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The Living Force
Really interesting session with many things to consider. And the replies it has generated gives us a lot to think about.
Thanks to all the team.
Thanks to all the team.
goyacobol said:Wow! I think that is one of the best sessions ever. Thanks to all of you for the great questions!
I also found Nienna's quote to be really exciting:
Nienna said:<snip>
Q: (L) Well, they said the power for changing reality lies in the belief center of the mind. But then they also said something about emotions. Emotions that are limiting, and then emotions that help to progress... So, maybe the belief that one needs to cultivate - if any - is the belief in unlimited possibilities AND also in the benevolence of the universe and the process. Maybe that's what it is?
A: Yes yes yes!
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And also particularly this one on neurofeedback:
(L) And those are the kinds of things that probably the neurofeedback can fix more easily than anything else because those are things that produce certain brain waves that persist over time. There's no other way to get to them because you can't TALK your way through something that's preverbal! You can get into some kind of body therapy and spend years with a therapist, but why do that when you can just go directly and change the brain waves? And if you change brain waves, the brain's going to change. Right?
A: Yes yes yes!
So many possibilities!
Rhythmik said:Thank you for the session.
What % of Israelis (Jewish) are Semitic?
Is it correct that Semitic Jews have more in common with Arabs than they do with the Ashkenazi Jews?
goyacobol said:Our understanding of Semitic is so different from the standard one that focusing on percentages for semites in specific populations is ignoring the meaning and symbolism of the term.
Altair said:Ant22 said:I am very interested to learn more about the processes that resulted in all the atrocities of the 20th century. I was wondering what books would be best to read to get a clearer picture of that time?
I already have the Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler and although I haven't read it yet it seems to be more focused on Hitler rather than the social and political processes.
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
In trivial pursuits years ago I would have been the only one in the group to have recognized the name Svetlana Alliluyeva. For some reason I have always been fascinated by the fact that the only daughter of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin lived--in all places of the world--the United States! But I had to wait until now to the learn the riveting tale behind this unusual fact. The wait had been worth it.
Rosemary Sullivan, a gifted writer and scholar, has produced a fascinating account of Alliluyeva's improbable journey from inside the walls of the Kremlin to the United States. As much as I had hoped it would be a happy story, I was chagrined to learn it was anything but. Nonetheless reading this book is a pleasure. No only does author Sullivan provide a sympathetic and riveting account of Alliluyeva's life but reading the book is like entering a time portal back to the incredible days of the Cold War. I'm amazed we survived the era and now I understand that among Stalin's victims was his own daughter.
Gaby said:goyacobol said:Our understanding of Semitic is so different from the standard one that focusing on percentages for semites in specific populations is ignoring the meaning and symbolism of the term.
Laura's Secret History book (first volume) has an intro and general information about Semitic people from way back then, when the state of Israel didn't even remotely existed.
Semitic, half of one thing and half of the other.
LQB said:Waite's The Psychopathic God - Adolph Hitler is a great read for understanding the greater cultural environment that helped lead to Hitler. But he introduces his book by suggesting a very unconventional approach to history to get to the heart of both the culture and the man - without getting to the heart of these two, there is bound to be serious historical error. He does a great job illustrating some of these errors by contrasting much conventional/accepted history with evidence derived from the knowns of Hitler's life.
Near the end, Waite makes the point that even with all the cultural thought biases, Hitler was no shoe-in. Some of the events that lined up in his favor suggest (to me, anyway) unseen forces at play ...
Ant22 said:Laura said:Q: (L) One thing I noticed about this last little set of books that I ended up on by following my nose... It was like following bread crumbs. I ended up with this Samenow, and then the Developmental Trauma book. It seems to me that these two approaches, which pretty much focus on making the changes in the now and not so much focusing on what's wrong, are probably the most practical expressions of what we have been calling The Work - as in Gurdjieffian stuff – that we’ve ever encountered. It's like we've gone through book after book after book, each one adding a bit to the picture. But this has brought it down to such a simple, practical level that almost nobody can miss it. My feeling is that something very profound is going to come out of this particular little experiment that we're doing.
A: Indeed. All in your group should read these books in order to jump start the necessary processes for achieving receivership capability. Those who have been blocked up to the present will find unblocking therein if they are able to receive.
I'm sorry if I'm nosy but I'm really intrigued by the "following bread crumbs" reference. If it's OK to ask, how specifically did this process happen?
goyacobol said:Our understanding of Semitic is so different from the standard one that focusing on percentages for semites in specific populations is ignoring the meaning and symbolism of the term.
L) And those are the kinds of things that probably the neurofeedback can fix more easily than anything else because those are things that produce certain brain waves that persist over time. There's no other way to get to them because you can't TALK your way through something that's preverbal! You can get into some kind of body therapy and spend years with a therapist, but why do that when you can just go directly and change the brain waves? And if you change brain waves, the brain's going to change. Right?
A: Yes yes yes!