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Thinking about time periods of thousands of years — or even just the couple of hundred from the birth of our grandparents to the death of our grandchildren — can help knock us out of ruts. Things have been different and surely will be different, perhaps unimaginably so.
This second part of a two-part article explores the self as the meeting of organism and environment, and the role of that self in Gestalt therapy.
Part one of this two-part article explores how attending to the relationship between the organism and its environment means that in one sense, Gestalt therapy is focused on the individual, while in another, it is not.
Pain is nature’s way of getting our attention — and it works!
Our current way of thinking may influence the action we take, but we may change our way of thinking. The arrangement of a space may affect the relationships that happen within it, but the organisation can be altered.
I think the story of how we can live a satisfying life is a little complicated. Our behaviour isn’t always guided by what is most immediately pleasurable, and where and how we gain satisfaction is a bit complicated too.
It seems to me that a good life is a mix of these three realms: the sensual enjoyment of the physical, the pleasure of discovering and expressing our uniqueness and the delight we take in what is beyond ourselves.
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