends had had this experience & it is rather special. We seemed to be effectively …
Identity
Identity is nothing more than what we identify with. (Compare with True North Self~Free Self. ) There is a piece of folklore even perpetuated by developmental psychologists, that we gain an identity in our teens. When you are
Prescriptive Living
In terms of the Herd mentality comes the idea that we should defer all of our decision making to some expert of higher authority. Political correctness is another side of this mentality. We should do that which is seen as
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