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The two basic abreactions of guilt and pride are described in the articles on abreaction. The remaining two abreactions, those of narcissism and jealousy, are described in the article The Conversion Experience, on my website The Strange World of Emotion. See Links page for the address.

The link box "Replies" at the top of the page takes you to notes that I made from correspondence with viewers.

 

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Unconscious Patterns

     
Transference introduces the patterns of bonding : imprinting, identification, transference.
Projection & Introjection the basic loop of desire and emotion ; mindfulness ; vanity and anxiety.
Dynamics of Projection the emotions that sustain projection and introjection.
Power loop of power and happiness. Will and emotion ; control and use of will.
Psychology of Perception perception leads into the basic loop of desire and emotion.
Diagramme for Perception diagramme showing the sequences of the process of perception.

 

 

 

Aspects of Identity

     
Identification & Absorption the infant becomes reliant on these two aspects to help create its ego.
Approval & Inferiority & Power two primary needs that act on a person. Channelling power.
Two Modes of Sexuality sexuality is dual in form : sexual desire and sexual attraction.
Bonding continues the bonding patterns ; roles of parents ; effects of envy.

 

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Difficulties and Distress

     
Creating the Ego the time period of ego formation, and vulnerability to trauma.
Confusion snags and pitfalls confronting the idealist ; crisis of faith. A new quest.
Antithetical Thoughts voices and unpleasant thoughts that cause mental distress.
Corruption of Power three factors that lead to the abuse of power ; Lenin, Hitler, Palmerston.
Determinism .four forms of determinism ; orchestration ; boundaries and barriers.
Alienation effects of living in a society which is spiritually poor ; therapy, and stupor.

 

 

 

Belief

     
Faith completes the patterns of bonding. Three forms of faith.
Morality a look at origins and terminology. Values and meanings. Effects of need.
Sublimation deriving good attitudes and ideals from distressful beliefs.
Internalisation internalisation is the binary process to sublimation. Dreams of conflict.
Sexuality & Ethics how sexuality affects ethics. Defect of religion : it inhibits self-awareness.
Dialectics & Evolution the way of spiritual teachers; concepts of religious life ; disintegration of belief.

 

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Attitudes

     
Attitudes & Ego Responses how attitudes link to traits, beliefs and other dispositions.
Acquiring Attitudes starting from needs and ideals. Table of identity, character and passion.
Changing Attitudes difficulties of changing mental states. Political parallels.
Conflict & Change problems of social change; dialectics and destabilising factors.
Diagramme A connecting motivation and standards to beliefs, ideals, and needs.
Diagramme B adding attitudes, moods, goals, and behaviour.
Diagramme C adding the situation and a learning feedback channel.
Diagramme D adding traits, and more motivation.

The printing versions of diagrammes B, C and D are A4 size, and are 9 kb, 10 kb, and 14 kb respectively. The full-size versions are 1½ times larger.

 

 

 

Relationships

     
Partnerships the way that change affects partners. A look at D H Lawrence.
Structure of Sexual Response the four sexual responses in an harmonious relationship.

 

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Evolution

     
Teleology influence of ideas on human evolution ; the need to evolve language.
Individual & Community two foci of change as identities evolve ; elites ; education & economics.
Sensitivity & Effects of Fear need to daydream ; fear and its effects; problem of rebirth ; rejection and desolation.
Eden the function of teachers : goodness versus truth. Psychology and evolution.

 

 

 

Change

     
Dualism & Ethics theories two paths of spirituality : religion and the life of adventure. Ancient Athens.
Stages of Belief stage theory of cognitive and spiritual development, using ideas of Piaget.
Meaning in Life the quest for meaning leads to an inquiry into power, justice and freedom.
Sorrow good and evil link together, leading to the law of sorrow. Binary partnerships.

 

 

 

More Articles

     
Levels of Suffering power, justice and freedom each produce their own forms of sorrow.
Sexual Obsessions roles of fear, excitement and imprinting in the creation of obsessions.

 


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