Working on the brain's defocussing mode: (by Linda Graham, Bouncing Back)
1. Creates an awareness that all the constructs of the self are stable and coherent yet ever changing and evolving.
2. Develops a mental plane of
open possibilities.
3. Recognises the state "being" as your true home
4. Integrates all parts of yourself into your concept of your whole self
Personal Comment: I don't like the word epiphanies with bipolar, because it can be confused with delusions of grandeur and flights of fantasy. Epiphanies actually relate to realistic insights into your true nature, regardless of states, and deeper integration of all parts of your nature. Epiphanies are not to be confused with mania or psychosis.
Additional Personal Comment: I think I am getting into this stuff atm because I was so lost in trauma for the past week. I think I am trying to find my bearings again. If my process helps others, well I'm glad... If it isn't for you, that is okay
AWARENESS OF WHOLE SELF
Awareness of the ongoing changing of life. We usually pay more attention to the clouds than the sky that contains them. Awareness is about
putting down our filters and
opening our minds to the totality of experiences. All human selves share elements of personality, roles, identities, beliefs, values but no two people are identical. All human brains shared the same neural structures but no two human brains are identical.
If you are interested in exploring the contents of the personal self and I will post a groovy little exercise to do and we can discuss how we found the exercise.
A quote from Lao-Tzu....
We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the centre hole that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot, but it is it the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house, but it is in the inner space that makes it livable.
We work with being, but nonbeing is what we use.
(WOW THIS SHOW IS DEEP!!!
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