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On hero's journey
Each person's life is an arc unfolding over time into the world Journey has many death and rebirth cycles At heart of hero's journey is Spirit waking up Suffering is a signal of misalignment with the call/journey
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Stephen GiIIigan, Ph. D., Generative Self, 1998
Premises of self-relations
1. Each person has an indestructible their being (SOMATIC Self) 'tender soft spot' (or center) at the core of
2. The river of life moves through you, except when it doesn't 3. The river brings both happiness and suffering 4. A second consciousness Self) awakens to relate to these experiences (COGNITIVE
5. When somatic self united with cognitive self, a third consciousness mind opens (GENERATIVE Self)
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6. The path by which each person realizes this Generative Self is unique: Each person is an incurable deviant
These minds can be organized at three different levels: Primitive level - undifferentiated field, intense, timeless, many resources and demons Ego level - identity separate from field, sufficient for 'in the box' operations, managerial and mapping skills, orderly understandings Generative level - identity 'a part of and apart from' field, necessary for extraordinary 'out of the box' challenges, multiple possibilities, both/and thinking, beyond content or position, able to transform and heal
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Cultivate Generative Cognitive Mind ('Mind of Minds') Engage relational principles of utilization and sponsorship to develop a 'mind of minds' with new capacities: Resonant intention Clearing, opening, and receiving Sponsoring (transforming to advanced positive form) Transforming conflict/healing woundedness Non-linear thinking (both/and, multiplicity of form) Generative action (creating something that never existed before) Transcendent function (integrating opposites into self-realization of higher forms)
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Cultivate Generative Field Mind ('Field of fields') Open into field to absorb what's there, then open beyond that to a generative field Peripheral consciousness is dominant Identity upgrades to field level Being with something without becoming it Inviting resources from beyond the context Opening to higher intelligence of generate field Whatever the content is, open beyond that Intersection of 'timeless with time' for quantum visions
Note: Because at the generative level the somatic, cognitive and field minds are all closely resonating together, you can enter the state by making a shift in any of these three
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Values of centering
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Calm alertness of mind/body Stabilizes attention (away from stressor) Allows unitive (non-dualistic) experiencing Connects with 'ki' or life force energy Activates intuitive/archetypal knowledge Provides 'sanctuary' or container for 'homeless' experiences Allows cognitive/experiential differentiation/integration Allows powerful expressive capacity
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