BASIS

Everything in the Universe is scientifically based and is associated with some mathematical and/or other scientific law or principle whether realized or not. Einstein’s famous energy equation was true eons ago but only in the last century was it developed, recognized, and proven. The laws of gravity, the relationships of the pendulum, geometry, the principles of electric current and so many, many more repeatable laws and principles, known, and yet unknown, are inescapable influences to which we are involuntarily held accountable. These and other laws and principles must be recognized and obeyed for not to do so could be direly consequential.

Every move we make is according to the known and unknown laws of nature. Every one. Yet, we tend to take these laws for granted and never realize their scientific basis. Even the seeming absence of a scientific principle is not an absence at all. For instance, consider a perfectly spinning top the mass of which is symmetrical. Now consider a similar top with an asymmetrical mass, which wobbles and collapses. Yet, in space, both would spin unerringly due to zero gravity. In each case, the top is affected or not by the influences of construction and environment. Everything in the universe is affected in some manner by repeatable (scientific) principles including, without question, the execution of handwriting.

HANDWRITING

Once we know that handwriting is the result of a scientifically based organized system we can analyze this “system” and determine its nature just as investigators have the other sciences. There is no difference. This is sometimes very difficult to realize yet it is true. The Universe, although seemingly chaotic and unorganized, is quite the opposite. It is the scientific principles which are the constants, virtually invisible and “hold” or influence the relationships in the Universe. By realizing this, we gain insight into the scientific nature of handwriting.

Although many people consider humans as special and, in some manner, not vulnerable to these laws and principles nothing could be further from the truth. Our beings are scientifically based and inextricably connected to these laws and principles including our brains. The brain is the central control for everything happening to maintain our lives. It is also the location of our personalities. The functioning of the brain is in a constant state of change in order to maintain life because of the constant need for bodily adjustments due to internal and external environmental impacts. There is an incredible amount of activity occurring in our brain (mostly subconscious) at any given time and 100% of it is used otherwise it would not be needed and would have been discarded by nature long ago.

Handwriting “catches” the resulting “image” of the brain’s adjustment activity at any time during the writing activity yet maintains a certain ‘character’. That is why people say “my writing changes”, even under normal circumstances, although it could drastically “change” due to other causes. Yet these changes, whether normal or otherwise, are caused by initiatives such as words, the environment, emotions, the act of thinking, the chemistry of drugs, alcohol and the like.

That this activity occurs by accident is an insult to investigative intelligence. In other words, it’s all about the brain and its control of everything including handwriting according to the laws and principles of the Universe.

LOGIC

The normally functioning BRAIN is a scientifically based, organized system of repeatable functions called logic. If not so, how could the sciences have been developed? Or, anything, for that matter? Briefly stated: Without this system we simply could not make a single decision nor be capable of function.

When we think, we are constantly making decisions (logic), however minor, either consciously or subconsciously. Moving one’s hand. Looking one way vs. another. Deciding what car to buy. What time it is. And, the other thousands of decisions made each day. This functioning can be thought of as a process of zeros and ones (yes and no) just like the operation of a computer for the computer is simply a manifestation or “copy” of our brain system.

Therefore, the act of writing must also be scientifically based because it emanates from a system that is scientifically based with normal genetic development. We also know that handwriting results from brain direction not hand direction. The hand/fingers (and their connections to the brain) are simply conductors of directives from the brain. Foot, mouth or other means, could also accomplish writing.

REPEATABLE

There are only two movements possible when handwriting: a straight line or a curve. Period. In fact, the whole universe exists in this manner. Just look around you. Everything is either a straight-line form or a curved form or a combination, parts of which are one or the other. And, that is a scientific principle because it is always repeatable no matter where, no matter when. And, of course, this is true of handwriting. Repeatable in it’s operating system, not in the sense that the writing looks exactly the same each time.

When one considers the presented concepts thoroughly, the only conclusion that can be made is that handwriting is scientifically based. Consequently, being the emanating location of our personalities, the brain, through handwriting, unerringly demonstrates its nature to us DIRECTLY as opposed to second-guessed psychological testing or any other system of personality evaluation. Handwriting analysis, on the other hand, is not scientifically based directly as it requires observation, consideration, testing, and conclusion. In fact, no scientific opinion is scientifically based. Only the science involved is scientifically based, NOT the opinion for the opinion comes from the thinking process which must consider many variables, is subject to errors and usually concludes in varied results from different investigators. Opinions do not have a repeatable nature without thorough, repeatable testing results. (See note 1) But all sciences are subject to this process.

Handwriting analysis is the most powerful psychological tool available for human assessment whether for development or the aiding of the troubled. It is an essential tool for human assistance.

HANDWRITING ANALYSIS

Handwriting analysis (as opposed to the act of handwriting/printing) is the study and evaluation of handwriting. Its development and education requires and has required years of observation, experimentation, analysis, conclusion and documentation in the forms of books, papers and presentations and more. As in the study of any other scientific endeavor over time, some conclusions may be challenged, discussions continued, errors made, corrections established. This process is normal and, although the “gross” observations over time have been processed through the logic systems of many investigators, some philosophical conflicts still exist. Again, this is normal. But, through it all, more and more refinement and understanding progresses. Certainly we presently are far beyond the early studies in understanding more of what the elements of handwriting represent.

CONCLUSION

The main point is that handwriting analysis has progressed through a long process of potentially error-prone human logic and evaluation (just like any other science has) and we can discern its principles just like any other science. Handwriting analysis investigators through the ages have established many principles, which have survived the test of time which, after all, is the most important test.

Does this mean all testing and validating work is over? Certainly not. But validating handwriting analysis to the satisfaction of all is a monumental task. But that is what we must eventually accomplish.

Note 1. Here we are not talking about DNA testing, for instance, which has a high degree of reliability through repeatable testing. DNA testing has proceeded through a long process of validation. By itself, DNA is scientifically based but required experiments, testing, validation, and acceptance. There is a great difference between the “act” itself and the “information” derived from the “act”. The first is scientifically based and the other must be processed through the collective human brain and this is true of all sciences including the case for handwriting analysis.

Mr. Cammarata is president of Handwriting Analysis Inc, in Plymouth, MN, and has been involved with all aspects of handwriting analysis specializing in personality profiling for 31 years and question document examination (forgeries) for 12 years. He is a strong proponent of measurement use for handwriting analysis.

He’s a graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI earning a Bachelor of Science degree and spent 37 years in many facets of engineering mostly biomedical. He is now retired involved exclusively in handwriting analysis and research work.

Mr. Cammarata studied 5 years with noted analyst, Pedro Velasco. He is certified by Mr. Velasco, the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation, the American Association of Handwriting Analysts, and is a member of the National Association of Document Examiners.

He resides in Plymouth, Minnesota with his wife, Mary. They have two boys.

Did you know?

You have powers within you which are far greater than any obstacle, circumstance or difficulty, you could possibly meet!

You can easily start to bring forth into your life more power, more success, more health, and more happiness. Your subconscious mind can solve problems for you effortlessly, even while you sleep. It can also free your body and mind - from all kinds of physical and material bondage…

How can you do this?

All you must do is simply discover how to focus, concentrate and then released the hidden powers of your subconscious mind! You will find yourself truly inspired as you generate this new force within, which will enable you to realize and reach your real goals and desires.

Want to know the true meaning of “practice makes perfect”? It’s simply this…

Your subconscious mind can learn to do tasks for you, once learned, it will make these tasks almost effortless on your part. The more you develop and train your subconscious mind to do your day-to-day ordinary thinking for you, the less you suffer from things such as tiredness, exhaustion and fatigue.

Fatigue and tiredness, are virtually unknown to your subconscious mind - it can therefore never tire or be overworked. All you must do is take the time to first awaken it and then develop it, as this invisible force within your mind is forever working!

The great paradox of life then, is that each of us is a vast ocean of potential…

But we take ourselves to be a small wave on top. We are all mountains of being - but we take ourselves to be only the tips of an iceberg.

Imagine releasing all your problems over to your subconscious mind, to be dealt with by a super mind which works endlessly, with great swiftness, extreme accuracy and without effort.

You can easily gain the necessary knowledge and understanding, to do all this and more, when you discover how your subconscious mind really works and operates!
Your subconscious mind will always expresses what the conscious mind has first impressed on it.

Simply put, what we regularly entertain in our mind creates a concept of who we are. And what we conceive ourselves to be is what we ultimately become.

Your subconscious mind does not possess the power to reason.

It does not judge whether the information sent to it is right or wrong, it has no sense of humor and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. So the thoughts we hold onto most often and what we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

We must mentally concentrate our energy on the object of our desire - when we are concentrating, enthusiastic and focused, we are impressing our subconscious.

This is by no means the only way, but it’s probably the most simple and effective way, and also the most direct way.

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My Mom recently wanted to book a ticket to visit me in Georgia. All the flights she was finding were $500 plus. Then she all of a sudden finds a flight for almost 60% cheaper and rather than booking it right away she thought to herself “maybe I can find it even cheaper?”. After another 30 minutes of searching and finding no better deal she went back to the other site where she saw the flight for so cheap and low and behold that price was no longer available.

I perform a lot of Freelance work but I still like to plan things. A friend in Florida last night says he wants to hire me for a week to produce videos for his new software. After a little discussion he told me I could leave the next day at 4pm via bus and be in Ft. Lauderdale by 2am, 10 hours later. I tell him to go ahead and book me the ticket as all my money is tied up right now plus when doing freelance it is always best to get some type of deposit up front. At 2:30 pm today I was getting a little nervous because I couldn’t reach my friend. Finally at almost 3pm I get a hold of him but he tells me he forgot to book the bus ticket last night.

Greyhound will not allow you to book online unless it is at least 2 hours before a trip departs. My friend, Stuart, tells me to pay cash for the ticket and he will reimburse me. It’s a week before I have any money coming in so I have no cash on me and my credit card is for everything I need for the next week. If these videos were so important then why didn’t Stuart book the ticket last night? Why did he wait until an hour before the bus trip to let me know that he didn’t make the arangemnts?

Procrastination is one of the biggest reasons for failure. A lot of people put off until tomorrow what could be done right now. My wife, after cooking a meal, rather than clean up right away she says to herself “later” and i always end up cleaning up after her because she doesn’t get back to things when she says she is going to.

When I was in school and I was taking a test I would choose an answer and then at the last minute change it to something else thinking the new answer was better than the first one I chose. When I get back the test after it has been graded I see that if I had left that answer unchanged then it would have been correct. A lot of students are guilty of this and that is why they get a lot of incorrect answers on their test. We need to learn to trust our first instincts. We also need to learn how to act right away on something rather than putting it off until later.

With marketing on the internet and making money. I would always say to myself that there would be time for this later on, right now I need to learn as much as possibl;e. If I had started my marketing when I first got on the net then I would be making money as of now and I would have a great following. I procrstinated for the past 10 years and because of this I have a lot of needless frustrations.

Jeffrey has over 2 decades experience in the business world. When he writes he blends his unique wit and humour into every article which if you rread his blog you can see all of his many works. http://www.nosugarcoating.info/newz/

The classic question, and one that should be answered directly. Here is the answer: Because “nothing” is reality, and “all this” is existence. So it’s not an either – or situation, both are true simultaneously.

Reality doesn’t exist. If it did, it would be part of “all this.” “All this,” in contrast to Reality, changes constantly; there is nothing within existence that doesn’t change. Change creates time, and without change, time doesn’t exist. Existence therefore, is never Reality, and Reality doesn’t exist, even though these two truths cohabitate. It’s very simple.

The part of us that we cling to, our ego, is caught within existence. Because our ego is caught within existence, it changes constantly. The part of us that is not caught within existence; Reality, never changes. It is unborn, undying, uncreated - eternal.

What could this unborn, undying, uncreated thing be if it’s not our ego? It couldn’t be our bodies, because our bodies are within existence and obviously change second to second. So what part of us is eternal and outside of time? It would have to be something familiar, because we must be responsible for this thing, whatever it is. It can’t be something laid upon us by some God – so there must be a connection between us and it.

This indicates that our destinies are in our hands and not in the hands of a higher power. We actually have free will which can apparently affect Reality, which is beyond time. This free will is a very powerful force, and one that is misunderstood by logical thought. But consider the consequences of the powerful force of free will when it adversely affects Reality.

Since Reality is pliable and conforms to the wishes of existence-prone entities driven by the desires of their free will, Reality will passively provide another existence if that free will cannot see past existence, or the framework of an existence in flux. If that free will, caught up in existence, cannot see the transience of existence, the angst of existence, and the false construction of an ego in existence, then Reality will gracefully provide another organic being for the tendencies of the old ego to morph into. Endlessly.

Then we will enjoy “all this” again and again. Never can we enjoy “nothing.” And the tragedy is: this very thing, this “nothing,” is the constancy that we have always hoped for. But how do we get to it?

Hmmm . . .

E. Raymond Rock of Fort Myers, Florida is cofounder and principal teacher at the Southwest Florida Insight Center, http://www.SouthwestFloridaInsightCenter.com His twenty-eight years of meditation experience has taken him across four continents, including two stopovers in Thailand where he practiced in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Theravada Buddhist monk. His book, A Year to Enlightenment (Career Press/New Page Books) is now available at major bookstores and online retailers. Visit http://www.AYearToEnlightenment.com

Human brain is mysterious. Nobody has understood it completely till now. It is full of strange things. Some things that we can never explain. Time to time we feel the power of brain.

We might feel that if we are using our brain so why there is so fuss about its capability.
But the truth is we use only approximately 8% of our brain capability. The rest part of brain is not active or not in our direct control so that we can exploit it the way we wish. But over the years people have figured out some ways to do it.

There are several ways we can exploit the capacity of our brain. Our brain can be used to program us to give better result in our life. Ever noticed what exactly happens when you watch the video of your favorite soft drink again and again ? Remember when next time you go to the store you ask for the same drink you watch on your tv?

The brain works this way, we get programmed for things we see or keep listening or keep thinking. So thinking something positive for a long will surely affect our life in a positive way and thinking negatively for a long time will affect us negatively.
The next question that comes to mind is how do we program our mind for the things we wish or is it really possible to program our brain the way one wishes?

Fortunately the answer is positive. Lots of psychologist uses the method of hypnotism to program the brain. The method that is convenient for everyone is called self hypnotism.

Another way that is much impressive is practicing meditation and if practiced with proper guidance , it can light up individual’s life and one can feel great and happy.

Meditation is purely process of controlling the brain for utilizing it the way we wish.
We can increase our will power through it and achieve desired result. Achieving desired goals is not a big deal, just one needs to learn how to do it and believe in himself.

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One of the most powerful ways to use the Enneagram is for deepening your relationships with others. I believe that understanding others on a deeper level can help you to work, live, or love them better. The Enneagram will give you insight into what makes someone tick, and often gives perspective which can propel your relationship beyond most interpersonal issues. This information is held in such high esteem, it is currently being used by therapists, life coaches, and in business to create more dynamic and efficient teams. This is not your average typeing system or hocus pocus.

All of my relationships have changed since I began studying the Enneagram. Most have gotten much better, some of just changed, and some I’ve decided to end because they weren’t serving the purpose they were meant to. Based on the experience I had with understanding others through the Enneagram, I’m going to show you the four steps you can use to understand friends, family, and colleagues better.

4 Steps to Better Relationships Through the Enneagram:

1. Determine your own type and the type of the person whom you wish to understand better.

It is my hope that you know your type already and at least have some understanding of the Enneagram. If not, I would suggest looking at an overview of the Enneagram and the nine types. You should get yourself acquainted with the nine types and your own type before you attempt to understand someone else better. As with most types of personal development… an ounce of self-understanding is a pound of understanding others.

If you are truly stumped with finding your own type, I would suggest trying a free Enneagram type test. These are not 100% perfect, but they can usually peg someone to one or two types and you can take it from there.

2. Look at the fears and desires & key motivations of the type you are hoping to understand more.

On Wikipedia, you can take a close look at the fears and desires of the type you are looking to understand more. For instance, if that person happened to be an Enneagram Type 7, their fears and desires would look like this:

“Basic Fear: Of being deprived and in pain

Basic Desire: To be satisfied and content—to have their needs fulfilled

Key Motivations: Want to maintain their freedom and happiness, to avoid missing out on worthwhile experiences, to keep themselves excited and occupied, to avoid and discharge pain.”

Taking a close look at this will give you some insight into a problem you might be having or a way to avoid future problems. Enneagram Type 7’s are infamous for being afraid they are going to be left out of the fun or stuck in a boring place without a way out. That may seem a little dramatic, of course, but it’s true. So, if you are an office manager, it would be unlikely that your office’s Enneagram Type 7 would be the best person to man the phones all day. The seven would be more suited to be out on sales calls or mowing the lawn. Think excitement, short attention span, not really an anchor. (Dear 7’s, don’t take this personally, I’m a 7 too…)

3. Look at your type compatibility.

The Enneagram Institute offers a great type compatibility chart. Google “Enneagram Institute Type Compatibility Chart” and head on over. You can select your own type and the type you are looking to understand better. To continue with our example from above: Let’s assume that the office manager is a type 3 and the worker is still a type 7, here is a part of the compatibility report:

“This is a highly complementary pair: both types are self-assertive, have high energy, and are outgoing and capable of being around people with relative ease. Both types bring optimism, a future orientation, the sense of possibility and renewal to their relationships and to enterprises they become involved with. Threes can work alone more easily than Sevens, although both are stimulated by interacting with people and both can be excellent communicators of their ideas and values. Both are persuasive and articulate, often lively and attractive, making them sought after company. Both have a youthful orientation such that they feed off of each other’s energy: no other couple is as vivacious or gregarious as the Three/Seven couple. This is probably the highest energy combination of types and they wholeheartedly engage in lots of activities, plans and projects, with the emphasis on attaining the good life. The focus is on sociability, going out, having adventures together and on realizing possibilities and on finding personal fulfillment. “

4. Use this for good only, not evil.

Once you get a grasp on all of this, you have a lot of inside information into people’s motivations. You also get a lot of perspective on how you work with others. It’s a lot of responsibility. Don’t go abusing your power and manipulating situations. Be good, and the study of the Enneagram can bring a lot of clarity and peace to your relationships.

4 Steps to Better Relationships Through the Enneagram

One of the most powerful ways to use the Enneagram is for deepening your relationships with others. I believe that understanding others on a deeper level can help you to work, live, or love them better. The Enneagram will give you insight into what makes someone tick, and often gives perspective which can propel your relationship beyond most interpersonal issues. This information is held in such high esteem, it is currently being used by therapists, life coaches, and in business to create more dynamic and efficient teams. This is not your average typeing system or hocus pocus.

All of my relationships have changed since I began studying the Enneagram. Most have gotten much better, some of just changed, and some I’ve decided to end because they weren’t serving the purpose they were meant to. Based on the experience I had with understanding others through the Enneagram, I’m going to show you the four steps you can use to understand friends, family, and colleagues better.

Bradley Spencer is a student of the enneagram. He keeps a weekly blog on his enneagram discoveries and adds to the written history of the enneagram at his blog…The Enneagram Book: The only continually-updated enneagram resource anywhere

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Whatever we see, hear, smell, taste, touch or feel passes through the conscious mind and reaches the subconscious mind where it is then stored.

Once you have learned how best to deal with a situation, you will generally find it much easier the next time around. This is because you are using information which is already stored.

For instance, once you have learned to ride a bike, you don’t have to consciously think about it anymore. This is because the stored information will come to you automatically, the next time you get on your bike to ride it.

Just as if you were to learn where each letter on your keyboard is, you can now type without looking because you have formed a mental picture in your subconscious mind of what the keyboard actually looks like.

The above are just two instances of how the subconscious mind stores up relations of learned behaviour. We are sure you would be able to find many more examples of this in your everyday life!

Information from the conscious mind gets past into the subconscious mind, and there is a very strong link between the two. It is said that everything you have ever seen, heard or experienced is perceived by your conscious mind, and then stored away into your subconscious mind as a memory.

Not only is this memory stored as the incident itself, but also any feelings that went with it at the time are also stored.

Your subconscious mind does not only store your memories and feelings. It is the maker of all the great ideas you have ever had, and is also the seat of your intuition and creativity. When you do begin to control your conscious thought processes, you will find that you can apply the powers of your subconscious mind towards any problem or difficulty you may come across.

Most of the great artists, poets, writers, scientists, inventors and discovers have had or have a deep understanding of how their conscious and subconscious mind work. The ones that do not unknowingly set their genius to work for them when they tapped into their subconscious mind power by instinct.

You see, the Einsteins and Edisons were not that much smarter that the average person, writes psychology professor Dean Simonton.

After conducting many studies of intelligence and creativity, Professor Simonton has found that there is no real relationship between our IQ and creativity. Most of the celebrated minds of history, Simonton believes, simply made better use of their subconscious mind power.

Just by having a basic knowledge and understanding of how your conscious and subconscious mind work, and also how they interact with each other, you will be able to work wonders in your life. The possibilities truly are endless!

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What I am about to show you is the twelve categories of risky questions with which I find peoples’ wounds. Straight to the heart, definitely risky, but powerfully charged questions. Know their power lies in the fact that the person can be symptom free and they still find wounds.

Now without further adieu (and setting aside for another time the theory which underlies these 12 categories), here they are. My twelve core strategies for locating wounds.

[ 1] Vivid Recall of a Painful Event: The First Category of Block Markers

[ 2] An Inability to Picture a Common Childhood Event: The Second Category of Block Markers

[ 3] Hating an Ordinary Life Event: The Third Category of Block Markers

[ 4] Under-reacting to a Loving Event: The Fourth Category of Block Markers

[ 5] Under-reacting to a Violent Event: The Fifth Category of Block Markers

[ 6] Having No Choice: The Sixth Category of Block Markers

[ 7] Feeling Urgency During Ordinary Life Events: The 7th Category of Block Markers

[ 8] Feeling Abandoned During Ordinary Life Events: The 8th Category of Block Markers

[ 9] Feeling Trapped During Nonviolent Life Events: The 9th Category of Block Markers

[10] Repeatedly Making the Same Painful Error: The 10th Category of Block Markers

[11] Feeling Markedly Older or Younger During Ordinary Life Events: The 11th Category of Block Markers

[12] Feeling Compelled to Do Ordinary Acts: The 12th Category of Block Markers

Let’s start with the obvious; what is a Block Marker?

A Block Marker is a sort of mental pointer to a time during which you were once startled into blankness by a painful event. After which you have a sort of psychological hole in your ability to picture which functions a lot like a pot hole in a road. Literally, we all have these blank spots in our minds. Psychologically speaking, anyway. More important, these holes are the single most direct way to find our injuries.

Am I being too vague? Let me try an example. When I was a boy, two little girls in my class were standing in front of a store on a busy highway. A tractor trailer lost it’s brakes and hit and killed one of them right in front of the other. No surprise that the little girl who was six at the time could not remember this happening. But because of what happened, she also had a blocked ability to picture tractor trailers. She literally could not bring one to mind ever when asked to make one up.

Of course, most of us will never have an event this terrible happen to us. Even so, we all have certain things we have lost the ability to visualize. Psychological pot holes in the roads in our minds so to speak. Moreover, this blocked ability to even imagine these things is the one thing all human wounds have in common. We cannot picture something about the event. Even if we know with certainty this thing happened to us. And even if we are asked to simply make this thing up.

Still confused? What I’m saying is, while human beings, by nature, prefer to use logic to explore their suffering, real healing lies not in logic but rather in exploring these visual blank spots. The places wherein we can no longer picture life even when asked to make it up. Ironically, we never notice the significance of this inability let alone that it is the single most important feature in all of talk therapy.

Know you can explore this visual paradox in depth by visiting my site at http://theemergencesite.com/Therapy/LearningAsATherapy-Wk070319.htm.

For now it is enough to know that these twelve categories of lost abilities to picture life exist. And that they are simply the best way to locate mental / emotional injuries.

Steven Paglierani is a writer, teacher, personality theorist, and therapist whose work on learning and human consciousness is read weekly by thousands all over the world. He is the author of Emergence Personality Theory, and his mission is to make the world better for children by restoring and deepening their love of learning.

He can be read or reached at his site, http://theEmergenceSite.com

Have you ever dreamed you were in prison? Then some part of you is imprisoned. There are many ways in which this metaphor can apply to our lives. We explored some of them in a recent prison dream that was discussed in a telephone group, “TeleDream.” Here is how the dream began:

“I am in a prison(1). Inside, the grounds are like a university campus(2), with green lawns(3) and benches(4) next to old buildings(5). The whole place is surrounded by a thick-barred black metal fence(6). I have just arrived(7). We take turns going to get groceries(8) escorted by a prison guard(9)…”

Every dream speaks to anyone who investigates it, since dreams originate in the Universal realms of the Unconscious. The group exploring this dream discovered dozens of layers of meaning, some unique to each individual. See if any of the nine universal themes we found apply to you:

1. “I am in a prison.” And so is everyone in some manner: To the degree that your job or family confines and restrains you, they imprison you. If your body is wounded, disowned, or a burden to you, your spirit may be imprisoned by the physical. If you long to follow some dream which is prohibited by others,

you may be imprisoned by society. If your dreams seem hopeless or ridiculous, you may be imprisoned by your own attitudes. Most of us are imprisoned by fears, by doubt, by ignorance.

2. “Inside, the grounds are like a university campus”: Inside us the “ground” of our existence is the “Universe” itself. Our individual identity is alternately a prison and a portal: “Every man is a doorway through which the Infinite passes into the finite” (Emerson) The human personality consists of a spark of divinity imprisoned in materiality.

3. “green lawns”: One group member noted that green is the color of growth and spring; to the extent that our growth and blossoming is restricted, we are in prison. Any “failure to thrive” imprisons some potential. Another dreamer mentioned that green is the color of the heart chakra; if our feelings, hopes and dreams were not imprisoned within us, would we need so many reminders to “follow our dreams” or to “know thyself.” A third group member playfully commented that “the grass always looks greener on the other side of the razor-wire fence.”

4. “Benches”: are for waiting, for sitting it out and they can be a valuable respite or the symbol of failing to “take a stand.” Being “put on the bench” in sports is to be taken out of the game. How are we “sitting on the bench” in our own lives, the dream invites us to ask.

5. The grass of the “green lawns” is part of nature, while the bench, the buildings and the fence are man-made. Often our natural tendencies are surrounded by that which has been built up by culture, family rules and traditions, religious beliefs and external authority. There are many built environments like schools and factories which educate and employ but simultaneously imprison. In the movie “Cousin Cousine” a character attends an outdoor wedding but skips the church reception that follows, saying “I don’t trust God when you get him indoors.”

6. The “whole place” might be that place within us all, in which we are whole. Every being carries the imprint of wholeness, like the oak tree implicit in the acorn. Each gender has within, the qualities of its opposite. Each child brings into this world a potential for full being and expression which is only rarely fulfilled. Whatever prevents our wholeness is the “black metal fence” of shadow and restriction and resistance. Poverty is a prison. Prejudice is a prison. Partiality is a prison; gated communities are the prison of privilege.

7. This dream came to a devoted student of dream work whose past efforts had activated and liberated parts of her psyche that had been stored in the “protective custody” of the unconscious since childhood. The release of fresh consciousness that has “just arrived” is the hallmark of ongoing growth. Dreams release unrealized potentials into the adult psyche whenever we are ready to do the work of reclamation. It is our own innocent consciousness that recognizes our over-adapted adult attitudes as a prison. This fresh energy is just what helps to release us from the prison of habit and limitation. Prisons are secure, and sometimes, security is a prison.

8. The dreamer noted that many of the important projects she began had to “take turns” and could not be consistently maintained. Thus there were cycles of meditation and phases of healthy exercise and periodic returns to creative writing. The dream shows these as activities that bring nourishment, the “groceries” that feed the soul. Such activities must often take turns when much of our psyche is imprisoned.

9. Not only do we all contain hopes and abilities that are imprisoned within, but we are all both the prisoner and the prison guard. Our own attitudes and habits imprison us. Our guardedness is our prison’s guard. One becomes a prisoner only after being judged. Within the mind it may be our own judgemental views that bar us from authenticity and freedom, imprisoning us without just cause.

Is not each human ego is a prison of the spirit? Our every fear imprisons and limits our willingness to dare and our ability to love. Our current identity is always the prison of our future self and our full potential. How much “time do you have to do” before you earn your freedom? Prison dreams challenge us to discover how we are confined and how we could break out and be free.

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Emergence Personality Theory sees personality as comprised of a nested set, and subsets, of fractals. A nested set of recognizable patterns which always repeat differently. Moreover, the theory describes these nested fractals as organizing around a single strange attractor; the sequence of three events we experience in the moment in which we physically separate from our mothers.

I call this event, the Birth Separation Moment. Not that what happens prior this event has no affect on personality. It is just that before this moment, everything we experience, we experience with someone. Not as two separate beings but rather as two beings that are one being. In the most intimate human relationship we will ever know.

Literally then, before birth we live in a kind of experiential Garden of Eden. In a marriage of soul mates. In a suspended state of seemingly permanent togetherness. In this state, we face whatever life throws at us with an ever present partner in an ideal kind of intimacy. Connection at its finest. At least for us humans.

Am I being too philosophical? Sorry. What I am saying here is, before we physically separate from our mothers, we live life as an ongoing “co experience.” As if we are joined to another at the psycho spiritual hip, so to speak. In effect, it is as if we were conceived married. Can you imagine? We physically occupied the same space and time as another human being with not a single moment of having to face our needs alone. Not a one.

Hungry? We ate the same food.

Tired? We slept the same sleep.

Cold or hot? We shared the same blanket. And felt the same sounds. And suffered the same illnesses.

My point? Before we experienced the Birth Separation Moment, we had yet to know what it was like to face a need alone. Not even for a single moment. Not even for the blink of an eye.

Then it happened. With no forewarning (at least none baby humans could possibly grasp), we were forcibly expelled from this Eden-like state of perpetual togetherness. Within seconds then, and for the first time, we had to face life alone. With no instructions and no time outs. Needy. Scared. Blind. And hungry.

Underlying this event is the simple sequence of three experiential states from which all human personality forms. This sequence roughly comprises our three most personal human experiences; [1] the experience of connection (to others and to our world), [2] the experience of aloneness (the experience of disconnecting from these connections), and [3] the experience of need (our natural response to these disconnections).

What makes this sequence so significant is that it then becomes the experiential pattern for any and all events which injure us, regardless of the nature of the symptoms; connection, disconnection, and neediness.

In a very real way then, we could say that all human injury, including everything we explore in talk therapy, is a reliving of this Birth Separation Moment fractal pattern; connection, disconnection, and neediness. Admittedly, there is a lot to discuss here. Including why the nesting numbers begin with ten and not one. Know we’ll talk a lot more about this fractal sequence in coming articles. Including why experiencing it injures us as well as how it reveals the pattern beneath all healing events.

Steven Paglierani is a writer, teacher, personality theorist, and therapist whose work on learning and human consciousness is read weekly by thousands all over the world. He is the author of Emergence Personality Theory, and his mission is to make the world better for children by restoring and deepening their love of learning.

He can be read or reached at his site, http://theEmergenceSite.com