We all have thoughts we considered bad, terrible, at one time or
another, but these bad thoughts, etc., are simply expressions, of what's
going on within us, and are symbols. Symbols can be worked with- by
utilizing Role-Playing.
Role Playing is where you put two chairs facing each other, one is you,
and the other is the element, symbol, you're working with ( this works
with dreams, daydreams, incidents, events, etc., as well ). You sit in
your chair representing you, and ask the symbol ( the chair facing you
) " What do you have to say to me? ". You get up, and sit in the
other chair, now facing the chair standing, for you; you're, now, the
symbol/element answering the question just put to it, by you. You continue
this, until you feel you have worked through this symbol, then go on, to
the next one.
Gestalt therapy gives us the way to decide, which elements, to use: they
use the same idea- they do, in dealing, with life experiences, that
need to be worked on= figure-background.
Figure is those symbols/elements, that stand out, from the background,
which is the rest of the total thought, dream, etc., you're working
from.
You decide which symbol/element is figure, by if it stands out, from the
rest of the symbol/elements/background. You list these figure
symbols/elements, then work, with each one of them. When you have
done with them all, then you go back to the what is left of the
symbol/elements/background, and see if any new symbols/elements stand out, if they
do, you continue with the role-playing, till no symbols/elements stand
out. You finish by role-playing with background, which is all the rest
of the symbol/elements, that don't stand out.
This is the Gestalt Therapy technique, but as mentioned above- the
figure-background is a core element in Gestalt Therapy, for it allows
work, on the present emotion/reason/etc., that's bothering the person.
We do this in our daily life, there are many ideas, actions going on
around us, but we look only to those that pique our interest, or cause
a reaction with us, reflecting something going on within us.
You do this when you go shopping- there is a ton of background
elements, but you only go to those that grab your interests, the
rest is simply background, to those figure symbols/elements.
It may seem, background isn't really necessary, for dealing with
figure symbols/elements; this couldn't be farther from the truth, the
background, within its wholeness, is a symbol/element, that's a figure
in its own right. This is why we end by dealing with it as our way of
coming to closure, with this session.
Background gives texture, dimensional effect, color, vibration and
most of all, a total picture, of what the person is dealing with.
Figure-Background are ways of knowing ourselves, and what we're
experincing- right here and now. We deal with what we're living- here
and now; not there and then ( which is a waste of energy, for there's
nothing you can do about it, until it becomes figure-background- here
and now ).
Figure allows us to know new interests, hooks to bring new experiences
to us, and to show us, where problem areas are, and allows us the way to
work with them- here and now.
Figures may transform as you work through them, just continue working
with the new figure, as an extension of the first.
Remember- you do not own your thoughts; they're simply thoughts, which
you may act on or not. If you don't want them, simply dump them, or tell
them to go away, or fill them with crystal white light and transform
them, to that, which is a gift- to you.
When you're doing role-playing- be here and now; do not own what
you're working on- its simply an expression, of something going on
within you; you can feel free to deal with it now, or put it on
the backburner, to deal with later, or transform it, with crystal white
light, to a crystal white sun.
May the Microcosmic Force be with You!
another, but these bad thoughts, etc., are simply expressions, of what's
going on within us, and are symbols. Symbols can be worked with- by
utilizing Role-Playing.
Role Playing is where you put two chairs facing each other, one is you,
and the other is the element, symbol, you're working with ( this works
with dreams, daydreams, incidents, events, etc., as well ). You sit in
your chair representing you, and ask the symbol ( the chair facing you
) " What do you have to say to me? ". You get up, and sit in the
other chair, now facing the chair standing, for you; you're, now, the
symbol/element answering the question just put to it, by you. You continue
this, until you feel you have worked through this symbol, then go on, to
the next one.
Gestalt therapy gives us the way to decide, which elements, to use: they
use the same idea- they do, in dealing, with life experiences, that
need to be worked on= figure-background.
Figure is those symbols/elements, that stand out, from the background,
which is the rest of the total thought, dream, etc., you're working
from.
You decide which symbol/element is figure, by if it stands out, from the
rest of the symbol/elements/background. You list these figure
symbols/elements, then work, with each one of them. When you have
done with them all, then you go back to the what is left of the
symbol/elements/background, and see if any new symbols/elements stand out, if they
do, you continue with the role-playing, till no symbols/elements stand
out. You finish by role-playing with background, which is all the rest
of the symbol/elements, that don't stand out.
This is the Gestalt Therapy technique, but as mentioned above- the
figure-background is a core element in Gestalt Therapy, for it allows
work, on the present emotion/reason/etc., that's bothering the person.
We do this in our daily life, there are many ideas, actions going on
around us, but we look only to those that pique our interest, or cause
a reaction with us, reflecting something going on within us.
You do this when you go shopping- there is a ton of background
elements, but you only go to those that grab your interests, the
rest is simply background, to those figure symbols/elements.
It may seem, background isn't really necessary, for dealing with
figure symbols/elements; this couldn't be farther from the truth, the
background, within its wholeness, is a symbol/element, that's a figure
in its own right. This is why we end by dealing with it as our way of
coming to closure, with this session.
Background gives texture, dimensional effect, color, vibration and
most of all, a total picture, of what the person is dealing with.
Figure-Background are ways of knowing ourselves, and what we're
experincing- right here and now. We deal with what we're living- here
and now; not there and then ( which is a waste of energy, for there's
nothing you can do about it, until it becomes figure-background- here
and now ).
Figure allows us to know new interests, hooks to bring new experiences
to us, and to show us, where problem areas are, and allows us the way to
work with them- here and now.
Figures may transform as you work through them, just continue working
with the new figure, as an extension of the first.
Remember- you do not own your thoughts; they're simply thoughts, which
you may act on or not. If you don't want them, simply dump them, or tell
them to go away, or fill them with crystal white light and transform
them, to that, which is a gift- to you.
When you're doing role-playing- be here and now; do not own what
you're working on- its simply an expression, of something going on
within you; you can feel free to deal with it now, or put it on
the backburner, to deal with later, or transform it, with crystal white
light, to a crystal white sun.
May the Microcosmic Force be with You!
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