Posted by Larry Hoover on December 20, 2005, at 13:33:08
In reply to Re: emotional encapsulation » Larry Hoover, posted by cricket on December 20, 2005, at 13:20:14
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> > The opportunity to do this, I believe, relies on the learned capability of going into observer mode. You learn to become alerted, to identify the type of emotional capsule being launched, to alter the course of events, such that thinking does not go offline, and that intensity does not come.
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> > I'm speaking ideally. I've done it. I do it better (not better....wiser?) with each opportunity that life brings me. I also fail at it. But I observe, and I improve. (Thus the wiser.)
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> > I hope I made sense. My brain relents. <sigh>
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> Yes, that made sense to me. Splitting off a wise little observer. I think part of the trick may be to make sure that the little observer is gentle and easy (like a mother gently pulling back a wandering child) and not a smart alecky "oh yeah here it goes again, haven't we gone down this path before" observer.
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> Does that make sense?Absolutely important to choose the split personality. I think that's part of something else, too. Being chairman of the board at the meetings taking place in my mind. That smart alecky voice isn't present, in observer mode. I've already made that distinction.
Good point. Good feedback. It's reassuring to have assessed my situation, and found it proper.
Thanks.
Lar
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