The only true knowing, is knowing that you know nothing.
— Socrates
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In other words, Truth dwells within you as an abstraction.
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You can feel it.
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You can even live it.
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But you cannot grab onto it.
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Your relationship with what lies within you permeates your relationship with others.
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The development of psychodynamic health has to do with the alleviation of stress. Inherent in that statement is a rather intriguing understanding:
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The state of the physiology itself is intrinsic to the state of psychodynamic health.
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This understanding is fundamental to an effective, wise, and intelligent approach to psychological health. The basis of your psychodynamic health, inner wisdom, and intelligence is already there.
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We know that if we cut our finger all we have to do is put a bandage on it and keep it clean. The inner intelligence, an inner self-correcting mechanism, will cause it to grow back together. The finger knows how to grow back together. We just have to create a situation that accommodates that process.
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We need to recognize that the self-correcting mechanism, which heals our finger, is the same mechanism that comes into play in our psychological health. Our attitude about our mental health is that we need to impose health upon it from the outside. We say, Think this way. Hold on to these commandments. Get rid of that aspect of your being. Align with this behavioral modality.
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Everyone knows that a rose bud cannot be turned into a blossom by peeling back the petals. Doing that would only make a mess out of the bud. The ability of the bud to unfold into an exquisite blossom is inherent in the nature of the plant.
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Our psychological health is the same. I call that inner intelligence the self-correcting mechanism.
Effective personal process is experienced as an inner churning, an inner tug of war of thoughts and emotions.
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No stone is left unturned. All stable ground becomes shaky.
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It can at times be a frightening process.
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A false sense of security dissolves as the comfort of the true Self emerges.
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The process, though cyclical, gradually spirals upward to greater and greater levels of fulfillment.
The wholeness that unifies all realities is the Transcendent.
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It is the vessel that holds everything together seamlessly.
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The study of that vessel and how it relates to all aspects of life and existence is called spirituality.
The Truth about Religion and Flatlining
