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"Knowing yourself means knowing the Dreaming from which problems and symptoms arise. In that world, there is less pressure from human or social behaviour; you are closer to nature, to existence as it is."
Dr. Arnold Mindell founder of Process Oriented Psychology

"Conor has written an wondrous, awesome, almost poetic account mixing reality, dreaming and the dreambody nature of physical symptoms."
Dr. Arnold Mindell 


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Introduction to process Work

A brief description of a Process Work approach  

Dr. Arnold Mindell, founder of Process Oriented Psychology, describes the paradigm as follows:
 
"Process Oriented Psychology, often called Process Work, is a multicultural, multilevelled awareness practice including people and their natural environment. 
 
"Process Work is an evolving, transdisciplinary approach supporting individuals, relationships and organizations to discover themselves. Process Work uses awareness to track “real” and “imaginary” psychological and physical processes that illuminate and possibly resolve inner, relationship, team, and world issues. Process Work theories and methods are available for anyone to experience and can be tested.

 

 
There are three levels of focus:
     Worldwork, London 2008
1. Consensus Reality. Process Work deals with so called “real” events, problems, and issues connected with the development of individuals, couples, businesses and cities. Groups and individuals use feelings and facts, to describe conflicts, issues or problems.

2. At the level of dreamland, Process Work employs dreams, deep feelings, unspoken truths, “double” or unintentional body signals, “ghosts” (unrepresented figures) and ghost roles in the stories and myths of individuals and organizations. History, visions and transgenerational events are important.

3. At the deepest non-dualistic or “essence” level, Process Work deals with tendencies that can be sentiently felt to move us, “dreamlike” tendencies that are not yet easily expressed in words. This area of life can sometimes be felt as a subtle atmosphere around people, events and areas of our planet earth.
 
"Taoism speaks of the essence level in terms of the 'the Tao which cannot be said'. In quantum physics, Heisenberg spoke of “tendencies” of the quantum wave function. David Bohm spoke of this area in terms of a system’s quantum waves or “pilot waves”. This level seems to manifest a non-dualistic intelligence, which we call the 'processmind'. It’s analogy in physics might be Bohm’s pilot wave or Hawking’s 'Mind of God'. Spiritual and religious traditions speak of the omnipresence of the gods."

(quote from www.aamindell.net)

 
 
 
 
The following are some of the books by Drs. Arny and Amy Mindell, describing more fully the paradigm of Process Work
 
Riding the Horse Backwards.
For feelings skills in therapyMetaskills
For ideas about creativityThe Dreaming Source of Creativity
For shamanismThe Shaman’s Body
For symbolic background to process ideasRivers Way
For beginning body practiceWorking with the Dreaming Body
For connections with Jungian PsychologyDreambody
A good beginner in ComaworkComa, A Healing Journey
More connections between psychology to physicsQuantum Mind
For DreamworkThe Dreammaker’s Apprentice
For Lucid DreamingDreaming While Awake
For Relationship workThe Dreambody in Relationships
For Group and Political Workchoose one of the following;
The Year I, The Leader as Martial Artist, Sitting in the Fire, and The Deep Democracy of Open Forums.
For psychological interventions in psychiatryCity Shadows
For connections between Aboriginal Earth-Wisdom, psychology, and physics Earth Based
 

 




 



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