"Poly-Psy & Citizen Health; Problems & Solutions for Discussion; Political Activism, Empathy, Apathy, Healing & Recovering Democracy at the Crossroads"

Poly-Psy & Citizen Health
Problems, Solutions, & Flow Charts for Discussion
Political Activism, Empathy, Apathy, Healing & Recovering Democracy

A Study: in Current “Poly-Psy" (Political Psychology)
Including Three Graphic Flow Charts, cause-effect patterns -
about making conscious choices for society's waking up & healing itself,
toward sustainable living on the planet (a long term project)

At this site
I've done my best to assemble, not only a few "warning thoughts", but mainly some "potential realities" that, I'd like to think, we humans are capable of. Then try to connect the dots, if you will, between a) the here and now, b) what we might have to accomplish - within as well as without (considering attitude precedes lasting action), along with the tools that have accomplished such things for individuals, and c) those desirable yet realistic future states.

Page Section Links

"An Introduction to Subjects in 'Poly-Psy' " - about Poly *Psy*, not "Poly-Sci"; About how and why we believe what we believe; About Beliefs, Emotion, and Political Implications and Potentials; About World Change *and/or* World Addiction (the latter New Jan'12)

"Overview Chart for Introduction" - current “Poly-Psy” & critical crossroads

"Healing the Citizenry" - "the canary in the coal mine" & holistic healing paradigm (10'02)

"Political Activism & Healing" - Charting processes, cause and effect patterns,
conscious choices for change and healing, realistic goal setting, activism. (10'02)

"Beliefs, Paths, & Service" - Charting beliefs, coping styles, roles in citizenry (10'02)

A Re-balancing Transition Process for Healing Governments -
Daunting Questions about designing effective processes (8'08)

The Economy as Artform and not Science - a compassionate view ±? (3'09)

"'Empathy' or 'Armor' by Definition" - Clarifying where the definition has come to be
re-defined to apply in limited ways and directions (4'10)

"The Lie of Superiority" - an affirmation about beliefs & attitudes related to war

Favorite Solution Sites for Political Healing (Updated Jan'12)

Related Web Pages at This Site
Author, Artist, Copyright, Disclosure Info

Primer for Using Charts
Note: rarely does anyone *get* a chart all in the first glance...

...Unless one is a genius of some sort, or extremely intuitive, or both - especially charts of the multi-concept variety, which may describe the charts further below. They can be a condensation of LOTS of information, which can serve as a relatively quick visual summary of "how the dots are connected," so to speak.

How to use the charts: First, after reading the title and subtitle lines, glance over the entire chart and grasp apparent direction(s) of flow of information or relationships among the components. Then focus in, focus out as needed to get the meaning of the individual components and nature of their relationships with other components.

Navigation Tip: In the below essays, there are many links to other pages at this site. Consider briefing a whole essay or page before clicking on a link. Thank you, -cp

An Introduction to Subjects in "Poly-Psy"

Poly-Psy is about Political Psychology, as opposed to "Poly-Sci," which is short for Political Science. Poly-Psy is about how and why we have come to be who we are as citizens, how and why we believe what we believe about citizenry, democracy, and politics in general. while it is about HOW we function as citizens - or do not function - it is mostly about WHY.

Why the need to examine this?
In short, the more we know how we became who we are, the better we can more efficiently fashion a way to become who we want to be. The better we do this, the more likely we may accomplish our hearts' desire - one step at a time. Given the current political climate in America and its effect on all nations of the planet, many people believe that something new and different needs to be done to make things work - especially in the long run. In a "representative" government, change implies the participation of citizens. But the major complaint of grass-roots political activists is that there has been relatively little participation by the citizenry, thus leaving the governing of our nation up to increasingly fewer individuals. As far as the timeliness of such concerns, a major consideration (at least of a large percentage of college-educated or otherwise broadly read people) is the impending global warming crisis.
That is, most of the world's scientists say that, due to the environmental condition of the planet, we only have a few decades at the very best before we will lose any chance to change the current trend of global warming and critical resource depletion. They know that otherwise we will be left with a virtually un-inhabitable planet before the end of the century.
EG: We may be at a time when our beliefs, attitudes, and outlook will determine whether we continue or end the existence of life on the planet. Paradigm shift tension, anyone? How much are we ready for? But doesn't every writer asks that question - or just those who want us to "bridge" - to encourage exploration of our potentials and what we perceive as our limitations?

Beliefs, Emotion, and Political Implications and Potentials
Individuals have belief systems that are related to caring, pain, compassion, among other things. They also have beliefs about protection & security, as well as about the amount of structure enforcing protection and security. Groups of individuals (of whatever size) have social belief systems. How all such beliefs may be defined, may have a very definite effect on beliefs and responses related to various political issues. [That's not basic to anyone but psychologists, so it's ok to read that twice if necessary before going on. In fact, it was not basic to me before I began thinking about this stuff, developing a muscle for it, so to speak.]
Psychologically, beliefs can be defined as thoughts that are reenforced and attached to one's psyche by emotion. From an emotion comes motivation to be or do one thing or another. Also, from emotions come attitudes about things. Humans are notorious for having "mixed feelings" -- which come from mixed emotions, which are generally related to mixed beliefs. That in itself is not abnormal, wrong, or right. It's simply human; it's just what we work with in developing maturity, ethics, etc. Since mixed feelings come from being raised by two or more parents and/or role models, each with a set of mixed beliefs. In some folks, particularly in the folks that get our attention in destructive ways, you might say the unworkable extremes in the mix are greater than their capacity to resolve and/or integrate them - until they get the help they need to do that. Even the best of us seem to have some very difficult times with these dynamics on occassion, and yet the most emotionally hardy of us will work through that as well. Some related keyword-phrases are Emotional Intelligence, Psycho-nuero-immune (PNI), HeartMath Institute, self-healing, awareness. [the related refs section might have useful resources for you.]
With a concerted effort, people can gradually become aware of, feel, and constructively vent, emotional material that stands in the way of their realizing clarity for decision-making or problem-solving. That might especially regard clarity related to protection, security, caring, pain, and compassion. And from there people can discover, each for him/herself, their own relationships and potential roles, active and passive, to various (personal or political) issues and attitudes.

• “The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.”
– Carl Jung

• “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
- Leo Buscaglia

• “The only condition for the realization of Truth is that the knowledge of it be desired with tremendous intensity. You cannot see IT, you cannot feel IT only because you do not really want IT - you are too preoccupied with enjoying and sorrowing over your finite existence.”
- Ramesh S. Balsekar, "A Net of Jewels"

That is, we can re-educate ourselves (or be re-educated by and with others) about our own capacities to become aware of our beliefs. We can learn how to change any beliefs we discover have not working optimally for us, and we can learn to do this in a very healthy way. We do this basically by doing our emotional homework, and/or our attitudinal healing. We can each do this individually, and/or in groups, sometimes with the help of a professional. A suitable professional might be a personal coach, a therapist, a seminar instructor, a psychiatrist, or whatever may work for a given purpose for a given individual.
This implies potential for a form of continuing *preventative health maintenance* curriculum at schools and colleges. Some might find that idea radical. However, I believe it is each our responsibility to mature and learn how to get along with our neighbors as appropriate. I believe that includes doing our part in participating as citizens -- toward assuring that we as nations get along as planetary neighbors as well.
And we can continually discover the world within and without as opposed to just being spoon-fed by the media, let alone having an over-identification with our leaders to the degree we can't publicly disagree with them whenever they have a dispute with leaders of another nation or culture. The weight of all the emotional denial (it starts at home, by the way) has numbed so many of us into various modes of "ok, so long as you make me feel patriotic" or "ok, so long as my life doesn't change too much" -- and thus giving up our responsibility, furthering the dis-empowerment of the citizenry, which is simply begging for a fascist form of government. Some of our current "leaders" would seem to be happy with that plan. And if you are too, then just sit back, 'cause they will definitely take you for a ride if enough of us let them - back to a rebirth of Nazi Germany perhaps...

Ok, Since we know we are capable and desiring of much more ...just imagine what could result from just five minutes a week spent by each citizen in letter writing or phoning to a representative about whatever concerns them. Given the ramifications of that little amount of action in our daily lives - the increased awareness for one - one result would be representatives actually becoming representative. And citizens would become more aware and responsible. And realizing we are more powerful, we would therefore become more careful about which of our values we would have our representatives represent most and when. And then we would have a working democracy.

[ If you enjoy these topics, you'll probably love this site, perhaps especially those pages on Body-Mind Integration. If not, but you're still wanting to learn about the deeper aspects of how we as a planet might survive in spite of our current condition... I appreciate your browsing this site, and maybe even dropping me a line, via PolyPsyArt@iinet.com (incl. "permit2chris" in body of email) ]

At the Rally for World Change, a number of groups holding unusual signs converge into a huge circle... and one individual off in the distance...

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Links for more about: "Attainment And Achievement -- The Alignment Of Beliefs, Desires, And Needs" and "Achievement of Goals, Attainment, And the Role of Inner Work - A Flow Chart of the Human Psyche in Growth Facilitation and ..."

World Change or World of Addiction ?
Choices: It may not be about WHAT WE WANT the most, but about WHAT WE BELIEVE IN the most? Some of us might WANT to believe world change can happen. But our other beliefs, born of disillusionment, fear, and shame, may be stronger. What has that, or global peace or sustainability, got to do with addiction? Most of us are addicted to one thing or another, or to many things - by degree. But in too many cases, that's enough to negatively effect our belief in change itself (of our own lives, of society, of politics, of the world, etc). Although we might try to convince ourselves to the contrary.

*Premise in support of the above*: IF you do not believe that you can change yourself, that is, IF you do not believe that you can drop what you know is keeping you from accomplishing what you both want to accomplish, and what know you could otherwise accomplish, ...THEN how can you believe that others can change? In such cases, you might depend on others creating change, or even depend on them, or convincing them, to keep trying to accomplish your change "some day". But does not so much "convincing" behavior exhibit more of a belief in dis-belief, than a belief in change? In no way does that mean that an addict cannot change. But until such change occurs, how can the addict truly believe in change? And if there is not belief, how can there be accomplished the reality in the "real world"?

I will now re-emphasize that inclusion of "by degree" and in "too many cases" - and even the question of "just what kind of change are we considering?" So, now that we know smile

let's not let that keep us from getting off any hooks that we know we are on, off of hooks that we also know we actually *can* get ourselves off of. EG: Back to Choices: We can continue to attempt a world of both high addiction and high sustainability. OR, we can invest the time and work necessary, so that we accomplish what we truly want, according to our highest values. One more thing: change is a transition and takes time, but how much do we have? Thank you.

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Overview Chart for Introduction
A Study in Current “Poly-Psy” at A Critical Crossroads

As needed, there is detailed information supporting the viewpoints herein, via annotated links in the Related Refs Section.
Please see "Primer for Using Charts" as needed) at top of page)

Overview Chart for Introducing A Study in Current 'Poly-Psy' at A Critical Crossroads; PolyPsyArt2003

PolyPsyArt@iinet.com, 2002

H e a l i n g t h e C i t i z e n r y

In the holistic healing paradigm, one part of the body doesn't become diseased when all the other parts are working optimally. A deceased area is only the point of acute reference for signaling one's need to initiate a multi-level healing response that is being called for by the whole body. Likewise, Bush and the hi-level international corporations that guide him is not our only problem. He is the point of acute reference ("the canary in the coal mine") for signaling the nation's need to initiate a multi-level healing response. EG: We need to heal our ways, individual and societal, by which citizens have allowed for such people to come into power.
The bottom line: If we cure ignorance and fight bigotry, thus expose and relieve disinformation, we disarm political apathy, dissipate disillusionment, make way for the resurgence of voter participation, return to true democracy, and bypass war as a solution to problems. Curing ignorance is actually the most complex step however, given our current belief systems and definitions regarding knowledge, emotional health, and learning, That does not at all mean it's too tough a challenge for us. Indeed, I believe re-education and related preventative health maintenance (in every arena that applies) is the next step, not to mention critical.

"Transition Mandala w/ Transforming Heart Overlay" © Chris Pringer 2008

That is why, in the long term, I am most interested in the planet's population utilizing our God given Free Will -- and each of us thereby taking responsibility for our healing ourselves & our planet. And I see our interim transition to that requiring our individually taking charge and healing ourselves - as opposed to our giving power to others, including to “representatives” that don´t appropriately represent us.
I believe that, while the Divine does ‘the work´ of healing, it is up to the individual that is inclined, allowing, and willing, to open, receive, and/or facilitate his own and/or others' healing. We each work in our own chosen way. For example, effective listening can effect a healing. A healing happens to the degree allowed by the recipient (consciously or unconsciously). E.G.: The complexities of healing have to do primarily with opening, allowing, and receiving the healing, directly and/or indirectly, from an otherwise most willing God; more specifically with our beliefs related to self-worth and earning, guilt and forgiveness, etc. I didn't say our doing this is easy. It puts responsibility on mankind, but makes the goals realistic and realizable. (Ref: " 'The Lords of Culture' and Listening - A story about Language, Relationship, and 'the Body-Mind Split' - An Anthropology of Intelligence & Paradigms in Context", 7/31/2010)

By preference, I am a co-healer/facilitator to the degree I create the setting wherein someone can effectively receive. I am a teacher/leader when I effectively remind someone to/of their capacity to receive, heal, and empower themselves.
Barbara Marx Hubbard, is probably one of the most strongest proponents of co-healing the planet via co-healing ourselves. Her visions and programs to help put this into effect can be accessed via the section further below, "Favorite Solution Sites for Political Healing" as well as via your favorite search engine. ( -cp, 12/9/02)

Continued below with H e a l i n g O u r C o n d i t i o n

PolyPsyArt@iinet.com 2002

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H e a l i n g O u r C o n d i t i o n

I´m going to begin by saying that we, as a society, have a “Condition.” That is, Our society´s body has a health problem. And this heath problem is a multi-level health problem, that involves our mental body, our emotional body, and our physical body. When the problem is that extensive, some might say that our condition involves our spiritual body as well. But I will focus here on the pragmatic symptoms and (from the perspective of at least one politically informed therapist) the causes of the problem condition. We could get really positive and call it all a “societal health challenge,” but in any case, for now...

I´d like you to think in terms of health and healing for a moment as I pose the following questions:

Keep in mind that some of these questions may be different ways to pose the other questions, as I attempt to move our focus, for a few minutes at least, to entertaining some perceptions - that are shared, if not also originated, by some of the most pragmatic visionary minds in this planet´s history:

How do we approach the condition of society (as we look first at our immediate communities, then scanning further outward until we include the planetary society as a whole), and it´s many variations in individuals, in order to accomplish a self-healing & preventative health maintenance, in ways that gets us safely through the immediate crisis to our emotional health, as well as physical health, as well as sets us on a path for increasing our emotional and spiritual health?

Now I´m going to jump from the obvious basic question that most healing practitioners, as well as political activists, continually ask themselves... I´m going to jump from the question “How can we “change the world into a better place?” to these questions:

How is a mind changed - Truly and effectively for the health of all? Remember when you were a teenager finding out how to establish your very own identity particularly as apart from that of your parents or whoever was raising you then? How did you respond - internally and externally - when someone told you that a certain attitude, perception, and value was essential to your growth and then said that if you don´t adopt this you would be grounded or restricted from what you really wanted at that time? Well, have you ever, since you have become “a grown-up” (heheheh) ever felt like someone was doing the same number on you? Ok, so can you guess what´s this got to do with your trying to convince someone else how to live in such a way that you believe will create a safer, happier, healthier place on the planet? Right, in other words, we all have egos, and on top of that, most of us - who like to consider ourselves intelligent thinking types - know that we prefer to find these things out for ourselves, or at least feel like we do.
The implication in that last statement was that, in truth, everyone prefers to do this, but that many folks have been “trained” -in their childhood development- to put aside, temporarily or longer, their own thoughts and desires, their own power, their own path, when someone else (whom they are led to believe is their leader) is telling them what they should think and do. Most all of us tend to do this to some degree with people we love and trust, and so maybe “naïveté” is an appropriate consideration here, but in other respects, does the term “sheople” come to mind?

Would you believe that there exist effective means to convince those that are ready and willing (whether they realize it or not) to be convinced that they can take their power back -- with integrity intact for all concerned ? ...that there are optimal ways of accomplishing this -- as opposed to ways that tend, sooner or later, to drive people further into their hiding places -however attractively padded the insulation appears around them?

How do we define “the condition” -that we as a planet find ourselves in- usefully so that we approach it effectively? i.e.: some socio-pathology that combines the conditions that include “blind naïveté, selfishness, apathy, and, at least to some small degree, out and out baseless cruelty?

Which one of these or other mental-emotional, now become intensely in-your-face here and now real world conditions, and problem areas can we effectively treat so that the quickest overall change in society is brought about in the time frames that also provide for treating the current acute crisis condition?

(Continued below)

Quotes on Purposeful Expression
and Conscious Action

“Conscience is the root of all true courage;
if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.”
- James Freeman Clarke

“Whatever you do will be insignificant,
but it is very important that you do it."
- Gandhiji

“If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.”
-Norman Thomas, Presidential candidate in 1932

“A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens
awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest
'til the causes of their just complaints are removed.”
- Samuel Adams, 1771

“The last 3 years have shown, you can ignore politics,
but politics won't ignore you.”
- Jay O'Connell, MikeHersh.com, 10/2/03

“You do not become a "dissident" just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.”
- Vaclav Havel, first President of the Czech Republic

THE FIVE FREEDOMS BY VIRGINIA SATIR

To See and Hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be
To Say what one feels, instead of what one should
To Feel what one feels, instead of what one ought
To Ask for what one wants, instead of always waiting for permission
To Take Risks in one's own behalf, instead of choosing to be only “secure”
and not rocking the boat

("Healing Our Condition" Continued)

Let´s get even more pragmatic:

What is the relationship of Realistic Goal Setting to changing and healing our planet´s condition? Put in another way:
What is the relationship of Realistic Goal Setting to dis-empowerment; of this to Pain, Emotional Avoidance / suppression; of this to isolation and insulation, and lack of objective thinking; of this to development of superiority complex; of all the above so prevalently in society as to lead to and/or allow the inaccurate, let alone inappropriate, projection of faults onto others, and then justifying violent action in order to “correct” or “punish,” but in actuality, to take what we feel (or at least what our “leaders” claim) that we deserve more than those [“wrong people”] do, and to do this based on supposedly moral judgments, but in actuality, to do that based on the beliefs that begot those projections in the first place? Maybe we should call the condition ”Psycho-Political Pathology.“ Maybe we could just call it disillusionment.

I believe that a societal effort to overcome it's malaise (via it's individuals), is paramount to our changing our tendencies to war. I also believe is it realizable, certainly in the long run, if we start now. In order to accomplish that, certain principles of approach to societal change must also be considered. To follow are the main points I've come up with so far, to support these beliefs (the first few of which might sound a little intimidating if not egg headed at first, but yes, they ARE going somewhere, which the last two points summarize):

If one is forced down a path, resistance is built up, and the path will not be respected let alone appreciated, and it will be abandoned at the first opportunity.

That means that one needs to believe there is greater meaning or purpose to the new path before taking the chance of breaking well established habits, enjoyed or not, and going a new route.

Paths related to idealistic beliefs are the most difficult to change.

The bottom line is that one cannot convince another of a certain path unless one can also convey the knowledge of why that path is truly better.

To Change a mind for a better path is therefore to effectively teach someone to better know his own true needs.

To do that, one must assume that the recipient of the teaching has lost clarity, or never had the chance to discern it due to conflicting messages... in either case, one must assume that the loss of such clarity must be known on the subconscious level, creating therefore at least two perspectives, one more conscious, one more suppressed.

Also basic to psychologists is that such suppression, whenever brought to light, has always brought up emotional pain along with the realization of the loss of clarity.

Further, the suppression would not have happened in the first place unless there was some kind of payoff, such as some kind of safety or protection of self or another.

Most everyone has experienced emotional suppression to some degree, whether s/he realizes it or not, and still suppresses certain things, varying greatly in degree of importance and effect. And it is usually not Earth-shattering, except when multiplied by the number and effect of so many people in denial. This is part of why we mature/heal so quickly in times of calamity - we are then open to our deepest fears and/or we grieve together, releasing some of that which we have suppressed.

One major point I want to make here is that we don't necessarily have to wait for disaster and mayhem to begin this process. To realize the above is to realize that everyone can benefit from therapy - personally applied or otherwise.

Obviously we were all given challenges at birth, and everyone is ignorant and/or incapable compared to someone else in some field of endeavor. The idea that we make someone more or less worthy of basic love and acceptance, and that we do that based on knowledge or capability (let alone skin color), is in itself a disability. And I believe this (bigotry) is one of our greatest social disabilities, and therefore a great social challenge -- one that we can overcome, eventually, if we put effort into it.

The following questions may then arise:
   So what's wrong with most anyone having needs for therapy or personal growth work? How is it that our society has developed a stigma on someone's desire - or need - to improve oneself?
   What's wrong with most anyone doing therapy, and calling it personal growth work -- especially since that IS often what much or all of it usually is nowadays? A much better question for here might be, "What's RIGHT with realizing needs for therapy?"
   And if we answer that with "Everything," then the next question becomes "how soon can we get over that stigma about going to therapy?" Could it be related to that old thing about *comparing who's more worthy* ?
   More importantly here: Do you think there could be a relationship between this (worthiness/comparison/jealousy issue), the "winner"/"loser" labeling (which has been used more and more via the media and in ways so as to mean more about worldly worth than self-worth), and nationalism ?
   Do you ever think about such as the above, relating it to the fact that we are still defining, or re-defining, the Bill of Rights?
   Do you think that any/all of these things could have affected our beliefs about *patriotism*?

What all the above implies is that, with a concerted effort, people can be gradually re-educated about their own capacities to become aware of, feel, and constructively vent, emotional material that stands in the way of their realizing clarity, especially as regards protection, security, caring, pain, and compassion. And from there people can discover, each for him/herself, their own relationships and potential roles, active and passive, to various issues. That includes political issues and those related. People can discover these things as opposed to just being spoon-fed by the media which for too many is simply numbing into various modes of the "ok, so long as you make me feel patriotic" or "ok, so long as my life doesn't change too much" style of dis-empowerment.

Another 'Bottom Line': Before we can achieve Planetary Sustainability, we have to attain 'Citizenry Sustainability.' A military revolution - large enough to make any difference - will also reap more pain, confusion, and denial. More than we can heal to regain sufficient capacity for planetary healing - before Global Warming takes the rest of us. We're going to have to outsmart that unevolved part of us - and those who represent it politically. That means we vote with our dollar and our pen or keyboard, and maybe with our feet - as well as with the ballot.

Let me summarize that further: belief systems related to protection, security, caring, pain, compassion, and how all such may be defined, may have a definite effect on beliefs related to various political issues, and those can be changed in a very healthy way, basically by doing our emotional homework (each of us individually, and sometimes perhaps in groups) -- and that could change the planet.
I didn't say this approach would be easy. Force is easy (in the beginning perhaps, when 'choice' is felt as uncomfortable), but force and manipulation is about tyrants and slaves, benign or otherwise. Some "leaders" would seem to be happy with that plan. And if you are too, then just sit back, because they will definitely take you for a ride - if enough of us let them - back to Nazi Germany perhaps... ok, so enough of that idea!

( -cp, 12/02)

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Beliefs, Path, & Service Chart

More on How to use THIS chart: This chart's information and flow might be better/quicker grasped if you start with comparing all the things on the left side, top to bottom, then check/compare what's in the middle column, and finally same for the right column. You'll likely note that the right column is much more interconnected within itself than the other two columns. The shapes serve to organize similar types of entries. Then note that the order of cause-effect in this chart, where it applies, moves from left to right, either straight across, at an angle upward, or at an angle downward. There is generally an increase in positive activism, or the potential for it, as you look more toward the top of the chart. As noted in the Primer for Using Charts at top of page), you're not supposed to "get it" all at once. -cp, 12/10/02
Your feedback (via polypsyart@iinet.com) would be appreciated, of course.

PolyPsyArt@iinet.com 2002

I would like to invite you to check out a deeper study of our condition for the purpose of joining in with the self-healing-becoming-planetary-healing that many are consciously and actively engaging in. If all that reading or hearing this does for you is engage your curiosity to begin looking around at the many forms this takes and considering how you may take and give advantage through the resources this leads you to, then we've come the first step toward our objectives here. The much more developed outline and charts for the study project -as developed so far- is at the "Overcoming Political Disillusionment" page. If this sounds like the right thing for you, please check it out, consider the suggestions there, along with the various discussion points and charts on this page, if you haven't already done so.

Blessings,
Chris Pringer 12/'02

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A    R e - b a l a n c i n g    T r a n s i t i o n    P r o c e s s
for Healing Government, the Economy, and the Global Warming Crisis

        A Re-balancing Transition Process for Healing Government and the Global Warming Crisis is much like healing individuals. It requires a "transition diet," but is important to apply "the right diet that will treat the specific imbalance(s) at hand." The principles of "Treat the Individual instead of the disease" also apply. Also, too much of even "the right diet" will create imbalance in another direction. For instance, the macrobiotic diet has been very effective for healing various cancers. But this diet's lack of fresh fruits and vegetables would eventually fail to meet certain nutritional needs of many people. For every condition, there are particular processes that are required to rebalance it (an optimal diet, particular nutrients that have been missing or slow to be assimilated), and good habits that maintain that balance afterwards through various life changes. Each kind of diet is best suited for a particular constitution. It's mostly a matter of compatibility.
        This can apply to political system in that it can be diagnosed as having too much capitalism or too much socialism (or even too much fascism, initiating a state of Martial Law when it wasn't the best course, and/or continuing it longer than needed); and thus some counterbalancing element(s) can be "prescribed" to transition it into something that works for that society. That may sound impossible, but the alternative has usually been to apply some packaged system with very nonobjective, albeit prejudiced, views about how it should be received, and with results similar to self-medicating with someone else's prescription. And that's even when the intentions were not colored with material or power addictions. And of course, addictions are never satisfied - even when everyone has been brought to a relative feel-good state.

"Beliefs in Potential «§» Transition"

The elements depicted represent (parts in) ALL of US. And ...the Eagle recedes, the Dove proceeds, as the Owl see's through the darkness... OUR relationship with our Earth Mother clarifies as we realize our own interconnectedness ... This is about humanity sufficiently believing in our capacities to see and make the best of opportunities now and into our future - wherein we approach the world's problems politically and spiritually, internally and externally.

(Large Version & more on it's symbology at World Healing Prayers Page)

        I don't pretend to downplay the challenge of implementing a transition in resource management styles. Not to mention getting across the overall vision and scope -- to those who would initiate, as well as to those who will allow the consideration of such broad sweeping change, let alone the implementation of it. To be included would be the fact that all the resources to properly take care of every individual on the planet do exist, and that the only reason everyone's needs have not been taken care of, is a matter of distribution and control of that distribution. Cooperation in resource management is critically needed to solve the current (<-2009->) economic impasse, thence the increasingly immediate crisis of Global Warming. (There is an artistic rendition of "the Economy" in the next section, by the way.)

The "Chalice-Scale" (© Chris Pringer Dec'08) represents the bridging and balancing of polarities within each conscious Being. Conceptually, the bio-electric charge of opposites in the universe forms a dynamic vortex of tension, hence the motivation for humanity to evolve.         The principles of synergy apply in respect to maintaining overall balance among the different systems - from community to national to international levels. Conditions to be considered include the nature of interfacings with other systems (individuals or communities or nations as the case applies) that may also be (and most likely would be) in one stage or another of re-balancing or balance maintenance. A cabinet of political psychology advisors might be responsible to each governing body to keep the body abreast of it's needs for balance within and among the rest of the governing bodies it interfaces with. Ideally, it would be transparent in carrying out it's duties. They would consult on a periodic or more regular basis with the advisory colleges of all other governing bodies.
        Much of this is really styles of government/corporate relationship. As for real solutions, we don't need to focus on, or even have, "isms" in government. We do need to find what works best where we all work together -- instead of calling people socialists or communists whenever they try to keep a governing body from legalizing hi-way robbery or a corporation benefiting from it. Riane Eisler, a meticulous Cross-Discipline researcher, puts it right in (her book) *The Real Wealth of Nations*, where she writes about the potential for economics to reflect what we truly value, quality of life, and quality of the environment, and provides strong and uplifting evidence to backup her recommendations. She "expands the scope and practice of economics beyond capitalism and socialism to a new economics in which equity, justice, and environmental sanity prevail..." ~Morris Dees, Co-founder, Southern Poverty Law Center. [added 08/02/08]

        The funny thing about "socialism" in America - take most any system in our infrastructure, and define which parts are from capitalism, and which is from socialism. Besides all the arguments about which ones are from which, how many folks would pick up on the point that what works is what works, what doesn't is what doesn't, and who is/was it that's actually responsible for whichever? I suppose, once we Americans could ever establish a working definition (like yeah, could that even happen?), then we'd see how meaningless it's application would be for those infrastructure systems. The system that works is the one that can be upheld justly and used fairly for the citizenry of a given community, as it interacts effectively with systems of other communities. But we all know that such politicals as the "Teabaggers" (2010) are not arguing about many logical points - the organizers just use whatever they can to exite the exitable and get them where they can use them to accomplish their ends. As if "their" constitution could defend capitalism more than socialism - especially with regard to how either has actually been practiced, certainly administrated.
        But is not *Structure* what it IS *all* about essentially ? Since that is the basis of FUNDAMENTALISM (whatever the particular creed) It's also the basis of most of the major schisms in the world today, certainly of those that make the news. Perhaps it's even the basis of the "'ism'-schisms," thence resource distribution, thence poverty and all that brings (population issues, health, etc). But a much more sober address of this basis of extremism is now in the essay, "Systems of Structure & Effects on Learning" or "Spiritual Battles & Wars" (that are best if maintained INternally). [At the greatly revised "Machiavengelicals Exposed" page; link via Related Refs Section]
        Summary: One could say that medical over-categorization has led people to be bigoted and "extremist" towards their medical conditions. This can apply to political conditions, whether they be *called* capitalistic, socialistic, communistic, right-wing or leftist (especially while the defining or labeling of various political strategies can be so controversial in itself). As in medicine, finding and maintaining the right balance of elements in any governing system requires an unprejudiced and objective analysis. That includes the appreciation of the proper place and role of almost every type of strategy and mechanism ever used in history, all considered in the context of each their settings (era, place, and circumstance), in order to develop what will work optimally for any current circumstance. And then a "Diet" is prescribed to facilitate transition to and maintenance for the truly workable system. Easy? Of course not, certainly given these requirements for transition: Time for integration of what we've learned mentally, and for healing much of what we've learned emotionally (in the "school of hard knocks") for necessary realizations regarding relationships (with self, others, Higher Power as applies), values, purpose, direction. If these don't apply, then it could only be easier (Related section below: "Favorite Alternative Solution Sites") [10/12/07, ed. 3/14/09, 3/28/10]

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A l l e g o r y    S u g g e s t s
The    E c o n o m y    i s    a n    A r t f o r m    a n d    N o t    a    S c i e n c e

Premise: Filling in gaps and spaces is a primary tenant of any artform. By "filling in...", I'm referring to how our senses respond to elements like the timing between beats in a rhythm, or changes in a play script, relative to that in the longer novel. And it includes an artist's co-opting or taking insightful advantage of what might be called "mistakes." That is, it's primarily one's subjective perception (and not particularly one's objective perspection), that is required to create a relationship between oneself and the artform, in order for the artform to be appreciated, used, enjoyed, etc. This 'Filling in the gaps & spaces' aspect relates perfectly to the economy - it has been filled in with faith and trust.

In truth, the economy has been a hodgepodge of 'Artforms' created over time and global space by men who were relatively rich and/or powerful (relative to others in the trade system of their community). And this collective economy has been co-evolving ever since -- to distribute resources according to what these men perceived/ deemed needed for personal/ business, royal, community, and/or state/ national/ global reasons.

Pieces of Art by Chris Pringer 1'09

Economists tell you they don't really know what makes the economy work predictably or dependably. And when we examine it (from/within the scientific paradigm, the one that we like to believe it works according to), as we are now trying to do apparently... Then we find a major lack of scientific backing. We see the gaps and spaces - instead of filling it in with our faith and trust. As a result, we've become disillusioned in those seen as "the experts" - who had us believe in (the science of) the economy. That is, we used to believe in the economic paradigm (world view) that was based on predictable and dependable science. [Relevence of (conscious AND unconscious) *Belief systems* to perception and politics covered in 1st section of this page.]

Pieces of Art by Chris Pringer 1'09

"Slight-of-Hand, Working and Not": All along there was conventional mild slight-of-hand that worked to keep things flowing. Ever since tokens came about to represent resources, there was as-needed an occasional bit of slight-of-hand to cover un-backed tokins. But this was usually only temporary, and not necessarily disclosed. But most who worked the system knew it was done, assuming all would be covered in due time. And it's functionality (its interconnecting and unifying flow) has always depended on the faith/trust that 'fills in those gaps' - those that have *not* been filled in with actual moneys or resources *present* at any given time. Hence, the economy has been an artform, and has not been a science - except for the study of it, perhaps.

Over time the nature of the un-backed tokins became more complicated as more token systems developed. With increasing frequency in more recent decades increasingly larger tokins have remained unbacked. And this began to confuse the system, due to more players not communicating when they were not able to cover for the tokens (especially ever since initiating the era of leveraged buyouts, etc). The artform of "temporary as-needed slight-of-hand" was now being corrupted by the unscrupulous slight-of-handers (or handLERs). From the paradigm of the economy as an artform, the failure of the economy might be attributed to greedy people, those who didn't properly maintain the gaps and spaces according to the rules governing 'the econonomy as an artform.

Pieces of Art by Chris Pringer 1'09
Some might say that the exposure of the economic problem by "the experts" is due to those who want the economy revised from the top down, instead of from the bottom up.

Tom Barnard's Blog on the Economy That is, they (the top-downers) knowingly took advantage of the fact *that* the unscroupulous were taking advantage, of the fact *of* the existance of gaps and spaces. And of *our discovery* that the economy has run as well as it did, because of the slight-of-hand trickery played on occasion, in order to fill in the gaps to keep it flowing. [It's ok, read that again if you need to - this might be a little different take on things.] But it's at least as true that among the confidence men (who have been playing *more* slight-of-hand trickery than necessary to keep the economy "afloat" in our belief system about money), there were corporate players who were *leveraging our faith*, as well as the capacity (financial, medical, psychological, and otherwise) for many of us to sustain a living, let alone retire.

Why Instant Runoff Voting? Quick Answer: For the "99%" AND for those who've lost faith in the two-party system, a good resource list is at FairVote Minnesota (And I'm noticing that Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove have been writing in the Wall Street Journal not that long after Rupert Murdock took it over. [Rove is being called for the umteenth time before congress as I write this (Jan'09) - maybe he'll show this time.] But what's that got to do with anything?!)
Bumpersticker from VFP's national campaign, "How's the War Economy Working for You"

WE CAN go some useful directions from here. Including looking at it all from outside that science/structure based paradigm. Attitudes can effect the quality of the problem solving strategy that we engage, as well as it's development. IE: If we are bitter with un-healthfully expressed anger, we will likely not create a fix for old economy OR a useful, dependable new economy. Better: if we come to realize how important it is to properly value the various pragmatic creations as well as artforms in our world, and create an economy based on their fair distribution (and not on/according to any particular "ism"), then we will revolutionize our perception and value of humanity.

[ An admitted idealist, I define an economy as a system of distribution management for people exchanging various forms of Love - things made, created, grown, and expressed. Consider: *Structure* as the basis of FUNDAMENTALISM (of whatever creed), is also the basis of most major schisms in the world, as well as the basis of the "'ism'-schisms," thence of resource distribution. ]

Hence, the "ism"s, instead of becoming polarized fundamentalisms, might more usefully be regarded as artforms (certainly not sciences) for sometimes painful learning and exploration, as vehicles for developing truly working models for individual communities and nations, from which effective global community systems of resource distribution evolve.
Please Note: Overall planetary resources have always been abundant - just not always abundantly distributed. Consider how much the more affluent nations and peoples have wasted, let alone kept in storage or withheld from the market to effect prices - far more than enough to have saved any number of starving peoples over time on the planet.
One perspective relates wealth to the perspective that long ago, a relative few people made themselves the judges of others' worthiness. And thus judges of distribution - of resources and wealth, punishment and poverty (hence factors in the development of our current economy). That's at " 'The Lords of Culture' and Listening - A story about Language, Relationship, and the Body-Mind Split - An Anthropology of Intelligence & Paradigms in Context".
Who gets to say
» how much everything is worth ?
» who gets to spend a dollar
as if every penny counted ?

Who that IS,
to the degree we realize it,
is more powerful than the economic elite,
the political elite, and the religious elite -
in saying how much anything,
not to mention how much EveryONE,
is worth!?

WHO gets to say?

How about the one Who gets to vote
» by what they buy ?
» by what activities they engage in ?
» by whom they invite to be a friend ?
» and by what thoughts they think ?
Especially if they do that consciously

"Connecting Resources for the Economy"
(a resource access prayer chart)

Some forgiveness of our blind faith might help - we certainly have some recent opportunities for experience with that (wars without foundation are the most costly by far - on so many levels - and healing from that can be an instrumental part of how we learn and transition to a world that truly works). Forgiveness doesn't have to rule out appropriate measures for accountability for those that knowingly took advantage of others for personal profit, political gain, power over resource distribution, etc. Accountability is a necessary part of the structure that teaches our children to properly value others. And, IMO, we need to address the critical value changes that occurred during the Reagan Era. Here I am referring to the phase-in of flaunt-it-if-you-have-it attitudes, the "winner/loser" taunting (competition of worst sort where cheating is ok if don't get caught), and of course, the Milken-and-Trump-"inspired" re-engineering of business dealings with the resulting fallout on the employee, retirement, and then the economy (when the message became "money and power = legitimacy"). (Related considerations in forgiveness/trust/trends-tracking here)

In going such useful directions and healing ourselves, we can create advanced systems of resource distribution (trade), including for development of those more economically isolated communities that want to upgrade to a more common or general economy. Also, systems can be worked out for 'cultural economic appreciation' for valuing and maintaining existing traditional/ indigenous systems. These can be developed for those peoples who rely on them and their products even if many/most others on the planet may not want to trade for them. We're probably talking about a decade or more of hard work, but why not go for something that does work?

Economic Activism: A collection of Pro-Active Resources for individually taking charge of our economic health towards a sustainable planet are listed at in the "Favorite Solutions" section as well as the section for Responsible Shopping & Investment, Corporate Reform, & Economic Fairness Issues at the Political Reference Page. Also Related at this site: The Economics of War & Peace - Part III - Considerations, Innovations, Accountability, Solutions, Resources

[The above perspective of allegory as related to the economy came about after practicing with my guitar. I had been employing a kind of consistent skip-a-note-but-leave-a-blank-as-keep-the-rhythm style - it still "worked," even though I was not hiting some of the notes. The mind just fills in when it's a common enough rif and kept consistent in rhythm and other context with the whole piece. (This is analogous to how our senses work to "get" other kinds of artforms as well. And, just to remind you of the economy and/or politics), the mind just fills in when such music is played confidently enough to sound like it was meant to be played that way. -- cp, 3/1/09, 3/4/09]
From "The Modus Operandi 100"
Selected (by relationship to the economy)

from "GO Planet! A call to the promise of our global civilization Adventures in social architecture And the story of tomorrow"
by Jim Channon of Arcturus .Org

29. SOCIAL INVENTIONS Design ways for everyone to prosper and flourish. Technical inventions and hard technology have their place. Social inventions and soft technologies will bring us a civilization.

55. MEANING Take time to review the things that have been working and assign them value. Create a toolkit of these ways and means.

56. BEAUTY An artful and delightful creation will encourage more of the same in others. Some cultures have had beauty be their highest collective ideal.

57. SUSTAINABILITY Build, restore, and preserve supporting solutions that last.

58. PROXIMITY Keep waste and reuse or convert it to another useful solution or service as close to where it was created as possible.

59. CASCADING Continue to empower and reuse every by-product generated in a production effort. Cradle to cradle.

60. PRODUCTION Manufacture appropriate products for beautiful, sustainable, efficient living.

61. WHOLE-SYSTEMS DESIGN Plan for the full use of all effects of any development, design, or production effort. Aim the total effect at the most desirable life force solution.

62. FAIR TRADE Decentralize trade to the smallest possible local transactions. Encourage an open and honest fair exchange by any means that is recognized as fair. Free enterprise will have its place but not at the expense of rampant and mindless production and its burdensome polluting transportation.

64. SUFFICIENCY Make, carry and consume only what is necessary until we can sustain the planet with natural power and a restored resource base.

96. THE LOVE ECONOMY When the world wakes up to the natural power of generosity most all work will be willingly expended to assist others without the need for a currency exchange. In the mean time there are many other ways to recognize effort besides money.

97. WASTE NOTHING Strive to find a useful purpose for all the waste that you create.
Almost Off-topic but so worthy:
25. CHIVALRY Go way beyond just generous support whenever possible. Stage the genius of others as a practice beyond the golden rule.

63. CONNECTIVITY Be aware of the awesome changes in planetary connectivity. We now have a global voice and recognizable ethics that can be monitored to serve peoples desires on a global basis. Small groups of people need not to pretend they speak for all the rest of us when our collective choices are patently obvious.

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"E m p a t h y"   o r   "A r m o r"
b y    D e f i n i t i o n    a n d    "S l i g h t    o f    H e a r t" (?)

Clarifying the definition of *Empathy*
since it has apparently come to be re-defined to apply in limited ways and directions [4'10]
I was invited (along with many others) to go to a presentation this last week, one of many all over the world, in process of developing a program entitled "The Difference" - we'll be hearing about it in a year or so... Anyway, Q and A there led me to comment on empathy - That is, on how many different notions of empathy there are - that *in effect*, have become definitions or usages for the word "empathy".

Because, those definitions are based on who we feel the feelings of, and thereby who we feel for - but also those we filter OUT. Some of those filters are very familial based, some nation-based, others related to this or that social circle or vocational circle. And some are race or creed-based - ETC. This is not just about what got us into Iraq, what we did there, and how so many folks have responded to that (or not). But when the term, thence concept is, in effect, used in that way, well, the question arises: is THAT actually about empathy ??? Or have we adulterated the word, the concept, and thence the action itself ??? It's kind of like what we've done with *Love*: "If you really loved me, then you would..." but on a society/culture/nation level. And maybe there's a relationship between what we've done to *love* and what we've done to *empathy.* AND there's this saying (a principle to some), "As Above, So Below."

I don't know, maybe that's old discussion material, or same ole' stuff with a new hat. But just in case I didn't miss something, I thought the thought should be put out there (as well as some alternatives). I mean, I can totally understand that a person can only feel so much at a time, can only carry so much at a time. But must we adulterate basic terms and beliefs in order to excuse our own perceived shortcomings (greater or lesser) that we feel guilty about? And I'm assuming we are not even conscious of how often we do that. (I'm saying "we" instead of "they" because it seems to have become the norm).
3D & Atomic Chalice S5A over Transforming-Heart Tp5 & Flower Of Life by Chris Pringer 2'10

It's kind of like hiding things by slight of hand, only this, I guess, would be by "slight of heart" (or is it the heart?) - hiding the fact from oneself AND others(?) that one's feelings can be so limited in direction and scope. The greater form of empathy is considered a heart (or Heart Chakra, 4th Chakra) attribute and enables feeling others AS self (ALL others AS self). Whereas the lesser form of empathy is gut-feeling based (so considered a '3rd Chakra' attribute), and facilitates awareness of others feelings (whether the good, the bad, or the ugly, as they say). And different situations require different capacities.
To put that into more practical context:
Both of those capabilities are normally "in operation" in most folks - to some degree, depending on many factors about the person and the situation. And "by degree" is generally how they operate, not just full on or full off. Each energy center (or chakra) works best when ALL (seven of) the energy centers are working together, with some situations requiring more of one than another, and so forth. [Some elaboration and references on these aspects are included in a footnote below.] The capacity of the heart center is limitless, of course(?), and THAT is what makes the difference with saints, and especially with such souls as Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammad. So I'm not saying it's easy to always be in the space of feeling others "as one with self." But to know that experience, and thence aspire to know that more and more, to maintain it stronger longer and so on, is to realize that all humanity is worthy of our best considerations. And yes, all such ideals can be challenging to achieve let alone maintain...
But in that light, it can be important to know where one is coming from. And so, equating "nationalism" to empathy is just not always accurate, perhaps rarely. And especially if saying (or communicating via action) that one can feel objectively or love unconditionally, while excluding others because they look or believe differently.Actions that so communicate include how one runs their business, including with regard as to people in 3rd world countries being worthy of access to their own resources, and of sharing resources with others through a fair and fairly facilitated economic system. And then there are peace/military considerations... but I've covered those well enough in other notes (via the Poly-Psy Citizen Healing Page).

Humanist/Gestalt and Buddhist Psychology, among other systems (but especially when these two are integrated, IMO), are based on approaches that integrate the shadow aspect with those aspects we socially accept - in such a way as to heal and organize our (inner) selves more constructively, non-violently, productively - so our outer selves get along with others likewise, AND do all that more honestly (referring to "emotional honesty" in communications).

3D Chalice over S5A Transforming-Heart Tp5 & Flower Of Life & 7-Star-Synthesis by Chris Pringer 2'10 But sadly, the alternative healing crowd is pretty much the only ones that can talk about their therapy (even just that it's happening) without getting stigmatized for for it, for self-healing. (Yes, many do therapy for self-improvement, not because they are serial killers.) Well, there are those types who brag about therapy, including massage therapy, just so they can say they got the luxury.

When in fact, massage and other therapies should not be considered luxuries, but considered to be about the only thing that is going to teach us how to heal each other - and heal WITH each other. Because they often encourage one to question the nature of, and thereby improve upon, relationship with oneself, with other people, with Higher Power, etc. Massage can often do much of this very naturally, that is, without prompting on the part of the therapist. (And yes, I may be biased about *body-awareness based preventative maintenance* as the most cost-efficient form of health insurance. )

But how much difference would it make in the world if we really DID feel how others felt - and I mean "those" others?

Ah well, just another opinion (or feeling)...

...considering the Brain as a tool, considering that *Mind* comprises *Heart* & brain, that (the) *Body-Mind* comprises *Heart* (including empathy), brain, and *Body* as the physical Extension of *Mind* & *Heart* into the world. *Love-Wisdom* is thereby considered the ideal attribute or quality extended. How? *Information* is considered the basis of *Knowledge* after having been processed by the brain; *Knowledge* as the basis of *Wisdom*, after having been processed by the *Body-Mind*; and *Love-Wisdom* being the highest form of that. [All that is not totally original, but an integration of existing concepts, albeit somewhat metaphysical. -cp, 4/11/10]

Hence the challenge of integrating our emotional bodies and (with) our spiritual bodies: Is that not one of our spiritual opportunities while living in a body? If we are not the only species in the universe, and if the wiser ones were visiting us to teach their kids about the evolution of living beings, would they wonder if this integration was what our species was created for? Or is that just another projection of ego ? One possible assist in such considerations and "paradoxical delemnas" is the Goal Chart page, "Achievement of Goals, Attainment, And the Role of Inner Work - A Flow Chart of the Human Psyche in..."

[Links to referenced writings/charts/artwork in Related Ref's section]

* FootNote: "Some elaboration and references on these aspects [about energy centers or chakras] are included in the "Seven Phases" section of the "Evolution Trends" essay - includes explanation of relationships of energy centers (or chakras), including "...these phases of growth are based on the 7 bio-etheric energy centers within each individual's Soul-Being - as part of a system taught by advanced yogi's down through the centuries. The seven energy centers are geared to work together as an integrated whole, but individually have certain strengths and attributes. They can be viewed as tiered in a hierarchical arrangement, progressively advancing from the lower more material survival-based capabilities to those more oriented to the formless and sublime attributes of existence. ..." [NOTE: When I use the term "evolution" at this website, I am referring to the psycho-social evolution of humankind, resulting in lasting change on the physical level, not the physical as we generally consider it (with the exception of the brain). -cp]

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An Affirmation for Recognition & Changing Beliefs about Superiority
(This affirmation is unusual, in that it does acknowledge the existence of a "negative situation" -
in this case about a destructive belief. The belief, in the opinion of this author, has
contributed to some of the most unfortunate, even shameful, current world situations.)

We Recognize, Expose, & Stop Superiority as the Lie that...' - 17%compressed jpg graphic - PolyPsyArt/Chaliser2004)

PolyPsyArt@iinet.com 2002 (please type "permit2chris" in body of email)

Bring Our Kids Home Bumper Sticker Blk3x10 ThumPic

These two versions of the "Bring Our Kids/Troops Home Whole" bumpersticker were inspired by the Peace Sign'ed American Flag (photos of the "Peace Flag Honor Guard" further below), and of course, the continuing need to bring our kids/troops home "Whole."

Printable PDFs are available with Full (8.5x11) page(s) of Three (3) B-stickers (each pdf about 3.3 MB in file size)
[Apologies for bad links for weeks prior to 9/16/10]:

bumper-sticker WITHOUT VFP Logo

bumper-sticker WITH VFP Logo
To download you can right click on the link(s) and then click "save as", if you don't want to open the pdf in your browser

The Original version was created in Jan'04 with the logo for Veterans for Peace Chapter 92 over a star-field from the American Flag. EG: we (psychologically astute vets) knew then that the soldiers were being trained differently, and the repeated tour-rotation policy was already being indicated, and how that related to PTSD.

And now (Spring 2010) we find already that more vets of Iraq-Afghanistan have committed suicide than have been killed in combat.
Compare this to the 30+ yrs it took
for Viet Nam vets to reach that statistic (!)
I repeat here (at right) the resource that I put at the vUSPeace Academy pages in 2004, which resource has since been confirmed to be applicable/effective for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

Co-Counseling or Re-Evaluation Counseling (REC)
because Listening Can be healing
While Harvey Jackins, the originator, has passed on, Re-Evaluation Counseling has continued to develop and mature into a most valuable, while relatively easy to learn, healing methodology.
For more information, you might use these KEYWORDS in your search engine: Co-Counseling, Re-Evaluation Counseling, Harvey Jackins.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia

For more information visit www.acuwithoutborders.org -
The number of Clinics around the nation is growing!

Related ? : " 'The Lords of Culture' and Listening - A story about Language, Relationship, and 'the Body-Mind Split'
An Anthropology of Intelligence & Paradigms in Context" (7/31/10, ed.9/4/10)

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Related Web Pages at This Site:

The Virtual U.S. Peace Academy
Is here and now to inspire the creation of the *real* UNITED STATES PEACE ACADEMY. Courses are now being set up to be taught in the Seattle area [Spring '07]. In the interim the vUSPA is here for students choosing alternatives in peace, to facilitates resources and connections to institutions of higher learning for lasting global peace. In utilizing this site, young people can also create a vital and permanent record of their sincere desire and choice to learn and wage the arts of peace, rather than the art of war as taught at the military academies - as well as establish Conscientious Objector Status. Includes the - "James George Peterson Library at vUSPA - Suggested Courses and Books, suggested/sample outlines; prerequisites, etc and The Economics of War & Peace - Part III - Considerations, Innovations, Accountability, Solutions, Resources

"Overcoming Political Disillusionment"
How do we approach the condition of dis-empowerment, political burnout, apathy, or worse? How do we spot it where it may lurk as something else? (Not just talking about you or me on a bad day, but when only 30-40% of the people vote, when and where whole segments of society seem to pretend everything's fine when it isn't, and worse, when it continues to support the situation.) With an honest look at ourselves, and asking some hard questions, we may begin the process of true (lasting) change. A follow-up to "Political Activism, Apathy, & Healing," this outlined perspective on the political ramifications of Disillusionment is not light study, but food for deliberate thought - for creating a society that will also allow our grand children to have happy, healthy children on this planet. Written for would-be voters, burnt-out idealists, and potential activists, and takes a thorough look at the elements of basic (and applicable) psychology as related to democratic participation, & Healing.

Questions For Disillusionment
Includes: Questions for Consideration specific to Political Activism, Apathy, & Healing, as well as
"The Four Governments": A short essay on political beliefs, invested fantasies, & current realities - working & not; Guidelines and a class format for "Overcoming Burnout for Activists": for YOUR community? "The Development of One Questioning Mind": my pre-sentencing statement at the trial of the "Seattle 12" "Questions for Personal Empowerment": The Use of Personally Applied Invocative Questions (Invoc-Q's) designed specifically for affirming self-worth, self-determination, capabilities for personal values redefinition, etc with text placed over colorful tapestry background.

"Achievement of Goals, Attainment, And the Role of Inner Work - A Flow Chart..."
Often referred to at this site as "the Goal Chart" - A practical visual tool to complement & help complete other self-help perspectives & presentations a re-hash of ancient truths created to work for new applications. ('92, rev'd 8'02). And "Heart's Desire, Ideals, & Accomplishment" (same page, Aug'11) is About clarifying what we most truly want, and how we can have that... also about HOW we respond to Pain & Loss (whether caused by disease, ourselves, others, or the economy) and are brought back together again - the *how* that can MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

"A Gestalt Perspective" and "Seven Phases of Personal Growth"
A perspective on an approach to and regard for life,
to one's past and present, as well as for personal growth and/or therapy.

"Understanding the Pattern Triad and The Body Pattern Assessment"
About Mind-Body Relationships and *coping mechanisms, *challenges, and *gifts on one's Life Path. About aspects to be discovered, emotionally cleared, and then employed as mental/emotional assets and guidance towards determining and accomplishing life goals. About how the body has habitually responded to experience is evidenced by the body's holding and movement patterns. I provide an explaination for a system of assessments and mind-body correlations -- learned and integrated from/for my work with others as well as for my own life process. Other sections include excerpts from "Body Memory and ... Learning Life Lessons." Includes "Notes on Mind-Body Correlations - Source-References, Organization of *Body Memory,* and 'WHAT I DO'." Note: Keywords referring to, or related to, the same phenomenon: fascia memory, somatic memory, tissue memory, muscle memory, somatic experience, somatic healing, somatic therapy.

"Body-Parenting"
About a powerful form of Preventative Health Maintenance. Based on the "Re-Parenting" approach to personal growth & self-healing, I consider it a powerful adjunct to Body-Mind Integration. Helps to illustrate the dynamic relationships of Spirit, mind, body, and emotions, as well as the inner-child-parent-family, including the cells, organs, and body systems.

"Machiavengelicals Exposed"
Machiavellian + Evangelical = Machiavengelical. Lots Replaced/Revised April 2010 [much less satire]; New Sections on the Tea Party & Health Insurance, "Spiritual Battles" (internal vs external), and Attitudinal Healing; enhanced sections on Politicized Religion, Christian Fascism, and Economic Activism

"Questions for Boundaries"
Affirmations in "PRQ" format for developing momentums for increased overall well-being
specific to Effective Communications of position, intention, & message,
Maintaining Clarity for appropriate Connection, Direction, & Protection

Christopher's Political Page,
including "Politics, Psychology, & Disillusionment." My attempt to provide intelligent commentary and considerations for solutions as well as political awareness, that we might better see, understand, and utilize opportunities to jump in and make things better when we can, Not too stiff for a grin now and then. Also includes STOPPING the MID-EAST-WARS - Activism & Post 9/11 Issues. Anchored in the pragmatic, certainly for the long run. Well Organized, with LOTS of Resources for the Socially Responsible Activist. Insightful Quotations. Perspective based in Buddhism, Humanistic Psychology, Ecumenism, including "The Four Governments," and "Getting Real About Conspiracies."

PolyPsy List Archives
Provides the most recent postings on what's going on (as regards peace & justice, & citizen effectiveness, including action resources) - Planetary in scope with more specifics for Seattle/NW): you can join the list or just peruse the Archives without joining. The list was created in the effort to help us better see and UTILIZE opportunities to jump in and make things better when we can - while maintaining our psychological and spiritual capacity to do so - and to help keep the PolyPsyArts web site current. This list is a "Newsletter" style list; NOT the kind that allows members to send email to other members. (It does NOT make member email addresses available to anyone, So members do NOT receive email from anyone but myself.) List Description is elaborated at http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/PolyPsySp. To subscribe, send email to: PolyPsySp-subscribe@lists.riseup.net. You can type the same in the subject and body areas of your message. Thank you, -Chris Pringer, ListOwner/Mgr

Facebook Postings

Below is a sample Facebook posting. The links WORK for the noted articles by Karen Vlahos, as well as for most of the fcbk tabs, the Share link, etc.
(Usually these postings are not repeated via the Poly-Psy Mailing List.)
At Right is a WORKING mock-up of my fcbk *NOTES* block [May'10].

My Comment on the above Facebook Posting [At my fcbk page, 6-07-10]

[Quoting from the article:] "The number of Guard and reserves as a percentage of the total force in Iraq and Afghanistan has fluctuated over the years. Official estimates in 2005 were at 28 percent; it was about 7 percent in Iraq and 15 percent in Afghanistan at the end of 2008. Manski estimates it's closer to one-third today. ..."
Remember the report on increased military sign-ups? And we were wondering where our priorities went (and other political psych-outs)... Well, check these stats (from Karen Vlahos's article): "So here is the situation. The secretary of defense ordered, and Congress authorized, an expansion in the size of the Army. But the Army reduced the recruitment goal – and reduced the retention goal. The size of the Army is in fact shrinking. It may look as if it's growing – the Pentagon report gives the impression it's growing – but it's growing only in comparison with the officially set goals."
Ahhhhhhh! Karl Rove & students are still at work in the smoke & mirrors factory, not to mention the Project for a New American Century [PNAC] (just in case we forgot).

"Resource Access Prayer Chart for Economy

Page Description:
19 prayers as of Jan 2011, generally invoking Divine assistance, calling for citizen awareness & courage, truth, justice, accountability, related healing, learning, & balance, etc. They include a resource-connecting prayer chart for the Economy (Jan'11) , two that are specific to global climate healing, one to Iraq & Middle East, two for comprehensive planetary healing in general, two specific to media communications (latest Dec'10), and more. Page includes background and related information, links, and printing/downloading tips. (Yes, of course it's free, as I believe prayers are meant to be.)

"Q's Prayer 4 World Peace
Iraq-Middle-East Healing Prayer
"Archangel Prayer for Iraq-MiddleEast"

   "A Global Climate Healing Fantasy and the Spirit of It All" On Sacred Earth Background. PDF versions available for Printing (is 2 pages long)
World Healing Prayers over Sacred Geometry Graphic Backgrounds

The "coverage" (via prayer text) provides a virtual summary of our current world challenges - hints to opportunities to gain the momentum we need to heal/transform the planet and mankind.

Broad Spectrum World Healing Prayer

A Different Take on Evolution

Evolution Trends: The 'Information Age' And Its Evolution Into The 'Holographic Age'
Challenges and Realistic Goals For Survival and Creating A Desirable Future, © Nov'95
NOTE: At this website the term "evolution" refers to that of human consciousness, resulting in lasting change on the physical level.

We are currently in the "Information Age" of global-scale *collection and organization * of data and data systems. The "Holographic Age" will be marked by "...the integration of data (a precursor and main component of the Holographic age) ...will bring about a tremendous explosion in capabilities of unprecedented scope, magnitude, and depth... The ability to offer/affect pre-designed physiological, emotional, mental, and psychic change on human beings..." Intelligence manages information, but wisdom manages Intelligence. This "adventurous" draft looks into the future (or potential future scenarios) at many key areas of evolvement of Human Society. Organized web page includes sections: "Getting There From Here - and The Political Maze In Between," "Some Trends and Developments In Health and Environment," "Psycho-Social Transition And Rehabilitation" (in corrections, education, and health), and "The Role Of Intuition Coming Home...". Recent additions include: much improved "Basis of Assessment - with "Seven Phases of Evolution"; "On Potential Realities, Ideals, Goals, and Accomplishment"; and "On Learning, Fairness, Truth, and Peace" (& Purpose, Structure, & Religion"), and ref-links for the "updated" prophecies for the year 2012.

ie: [from original August 1995 paper:] "...Our trial and initiation prior to entering the next age is dealing with the issue of 'Polarization.' So much depends on how we manage this issue during the 1995 - 2005 period of time... critical on many levels. The implications may therefore be timely, a balance of warning with hope and direction => ...'Polarization' refers to the two opposing extremes of over-identification and enmeshment. The first extreme, over-identification, relating to hyper-egoism or narcissism, includes misplaced patriotism and competition for the sake of wrong-making and degradation, nationalism that unduly separates people, bigotry, elitism, and related extremes. The 2nd extreme, enmeshment, relating to the blurring of proper boundaries (such as with emotional or energetic enmeshment, sexual abuse, any improper 'dual relationship'), includes that which occurs with [non/]secular/political or political/personal conflicts of interest. Appropriate structure (laws, regulations, professional guidelines, cultural mores, rules of conduct, etc) is the result of healthy personal and societal discrimination of values, and related priorities and goals... ...will develop out of necessity - much due to the aberrations of the info age (psychological manipulation and necessary defense systems practiced by/for/against businesses in competition as well as for military reasons => ...personal data as common knowledge <=> 'Age of Exposure' => ...the decade of the media moguls and the survival of democracy..."
'GeoChakra Skull & Chalice' & "Grail Mind" - PolyPsyArt 2010
But if we get through all that, one of the many noted benefits include "... We will have the unique opportunity to learn first-hand from the most hi-tech, research data-backed, psychological ...Awareness on/of the various levels & interrelationships between these areas... The application of intuition may find an unprecedented role in terms both of breadth and of its popular integration with the more logical approaches ...As a result, various systems of 'Integrated Diagnostics' will be developed..."
The original paper was email published in Nov '95 on listserv@intuition.org (Institute of Noetic Sciences) and Spiramed@sjuvm.stjohns.Edu. Yes, *1995* - So I guess the "system" I used was not so bad (based on the "Seven Phases of Evolution," as recently detailed on that page). Some intuition did enter in between that system and the "if this, then this" logic - scans of original notes with hand-drawn flow-charts included, but I've never called this "a prophecy," but a percieved spiritual challenge with potentially great rewards - an opportunity for taking responsibility. Even so: That 10 year 'prep' period has become NOW - wherein so much is being determined about how and how soon we begin this next age - or if we do before the planet (otherwise) overhauls itself. But remember "that spaceship" that's going to save us ? Well, IMO, the pilots are none other than ourselves - as our Earth-Steward selves that is. So, IF it happens, not to worry, we won't miss a minute of it -- IMO, God wouldn't deprive us of the realization that we are so capable! (And responsible. Or don't we want to earn our way ?!)

*Something NEW* for Medicine AND Health Insurance

What would actually change our health-care system the most?

How about a means of diagnosis that takes so many aspects of a person into account, that it creates a capacity for designing a truly healing program for most any patient? Nice dream you say. How could a diagnostic system be that accurate for so many conditions? What would enable our medical system to consider, so surely and comprehensively to so much greater depth and context, the many processes for the many different kinds of individuals, than we do now? Well, of course, such questions indicate a healthy skepticism. But let's dream just a bit more, but this time, from outside the box, as they say:

What if there were a system of assessment that would bring together the great many disciplines of health-care - particularly including Eastern, Naturopathic, and even the many among the Western - and to a degree of collaboration that was far beyond what we've ever seen before? In case you don't know, such collaboration is currently not a reality to any meaningful extent, certainly for most health conditions. Particularly between those focusing on the body, and those focusing on the mind, not to mention the relative few focusing on the connection between the two.

Here's where many professors might dawn that wry grin, being so acutely aware of the egos of various medical disciplines locked around their own perspectives about what heals and what doesn't and so on. And they say, "Yeah, that's going to happen soon."
Understood. There is that multi-varied polarization in the medical fields that you may not have heard about very often, certainly not prior to when such practices as chiropractic and acupuncture began their influx into western societies.

And yes - I am working towards something that may hold some hope. In fact I've been working on something for some time, and I can understand some degree of skepticism "in high circles" as related to the likelihood of getting a review - by those that can make a difference. However, One of my dreams for a long time now is a society where/in all people, beginning in childhood, are taught how to feel/see/read their own body-mind communications such that preventative health maintenance eventually becomes second nature. That would then be part of our upbringing and public schooling. But that capability depends on a diagnostic capacity which would require a few decades of research and development, per the project described below - but which would also lend many other exciting accomplishments...

I'm speaking of what I call "the Fascia Memory Project." Which I have attempted to develop from basic concept ( first published in 1996 ), into an effective presentation on line (from theory & basis to projected 35 year plan). I suppose I've too often taken the above noted skeptical response too seriously, and then relented to focus on other vocation related projects,* having had generally limited resources, working for a living and so on.

The Fascia-Memory Project is about research and development into the relationships among connective tissue (fascia), objective/subjective experience, the neuro-physical interface between emotion, and the brain, and "body-Memory." About developing connective tissue scanning devices and diagnostics hardware for discerning and illustrating all that. Goals include developing optimal means for applying that R&D in health care practice, as well as developing enhanced systems for individual development of body-awareness for preventative health maintenance. A long term project, but the intermediate goals and sub-projects themselves would bring about considerable effective change from the earliest stages and increasingly through project's end. Some, in fact, would help pay for the project (particularly the "Muscle Madness" game show and off-shoots, as described at the project's Goals & Objectives page). The range of application extends from the medical industry to personal home use, to public education, to social and correctional rehabilitation. For context and perspective on this far-reaching multi-faceted proposal, see (page 8) the Fascia-Memory Project Overview Chart.

The Fascia Memory Project is not an idea for sale. It "only" requires a sizable investment to initiate the project. But one I am sure we would all benefit from. If you are sufficiently connected, financially or otherwise, please take it and make it happen... this or something better. Please see the web pages for more on how and why the investment would return far more than financial benefits - although I have also explained sufficiently there how that would happen as well.

Hence my note at Facebook and some pages at my web site: I hope/plan to attract some helpful feedback, perhaps about something I need to include to make the presentation better understood or otherwise more effective. Perhaps this will draw something far more. I am hoping to get a good hearing for the system - which I believe will lead to research, that will lead to the system with the capacities I describe above. I have doubts about that happening in the United States. Other countries seem more multi-discipline-capable when it comes to medicine - and it's relationship to other organized interests.
Enough for the introduction. The project's web site includes pages for Intro & Summary (with a detailed table of contents with links to the pages), Description & Purpose, Goals & Objectives, Research & Development, Theory, References & Links [extensive], Project Overview Chart, Project Flow Chart ( "Pert" style output by 'MS Project' ). The Original Theory published June'96.

Thank you for your consideration,
Chris Pringer

KEYWORDS: fascia, connective tissue, body-memory, diagnostic hardware, scanning device, neural networks, bio-magnetic, neural field, chronic response, somatic-memory recall, Correlation, research, preventative health, corollary systems, fascia memory, somatic memory, tissue memory, muscle memory, somatic experience, somatic healing, somatic therapy, neurotransmitter, proprioceptor, Mind-Body awareness integration, Soft tissue, pain, referral, emotional factor, diagnosis, psychoneuro-immunological, PNI, sensor system, Myo-Fascial, Field Arrays, Myo/CT-Fascial, Assessment Device, CAT/MRI equipment, fascia components, preventative maintenance strategy, technique, illustrating, medical application

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Political Reference Page

What the Mayan Elders are Saying About 2012 by Carlos Barrios"
Carlos Barrios, Mayan elder and Ajq'ij (is a ceremonial priest and spiritual guide) of the Eagle Clan. Carlos initiated an investigation into the different Mayan calendars circulating. Carlos along with his brother Gerardo studied with many teachers and interviewed nearly 600 traditional Mayan elders to widen their scope of knowledge. Carlos found out quickly there were several conflicting interpretations of Mayan hieroglyphs, petroglyphs, Sacred Books of 'Chilam Balam' and various ancient text. "...All was predicted by the mathematical cycles of the Mayan calendars. -- It will change --everything will change. Mayan Day-keepers view the Dec. 21, 2012 date as a rebirth ...The date specified in the calendar Winter Solstice in the year 2012 does not mark the end of the world. Many outside people writing about the Mayan calendar sensationalize this date, but they do not know. The ones who know are the indigenous elders who are entrusted with keeping the tradition. ...Now is the time to awaken and take action. ...Everyone who is here now has an important purpose. This is a hard but a special time. We have the opportunity for growth, but we must be ready for this moment in history. ...Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. ..."

Why Instant Runoff Voting? Quick Answer: for the "99%"
For those who've lost faith in the two-party system (updated Oct. 2011)
Perhaps the perfect dream would be the Green Party and the Natural Law Party (see below) joining up and replacing the Democratic Party. Add to that the party of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) "99%'ers". And since that won't happen, if even one '3rd' Party won't being taken seriously by the voting public... So, HOW can we get the platforms of these parties taken seriously? By putting in the "conscientious" 'spoiler vote' -- under circumstances where the result would be more fascism in the White House? And then we'd be REALLY motivated for a bottom-up action, Right? Sorry, yes, that was sarcasm. But why encourage 3rd parties to strategize badly? IMO, when '3rd' parties become truly egalitarian -I'm thinking now of the "99%'ers" - they will join forces to establish instant runnoff voting systems (now being termed 'rank-order voting'), locally, then nationally.)
A good resource list at FairVote Minnesota And their Press Articles page is not just about Minnisota :-)

The Declaration of Peace
The Declaration of Peace is a grassroots nonviolent action campaign calling on the U.S. government to establish a comprehensive plan to end the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq. The nationwide campaign is working to move Congress to defund the U.S. occupation of Iraq, to initiate the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops and military contractors from Iraq, and to support an Iraqi-led peace process. In September 2007, the DoP Education Committee published a document “fleshing-out” the 9-point Peace Plan framework. The Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq and accompanying Talking Points continue to be updated and are designed for public education and for Congressional lobbying. Please Sign the Declaration of Peace.

   "Visions of the Future"
The SuperConsciousness Winter 2010 – 2011 issue at Super Consciousness .Com ("SC") is focused on our innate ability to peer into the mysterious future and bring back to the present what we see. Social conditioning would have us believe that to extend our perceptions into the future is evil or even dangerous, but are those subtle allusions of risk based on fact? In the INTRODUCTION to this issue’s main content, we present the argument that the fear attributed to knowing the future is nothing more than the growing pains of a species that is expanding their collective awareness beyond long-standing, limited belief systems. ...thirteen interviews, articles, and excerpts from researchers, scientists, spiritual adepts, and visionaries ..."

   Tom Hayden on "The Long War":
Sign up for Tom's Free Online School of Activism "Long-time antiwar activist Tom Hayden ...taught the first of four sessions in his School of Activism. Tom describes this series as a 'workshop on the long war and our future.' He explained that the long war is projected to last fifty to eighty years ... 'a sequence of wars in the context of the long war.” He said that we must end the long war ["a war against Muslims in many countries"]. He said that it does not make us safer, that the wars are 'strangling our ability to invest in our domestic priorities,' and could lead the country to being pushed ...'into a deeper national security state.' [That] 'The long war … requires a long peace movement.' When speaking of local peace activists that he has met, across the country, he says that we 'may not be so visible these days, but I know that you're not going anywhere, and neither am I. You are the heart and soul of the peace and justice movement.' [Feb 2011]

   Apollo Alliance Project
The Apollo Alliance is a growing coalition dedicated to a just and sustainable economy. We are bringing together a broad partnership to rebuild America and face the challenges of conservation, freeing ourselves from dependence on foreign oil, and creating millions of good jobs in the industries of the future. Apollo Alliance launches at Campaign for America's Future "Take Back America" conference in Washington, DC. June 5, 2003.
Their set of web pages include "Our Ten Point Plan for Energy Freedom."

Paul K Chappell Waging Peace:
Paul is author of two books on creating peace, including *The End of War* and *Will War Ever End?*, and is soon (Spring 2012) to complete his 3rd, *Peaceful Revolution*. Other websites include American Unity Project, and Waging Peace .Org. Paul Chappell discusses a new and more effective strategy for ending war In this interview (pdf), fixing our economy, combatting terrorism, and providing a secure and prosperous future for America and the world. "Paul K Chappell has given us a crucial look at peace and war from the unique perspective of a soldier, and his new ideas show is why peace is both necessary and possible in the 21st Century." -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize

Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute:
An organization of some of the most intelligent and long-time dedicated people on the planet (IMHO), developing and implementing "sustainable" solutions throughout the world, including much for rebuilding the ECONOMY on both micro and macro levels. Some great examples are presented via www.bioneers.org/conference - "Solutions in nature consisitently surpass our concept of what is possible." Also see the Collective Heritage Institute of Santa Fe, NM. Sample articles, include "The Hidden Connection: A Science for Sustainable Living" by Fritjof Capra.

   The Small Planet Institute - Tools and Links for Living Democracy:
offers downloadable learning tools, including: "Getting a Grip: Handouts for Group Discussion, "The Spiral of Powerlessness & The Spiral of Empowerment," "Thin Democracy vs. Living Democracy," "Doing Democracy: Ten Practical Arts by Frances Moore Lappé," "Citizen Power 101—Lessons of Community Organizing"

   "IMAGINE: What America Could be in the 21st Century"
About Realities We Can Create (These are practical, accomplishable given a little re-education about our actual capabilities and resources, and NOT "new age" dreams) Featuring (in alphabetical order): Ed Ayres * Sarah Ban Breathnach * John Bradshaw * Fred Branfman * Denise Breton, Christopher Largent and Stephen Lehman * Deepak Chopra * Kokomon Clottey and Aeeshah Ababio-Clottey * Peter Coyote * Stanley Crouch * Sam Daley-Harris * David Deida * Dee Dickinson * Riane Eisler * Debbie Ford * Peter Gabel * * John Gray * Thom Hartmann * Paul Hawken * Hazel Henderson * bell hooks * Barbara Marx Hubbard * Daphne Rose Kingma * David C. Korten * Dennis Kucinich * Michael Lerner * Paul Rogat Loeb * Gay Gaer Luce * Thomas Moore * Caroline Myss * Dean Ornish * James Redfield * John Robbins * Vicki Robin * Robert Roth * Lance Secretan * Peter Senge * Judith A. Sturnick * Eric Utne * Neale Donald Walsch * Margaret J. Wheatley
All author proceeds go to the Global Renaissance Alliance,
P.O. Box 3259, Ceneter Line MI 48015, office: (586)754-8105, Fax: (586)754-8106
[Most currently, for solutions to begin applying: I'd go with Dennis Kucinich (almost always good for the relatively short term pragmatic), Al Gore and Dennis Hayes (for the current and intermediate), with David Korten and Riane Eisler (into the longer term pragmatic), and hopefully via O'Bama. Not to dismiss the others in the least - many of whose views I am very familiar with. - cp]

*The Great Turning - From Empire to Earth Community* by David Korten
Summarized in YES Magazine. Find more at PCDForum Bulletin #5. Two more of his books include "When corporations rule the World" and "Post Corporate World" - insightful and important when contemplating responding to current challenges and the healing of the planet. You might also enjoy the transcript of Korten's keynote address at the 2002 EARTH CHARTER COMMUNITY SUMMIT. Timely articles include "What to Do Now That the War Has Started." A related sites include www.davidkorten.org and The Fourth Freedom .Org/.

Select Resources/Links for a Sustainable Planet
at the "Vehicle Efficient" Page at this page.

The virtual U.S. Peace Academy @Seattle
For students choosing alternatives in peace, to facilitates resources and connections to institutions of higher learning for lasting global peace. Here you may create a vital and permanent record of their sincere desire and choice to learn and wage the arts of peace, rather than the art of war - as well as establish Conscientious Objector Status. Includes the "James George Peterson Library at vUSPA - Suggested Courses and Books, suggested/sample outlines, prerequisites, links to solution-oriented organizations and resources.

Tikkun .Org and Spiritual Progressives .Org
Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun Magazine, chair of the interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) spiritualprogressives.org, and rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue Without Walls in San Francisco and Berkeley, Ca. www.beyttikkun.org. He is the author of 11 books including The Poltiics of Meaning, Healing Israel/Palestine, and the 2006 national best-seller The Left Hand of God. "Our Vision: 1) Changing the Bottom Line in America; 2) Challenging the misuse of religion, God and spirit by the Religious Right; 3) Challenging the many anti-religious and anti-spiritual assumptions and behaviors that have increasingly become part of the liberal cultureSite." includes "A Global Marshall Plan," "Affirming the Sacredness of All Human Beings," "A New Spirit of Openheartedness and Reconciliation," and
"A Call for Lasting Peace" w/Respect to Gaza, Palestine, and Israel
New article at Tikkun Magazine (Jan'09): "Trusting Obama". Many other "Memos to Obama" are Ref-Linked from the Tikkun Magazine home page.

Assisting in the Healing of Veterans
How to Listen (to ALLOW Emotional Release & Self-Recovery) For now, please see the list of resources at vUS Peace Academy (JPG Library page above) and also use these keywords in your search engine: Co-Counseling, Re-Evaluation Counseling, Harvey Jackins

The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA)
PJSA is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2001 as a result of a merger of the Consortium on Peace research, Education and Development (COPRED) and the Peace Studies Association (PSA). Both organizations provided leadership in the broadly defined field of peace, conflict and justice studies. We are dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for social justice and social change. PJSA also serves as a professional association for scholars in the field of peace and conflict resolution studies. [Local ref: The Evergreen State College in Washington State has one of many ongoing Peace and Justice Studies programs, by the way, as well as regular current-topic conference events.]

Efficiency Favorites
here (at chalicebridge.com) and abroad, developing ideas and on-going projects we can support for the greater and common good [ed. Sept. 2010].

Citizen Works
has assembled 10 actions you can take to change corporate power in your home town. To see the list, visit "Citizen Works .Org - Local Corporate Crime & Citizen Action

Jean Houston
was the protégé of the late anthropologist Margaret Mead, who instructed her in the workings of organizations and power structures in many different cultures. With the late mythologist Joseph Campbell, she frequently co-led seminars and workshops aimed at understanding interrelationships between ancient myths and modern societies. Her specialty is in the development and application of multiple methods of increasing physical and mental skills, learning and creativity. She has presented the results of her work and studies in some 17 books, as well as in person through speeches and conferences at educational institutions and business organizations in over 40 countries. She is often invited to work personally with leaders of such groups, as well as heads of governmental and non-governmental agencies, to assist them in rethinking their goals and agendas.Wisdom University includes the courses of Dr. Jean Houston.
A special preview course for her 2007 Mystery School was held in San Francisco November 17-19, 2005. In 1985, Jean was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Association of Teacher Educators. In 1993, she received the Gardner Murphy Humanitarian Award and the INTA Humanitarian of the Year award. In 1994, she received the Lifetime Outstanding Creative Achievement Award from the Creative Education Foundation. Presently, she is working closely with the United Nations Habitat Program creating programs in social artistry for training leaders around the world.

   The Alliance for a Caring Economy (ACE)
The newest (2007) of initiatives from Riane Eisler and The Center for Partnership Studies, ACE is a network to develop the foundations for a caring partnership economics is being formed with representatives from government, business, civil society, and academic sectors. ... Riane Eisler's speech to the World's Women Forum Plenary July 29, 2004 was *Revisioning The Economic Rules: Empowering Women And Changing The World*

   the "Alcohol Can Be A Gas" page at Permaculture .Com:
: "With alcohol fuel, you can become energy independent, reverse global warming, and survive Peak Oil in style. Alcohol fuel is "liquid sunshine" and can't be controlled by transnational corporations. You can produce alcohol for less than $1 a gallon, using a wide variety of plants and waste products, from algae to stale donuts. It's a much better fuel than gasoline, and you can use it in your car, right now. You can even use alcohol to generate electricity. Alcohol fuel production is ecologically sustainable, revitalizes farms and communities, and creates huge new opportunities for small-scale businesses. Its byproducts are clean and valuable. Alcohol has a proud history and a vital future." David Blume has also provided a means for everyone's individually converting their own vehicles.

Gateway to Conscious Evolution with Barbara Marx Hubbard.
This author and futurist is also featured in the groundbreaking documentary series, "HUMANITY ASCENDING: A New Way Through Together". In this transformational series each DVD presents vital elements to awaken the codes for our own conscious evolution and offers direction, meaning and a vision toward our birth as a new humanity. "The Humanity Ascending Series is breathtaking in its scope, startling in its clarity and gloriously hopeful, demonstrating why Barbara Marx Hubbard is a global treasure and one of the greatest visionaries of our time." —Neale Donald Walsch

True Majority Principles worth working for:
see TrueMajority.Com for a full description of each principle)

The Peace Week Site includes video recordings of those who are likely the most illustrious group of peace pioneers ever assembled on the planet! [Sept 2010]

Buddhist Peace Fellowship website is a very well done website that includes a range of Buddhist Peace Fellowship activities as well as an archive of reports from David Berrian in Iraq.

Yamas and Niyamas - the ten living principles, © 2002 Swami Avinashananda Saraswati, at www.saraswatiyoga.com

Orion Online
offers "Thoughts in the Presence of Fear" by Wendell Berry, Already reprinted in 73 countries and 7 languages, this powerful and poignant essay has been made available in print form, along with two related essays by Mr. Berry; another essay on the crisis of globalization by Wendell Berry: "The Idea of a Local Economy"

The POLITICS OF TRUST NETWORK
"Inspiring a New Human Agenda." A humanistic approach to governance & public policy sponsored by its members and by The John Vasconcellos Legacy Project. Called a pragmatic idealist, John Vasconcellos is considered a leading visionary in the convergence of psychology, politics, and the human potential movement. His ground-breaking efforts in promoting self esteem, authentic leadership, and social diversity have distinguished his 35 years as member of the California Legislature.

   Politics of Hope By Donna Zajonc
"The Politics of Hope is a powerful reminder of what could be, and a guide to making it happen." -- Marianne Williamson, author Healing the Soul of America. Articles include "The Politics of Hope: Healing Post-Partisan Depression" and "The Six-Second Secret to Leadership." Articles Index. You can subscribe to Donna's newsletter by sending an email to: subscribe@politicsofhope.com

Solutions:
Common Means to Efficient Paths, and "Bridging" in the Cross-Discipline Approach

But first, about my first cartoon !
(where, "At the Rally for World Change, a number of groups of people holding unusual signs converge into a huge circle...") with a new short essay, "World Change or World of Addiction ?". About "Choices: It may not be about WHAT WE WANT the most, but about WHAT WE BELIEVE IN the most. Some of us might WANT to believe world change can happen. But our other beliefs, born of disillusionment, fear, and shame, may be stronger. What has that, or global peace or sustainability, got to do with addiction?..."
Yes, the 3 paragraph essay transitions to a very pro-active and hopefully motivating ending - at the "Poly-Psy & Citizen Health..." page. Thank you!

How are we to find *The* solution, and *the path* to it, when our simply defining the problem -- "pragmatically" considered the "first" objective -- can be difficult enough in collaborative efforts these days? Sure, great thinkers provide inspiration, but which to choose from now? When in their presence, it's easy to submit to such experience, but what about when their guidance escapes our grasp?

How to develop means to "Centeredness," a balance of analytic and intuitive capacities, a grounded pragmatic understanding of the challenges at hand - your own as well as those of the individuals and community involved - as well as possible longer term outcome scenarios of the various potential solutions? But wait, what if "I'm not an expert" and "what the heck am I pretending to be and do...?"

All this sound familiar? Lao Tsu said a thousand mile journey begins with the 1st step. And there's more quotes around this site that basically says that *the* solution to socio-political problems begins "with you and me," that *we* might as well get with it, and that representatives, by definition, are the ones who put forth your and my thoughts and feelings - into the process of governing you and I.
And *ideally* ...Ahhhh, such a loaded word. But right now we are looking at global warming scenarios, or figuring out how to get people to the table and refrain from polarizing the discussion. The approach initiated at beginning of the "Machiavengelicals Exposed" likely would not be very useful here, I admit. That approach was designed to get certain mind-types to begin to focus on the site's topics and viewpoints. But I digress.
The gestalt view of facing challenges is not about the rose-colored glasses approach, but about honoring of the emotional delemnas, the pain, and the elephant in the frontroom (not to mention the baby, the furniture, and the weather outside). And about human skill, capability, and potential for growth and change.

Yeah, but "Common Means," did I say? Yes, there are certain commonalities in how humans solve problems (and create them), not to mention perceive them and define them. And yes, there ARE different means for different individuals to FIND those common means. And here we come to the crux of this writing and many of the writings and charts you find at this website. The first useful, response to any challenge, certainly one that is efficient for the long term, depends greatly on the nature of an individual or group facing the challenge. Ahhhh... the big "depends on..." stance that intelligent leftist politicians are so hated for by people demanding soundbytes and simple solutions.

One way of laying out those "common means" is put forth in "the Goals Chart - "Achievement of Goals, Attainment, And the Role of Inner Work ...". "Heart's Desire, Ideals, & Accomplishment" (Aug'11, on same page) is About clarifying what we most truly want, and how we can have that... also about HOW we respond to Pain & Loss. That way would seem to be more geared for the individual, but how often has an individual ever been totally responsible for his own, let alone his community's development? eg: It becomes an integrated individual and group effort. It's one thing to solve one's own problems, but when it comes to people solving problems together, Riane Eisler [see descriptive link at left] is a well known teacher/ facilitator who thoroughly covers the basic and advanced dynamics in listening, clarity, and objectivity for relationships or *Partnerships*, as well as in socio-political realms.

A more metaphorical approach is put forth in " 'The Lords of Culture' and Listening - A story about Language, Relationship, and the Body-Mind Split - An Anthropology of Intelligence & Paradigms in Context" (and Emotional Intelligence) in the "Pragmatic Balance" section of at the Chalice Art & Science Integration page. Also in that section is "Teach The Truth, And Change Will Come From Within" (with a title that paraphrases my best teachers, and this means change will come from within the teacher as well as those taught). Perhaps most notable, "A Kind of Summary for Pragmatic Balance" (of this and other pages at the site), including psycho-spiritual evolution & emotional intelligence, has also been created there.
Related to the above, especially as related to Trends, Memory, and Tracking: Forgiveness and Trust (or "Discrimination: Whether, When, or How to have Expectations of ...").

I believe things work best when things work together, and that people work best when people work in concert. And that would be whether they work together or separately in healthy competition (that does not degrade others or impede their efforts). MORE SPECIFICALLY: If we begin by
a) looking at (a visualization of) what we really want, and
b) consider some basic routes for how we might get there from here,
c) work backwards from the end product to understand what key and core physicalities that would have to be created in the latter time periods prior to achieving what we really want, then
d) do the same for the physicalities preceding those...
e) do the same eventually for the attitudes that would be necessary to allow for all the above accomplishments...
f) From here a basic flow chart of required tasks and conditions are established. (This approach greatly influenced the development of many of the pages at this site. Which are, admittedly, tempting most people to consider them as "overly dense compilations of means to ideals too rich for human consumption."

So... what happened to that "give me a challenge" attitude? "Heart's Desire, Ideals, & Accomplishment" (Aug'11) is about clarifying what we most truly want, and how we can have that... also about HOW we respond to Pain & Loss (whether caused by disease, ourselves, others, or the economy) and are brought back together again - the *how* that can MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

Note that some of the most experienced people in examining cause and effect scenario's are in the healing trades, and most apparently not always in the government related professions. Cross-discipline Inter-Relations and Approach would be the order of the day (make that *of the century*), which implies the need for scholastic leaders in every school of thought, as well as the social sciences, to share knowledge and work together.
I'm also referring, in part, to one of our current challenges. And that is the relationship between a) monetary support for research, b) who or what determines the direction or purpose of research (ie: as related to humanity's true needs and who determines those for any amount of research), and c) how the results of research are employed and/or accessed.
And I'm referring to the relationship between any person's aptitude, attitude, talent base, and "True Calling" (and one's hearing that calling), and to the likelihood of the most efficient application of management/worker resources in industry, government, and social development.

But what about "real" solutions right NOW? Well, how fast do you truly expect to be rescued or fixed by someone else? I want to say that there truly is a place for immediate gratification. And for structured simplicity, mainly because some individuals truly require for their health - and that of others around them. And "representatives" worry about their image, so feel pressure to substitute wisdom with expediency (if "tempted" with wisdom in the first place). To those who still ask for here and now spelled-out solutions, I have two answers: read the above, and read the below (referring to the links below).
[Most currently, for solutions to begin applying: I'd go with Dennis Kucinich (almost always good for the relatively short term pragmatic), Al Gore and Dennis Hayes (for the current and intermediate), with David Korten and Riane Eisler (into the longer term pragmatic). - cp, 8/24/08]

Favorite Solution links above or at Political References Page

"Our Children Will Save Us"
A day after writing the above, As I watched the closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics and remembered the other great choreographies therein, I came to understand that it will be the young people of the planet who come together - literally and in many other ways - and from there most powerfully persist and succeed in petitioning the leaders of the nations for the sake of mankind and the planet. And due to their determination and courage, the leaders agree (and basically get out of the way) so that the terribly needed changes are rapidly facilitated - which brings the world's people together, leading to the healing of Mother Earth. 2012 may indeed be the death of the planet as we know it, but also the re-birth of the planet as we truly know Her deeper inside - where we, who are also transforming, begin to know ourselves. [8/25/08]; All things considered, particularly those noted in the PolyPsyArts Home page intro... if GREAT changes do occur *in* year 2012 - compared to the years before and after - it will definitely be a threshold effect (and surprising to most people, including myself.) - cp, June'11, Jan'12]. Related: "On Learning, Fairness, Truth, and Peace" at Evolution Trends Page which includes refs to (the law of) karma, reincarnation, and the "updated" prophecies for the year 2012.

"Beliefs in Potential «§» Transition"
(Large Version & more on it's symbology)
at World Healing Prayers Page
Including a "Happy New Era" Card

Notes on Hope, Balance, & Opportunity

   The "Bleep Tool Kit" ...because habits are difficult to break
Intro for application of principles from 'What The Bleep Do We Know - Down the Rabbit Hole' from WhatTheBleep.Com. Remember *TM* (Transcendental Meditation)? Once the media made it all about the person (the guru), and not about the function and capability - for anyone who wanted to invest the time and energy ...well, at that point the potential was neutralized - until 'Bleep' resurrected the offer (with a much more grounded yet far-reaching platform). And I don't mean to imply that 'Bleep' is all about such serious things. It's as fun as it is intellectually stimulating, even as "wondrous," as it pulls together and makes understandable so many realms of knowledge in a practical way, including the quantum physics that backs it all up! And the DVD set is available at most video outlets.

The "De-Stress Kit" from HeartMath.Org
provides much for initiating healing on the personal level, with great potential for assisting development of inner stillness and clarity. Such benefits can certainly, even naturally, expand to most every communal context. The HeartMath.Org web site is rich with fun tools for self-assessment and quickly introducing body, mind, and emotional health. It also provides FAQ's and voluminous research reports and related links & references. [Please note: as far as I know, there is no formal relationship between HeartMath.Org and WhatTheBleep.Com; I am associating them by common function - tools for conscious personal & world change. I consider their kit a valuable, perhaps essential, part of the "Bleep Tool Kit" - as I would any system(s) that does the same for an individual, actually. In you want to get really serious about such a tool kit, I would suggest integrating Chi-Gung, yoga, and a well-formed 'power-of-spoken-word' system with all the above. -cp]

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Body-Mind Integration
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Christopher Pringer
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"Atomic Chalice III - Gold on Black" (Thumbnail), © Chris Pringer 2001 ABOUT THE SYMBOLIC ART: The symbols for the "Chalice" - or Holy Grail - that I often use are drawn essentially from ancient archetypes - including the symbol(s) composing what is known as "The Star of David," which symbols actually pre-date(s) any such reference by many centuries or more. They all have their own rich meanings as related to the spiritual dilemma or paradox, balancing or synthesis of qualities (such as Yin & Yang), and healing transformation. Here, the Chalice is essentially a "cauldron" for the balancing and integrating of Humanity with the Divine - individually and communally. The "Chalice-Star" over the three traveling magi is used in my Solstice or Christmas Card design to represent our quest - in this earthly dimension of body, mind, and spirit - for the inner-most Source of one's spirit and faith -- whether that would be the Inner Christ, Inner Buddha, Inner Mohammed, or the Divine Mother's Spirit connecting All Life, etc. You may find out the actual origins of my relationship with these archetypes at Home Page for Body-Mind-Chalice Integration (and related artwork).

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AUTHORSHIP & ORIGINS: Unless otherwise noted under the titles or artwork, all essays, artwork, prayers, pages at my web site, as at my previous site at AOL (Fall'97 to Spring'06) -- and with exception of a very few and diminishing numbers of the solid color and cloudy-sky color backgrounds, bullets & bars, and the logo/headers from or revised for others' sites (as noted) -- has been composed, created & rendered, and web-authored © by myself, Christopher Pringer, practitioner in Body-Mind-Energy Integration Therapies since 1984, ordained minister since 1987. Actually on August 17, 1987, "Harmonic Convergence Day", with New Age Fellowship, Seattle, WA, more recently with S.H.E.S. (International Assembly of Spiritual Healers & Earth Stewards Congregations, SHES.Org) in 2001 for/as "Chalice-Bridging Body Mind & Soul Ministries" Most of the personal health-oriented essays at this site were written in the early 90's, as compared to the social/political/peace oriented pages since 1997, with the proposed Fascia Memory Research Project first published in 1996, and the "Evo-Trends" perspective in 1995. I have been gradually improving their style over the years, including the dates of revisions therein.

DISCLAIMER: None of my writing or artwork is intended to be, to replace, or discourage the appropriate use of, medical attention and/or treatment, but as educationally informative for the purpose of overall health enhancement and preventative maintenance. So far as I know, I have not quoted any other person without saying so. I have emulated a number of writers and teachers, so I wouldn't be surprised if many of my statements have similar words and meanings as they. In any case, I have always tried to say what I believed, and when knowingly restating someone else's words, I say so (except perhaps in annotated links to their web sites).

"Transition Mandala w/ Transforming Heart Overlay" © Chris Pringer 2008

"Chalice Forming 3D w/Subtle 3DPi-Chalice" © Chris Pringer 2009 [Description]

"Chalice Vortex Bridge over Earth-rS" © Chris Pringer 2007-09

PolyPsyArts for "Pragmatic Idealism"
for getting "from here to there".
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Professional Bio & Training

Chris Pringer, 2011

Chris by Artwork
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I began my studies in multi-level self-healing when in the service, in Thailand in the Winter of '73. The focus then was on self-help psychology, consciousness, and eastern and western mystical perspectives. This continued through my university studies in Norman, OK '74-'79. 1980 took me into naturopathic studies, primarily nutrition and herbology when I lived in Oklahoma City. Not seeing the naturopathic doctor route as affordable at the time, I found direction via a five-evening massage course, Fall '83. That led to a six month professional practice, followed up with the training in Sante Fe, NM, '84-'85 (detailed in my on-line brochure).

Since then I have practiced massage and/or healing facilitation for others, initially in Santa Fe, NM (during/after my training), then San Louis Obispo, CA, and Seattle, WA (with more courses along the way). This includes exploring personal challenges and self-healing methodology. A session may include various energy-body-work modalities, Body/Energy-Awareness based Preventative Health Maintenance Instruction, Cyclist Therapy, office stress treatments (in a chair), or only Reiki or relaxation work in total silence. A client chooses based on whatever stress, pain, or concerns are present at that session. A client may request a "Body Pattern Reading," as well as various massage/bodywork therapies, all of which techniques are listed & described in the Body-Mind Integration Therapies Brochure. Individual, program, and 3-6 week interval-based rates are available. Testimonials are available (on a separate page).

My professional interests have primarily centered in three areas:

1) Body-Centered Psycho-Spiritual Process (as in "Hakomi" style of) counseling and bodywork, including as assessing an individual for the most efficient means of addressing connective tissue injury, short and long term (on physical and/or emotional levels). Related are the basic hows & whys of storage & release of tension and "body memory" in the muscles and fascia. And in the fascia memory storage dynamics - referring to the technical aspects of neuro-physical interface between connective tissue, emotion, and the brain);
2) "Chalice-Bridging" style chakra balancing, including Reiki (energy work) - based in the view that we each are a bridge between Father & Mother God/dess, & thus form a chalice for the balancing & integrating of Humanity with the Divine. Or at least ideally so, as our systems are *attuned* & our batteries are *charged* & we fullfill our true role as human embodiments of Spirit.
3) Therapy for Cyclists and other athletes, related injuries, and preventative maintenance. In April 2011 I responded to a request to offer Century Ride Packages (pre & post 100+ mile rides). My experience with cyclists at that point, including for minor and major injuries, tallied to over 1200 hrs.

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My training includes
Over 1700 hours of classes and practicum, including with the New Mexico Academy of Massage and Advanced Healing Arts in Santa Fe, NM (1984-85), and with various accredited bodywork and therapy workshops (`86-present), as well as 100 hours training with the Alchemical Hypnotherapy Institute (1989), over 100 hrs apprenticeship with healing practitioner Robert "Mitra" (`85-`86), 150 hours apprenticeship with Silena Heron in Herbal Studies (`83-`84), Training, Certification, & Empowerment as Reiki Master (3rd Degree Johrei, 1991; Kundalini Reiki to 9th Level w/Gtunmo & Devic Template, 2004). For the detailed version my training, you may go to the latter half of the Body-Mind Integration Therapies Brochure. Which also includes (and relates context for) links to essays elaborating on aspects of imbalance and injury, assessment, and healing.

Personal Notes or Quotes on Body-Mind Awareness [ cp, 12'07 ]

BODY-MIND AWARENESS, at the core of preventive health awareness, is one of the most simple, efficacious, & cost-effective forms of HEALTH INSURANCE there can be. Hence, massage is far from just "a luxury item," and bodywork therapies can be indispensable for the healing of certain conditions.

MUSCLES RELATE TO ATTACHMENTS - to what we use to take our stance, to hold our place, to perceive and respond to our environment, and to extend who we are and/or want to be. Or used to be (in too many cases, perhaps).
That speaks not only to the body's condition and function, but to how it communicates awareness of where one is along one's path (of becoming who one truly is).

THE BODY IS . . . among other amazing things, a unique communications system -- intimately linked with one's TOTALITY.
Establishing rapport with one's body can be a PATH to self realization.

ONE OF MY DREAMS is a society where/in all children are taught how to feel/see/read their own body-mind communications such that preventive health maintenance eventually becomes second nature. And actually, for the most part, they would be encouraged to re-awaken and build upon what I believe to be a NATURAL INCLINATION - conscious self-healing and continuous expansion of awareness.

And the above goes FOR ALL OTHER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, to the degree that one utilizes them to improve such awareness and causative/pro-active connection with one's body-mind, and to employ the most effective tools for maintaining/improving one's health under any given condition or circumstance.

WHY DOES BODY AWARENESS = OPTIMUM HEALTH INSURANCE ?
And How does "Body-Parenting" relate to that in Body-Mind Integration ?

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"E m p a t h y" o r "A r m o r"b y D e f i n i t i o n a n d "S l i g h t o f H e a r t" (?) Clarifying the definition of *Empathy* since it has apparently come to be re-defined to apply in limited ways and directions [4'10]

"E m p a t h y" o r "A r m o r"
b y D e f i n i t i o n a n d "S l i g h t o f H e a r t" (?)

Clarifying the definition of Empathy
since it has apparently come to be re-defined to apply in limited ways and directions [4'10]