DanielS said:And for all with support and similar feelings occurring, I thought I would add these quotes:
Sept 13 said:Q: (L) Alright. First of all, A*** {a friend doing the breathing/meditation program} is having a really hard time. She's going through some kind of - close to - an emotional breakdown sort of thing. Of course, she is concerned that she's just losing her mind. Other than what I've said to her, is there anything to add information-wise about what she's going through?
A: Her experience is similar to yours due to her rigid stubbornness.
Q: (L) Okay, so she's rigidly stubborn similar to the way I'm rigidly stubborn. Because of that, she's going to suffer as much in the breakdown as I did. Is that it?
A: Yes
Q: (L) I see.
A: If one crystallizes on the wrong foundation it means much more suffering.
Q: (L) Are you saying that she crystallized on some foundation, and I did too?
A: Yes
Q: (L) Were they similar foundations?
A: No
Q: (L) But just that it was a crystallization of some sort?
A: Yes
Q: (L) And what caused or what was the nature of this crystallization?
A: Necessity for survival of trauma.
Q: (L) Well, there are some other people who have suffered certainly much more trauma, or at least equal trauma, who I didn't notice going through any kind of similar really outrageous suffering.
A: They didn't crystallize, they split.
Q: (L) So one difference is that some people crystallize to survive, and some people split to survive. Is that it?
A: Yes
Q: (L) And I guess if you split to survive, all you have to do is bring yourself together and merge, and therefore it is somewhat easier than somebody who has crystallized and has to break everything down. Is that it?
A: Yes
Q: (L) So that's one of the reasons for some of the different experiences among the people in the forum for example. Is that the case?
A: Yes
Q: (Joe) Maybe people who split, reintegration happens over a longer period of time, where they slowly, slowly, slowly put themselves back together, so the suffering is in little bits at a time. Whereas people who crystallize hold it off until all at once something has to break down... (L) Yeah, people who crystallize resist probably more. I think that was the case with me...
A: Yes
Q: (L) So, okay... And there's some people who are having very mild experiences, and there are some people who aren't having much experience at all. What is going on with people who are not having much in the way of experience?
A: They are fusing smaller segments a little at a time. Tell them to be patient and persistent. At some point they will see their own progress in retrospect. It is like walking up a gentle mountain slope.
Q: (L) So in other words, they're the lucky ones!
A: Depends on the makeup and potential for strong emotions.
I was thinking recently about this session and was wondering if this crystallization Vs split process to survive had to do as well with the types of men described in Gnosis. I was thinking that intellectual types will be prone to split and type 2/emotional people will be prone to crystallize, although there might be other factors that I'm not considering.