Posted by mandinka on November 4, 2004, at 6:47:09
In reply to Re: I think you are missing my point..., posted by Crazy_Charlie on November 4, 2004, at 5:10:22
I'm not much into personal attacks anyway... ;) I'm always reminded of the last line from "Some Like It Hot" when Jack Lemmon's character in drag, Daphne, informs her boyfriend that she is in fact a he and the boyfriend replies completely unperturbed "Nobody's perfect!" Which describes me perfectly too. :)
I know the remark you are referring to. I posted a reply to this topic, because I found the T's reaction really inappropriate. I personally believe that the matters of good and evil that are the basis of moral judgment are just a reflection of a rather limited point of view. If you look into the reasons behind damaging behavior all that is found is suffering and its consequences. Imo the only proper response to this is compassion and empathy. At the very bottom there is no right or wrong just cause and effect. Hence judging and being moralistic proves to be another sign of neurosis that robs us of the ability to empathize with ourselves and others. Just like you rightly pointed out. Hey! We agree again! Now how cool is that?! ;)
I must say that I don't know much about religion either, although regressive therapies are strongly connected with buddism. I guess the matter of one's psychological age from the eastern perspective would be connected to the issue of reincarnation (how many lives have you lived) and karma. That's just my guess. From the scientific, western POV maturity and wisdom would be a function of unstunted psychological development and inherited personal qualities.
The pre and perinatal period are bound very strongly with spirituality. My T2 says that while reliving her conception she had an enormous sense of loss and anger that she was taken out of the oneness - the connection to God - and put in a womb of a mother with a whole lot of problems. Prenatal shock apparently breaks the connection with God within. I'm yet to find out about that.
There is a very interesting book by Kylea Taylor titled
"Ethics of Caring: Honoring the Web of Life in Our Professional Healing Relationships"
It combines buddism and psychology by tracing the steps of psychological and spiritual development of the client in regressive therapies and the therapist's responses to those developements in terms of chakras. Chakras are energy centers of which our consciousness is composed. This is a concept taken from kundalini yoga. As energy passes through the chakras (each has different properties), one gains a higher level of psychological developement. I really recommend this book. It has a very interesting take on issues of transference and countertransference and a nice fragment on the reasons why sex connected with spiritual longings is such a minefield in the client-therapist relationship.
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