One of the most important elements of my work with people is in the conscious reclaiming of the full ranges of our different identifiable human variabilities. We need necessary shared language to understand our mutual differences and similarities. As the very qualities we use to define ourselves are a blend of seemingly contrary strengths and weaknesses, we must develop a greater ease of expression to deal with these inner paradoxes. Self Evaluations and Auto Didactics are often internalized. Social Differentiation is largely unspoken and viewed as something universal like the laws of thermodynamics. What we like, how we feel, who we are, are all expressed through our vulnerabilities in the dynamic world of social interaction. Living an active life generally means that fortunately, we lack the time for unnecessary self reflection. This is the major motivation to overwork. I believe that too much emphasis is put on "taking one's own inventory." I believe internalizing the culturally prevalent languages of bias, causes Self Evaluations and Auto Didactics, which can be wrong.
As the therapist, as the reader, as the investigator, I've learned to gently apply my creative will to problem solving with others. When searching for answers for peoples challenges, sometimes not getting an answer (Null Data Set) is an answer. One of the most expansive applications of the training and therapeutic technologies my teacher taught me was the "Iron Shirt" Chi Gung. He taught us those indispensable fundamentals that are at the core of all treatment modalities. "Everyone injures themselves sooner or later," and "Everyone needs to go back to crawling." The fundamentals are as simple as the alphabet, and they are just as infinite in their utility, combination and as subtle in applied style.
These huge Macro Data Sets are always totally new every time I start working with a new person. Any generalization I might make, is only that, a tired generalization. Every new person is an unfamiliar territory. Assumptions never give me the necessary tools I need to help people in their treatment process. The specificity of my precise language is designed from scratch each time for every new person. Accurately identifying the details of each person's "Imprint Echo," is the only justification I have for letting people trust me with so much truly unique identifying data. Every person deserves the best that therapy, (and language,) can provide. But our social skill sets are slowly dwindling away behind the expediencies of modern disassociation. Our society is coming out of a global dark age, into a personal morass of denial and unrealistic expectations. Because people now think that we are supposed to take care of ourselves, we no longer depend on each other. Because the doctor is supposed to fix us, we no longer take responsibility for ourselves. Self maintenance is achieved through mutual support. This Language of Communication is not a low maintenance proposition. No where is new learning more important than with each stage of maturity. Each step requires newer and larger sets of available data to process. In this burgeoning era of pro active mutual healthcare, we are obliged to take greater responsibility for learning ourselves and the detailed information that forms our unique identities.
