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via reflection on the world
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the One, the Whole
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The Great Mystery
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Number
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the Sacred
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Sacred Objects
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Uncanny Creatures
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Cause—Effect
Things, Forces
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State of the World
the Future of the World
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Natural Cycles
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Life Cycle
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Stages vs Cycles
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the Physical Side
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the Religions
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Born into
Admitted into
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Individuals & Groups
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In and Out of Groups
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Comfortable in Groups
the Collective Psyche
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Group Attitudes
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on Good & Evil
on Mental Health
Individuals
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Types of People
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Psychological Types
Mentally Ill
Psychological Qualities of People
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Personality
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Cowardice
Types of Relationships
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Hating
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as towards Strangers
as towards Foreigners
as towards Known Enemies
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Hostile, Violent, Abusive
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Me, Myself
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the Need Cycle
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Energy Levels
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Felt—Real
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being Driven, Driving
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Addiction
the Drive Cycle
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towards Things
towards Space, Place
towards People
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towards Power/Winning
towards Groups
towards the Ideal
towards the Numinous
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the Religious Instinct
towards the Self
Motion
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Tendency/Leaning
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Good & Evil Tendencies
Impulse
Behavior
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Bad Behavior—Good Behavior
Habit
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the Work Cycle
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Self-Control
Failure—Success
Relaxation—Tension
Imitation
Pretending
Experience
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via Sensing
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Breathing Sensations
Heartbeat Sensations
Global Senses
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Sense of Inner & Outer
Sense of Direction, Place
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Disorientation—Orientation
Sense of Time
Sense of Reality
Sense of Balance
Sense of Proportion
Senses of Value & Right & Wrong
Sense of the Sacred
Sense of Self
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Sense of Meaning, Purpose
Sense of Self-Worth
Sense of Wholeness
via Feeling, Emotion
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the Overall Sensorium = Feeling
Preferences, Tastes
the Feeling/Emotion Cycle
via Imagining
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Fantasy
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Self-Image
Dreams
via Numinous Experiences
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"Big" Dreams
Visions, Revelations
via the Intellect
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Differentiating
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Reasoning
Thinking Scientifically
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things in Fantasy
things in the World
Senility/Dementia
Consciousness
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Levels of Consciousness
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Unconsciousness
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Minimal
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Waking
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Attention
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Absorption
via reflection on one's immediate experience
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feeling stuck
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I'm unclear
I'm overwhelmed
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losing control
sick, pained, abused, angry, tense, weary
I'm in a precarious place
time is an issue
I'm separated from others
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I'm worse
I'm lower/inferior
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I'm nothing, no one
I'm misunderstood
I'm divided within
feelings of failing, of dying
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feelings while falling
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suffering, agony
frustration
fear, terror, anxiety
depression, hopeless feelings
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feeling of hitting bottom
shame & guilt
PTSD
illness—health
aging, dying, death
waiting
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stopping
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stillness
silence
dreams, visions
a different way of thinking
correct understanding
right action
good people
luck/good news/help
waking up—feeling reborn
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to the indescribable
to the unity of all things
into a time before creation
to my original nature
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innocent & pure
healed, filled with life, whole
into a Garden of Eden
into a Brotherhood of Man
focusing on the self
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narcissistic focusing on the self
searching for—finding the self
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similarities & uniqueness
learning about the self
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self-examination
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introspecting
how others see me
self-evaluation
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my value
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my function
my responsibilities, obligations
my skills
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my decisions
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try/not try to fit in
to change for the better
working on the self
transformation
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individuation
confronting the unconscious
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what is the unconscious?
defense mechanisms
surrendering to the unconscious
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falling in love
a pact with the Devil
am I crazy?
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I'm all charged up
I'm right!
I see the answer to how to live
I'm remarkable
I've got to have ...
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something outside
something inside
guess I'm on a dangerous path
the whole person
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point of view
perspective
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the perspective of the age
towards balance
evaluating, deciding
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rational—irrational—non-rational
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Dogma
care, being careful
prejudice
worrying
skepticism
predicting
theorizing, experimenting
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measuring
self-reliance
living in multiple worlds
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what's right in front of me
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is it something or nothing?
is it familiar? unfamiliar?
is it in focus?
here? over there?
real? a fantasy?
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my worst fears
is it changing?
is it 1?, 2?, 3?, more?
mind? body? psyche?
dark or light?
arousing? calming?
trivial? important?
what it is
what it means (for the future)
our environment
the world of other people
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my positions/roles
the mask—the real me
mine, yours, ours, theirs, everyone's, no one's
inner & outer
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the center
what's innermost
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the soul
my breath
my heartbeat
the inner drama
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my story, my myth
the inner-outer cycle
other worlds
learning about the world
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stages of learning
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confusion
superstition
belief/expectation
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delusions
doubt
reflecting
seeking the truth
skill development
knowledge
mastery
understanding
wisdom
feelings of success, of the good life
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feelings while rising
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of well-being
of trust
of love
of intoxication
of having territory & things
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of being at home
of pride
relaxed
healthy
honorable, honored
honest
respected
friendly
loved
understood, understanding
Psychological Laws
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Law of Limited Attention
Law of Adaptation
Law of Limited Knowledge
Law of Perspectives
Law of Metaphors
Law of Condensation
Law of Experience
Law of Compensation
To Troubled Readers
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Can Psychotherapy Help?
Dear Reader with Anxiety
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