The Function of knowing

 

There is, I mean, no aboriginal stuff or quality of being, contrasted with that of which material objects are made, out of which our thoughts of them are made; but there is a function in experience which thoughts perform, and for the performance of which this quality of being is invoked

–The Meaning of Truth

The Tigers in India – the footnote on stones

A stone in one field may ’fit,’ we say, a hole in another field. But the relation of ’fitting,’ so long as no one carries the stone to the hole and drops it in, is only one name for the fact that such an act may happen.

Similarly with the knowing of the tigers here and now. It is only an anticipatory name for a further associative and terminative process that mayoccur

–The Meaning of Truth

Ineffability, Enthusiasm and the…

What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him

Victor Frankl |pursuit of Happiness https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/viktor-frankl/

Different from Gestalt Therapy , Buddhist practice . Victor Frankl stated that the struggle for meaning and goals were of higher priority than then the immediate response , emotional or action . Victor Frankl was a Nazi Holocaust survivor who treated other survivors as a neurologist and psychologist.

Quotes by Victor Frankl

• Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
• An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
• If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering
• Forces beyond your control can take away everything…

“your never drunk, that real control, control is power”
“is that why they fear us ?”
“We have the fucking power to kill thats why they fear us”
“if a man commits a crime we have him killed […] or we kill him ourselves and feel pretty good[…]
thats not power though, thats justice. ”
“Power is when we have every justication to kill and we dont”
Oscar follows up the discourse with a story of a judge who pardons a criminal, “thats power”.
Stephen Spielberg movie “Schindler’s List”
What was Spielberg conveying here? THIS IS human power :

• to hold anothers fate in his hands and action
• to betray the formal code, to see value and future value, more so than a punishment of death to a felon.
• to risk his own stature in a pardon

quotes about violence , power and justice

Change to and from :   The Paradoxical Theory of Change

What was tolerable then, may have no usefulness now. Growth is a collision of an every changing now . Growth is both erosion and assimilation. With relative autonomy , ( a slow developing set of behaviors in itself ) one may , as an agent of change , accelerate or stall the natural erosion and assimilation of:
people and things important ones life

• values and meaning
• experience
• environment

As one reacts to pressures and novelties in contact with him and his internal health.

This is my summary of Arnold Beisser’s of Paradoxical Theory of Change.

Arnold Beisser wrote this as a preface for a Book by Fritz Perls , who developed a conceptual mix of humanistic psychology , experiential practice (or rather existentialism) and a graphical context into his so called “ Gestalt therapy ”. Fritz Perls did…

It seems meditation is being used more and more in established psychotherapy today.

I’m not sure i always agree with the medical packaging at times… I hear people talk about “deep breathing exercises” that psychiatrist encourage anxiety patients to do on a schedule. the very name “deep” breathing sounds misleading. However I myself started with a single breathing exercise. A mental health nurse taught me while waiting in a doctors office.

“chris, just inhale… count 1-2 -3 -4 exhale 1-2-3-4-5. just repeat for a while with no consideration on when to stop.” this advice from the nurse quited my rambling scrambling unfocused mind: symptoms of my newly diagnosed bipolar disorder, and later-to be diagnosed anxiety disorder. for a brief while my symptoms went away with the exercise..
Today meditation is cornerstone of my therapy, and plays heavily into my own philosophy of living. thus a simple breathing exercise

Philadelphia Eagles played with a style of football that the “old school” football fan loves.
they line up, they dont mind “telling” what they are doing. – ” gwa’an  ahead stop us. ”
on and off the field the same swagger. Dictate the Game.
the coaches implement simplified play structures(relatively) the focus on exploiting the talent and synergy of the athletes. You would expect that Doug Petersons staff spends more time scrutinizing his Own athletes on film, then next weeks Opponent.

the Offense

last year the Eagles adapted the “zone blocking” scheme, as a scrutinizing fan, i believed they abandoned it because of the costly “holding penalties” on the line.  But, they kept the base “spread formation” (a style demands an excellent Center,) and keeps the play in front of the entire offense, lineman, QB, Backs and receivers.
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the Defense

As with some remarkable NFL Defenses in…

“Thought Errors” definition: irrational and self defeating thoughts that lead one to feel bad or that  lead to intrusions in ones life.
“Thought Errors”,aka “Thinking Errors“, “cognitive distortions”… from a Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (or C.B.T) point of view, are not meant to be a judgment of ones intelligence. Rather they are intrusive behavior-like forms of thought to be aware of ,and from the the C.B.T. View point, to be worked through rationally.

For people who manage disorders, Such as Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders: “thought errors” can build and snowball into more harmful or intrusive thoughts, feelings or behaviors, so learning to catch them (and eventually correct them) is a useful tool in staying well.

Personally I prefer the Gestalt therapy way of managing my mental wellness, (holistic awareness of mind/body/behavior and processes ), However every Mental Wellness manager…