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Tommy
Apr 14, 06 - 11:25 PM |
The first principle of an effortlessly effective body being
While sitting on the train last week and re reading Principles i suddenly made new sense of p.5 on 'being calm' - something I had previously skipped over to 'get to the good stuff'... I wont go into detail about how it made new sense to me, just that i actually took it in and experienced it rather than reading only to reach the next page. On thinking about it further and discussion with someone i was introduced to the similar idea of the 'paradoxical theory of change' of Gestalt therapy: "The paradoxical theory of change is one of the fundamental organizing principles in Gestalt therapy, with far-reaching implications. Only by being what and who one is can one become something or someone else. Effort, self-control, or avoidance focused exclusively on the future will not bring about change. We must become our truth (ourselves) first before we can move from it (change). Vice versa, if we try to be different without finding what is true for us, we are following someone else’s truth and will not bring about the long-term change to which we aspire. All the energy that can get locked up in the battle between trying to change and resisting change can become available for active participation in our life processes. External as well as internal controls interfere with the healthy working of an organism." http://www.g-gej.org/4-3/theoryoverview.html As i understand it similar ideas are expressed by Louise Hay, in Buddhist tradtions and elsewhere. |
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