The
shadow of the inner child that kills us
Keywords: personality, psyche,
psychotherapy, wounded child, inner child
The inner battlefield:
dominant and repressed personality programs
By Luc Sala
2007-08-26
http://www.lucsala.nl/hoenu/hoenu.htm
Synopsis:
Numerical analysis and validation of the
psychological model of mask, wounded child (shadow) and inner child by
radionics/dowsing methods. Numerical data on the different
mind-states/programmes/subpersonalities indicating that e.g. different
programmes (subpersonalities) have a different IQ. Indication of the potential
of various therapies to recognize the wounded child and free/release the inner
child. This model is explained, illustrated by case history data, analysis of
historical figures, comparisocnb of data concerning spiritual
teachers/gurus, and compared with
philosophical, therapeutical, religious and magic worldviews. The combination
of numerical data for otherwise intangible qualities like spiritual resonance
and the development path of the psyche yield valuable insight in how the psyche
and psychotherapy works and could work.
Most illnesses and problems in our life stem from the repressed inner
child that wants to be heard.
The Ancient Greek
aphorism "Know thyself" (Greek: γνώθι
σεαυτόν or gnothi seauton) was inscribed in golden letters at the lintel of
the entrance to the
And can we
know ourselves by ourselves, or do we need the help of others. The
In modern
times we have seen psychotherapy, psychology and a host of related disciplines
evolve into tools for self-knowledge. Psychological tests, personality type
matrices like the Enneagram, Myers-Briggs indices, self-help programs,
psychedelics, inner child and wounded child programs, one can spend a lifetime
discovering oneself.
The
sobering truth is, however, that very few people reach the level of
self-knowledge and awareness that results in overcoming the basic programming
we so easily refer to as the ego or believe to be the personality, the mask we
present to the world (and believe to be ourselves). Many professional
psychologists now acknowledge, that even the most advanced and extensive
psychological tests give little insight in the way a person acts and will act
in real-life situations. Even as psychological testing is still very popular in
the corporate world, the results are indicative at best, the top performers
emerge in the reality of human interaction, the problem-makers are rarely
weeded out by such tests. The “human touch” in selecting personnel and HRM
functions is essential.
Something
is missing in our perception of the human condition, in how we perceive our
psyche. Psychology, with Wundt, Pavlov, James, Freud, Jung, Adler, Perls,
Maslow, Rogers, Piaget, Skinner, Grof and so many others has discovered a lot,
but has modern science really uncovered more than what the Zen-masters, the
Vedic Rishi’s or Plato understood? Were philosophers like Hegel, Husserl,
Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty on a really new track with their
exploration of phenomena (what
presents itself to us in conscious experience), is there really a schism
between the idealists and the realists if we would truly understand the Veda’s
and Upanishads. Weren’t Kant and Hume not both trying to understand what is
beyond empiricism and rationalism, trying to define or isolate the deep reality
from the perception we know is subjective at best and both touching on that
vast realm of magic and transcendental knowing we cannot perceive with our
senses or rationalize with our mind, but sense exists. For me the history of
philosophy and science is an exciting story, but also a cycle of discovery and
rediscovery, the Uruburos
chewing its tail, finding the truth and the love underlying all realities anew
all the time. Therefore, what follows is not new, it’s just my truth, my path,
my perspective on something which is beyond our ‘normal’ awareness.
In this
essay I will try to give my personal view on how the mind-body-soul-spirit
complex that we all are, functions. This is a partial and personal view, based
on life’s lessons and inspiration from many sides, but as a working hypothesis
it kind of worked for me and many people around me. It doesn’t delve into the
depths of the philosophical and theological discussion, but is a practical
approach to human development, to developing the potential we all have, to
uncovering what is usually hidden.
One of the
aspects I will not touch is karma, either personal karma or what in very broad
terms could be called family or clan related karma. Beyond the notion that
there is immediate action-reaction for whatever we do karma is often perceived
as energy we bring into this life from previous lifetimes. Family karma is
different, there are energies associated with families and groups, clans, villages
and even corporations or institutions that we carry with us, sometimes
protective and beneficial but in many cases this energy is “tilted” or
negative. In some cultures this is described as curse, it does have
considerable influence on our well being, health and development, but is quite different
from the model developed here.
Red Rhythmic Serpent
Ride
'em cowgirl/guy! You get to get on board that great unruly beast
that is your subconscious underworld dwelling primal instinctual
passions, and hold on tight, until you have um, 'tamed' or at least
begun some kind of civil negotiations with your primal self. Serpent
shows us our passions, in all their naked, dancing glory, unfiltered
by moral gauze or television ratings. Get to know this deeper self and
build at least a hand signal communication game so the two of you
don't embarrass each other. Flare up you will, so begin the process of
balancing and organizing this passionate side of you. Good luck and
NEVER EVER allow yourself to make yourself feel guilty for giggling or
expressing your true nature, especially if it involves dancing,
parasols, and eating grapes handed to you by someone else.
In Lak'ech!
monoKozmikoAzul
This essay
starts with a kind of thesis, which is that we have a number of programs
(personalities or subpersonalities) each with its own mode of operation,
intelligence, bodily functions, quite separated from each other. Nearly all
people have developed a mask personality or program, that kind of hides the
original design in us. The mask or adapted personality is our conscious self,
perceived as I and myself, but in fact it is a mode of being, a mode of
operation and stimulus-response automatisms that dominates our thinking and
behaviour, but is not the real “Self”. It works, has adapted to what parents,
school and the world expect from us, is effective and usually quite “normal”,
but it is fake, constructed, and we are unconscious of its operation. The real
self is also not the Shadow or the wounded child mode of being, as that
“repressed program” is what became of the “Higher Self”or inner child after a
lifetime of domination by the mask personality. Our shadow is full of dark
adaptations, patterns and complexes, but when in that repressed program
(accidentally, under stress or via therapy, illness, drugs or otherwise
exceptional circumstances) we can at least consciously touch on those complexes
and trauma’s. In the shadow mode we have at least a chance of working through those
complexes and trauma’s, accept them and potentially integrate them, clearing
our selves, uncovering the inner, hidden child. The state we then, sometimes
with much effort, sometimes instantaneously and effortless, arrive at has been
described as mystical union, lucid awareness, enlightenment, Satori, Samadhi,
so many words for what cannot be described by words.
Postulates:
I will
state the most important lessons first as a number of postulates.
·
Most
people have two (sometimes more) “programs” (sub-personalities)
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The
dominant program (the mask P1) is what we normally think we are
·
The
dominant, everyday program is usually well adapted, social, well behaved and of
good will.
·
The
repressed program (the design, inner child, shadow P2) is what we originally
were, but got distorted because it is repressed and not given space
·
The
word inner child refers to the original and its talents and innocent sense of
wonder, the shadow is the inner child as it developed in the dark, so to speak,
dominated and pushed away by the other program, that adheres to the norm.
·
The
dominant program usually develops in early childhood as a result of real or
perceived trauma’s and experiences, sometimes peri- or prenatal. This not only
happens in dysfunctional families or due to physical trauma’s, accidents,
illnesses, but is a normal development in everybody’s life. It overshadows the
inner child, original program.
·
Each
program is based on a specific and consistent breath-regime/mode
·
Each
program has a distinct intelligence, social interaction pattern, creative
talents, libido, sexual orientation and other specific characteristics.
·
The
sometimes great differences in intelligence, talents, sexual orientation,
willpower, etc. between the two (or more) programs give rise to inner conflicts,
insecurities and depressions.
·
Our
trauma’s, experiences and memories are stored in our mind (brain), in our body
and in our emotional responses. They are accessed unconsciously from P1,
unconsciously an sometimes more consciously from P2
·
Under
pressure, stress, illness, pain we will switch programs, but also when very
happy, in love, travelling, under the influence of substances, sounds, other
people.
·
The
repressed program is usually active less than 10% of the time
·
The
repressed program wants to claim its place under the sun, and makes that clear
via signals like depressions, illnesses, malfunctioning organs. If ignored,
those signals will become stronger and eventually kill us.
·
Illnesses,
especially the ones related to deeper unbalances, are primarily caused by the repressed
program, but the effects carry over in the dominant mode
·
The
dominant program (the mask) will have less effect on our exterior and the
impression we make on others, as it is usually quite “normal” and adapted.
·
The
repressed program shapes, especially as we grow older, our face and body
language, the deficiencies and illnesses become a strong non-verbal message.
·
Other
people perceive us, at least initially, as the repressed program (personality)
·
The
split between what we think we are (the dominant) and how we are perceived by
others (the repressed) is what I call the Human Condition, and the cause of
much suffering.
·
We
all have some idea about what our repressed program entails, as we know how we
act when mad, stressed etc., but usually we don’t acknowledge that as a
separate program and refer to it as “our bad mood”, not realising that it is
that bad mood that shapes our persona,
the impression we make on others.
·
It
follows that other people are better capable of recognising and pinpointing the
characteristics of the repressed personality.
·
Becoming
aware and accepting the repressed program, discovering and “owning” its
problematic aspects, its programmed reactions or “buttons” but also the hidden
talents and gifts is a first step to liberation.
·
Once
the repressed program is liberated or freed, it stops the negative signals and
becomes a peer-level partner of the then less dominant program.
·
Healing
the inner child or liberating the shadow program, allowing the original design
to emerge is therefore essential in most situations.
·
This
healing, cleaning or clearing is a multidimensional operation. It involves
giving more time to the inner child, developing its spiritual resonance and the
clearing away of the complexes that gave rise to the formation of the mask or
dominant personality in the first place.
·
A
happy inner child, given space to express itself, is the best guarantee for a
long an healthy life, and the possibility of self-realization. Spiritual and
creative leaders usually have a fairly liberated inner child.
·
The
characteristics of these processes, programs and states of being can be
represented by numerical scales. Even esoteric notions as enlightenment, level
of awareness, happiness and in fact all dimensions of our human “being” can be
represented by numerical values. Those values are subjective, but repeatable
and give a deeper insight in how our psyche-body-mind works.
Now the
above postulates are quite strong and somewhat revolutionary, especially the
ones where I attribute separately an IQ, social capabilities etc. to the
different programs/subpersonalities/modes. In case of extreme multiple
personality syndrome this is generally accepted, but that this goes for nearly
everybody is quite a statement. Also that IQ, personality traits etc are
directly resulting and caused by the breath pattern differs from “western”
understanding, but of course those well versed in yoga and understanding what
Chi does will see the resonance with “eastern” wisdom. Incidentally, this means
that changing one’s personality can be achieved by a strict breath regime, as
achieved in monastic situations, by chanting, mantra’s, but also happens when
certain muscles are afflicted by an accident or by wearing a tight corset.
Two or more personalities
The word
“personalities” or even subpersonalities
is a bit strong and makes one think of the multipersonality disorder,
but will be used here to indicate those programs, modes or subpersonalities we
often see described as the conscious personality, versus the shadow, wounded or
inner personality.
When I
develop or extend the idea of multiple subpersonalities or programs, usually
two, indicated as the mask (the normative, dominant adapted personality) (P1)
and the shadow (inner child, repressed mode) P2. The P2 mode can be very dark,
when there is a lot of trauma, complexes and reflexes, we then speak of the
shadow or wounded child, when it is cleared and less frustrated it becomes the
inner child. I see these programs as rather independent modes of being. Each
mode has its own breath pattern, intelligence, social qualities, sexual
orientation, sexual preferences, talent pool etc., sometimes quite different.
Each mode draws upon and accesses the “bag”of experiences, trauma’s and
reflexes built up in our lifetime and stored in the body and the mind, only in
de P1 mode most of these are unconscious, automatic and cannot be accessed.
Especially the reflexes happen very fast, unnoticed, and are hard to catch or
pinpoint. Only in the P2 mode can we consciously address this bag of
experiences.
The P1 and
the P2 are usually (nearly always) the conscious and the subconscious modes,
although we do switch between them and later in life the shadow sometimes gets
more liberated and the original, the inner child that we once were, is showing
more. The P1/P2 relation is crucial in the development towards the Brahman, the
higher Self or the inner divinity, but it takes a lot of work, sometimes
illnesses and suffering to liberate the inner child, develop it along the
spiritual awareness axis and discover that it has the deep connection to that
higher self and the divine oneness that underlies it all.
Our
trauma’s, stress, frustrations and “buttons’ are stored both in the body and in
the mind (memory) and can and will be triggered and/or accessed from the mask
(P1) unconsciously and from the P2 consciously. Healing the mind (and body)
therefore is more easy from and in the P2 mode. We usually are in P2 in stress,
illness, when outside our normal situation, when in love, in sex and with
certain substances, in certain body positions, meditation etc.
The shadow (P2)
The shadow
is a psychological term, used by Jung and others, to indicate a space or
operational mode with its own response patterns, judgements and reflexes in our
psyche we do not experience or “own” in our normal ego/personality mode. It is
mostly unconscious, only under stress, in adverse conditions, as a result of
certain drugs, addictions, in love and when under attack we notice this shadow.
And if we don’t, others around us usually do and call this “bad mood”, or not
being yourself etc. There is also a more positive aspect to the shadow, as
there is a golden potential hidden, that does show itself at times as a feeling
of happiness or even mystical union. The shadow in that sense can be seen as
the inner child, which is wounded because of experiences, trauma’s and defence
mechanism but still contains the roots of original inner child, sometimes
called the higher self. The shadow is more authentic than the mask, but is still
fairly self-centered and is usually
perceived as the “bad” guy inside, the one that makes us do nasty
things. It is however essential that we recognize, accept and honour even those
“bad” traits inside of us, only then can we become aware of how they, often
sneakily, influence our lives and learn to deal with them. Denial of the shadow
doesn’t work, we have to become conscious of what is there and what it does,
and paradoxically they then dissolve and disappear, and the true inner child
emerges. This can be seen as a cleaning or clearing of the shadow, as giving
space (time/attention) to the inner child, or ultimately as enlightenment,
satori etc.
The mask
(P1)
As we grow
up, we develop a personality mode (program) to cope with the outside world, its
demands, logic, irrationalities, adverse conditions etc. This becomes our mask,
the personality we experience as ourselves, as the I, the ego, the operational
mode we identify with and show to the world. It is the outermost layer of our
psyche. It develops from very early
childhood, basic personality traits can be detected before the child is one
years old and by age 3 or 4 it has kind of formed itself. This mask personality
is not unchangeable, in fact it develops and grows and can be changed later in
life. Many therapies like NLP and behavioural approaches are effective in
changing some aspects of the mask, in better adapting to what the external
world expects or requires. However, these adaptations are superficial, they
change the mask, thereby the self perception and can be effective in coping
better with day-to-day situations, they do NOT really change the person inside,
the inner child and the higher self. In fact, by dealing with some symptoms
that might be indications of deeper and more fundamental problems is the whole
of the psyche, they sometimes keep the person away from becoming aware of those
deeper problems.
The mask or
ego is what we think we are, but it is a mask, a fake personality to deal with
the world and the problems and opportunity it presents. It keeps us away from
our real and deeper self (lower/shadow and higher/inner child) as it provides
us with meaning and direction, including ideals, intention, ambition and will.
It has its own self-image, its own body mode (breath, posture, digestion), its
own mental mode (intelligence, memory, will), blaming strategy, its own libido, emotional and intuitive mode
(reflexes). These are different and fairly independent from the characteristics
of the other personality modes (programs), in most people the shadow/inner
child, but sometimes more mask-like personalities have developed.
The mask
characteristics are, in my opinion, not a given (nature), but a result of
nurture (education, conditions of growing up) with at most a limited genetic
(DNA) influence. This also means that I believe the characteristics of this
mask personality are not fixed, but can be changed or developed.
In most
people, this mask or (faslse) ego is a good feedback mechanism that helps us
cope with the world. It works fairly well, it keeps them relatively well
adapted, somewhat happy, in general (superficial) healthy and most important,
it effectively keeps us away from experiencing the deeper personality mode(s),
the real self or inner self. And rightfully so, without the mask we, as a
child, would probably not have survived or would have been damaged even more.
The mask strives for outward perfection, structure, evasion of negative
emotions, even the search for (some kind of subjective) truth, but is also a
very good shield, indeed a mask, used to show an identity that is not our true
self. Anxiety, fear and anger are major drives and typologies like the
enneagram show how these are the basis of different (mask) personalities.
The true
self, the perfect child in us that protected itself by building this mask, but
got wounded and damaged in the process, is still there. It is however hidden
behind or in this shadow, the negative patterns and reflexes that developed in
conjunction with the mask. Abuse, pressure, bad conditions, lack of love, lack
of touch, all human beings did pick some from the tree of abundant trauma. One
could state that they did so coming from the perfect understanding and by free
will, their souls made the choice for this life and these parents, they created
the ingredients for the mask. In this respect, one could see the development of
the mask and the lifelong struggle to come back to the higher self as the human
condition, the storyline of one’s destiny. And if we see, that even in the same
family and with the same bouquet of potential trauma and abuse different kids
pick different masks, this leads to the assumption that the soul, the ultimate
driver of our body-mind-spirit, is in charge of all this.
Our higher
self, the original inner child, is the connection with the divine spark in us,
is in essence a part of the divine. It connects, unites, does not separate,
does not discriminate. It has those divine virtues, love, humbleness, patience,
compassion, courage, wisdom, is creative and essential. It goes with the flow,
intention becomes effortless, we feel one with all.
Fundamental questions
In a very
general way, looking at a model distinguishing between inner child/higher
self/design on the one hand and personality/ego on the other hand, I have a
feeling that this also has to do with the very fundamental separation between
determinism versus free will or causality-logic versus Kant’s “Vernunft” of
Plato’s ideals. This distinction comes up in so may forms, science versus
religion, mechanical causality versus agent causality, logic versus intuition,
ratio versus synchronicity, the meat computer versus divine grace etc. I think
the major factor here is time. Causality has to do with time, the chain of
events, the predictability, the
Now, could
it be, that the self in us, the design we are born with (or manifest in our
mothers womb) is the part connected to that other dimension, that out-of-time
reality, that divine connection and the mask or personality we develop in early
childhood (and I believe that starts very early and most patterns are present although
not fully crystallised before we are 1 year old) is the time-bound mode, the
logical, deterministic pattern. This distinction between the two modes, worlds,
patterns or whatever we call them, if related to the inner child/personality
model, could explain many so-called anomalies, but also the “human condition”.
Personal
As this is
an essay, dealing with general ideas in a personal context, it is maybe
appropriate to explain how I came to the above postulates and the theoretical
model underlying it. Trained as a physicist and business administration, I had
a career first in corporate world, then as an independent journalist and
publisher and for the last 20 years as a businessman with diverse interest,
mostly in media and computers. After some mystical experiences I got interested
in the “alternative” around 1989, was involved in the magazine Mondo2000 and
the crowd surrounding that maverick publication like Leary, J.P. Barlow, R.U.
Sirius, McKenna and Naranjo and got a quick exposure to the “new age”world.
Since then I had like a double career, apart from ICT and publishing I started
a company Egosoft dealing in
consciousness technology like brainmachines, biofeedback, hypnotic induction
and mindware. From 1995 tot 2001 I owned and operated an alternative television
station in
The method
The basis
of my work is dowsing or divination, using a pendulum and a numerical chart,
but also this model of the psyche with a first (P1) and second (P2) personality.
Sometimes there are more, but for practical reasons the two are usually enough.
I use the traditional methods and lists used in homeopathic, kinestetic and
radionic practice, checking out the bodily functions, organs, chakra’s,
psychological, karmic disturbances, etc. but I do this for the two programs P1
and P2. I found out, that usually (but not always) illnesses are more prominent
in P2, but that certain things, like the amount of gallstones, are the same in
P1 and P2. That makes sense, these are hard facts, but other factors are
distinctly different. I also started to look into factors and talents that are
less common, like spiritual resonance, libido, clairvoyance, healing talent,
social talent, sexual orientation, sexual inhibition, SM tendencies and
could kind of determine, how these
factors developed over time and under the influence of certain factors, like
food, company of certain people, different kinds of therapy, also in a
predictive way. With of course many mistakes and errors, dowsing always has
some projection errors, luckily without major mishaps for other people (I
myself had some major relapses of the sarcoidosis) I developed my model and
build a kind of methodology to use it as a diagnostic tool, indicating
appropriate therapies and strategies to many people with sometimes amazing
results.
The ranges
of numbers that I gradually developed for many, many characteristics of a
sometimes esoteric nature, have been consistent over time and the same numbers
are found over and over again, which is handy as I tend to forget the outcome
of my work, I want to see people as people and not as cases. In some cases,
like the spiritual resonance, I have found them to have a relationship to the
spinal cord or chakra sequence. It starts at the root chakra and kind of
reflects the development of a human being from our animal ancestors. A
spiritual resonance of 4 or 8 is related to the nr 1 chakra, 16 to chakra nr
2 and usually indicating a sexual
hangup, which is very common,
Another
factor is that the release or liberation of the second program, the P2 or inner
child, is very beneficial for both body and soul development. I have checked
the number for many, many people in this respect and found that liberation of
P2 is a good indication of the “human” qualities, of being a “Mensch”. P2 can
be liberated in resonance or frequency, thus having a higher number, or it can
be given more space (time in that mode) at a lower resonance, with similar
effects. I noted, that many so called teachers and guru’s did liberate their
inner child, but didn’t really moved it beyond the 16 level and therefore are
maybe great teachers, but have this usually hidden sexual inclination that kind
of spoils the image.
Case histories
Now this
whole theory didn’t arrive out of nothing. In fact I became more aware of the
whole P1 and P2 dichotomy when I found out, that my Homeopathic/Radionics
practitioner consistently would get higher number for my health, organ
functions etc. when using the Vega test method than I found myself using a pendulum.
The ratings were very much in the same direction, but mine were consistently
much lower. The explanation was that she came up with P2 figures and I could
only dowse P1 figures. Another eye-opener was a very obvious multiple
personality case, that made me aware of the distinction and the specifics of
each personality in that person.
Anyway, my
work in talking with many, many people, dowsing their numbers/ratings and
talking with them, getting feedback, correcting my errors, in fact developing a
body of understanding, resulted in the above postulates about
subpersonalities/programs. This “theory” has thus a numerical basis, the
readings/numbers are repeatable, are usually in agreement with the results from
practitioners using similar methods, but I have extended the scope of the
analysis more towards the intangibles.
To give
some idea I will give here some data in matrix form of a number of (anonymous)
people, I have helped and diagnosed. They are not very standard people, so the
data are in most case already extreme, as I do tend to get people who are kind
of advanced in some respect and especially have reached a fairly high level of
Spiritual Resonance. The various columns kind of speak for themselves, they
give a broad image of these people.. There are many more columns, especially
about the physical data, the functioning of
organs, the whole health picture, but they are less relevant here as
this essay is primarily about the psychological dimensions.
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Time |
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health |
Spiritual |
Intelligence
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Social |
Creative |
ESP |
Healing |
Lucidity |
Libido |
Sexual |
Sex
orient. |
SadoMas |
Father/Mother
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unbalanced
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in program |
0=ok |
resonance |
Quotient |
Flexibility |
talent |
talent |
talent |
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inhibition |
het/homo |
tendency |
imprint |
Integrity |
chakras |
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person |
P1 |
P2 |
P3 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
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average |
90 |
10 |
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5 |
12 |
22 |
10 |
100 |
92 |
75 |
100 |
20 |
40 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
85 |
35 |
60 |
87 |
72 |
10 |
20 |
60M |
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35 |
14 |
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H |
78 |
22 |
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0 |
0 |
150 |
16 |
129 |
108 |
110 |
60 |
30 |
110 |
60 |
160 |
105 |
160 |
10 |
20 |
30 |
100 |
20 |
90 |
90 |
50 |
30M |
90M |
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60M92 |
92 |
40 |
2,5 &
7 |
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J |
92 |
8 |
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10 |
35 |
110 |
12 |
140 |
120 |
150 |
120 |
130 |
95 |
40 |
10 |
40 |
120 |
50 |
120 |
20 |
80 |
20 |
60 |
90 |
60 |
20M |
5 |
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95M |
90 |
50 |
3 & 6 |
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S |
65 |
35 |
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0 |
8 |
150 |
210 |
128 |
134 |
120 |
165 |
50 |
120 |
10 |
60 |
80 |
240 |
5 |
5 |
100 |
100 |
20 |
80 |
70 |
45 |
40S |
90S |
|
70M |
92 |
30 |
2 & 6 |
|
J |
70 |
30 |
|
6 |
20 |
105 |
70 |
121 |
139 |
120 |
240 |
12 |
40 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
205 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
100 |
0 |
40 |
90 |
60 |
40M |
90M |
|
80M |
90 |
10 |
3 & 6 |
|
R |
85 |
15 |
|
0 |
1 |
120 |
16 |
123 |
120 |
120 |
220 |
20 |
40 |
90 |
260 |
120 |
300 |
5 |
8 |
20 |
95 |
3 |
80 |
90 |
55 |
40M |
90M |
85M |
|
70 |
20 |
2 & 7 |
|
M |
65 |
35 |
|
0 |
5 |
150 |
90 |
126 |
125 |
130 |
310 |
20 |
110 |
120 |
420 |
90 |
300 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
95 |
20 |
90 |
95 |
70 |
35M |
70M |
70M |
|
94 |
52 |
2, 3 &
6 |
|
D |
90 |
10 |
|
2 |
11 |
95 |
16 |
128 |
101 |
30 |
120 |
65 |
150 |
50 |
30 |
10 |
15 |
60 |
140 |
10 |
90 |
60 |
80 |
90 |
80 |
6 |
10 |
90M |
|
40 |
93 |
2 & 6 |
More detailed analysis
Of course
there are much more detailed data about each person, like an extensive check on
health and other issues, as exemplified by:
|
General
analysis |
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There are P1 and P2 ratings for each person |
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Person A
P1 |
Person A
P2 |
|
P1/P2/P3
time % |
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93 |
7 |
|
negative
ranking, 0=healthy |
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|
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|
Health
General |
|
|
2 |
40 |
|
health
chakra 1 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
health
chakra 2 |
|
|
3 |
* 40 |
|
health
chakra 3 |
|
|
20 |
70 |
|
health
chakra 4 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
health chakra
5 |
|
|
10 |
* 35 |
|
health
chakra 6 |
|
|
2 |
8 |
|
health
chakra 7 |
|
|
4 |
10 |
|
heart |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
lungs |
|
|
0 |
3 |
|
liver |
|
|
10 |
20 |
|
kidneys |
|
|
30 |
45 |
|
gall |
|
|
5 |
10 |
|
gallstones |
|
|
25 |
25 |
|
pancreas |
|
|
3 |
7 |
|
stomach |
|
|
3 |
8 |
|
colon |
|
|
20 |
50 |
|
teeth |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
endocrine
glands |
|
|
10 |
35 |
|
sex organs |
|
|
8 |
* 30 |
|
psyche |
|
|
5 |
20 |
|
Libido
100=optim |
|
|
40 |
55 |
|
sex
orientat Het/Ho) |
|
|
100 |
70 |
|
sex
inhibition |
|
|
10 |
60 |
|
acidity |
|
|
30 |
40 |
|
allergy/food
incompatib |
|
90 |
* 0 fats |
|
|
positive
ranking 0=nil |
|
|
|
|
|
spiritual
resonance |
|
|
40 |
8 |
|
social
flexibility |
|
|
50 |
110 |
|
intelligence
IQ |
|
|
130 |
120 |
|
lucidity |
|
|
5 |
15 |
|
integrity/morality |
|
|
40 |
90 |
|
creative
talent |
|
|
30 |
70 |
|
esp talent |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
musical
talent |
|
|
70 |
120 |
|
healing
talent |
|
|
5 |
20 |
|
caring
talent |
|
|
50 |
110 |
|
practical
talent |
|
|
60 |
100 |
|
green
talent |
|
|
5 |
30 |
|
teaching
talent |
|
|
110 |
250 |
|
science
talent |
|
|
30 |
60 |
Data like
these are the basis of more discussion and fact finding with the person
involved and usually lead to strategies or therapies (sometimes straightforward
referral to the medical system of course) in order to become more aware of the
P2 presence, uncovering the shadow, then accepting the dimensions and
characteristics of the shadow, seeing the talent side of the shadow and
liberating the hidden inner child, and finally integration of the two or at
least an easy co-existence of the two sub-programs. The inner child shows
itself, usually has many talents and a new person, the true self, the design,
the core being, by whatever name, the rose inside is just that. There are many
approaches to do this, from classic psychotherapy to complex methods involving
regression, visualisation etc. In individual cases I try to find the best
approaches, the most suitable therapy, sometimes very basic and allopathic
(modern medicine), often involving a change of diet or physical regime,
sometimes alternative and less orthodox methods. The bookstores of the New Age
are full with concepts, and some work for this, others for that person, some
are easily available, others are hard to find and of course there is some
compromise as to budget, time, etc.
Can we change?
Schopenhauer
asserted that a person’s character is unalterable, but his views have been
surpassed by the work of those many psychologist that believe that one can and
does change. And if a person stays the same all his life, why have churches,
meditation practices, traditions anyway. So I believe a person changes and I
can actually indicate a persons development through his lifetime. It usually is
a slow process, again rising the awareness (or unblocking the flow) through the
chakra’s. Most people never get above a number of 25 or 30, so just above the
sex chakra. But with meditation, body work, (za)zen, martial arts, tantra and
many other disciplines and often without any of those (just the grace of God as
one says) some people reach a higher level. How high, and how close to
enlightenment is a matter of interpretation and definition, I tend to see a
continuing growth in awareness as one reaches more clarity and deeper levels of
the inner child. Ultimately one reaches the emptiness and divine union, but
what most people claim to be enlightenment is just an intermediate step.
The higher (subtle) bodies
In
most of this essay I use the physical “health” but also the “spiritual
resonance”as an indication of a person’s development. This is of course a
simplification, there is a whole range of bodies of a higher and more subtle
(less material) nature, like the astral, etheric, mental etc. Some, like A.
Bailey and the Theosophists have meticulously outlines these structures and
came up with 7 layers and subdivision, and there is a general idea about how to
name them and what they mean, but different tradition use different concepts
and structures. In most Eastern traditions, there is but a single subtle body.
In Hinduism, Kosas or Koshas are five cases or
sheaths which cover the Atman, being the Annamaya kosha, the food-body,
Pranamaya kosha, the breath (prana), Manomaya kosha, or “mind-sheath” (Manas),
Vijnanamaya kosha, that which discriminates, determines or wills (Vijnana)
and Anandamaya kosha, or bliss (Ananda). However, the “Western” notion
is that there are 7 subtle bodies.
I
have used the notion of “spiritual;
resonance” in the remainder of this essay
to get some kind of quick
yardstick, but to illustrate that a more complete numerical analysis based on a
multibody concept is possible, I will also give an example, using C.G. Jung,
with data for the Physical body level of development, Etheric/aura/vital body ,
Astral or emotional Body, Mental Body and Spiritual Body (in which I kind of
include atmic, buddhic and monadic). I have taken these readings from a period
about 5 years before their death, as in the last period of one’s life these
ratings usually go up, but are then no longer relevant in relation to the
public image we have of a person. Note that the P1/P2 difference indicates how
much of the “wounded child” or shadow has been worked through.
|
The subtle body ratings |
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C.G. Jung
P1 |
C.G. Jung
P2 |
Osho P1 |
Osho P2 |
average
P1 |
avg
person P2 |
|
Physical |
75 |
75 |
50 |
50 |
70 |
70 |
|
Etheric/aura |
160 |
210 |
190 |
300 |
20 |
40 |
|
Emotional/astral |
80 |
250 |
90 |
90 |
20 |
30 |
|
Mental |
140 |
200 |
110 |
150 |
50 |
65 |
|
Spiritual |
120 |
140 |
280 |
16 |
22 |
10 |
C.G. Jung
To
illustrate the development of the mask (P1) and the shadow (P2) I give some
figures about C.G. Jung. According to my dowsing and thus not based on any
bibliographical study, the following numbers indicate his development, where
the P2 percentage indicates what part of the time he was in his
“child/shadow”mode. The P2 clearing indicates how much of the shadow has been
lifted from the pure inner child or higher self, while mastership is a quality
that very few achieve and seems related to the empatic and love qualities of a
person.
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Development
path spiritual resonance |
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age 0 |
age 2 |
age 3 |
age 5 |
age 7 |
age 12 |
age 18 |
age 25 |
age 35 |
age 50 |
55 |
age 65 |
just
before |
|
C.G. Jung
P1 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
18 |
19 |
23 |
50 |
70 |
120 |
140 |
|
C.G. Jung
P2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
16 |
16 |
18 |
19 |
21 |
43 |
64 |
120 |
|
C.G. Jung
P2 % |
100 |
40 |
20 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
18 |
32 |
35 |
|
C.G. Jung clearing P2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
23 |
|
C.G. Jung
mastership |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
30 |
50 |
Results
The results
of my approach, working with friends and clients to unravel the matrix of their
mind-body complex and suggesting and sometimes execute therapies that have a
good chance of succeeding as indicated by the dowsing results, are sometimes
very good, but there are cases were I am incapable of finding an appropriate
therapy. Luckily I am not the only ‘sensitive’ around and I can refer these
people to them. And of course there are my personal limits, boundaries,
complexes and projections that hinder me, my ego needs deflating a lot!!
I will give
you an example of how a client kind of evolves, and how the numbers change, if
their inner child becomes free and unfettered. One could say, what are the
results of the diagnostic process, the feedback and confrontation and the
outcome of therapies suggested in an individual case, and of course I take an
example that I deemed rather successful. The person involved went through some
major transformation and we can see, that the shadow, before the therapy
sessions, clearly had some physical and some physical problems. The ex post
situation, when most of the barriers were lifted, shows more of the inner
child, revealing that the negative shadow aspects have been lost. Of course
they might come back at times, given the situation, but the progress was
remarkable.
|
General analysis, talents and therapie
results |
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There are P1 and P2 ratings for each person |
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P2 ante = before therapy, post = after therapie |
|
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|
name: |
date: |
|
|
|
|
P1/P2/P3
time % |
|
93 |
7 |
22 |
|
negative ranking, 0=healthy |
|
|
|
|
|
Health
General |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
health
chakra 1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
health
chakra 2 |
|
20 |
50 |
10 |
|
health
chakra 3 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
health
chakra 4 |
|
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
health
chakra 5 |
|
10 |
40 |
10 |
|
health chakra
6 |
|
20 |
60 |
10 |
|
health
chakra 7 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
heart |
|
0 |
10 |
0 |
|
blood
pressure |
|
norm |
norm |
norm |
|
lungs |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
liver |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
kidneys |
|
0 |
10 |
2 |
|
gall/bile |
|
20 |
40 |
10 |
|
gallstones |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
pancreas |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
sugar
level |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
stomach |
|
5 |
20 |
5 |
|
colon |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
skin |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
teeth |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
endocrine
glands |
|
5 |
15 |
5 |
|
sex
organs |
|
20 |
30 |
5 |
|
hormonal |
|
2 |
6 |
0 |
|
auto-immune
defic. |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
memory |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
psyche |
|
10 |
40 |
10 |
|
depression/borderline |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
libido
(100=ok) |
|
10 |
60 |
90 |
|
sex
orientat Heter/Hom |
90 |
70 |
60 |
|
|
sex
inhibition |
|
5 |
60 |
0 |
|
self
image damage |
|
40 |
70 |
10 |
|
acidity |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
reuma/artritis |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
allergy/food
incompatib |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
virus |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
bacteria |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
parasite |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Talents: positive ranking 0=nil |
|
|
|
|
|
spiritual
resonance |
|
50 |
16 |
330 |
|
social
flexibility |
|
40 |
90 |
110 |
|
intelligence
IQ |
|
130 |
119 |
119 |
|
lucidity |
|
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
integrity/morality |
|
30 |
75 |
92 |
|
creative
talent |
|
50 |
70 |
90 |
|
esp
talent |
|
10 |
20 |
20 |
|
musical
talent |
|
50 |
70 |
70 |
|
healing
talent |
|
80 |
120 |
170 |
|
caring
talent |
|
20 |
30 |
30 |
|
practical
talent |
|
50 |
70 |
70 |
|
green
talent |
|
5 |
10 |
20 |
|
teaching
talent |
|
20 |
50 |
60 |
|
science
talent |
|
20 |
30 |
35 |
|
sensual
talent |
|
120 |
170 |
200 |
|
writing
talent |
|
90 |
110 |
140 |
|
Therapies: positive ranking 0=no
effect |
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Allopathic
medicine |
|
0 |
|
|
|
Homeopathy |
|
0 |
5 |
10 |
|
Acidity
therapy |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fasting/cleaning |
|
10 |
20 |
0 |
|
supplements/vitamins |
|
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Psychotherapy |
|
10 |
20 |
0 |
|
Family
Constellation |
|
50 |
80 |
65 |
|
Yoga |
|
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Zazen |
|
60 |
95 |
100 |
|
TaiChi |
|
20 |
40 |
50 |
|
Massage
passive |
|
50 |
85 |
95 |
|
Massage
active |
|
5 |
30 |
20 |
|
Shiatsu
passive |
|
5 |
10 |
10 |
|
Swimming |
|
30 |
50 |
60 |
|
Dancing |
|
20 |
40 |
50 |
|
Boating |
|
30 |
40 |
40 |
|
Body work |
|
20 |
40 |
40 |
|
Visualisation
upper |
|
40 |
50 |
10 |
|
Visualisation
lower |
|
40 |
20 |
10 |
|
Visualisation
body |
|
60 |
70 |
70 |
|
Breath
work |
|
30 |
40 |
40 |
|
Hypnosis |
|
50 |
55 |
10 |
|
Affirmation |
|
20 |
20 |
0 |
|
Voice
dialogue |
|
40 |
50 |
0 |
|
Expression
therapy |
|
60 |
90 |
100 |
|
Rituals |
|
10 |
15 |
55 |
|
Sweat
lodge |
|
40 |
60 |
10 |
|
Spirit
quest |
|
20 |
30 |
20 |
|
Angel
work |
|
20 |
20 |
5 |
|
Brain
machine |
|
5 |
5 |
0 |
|
Biofeedback |
|
20 |
30 |
30 |
|
Community
living |
|
60 |
100 |
100 |
|
sex
therapy |
|
20 |
50 |
10 |
|
Dark room
sex |
|
90 |
60 |
0 |
|
Orgy |
|
40 |
50 |
5 |
|
S/M play |
|
20 |
50 |
0 |
|
Psychedelic
session |
|
50 |
100 |
100 |
|
Psychedel.
Group Rit. |
10 |
20 |
0 |
|
The guru phenomenon and
the guru list: The Guru ranking
There are
many spiritual teachers, guru’s, holy men and women, but also a lot of
imposters and bhakti-guru’s (in for the money). I have met many and interviewed
many, see www.mindlift.tv or my www.youtube.com channel mindlift. Some were
impressive, most had some flaws in the realms of sex, drug or money, a very few
walked their talk in real life.
As I have
been studying the way our psyche works, and in the paragraphs above developed a
way to quantify the various dimensions and characterists of our mind and being.
By dowsing, I have made a list of the spiritual people I know and have met
personally, and usually interviewed for some length of time.
The matrix
that follows contains a lot of numbers and might come across as a fairly
complex way to compare people. However, as there is not easy way to describe a
person, we are complex, multifaceted beings, I think that only a multifaceted
approach makes sense and that even here I am limited the scope and therefore
maybe overseeing important aspects like ESP, siddhi qualities, magnetism,
healing capabilities etc. Some of those are indicated in the next matrix (of
historical figures)
The basis
of my approach is dwosing (pendulum). I am not starting from a clear definition
of the characterists (columns) but as the rating progresses, some kind of
understanding grows what for instance gurudom is, or consciousness, or
openness. The interpretation thus found or assumed, is certainly mine, as
dowsing is always a subjective act, but might serve others.
I use the
concept of multiple subpersonalities, indicated as P1 and P2 (sometimes there
are more subpersonalities) as above.
P1 stands
for our mask, ego, outer personality, the person we believe we are and act out
in normal life, but is actually a constructed defense personality that
developed over time since childhood, is not totally fixed but can grow as we become
more aware and can be adapted by techniques like NLP and most psychotherapeutic
approaches.
P2 stands
for our hidden, inner personality, sometimes called inner child. However, in
most of us, this inner child is a wounded child, traumatized and damaged by our
experiences, very often it ahs developed dark sides and can therefore be called
our shdow. However, the shadow or lower self is just a layer over the deeper,
inner self, the inner being that we started out with and usually has
exceptional, if hidden qualities that we discover on our path through life.
The P2 thus
is the wounded child, hidden in our psychic background, showing her/himself
only in times of stress, illness, despair, love, or in dreams and in trance.
That is the time that the problems of the wounded child come to the surface, as
negative thoughts but also as depressions and physical illnesses.
As as it
turns out most holy men/women have liberated this inner child more than average
people. They “are” in their inner child mode more than average and usually have
developed the inner child to a higher degree. Not all of them, you will see
some surprising low numbers for some guru’s in their P2.
The numbers
are obtained by dowsing and have no specific meaning, except that I found out
that each chakra has a specific number, like 4 and 8 for the root chakra, 16
for the sex chakra, 43 for the hara/power/3th chakra and 60 for the heart. I
noted that people have surpassed the
I give
numbers for the various bodies, like auric/etheric body, emotional/astral body,
mental/intelligence body, the spiritual body. What they mean is nothing more
than a numercal comparision, maybe I will find out a better way to relate them
to other characteristics, for the moment they are subjective numerical data.
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qualities dowsed by L. Sala |
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Consci |
P2% |
G1 |
G2 |
M1 |
M2 |
SP1 |
SP2 |
EM1 |
EM2 |
AU1 |
AU2 |
MENT1 |
ME2 |
OP1 |
OP2 |
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ousness |
child/ |
gurudom |
|
mastership |
|
spirituality |
|
emotional |
|
aura body |
|
IQ |
IQ |
OPen |
OP |
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mask |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
ness |
P2 |
|
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|
Albert
Hofmann |
110 |
45 |
1 |
0 |
42 |
56 |
120 |
160 |
170 |
210 |
105 |
120 |
136 |
134 |
610 |
550 |
|
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Alexander
Smit |
30 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
95 |
110 |
70 |
40 |
120 |
90 |
131 |
125 |
60 |
150 |
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Amma |
60 |
26 |
23 |
4 |
12 |
17 |
170 |
230 |
210 |
270 |
140 |
100 |
124 |
116 |
250 |
500 |
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Andrew
Cohen |
40 |
9 |
40 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
110 |
140 |
140 |
90 |
100 |
130 |
124 |
133 |
60 |
205 |
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Barry
Long |
20 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
120 |
160 |
120 |
130 |
90 |
105 |
126 |
124 |
40 |
130 |
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Byron Katie |
15 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
21 |
120 |
210 |
110 |
160 |
110 |
130 |
122 |
133 |
120 |
170 |
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Dadi
Janki (Brahma Kum) |
40 |
16 |
32 |
12 |
8 |
12 |
140 |
16 |
120 |
90 |
150 |
60 |
133 |
132 |
110 |
160 |
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Dalai
Lama |
10 |
7 |
30 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
95 |
105 |
140 |
110 |
160 |
90 |
134 |
118 |
160 |
140 |
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David
Steindl Rast |
50 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
20 |
40 |
250 |
22 |
150 |
120 |
100 |
180 |
139 |
134 |
220 |
420 |
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Deepak
Chopra |
5 |
7 |
60 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
110 |
120 |
180 |
90 |
100 |
110 |
137 |
134 |
210 |
320 |
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Gangaji |
5 |
16 |
20 |
50 |
6 |
65 |
125 |
205 |
220 |
110 |
105 |
160 |
126 |
143 |
120 |
190 |
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Isaac
Shapiro |
10 |
10 |
20 |
4 |
14 |
2 |
95 |
60 |
70 |
160 |
102 |
170 |
129 |
110 |
280 |
20 |
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Le Baaba
Laetoli (kali baba) |
4 |
14 |
40 |
21 |
3 |
16 |
110 |
150 |
110 |
160 |
110 |
170 |
126 |
131 |
110 |
260 |
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Marahishi
Mahesh Yogi tm |
110 |
22 |
40 |
8 |
50 |
70 |
300 |
500 |
160 |
310 |
250 |
420 |
144 |
124 |
320 |
170 |
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Pannikar |
130 |
30 |
2 |
3 |
60 |
50 |
600 |
550 |
240 |
290 |
115 |
140 |
140 |
132 |
105 |
190 |
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Pilot
Baba |
160 |
13 |
30 |
70 |
10 |
30 |
650 |
400 |
200 |
250 |
200 |
550 |
131 |
149 |
270 |
120 |
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Ra Uru Hu
(HDS) |
6 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
80 |
140 |
40 |
70 |
50 |
25 |
131 |
128 |
110 |
130 |
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Radha
Burnier (Theosof) |
15 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
120 |
140 |
25 |
105 |
105 |
140 |
134 |
136 |
40 |
20 |
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Ram Dass |
10 |
22 |
1 |
1 |
38 |
41 |
170 |
190 |
230 |
320 |
105 |
90 |
138 |
137 |
450 |
750 |
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Sogyal
Rinpoche |
19 |
37 |
65 |
30 |
8 |
14 |
120 |
16 |
250 |
450 |
140 |
90 |
131 |
118 |
380 |
130 |
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Sri Sri |
50 |
33 |
41 |
8 |
25 |
40 |
170 |
250 |
130 |
160 |
200 |
210 |
126 |
133 |
270 |
190 |
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Suhotra
Swami |
60 |
16 |
9 |
2 |
12 |
22 |
170 |
310 |
100 |
180 |
160 |
550 |
136 |
133 |
230 |
120 |
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Tim Leary |
20 |
4 |
40 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
60 |
16 |
140 |
190 |
60 |
110 |
136 |
134 |
410 |
600 |
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Ug.
Krishnamurti |
30 |
25 |
0 |
60 |
10 |
3 |
120 |
95 |
150 |
300 |
105 |
130 |
141 |
128 |
140 |
85 |
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methodology and psychological concepts I use are explained in www.lucsala.nl/psyche.htm
If you want
to know more about these teachers and other guru’s or holy men see:
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/gurulist.html
http://www.globalserve.net/~sarlo/Ratings.htm
http://spiritualteachers.org/ratings.htm
Some data of historical
people you might know of
Now this is
already a lot of information and I will try to further illustrate what I mean
by giving some data about programming modes and psychological characteristics
of historical and spiritually important figures, obtained by
divination/dowsing, hereafter indicated by P1 for dominant mode and P2 for the
repressed mode. The following matrix gives an indication of how P1 and P2
manifest in them. Here SOMe other indicators are used, like social intelligence
and a number of more esoteric qualities like clairvoyance, lucidity and an
indicator for how right their understanding of the universe was. Again a lot of
data and a very complex image, but there is a lot to learn form this matrix.
The
Historical Personality Matrix
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Consciousness |
P2 (child
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Gurudom |
Gurudom |
Mastership |
Mastership
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SN P1 |
SN P2 |
IQ P1 |
IQ P2 |
SOCQ P1 |
SOCQ |
Integrity |
Lucidity |
Lucidity |
Clairvoyance |
Clairv |
Right
view |
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P1+P2+P3=100 |
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
spiritiual
nr |
intellig |
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social
quot |
P2 |
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P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
of
universe |
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Average
person |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
10 |
100 |
92 |
75 |
100 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
25 |
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Aristotle |
41 |
47 |
0 |
5 |
52 |
20 |
220 |
130 |
154 |
148 |
120 |
140 |
93 |
140 |
20 |
40 |
10 |
88 |
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Aurobindu |
28 |
40 |
20 |
5 |
70 |
90 |
165 |
340 |
146 |
97 |
110 |
250 |
90 |
25 |
40 |
240 |
10 |
92 |
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Blavatsky |
37 |
37 (P3 15) |
12 |
1 |
55 |
20 |
270 |
43 |
149 |
140 |
180 |
40 |
70 |
240 |
140 |
40 |
120 |
91 |
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Buddha
(Gautama) |
102 |
60 |
40 |
0 |
99 |
100 |
600 |
1000 |
130 |
155 |
300 |
400 |
100 |
300 |
500 |
150 |
200 |
96 |
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Giordano
Bruno |
55 |
30 |
20 |
1 |
20 |
35 |
220 |
16 |
145 |
110 |
95 |
220 |
98 |
260 |
0 |
130 |
0 |
74 |
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Goethe |
12 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
16 |
140 |
110 |
149 |
121 |
120 |
210 |
93 |
110 |
250 |
50 |
180 |
50 |
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Gurdieff |
60 |
20 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
17 |
110 |
160 |
142 |
137 |
200 |
220 |
15 |
45 |
145 |
10 |
20 |
60 |
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Jung Carl
G |
19 |
30 |
5 |
0 |
20 |
12 |
140 |
120 |
145 |
121 |
160 |
120 |
60 |
135 |
300 |
60 |
370 |
87 |
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Leadbetter(TS) |
14 |
10 |
12 |
0 |
20 |
10 |
110 |
110 |
138 |
115 |
160 |
30 |
35 |
140 |
30 |
30 |
140 |
42 |
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Leonardo
da Vinci |
60 |
65 |
0 |
0 |
55 |
40 |
410 |
220 |
156 |
95(!!) |
120 |
130 |
45 |
260 |
495 |
60 |
330 |
95 |
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Mohammed |
90 |
42 (P3 18) |
30 |
0 |
80 |
100 |
500 |
16 |
136 |
104 |
270 |
40 |
100/50 |
160 |
0 |
235 |
0 |
100/20 |
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Osho |
70 |
45 |
50 |
30 |
90 |
22 |
280 |
16 |
142 |
118 |
140 |
130 |
55 |
40 |
120 |
20 |
190 |
90 |
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Ouspensky |
3 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
120 |
30 |
143 |
111 |
60 |
10 |
30 |
45 |
180 |
3 |
45 |
70 |
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Pacal
Votan(maya) |
56 |
50 |
50 |
30 |
85 |
30 |
330 |
130 |
150 |
129 |
130 |
40 |
50 |
330 |
450 |
40 |
400 |
94 |
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Plato |
69 |
38 (P3 10) |
1 |
0 |
45 |
25 |
310 |
150 |
155 |
152 |
50 |
40 |
92 |
310 |
270 |
145 |
30 |
81 |
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Pythagoras |
19 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
10 |
310 |
95 |
152 |
156 |
60 |
90 |
94 |
290 |
120 |
70 |
140 |
88 |
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Ron
Hubbard |
9 |
36 (P3 22) |
30 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
140 |
16 |
142 |
134 |
55 |
45 |
70 |
25 |
190 |
110 |
210 |
45 |
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St
Augustin |
31 |
47 (P3 8) |
4 |
2 |
60 |
100 |
360 |
4 |
153 |
110 |
140 |
220 |
94 |
15 |
90 |
70 |
310 |
87 |
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Steiner
Rudolf |
9 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
18 |
240 |
150 |
132 |
147 |
45 |
160 |
50 |
140 |
200 |
230 |
200 |
65 |
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Tertullianus |
14 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
16 |
142 |
110 |
120 |
50 |
70 |
130 |
300 |
15 |
10 |
92 |
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The
Mother |
39 |
35 |
40 |
30 |
50 |
20 |
270 |
12 |
142 |
106 |
40 |
195 |
65 |
170 |
400 |
160 |
400 |
90 |
Visual models of the psyche
In trying
to fit my notion of a psychological model in the structures given by Freud,
Jung, Adler, the Atman and Brahman notions of the Upanishads while adding in my
own mystical and psychedelic experiences the following models evolved. Using
the tetrahedron and the pyramid forms I first start from the trinity notion:
Looking at
a Platonic Solids (a sphere in my view is also a kind of platonic solid) we can
visualise the Tetrahedron as representing the trinity, with the fourth/bottom
plane as the unknowable isness of the divine. The trinity, in my view the
transcendent, the immanent en the emanation/revelation aspect (Father,
Sun/Creator/Holy 
spirit) , this can be mapped onto
the planes this model, where causality is related to the prime mover (father,
Brahma) , the creation/form to the son/Shiva and the parallel awareness in the
moment as Vishnu.
If we have
three fundamental aspects of ultimate or at least deep reality, being causality
(time related), parallelism (synchronicity, I Ching, not time related) and
form, then there is a unifying principle that connect these, which resembles
the notion of the Tao, the isness (of creation), the connecting all. But the
Tao is kind of invisible and unknowable, we can only indicate what is not the
Tao. Causality is very western, scientific, everything has a cause, and
synchronicity is mysticism, magic, I Ching, the parallel and timeless
connections. Form is what is perceived as the correlation and correspondences.
Isness is Tao is meditation on the absolute, maybe Kant-like contemplation of
what is.
Now we
humans cannot really observe these three aspects except through our psyche,
which is a kind of lens allowing us to see, but we cannot perceive the tao (the
bottom plane) only construct the virtual image of what the Tao really is.
Whatever we see, is filtered through the lens of the psyche, both the outer and
the inner perception. This model is easily visualised and solves fundamental
problems like the Jung/Buber schism about the ability to know God. Jung accepts
no God outside the psychical lens, Buber looks beyond that, a somewhat similar
schism as Shankara introduced in Hinduism concerning the nature of the divinity
of the higher self. It also brings together the world views of the East and the
West.
One could,
with a slightly different perspective, through the lens of psychological
perception also look at the three aspects as the sexual (Freud) creation/time,
the instinctive (form, self preservation, power to survive) (Adler) and the
social/correlation (Jung).
Magical pyramid
There are,
however, more dimensions and if we go from 3 to 4 to 5, towards the
multiplicity, we can use the pyramid as a visual model, if we include the
truth/love aspect of the divine. I made a magic pyramid (half of the Platonic
Octahaedron) to illustrate the relationship and the polarities we have in the
Western and Eastern model of reality. The ribs are interesting connections
between the various planes, look at the illustration.
Some background:
The Shadow, that side of which we and
others regard with fear and distain, is in fact none other than our own divine
inner child, suppressed and showing itself in a distorted way, like pushing
itself through a very narrow opening. It is less a part of the True Self that
you were forced to split off, it is the True Self in a distorted mirror.
Wikipedia:
“One of Carl Gustav Jung's (1875-1961) most compelling ideas is the shadow. Jung describes the shadow as
those aspects of ourselves that we're not too proud of. The shadow might be a
desire or behaviour frowned on by our peers. It could be an unusual or
unhealthy inclination. Because the shadow involves known and unknown aspects of
the self, it relates to the ego, the unconscious and the external environment.
Our conscious mind, the ego, may or may not confront the mostly unconscious
shadow. Once confronted by the ego the shadow may be integrated into
consciousness. But for the most part, the shadow lies beyond the threshold of everyday
awareness. Jung explains the shadow with his notion of the archetypes.” “Jung
stresses the importance of representing shadow material so that its inherent
darkness may be brought to light. Through representation the ego integrates
rather than represses unpleasant unconscious impulses. When merely repressed
the shadow tends to find a way through the cracks of the psyche and express
itself in a disturbing manner.” Jung accordingly says the shadow must be
confronted. When merely repressed the shadow may become unruly like a dragon
thrashing about in a dungeon. If not sublimated, the sheer force of rage could
break free of its chains and do not only psychological but perhaps physical
harm to self and others.” For Jung concepts like Shadow, Ego, Self are
archetypical.
Ego is a structure that is erected by a
neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of
the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized
consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.
Terence McKenna
Inner child is a concept used in popular psychology and psychotherapy to indicate the
childlike aspect of a person's psyche, especially when viewed as an independent entity. Carl Jung referred to a
similar concept as the 'Divine Child.' Emmet Fox called it the 'Wonder Child.'
Charles Whitfield dubbed it the 'Child Within.' Some psychotherapists call it
the 'True Self.' Or the Higher Self
Frequently, the
term is used to address subjective childhood experiences and the remaining
effects of one's childhood. It originates from the book I'm OK, You're OK by
Thomas Anthony Harris, and
is based on the ideas of Eric
Berne (Games People
Play). The concept has
become quite popular and is used in many self help books, novels and movies.
John Elliot Bradshaw has popularized ideas as the "wounded inner child" and the dysfunctional family.
The importance of
the healing of the inner child is widely accepted and various methods like
inner dialogue and voice dialogue are developed, but there are many approaches,
like Hellinger’s Family Constellation work. They are important and useful, even
as they fail to recognize the relationship between P1 and P2 as outlined above.
The wetstones
A wetstone is
used to sharpen a knife and I will use the term to compare my theory and
postulates with some other approaches, like Zen-meditation, mysticism,
classical psychotherapy etc.
Wetstone: Upanishads
The classic Vedic
and Hindu texts are full of stories and advice about how to reach the Self. The
Self is identified as the deepest layer, not of the mind, but of what we really
are, the eternal core of our being. This deep Self goes beyond the notion of
the inner child, it is the divine spark and thus the level where we connect
with the All, Brahma, with everything. The Upanishads mention self control and
detachment from the material world as paths to reach this inner Self.
Wetstone Zen
Zen is all about liberating
the Self. Not the self as the western notion of the ego or the I, but indeed as
the shadow that keeps us from perceiving the deep and ultimate reality. Now
Zen, in it’s Zazen (sitting meditation) and Sazen (koan) forms, is all about
concentration, calming the mind, unjoining thought associations, emptying the
mind, letting go of any judgment, in fact stop thinking. The essence of the
higher self, when cleared from all debris, is empty and that realization is
called satori. One could call that enlightenment, but that has become a hollow
phrase, for does it mean the final release, the final union, or are there
gradations, stages in enlightenment, as T.D. Suzuki stated.
In my view Zen is
indeed a practical way to liberate the shadow, clear the inner child and reach
the emptiness and therefore ultimate connection with the all. But it is a very
mind-oriented approach, calming the mind is the way and to me this only
represents one of the 7 chakra’s and thus one of the many ways to reach that
higher self. Zen is the way of the brainerds, the ones focused on the
intellect, the mind. So it is a legitimate path, with the theory here
developed, but it’s not the only one.
Wetstone Theosophy
Theosophist
do agree that we have an outer layer, a personality that is false and covers
the deeper, essential core. As most of the theosophical notions are based on
the Eastern understanding of our psyche, but
with a great deal of detail, like in the very detailed levels and rays
of Alice Bailey’s work, the basic idea of seeking the true or higher self as
hidden behind a false and shifting ego.
According to H.P.Blavatsky the Perrenial Wisdom shows us that:: "In
a world of illusion in which the law of evolution operates, nothing could be
more natural than that the ideals of Man - as a unit of the total, or mankind -
should be for ever shifting. A part of the nature around him, that
Protean, ever changing Nature, every particle of which is incessantly
transformed while the harmonious body remains as a whole ever the same, like
these particles man is continually changing physically, intellectually,
morally, spiritually. At one time he is at the topmost point of the circle of
development; at another at the lowest. And as he thus alternately rises and
sinks, and his moral nature responsively expands or contracts, so will his
moral code at one time embody the noblest altruistic and aspirational ideals,
while at the other, the ruling conscience will be but the reflection of
selfishness, brutality and faithlessness. But this however is so only on the
external, illusionary plane. In their internal or rather essential
constitution, both nature and man are at one as their essence is identical. All
grows and develops and strives towards perfection on the former plains of
externality, almost imperceptibly, but as surely as the Universe of stars and
worlds moves towards a mysterious point known to, yet still unnamed by
astronomy and called by the Occultists - the central Spiritual Sun. ( HPB
Collected Wrings vol XII p.45)
Wetstone: Classical
Psychotherapy (Freud/Adler)
Sigmund
Freud (in
Ego and superego
The notion
of ego, as in the Freudian approach, is the mask, the personality we identify
ourself with. It has clear functions, as it deals with the outside world, and
helps us to achive (worldly) goals, helps us to make choices, to balance our
inner world emotions, and allows us to act autonomously and responsibly. It is
social to some degree as we know that to be sensible and at the same time,
selfish and egoistic.
The
superego (Freudian) is like a nutshell around the ego, the “Thou shall (not)”
authority. It is the internal voice of our parents, the power and dogmatic
system inside us.
Wetstone: Enneagram
The
Enneagram is an introspective tool, a way to look at oneself and others, it is
a psychodynamic model of nine. This system of understanding personality is now
widely known, but is relatively young. Gurdieff used parts of it, maybe
understood more than he gave out, but it was Ichazo and his students like
Naranjo who brought this model of personality to the western world. Its roots
are unclear, Ichazo mentioned Chaldean imagery, Gurdieff Sufi inspirations, but
it sure has reached the pop-psychology and new age community. Naranjo
contributed to the personality descriptions and correlated Freudian defense
mechanisms to each of the nine types, but many others have made correlations to
e.g. Jung’s personality types, resulting in the Myers-Briggs typology, there
are astrological correlations etc.
The basic
idea of the enneagram is that "everyone was born in their essence but
chose an ego fixation around age three or four". In an effort to defend
against parental fixations, the child supposedly develops a neurotic habit that
characterizes the Chief Feature of acquired personality. This neurotic habit
obscures the child's essence, which is otherwise pure and unadulterated,
evincing no conflicts of thought, emotion, or instinct. Psychotherapist
Margaret Frings Keyes treats of the ennea-types as programs, or life scripts.
She suggests that the Enneagram allows inference of "nine distinctly different
versions of Jung's notion of the Shadow archetype".Consistent with this
shadow quality, a single "passion" is posited for each ennea-type in
consonance with its neurotic fixation. These passions are construed in terms of
the seven deadly sins of Christianity, deceit and fear completing the picture.
I am trying
to see whether the mask-shadow model and the enneagram kind of help each other.
I see the normal enneagram type as the mask/ego personality and found out that
the inner child/core self has quite a different type, but what is the
relationship between the two? It's, I am sure, not the arrow model of Ichazo,
nor the somewhat obscure subtype notion, but what is it? Can identifying the
mask personality fixation or type help to establish the inner child or core
design? Is there a systematic relationship, or in other words, is there a
relationship between the trauma’s and neurotic experiences the inner child
picks from a usually abundant range of experiences and the core essence, the
self and our path in discovering that?
The wounded
child/shadow does have a relationship to the enneagram, because it developed
the dark aspects as a defense to the same events that made the enneagram
type/personality.
Another
issue is the relationship between breath and enneagram type, that is I believe
the core of the enneagram model, I feel, but neither Ichazo, Naranjo, Riso has
ever mentioned that connection or done research into the change in type due to
to physical accidents, forcing a change in breath pattern. Anyone with some
understanding of yoga and its notion of breath as the most important bodily
function can understand this. And why have monasteries, the military, and
countless esoteric schools relied on chanting, singing, exercition, and such to
bring their subject into (a breath) line?
Wetstone: Human Design
System
There are approaches that help
understand the difference between mask and child. Astrology offers the tools,
but is only for specialists. The Human Design system of Ra Uru Hu (www.jovianarchive.com ) is a better
approach. It uses I Ching astrology to clearly differentiate between the design
(self) and the personality in an interesting way. In fact nowhere there is this
clear indication and separation of the tow. HDS claims that the inner child
characteristics are related to a date 3 months before the actual birth and
comes up with an interesting graph indicating 9 chakra’s and how the planets influence
those chakra’s. There is the design influence and the personality influence and
they relate to the inner child and mask used in the model in this essay. No
other system makes this so clear and at the same time helps one to
differentiate between the two. HDS clearly helps to see the inner child
qualities/focus, but not the link between the inner child/self and the mask. The
HDS chart here shows how astrological data are translated via the I-Ching
hexagrams into chakra energies.
Under construction:
Wetstone: Jung’s understanding, the shadow
Wetstone: Mysticism
Wetstone: Kant’s Verstand-Vernunft: there is no
bridge between Theology and Science/Philosophy
Wetstone: the transpersonal psychology
Wetstone: existential therapies
Wetstone: the great traditions, Vedic/Buddhism
Wetstone: astrology
I will end
with a message that appeared on my email and it quite an encouragement to
engage in this struggle with our shadow.
This is a work in progress,
more to follow
Luc Sala. Amsterdam, 2007-08-26