Thanks. Very accurate I think. Good to find someone smart for a rare change. These specifics fit right in with my generalised theory of pain and suffering. Perhaps you will like my book: https://mattcookmovement.com/ReleasingPainByMattCook.pdf
Ha, we're on the same page. That's a rare occurrence in my world..haha!
It is remarkable how few are even willing to accept the idea that their thoughts and emotions contain such tremendous power. We've got a long ways to go to reverse this, but I'm always happy to connect with others of like mind!
I scanned your chapter titles and they look great. Do you work in a health/healing capacity?
I think people are disconnected from their inner world so much that they don’t even believe it exists. They seem to view themselves as a mere biological coincidence - that somehow here in an infinite universe the atoms somehow arranged to form the appearance of free will and consciousness. They are, philosophically, ‘physicalists’. Even most people here on GA are still this way. I sell a course on back pain as my ‘career’. I market it as a purely physical approach, but when they get the program they find out all this esoteric stuff about relaxing painful muscles by exploring their thoughts and emotions, accessing them by focusing on the muscles while doing stimulating gentle movements. A lot of people email me results like finally muscles releasing after 20 years etc. My stuff is a synthesis of Gurdjieff, Ayn Rand, L Ron Hubbard, Osho and Alexander Lowen, plus my own extensions from experience. How about you - what is your philosophical position?
Agreed on your assessment. Part of the western "liberal agenda", which isn't "liberal" in any way according to the original definition, is to infuse several ideas that are a perfect 180 degree inversion of reality. The end result is "materialism" and "victim consciousness", pervasive in popular western culture.
Perhaps the most difficult obstacle to helping someone immersed in this programming is that they see life paths such as doctors, politicians, lawyers, actors big tech execs, media personalities, social media influencers, etc. as images of "success" worthy of emulation in this world.
I've skimmed through your book and noticed all your influences and I'm familiar with most - especially the spiritual teachers, Gurdjieff, Osho & Alan Watts. An interesting trio indeed you've chosen there. I love all three.
I've probably read close to 2000 books on spirituality these past 15 years, having had an insatiable desire to reconcile and harmonize all the different philosophies. About halfway through this list, I realized they were all perfectly harmonious at the core. I also realized about halfway through I didn't need to read anything, but couldn't help myself at that stage as it was all so fascinating how this information was literally "everywhere", yet it had not previously been brought to my attention. Almost simultaneously, the result was the birth of both a "spiritual seeker" and a "conspiracy factualist" in short order...haha. Which is probably how I ended up here, having followed Q from almost the beginning over on Reddit's conspiracy boards.
I couldn't pin myself down to any one philosophical position, other than to say there are dozens I find foundational truth in, not unlike yourself, as evidenced by your varied interests across different "systems".
Regarding health and disease, I'm going to turn you onto something I found thanks to Dr. Stefan Lanka, about 15 months ago. I believe this man, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, figured out the entire basis of virtually all dis-ease. It's utterly fascinating and I've tested out nearly 100 times now, with accurate results each time. The system is named "German New Medicine" (a crappy name, but c'est la vie) and it basically asserts that the dis-ease process begins with an "Unexpected life event" that we weren't prepared to deal with. This is followed by the primal survival mechanisms of our brain/psyche (soul) making biological adjustments to deal with the "unexpected conflict".
To provide you with an uber-simplified explanation of what GNM generally says about chronic musculoskeletal pain, which sounds like your wheelhouse, is that people suffering this are unable to fully resolve their conflict trauma and are caught between the conflict active and healing phase as a result. GNM asserts there is a biological purpose to their pain, which is to strengthen the muscle/bones afflicted so as to be better prepared for a similar future event. Unlike most of the other bodily dis-eases which provide the biological benefit in the conflict active stage, when it comes to the musculoskeletal system, the "benefit" occurs following the end of the healing phase.
Back pain, in particular, would be tied to conflicts that lead to psychological concepts like "I feel unsupported", "I felt crushed by...", "I can't stand this", etc., all relating to the spinal support system. The primal brain takes these thoughts as real-time, existential problems that it then works to break down and then reconstruct and rebuild to avoid future threats. Fascinating stuff.
And as I'm sure you know, bone, and specifically periosteum repair is especially a long and painful process. And sadly, the conventional allopathic treatments, e.g. surgery, actually circumvent and destroy the natural healing process of the body, leading to further issues that often remain for a lifetime.
I'll leave it at that. Feel free to check it out. I'm sure you'll find it interesting and can incorporate GNM into your current work. Here's the best site to start your research: https://learninggnm.com
Hi, sorry I took a while to reply. I read quite extensively on German New Medicine, on your recommendation, and it’s very aligned with my thinking. Thanks for letting me know about it :)
Thanks. Very accurate I think. Good to find someone smart for a rare change. These specifics fit right in with my generalised theory of pain and suffering. Perhaps you will like my book: https://mattcookmovement.com/ReleasingPainByMattCook.pdf
Ha, we're on the same page. That's a rare occurrence in my world..haha!
It is remarkable how few are even willing to accept the idea that their thoughts and emotions contain such tremendous power. We've got a long ways to go to reverse this, but I'm always happy to connect with others of like mind!
I scanned your chapter titles and they look great. Do you work in a health/healing capacity?
I think people are disconnected from their inner world so much that they don’t even believe it exists. They seem to view themselves as a mere biological coincidence - that somehow here in an infinite universe the atoms somehow arranged to form the appearance of free will and consciousness. They are, philosophically, ‘physicalists’. Even most people here on GA are still this way. I sell a course on back pain as my ‘career’. I market it as a purely physical approach, but when they get the program they find out all this esoteric stuff about relaxing painful muscles by exploring their thoughts and emotions, accessing them by focusing on the muscles while doing stimulating gentle movements. A lot of people email me results like finally muscles releasing after 20 years etc. My stuff is a synthesis of Gurdjieff, Ayn Rand, L Ron Hubbard, Osho and Alexander Lowen, plus my own extensions from experience. How about you - what is your philosophical position?
Agreed on your assessment. Part of the western "liberal agenda", which isn't "liberal" in any way according to the original definition, is to infuse several ideas that are a perfect 180 degree inversion of reality. The end result is "materialism" and "victim consciousness", pervasive in popular western culture.
Perhaps the most difficult obstacle to helping someone immersed in this programming is that they see life paths such as doctors, politicians, lawyers, actors big tech execs, media personalities, social media influencers, etc. as images of "success" worthy of emulation in this world.
I've skimmed through your book and noticed all your influences and I'm familiar with most - especially the spiritual teachers, Gurdjieff, Osho & Alan Watts. An interesting trio indeed you've chosen there. I love all three.
I've probably read close to 2000 books on spirituality these past 15 years, having had an insatiable desire to reconcile and harmonize all the different philosophies. About halfway through this list, I realized they were all perfectly harmonious at the core. I also realized about halfway through I didn't need to read anything, but couldn't help myself at that stage as it was all so fascinating how this information was literally "everywhere", yet it had not previously been brought to my attention. Almost simultaneously, the result was the birth of both a "spiritual seeker" and a "conspiracy factualist" in short order...haha. Which is probably how I ended up here, having followed Q from almost the beginning over on Reddit's conspiracy boards.
I couldn't pin myself down to any one philosophical position, other than to say there are dozens I find foundational truth in, not unlike yourself, as evidenced by your varied interests across different "systems".
Regarding health and disease, I'm going to turn you onto something I found thanks to Dr. Stefan Lanka, about 15 months ago. I believe this man, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, figured out the entire basis of virtually all dis-ease. It's utterly fascinating and I've tested out nearly 100 times now, with accurate results each time. The system is named "German New Medicine" (a crappy name, but c'est la vie) and it basically asserts that the dis-ease process begins with an "Unexpected life event" that we weren't prepared to deal with. This is followed by the primal survival mechanisms of our brain/psyche (soul) making biological adjustments to deal with the "unexpected conflict".
To provide you with an uber-simplified explanation of what GNM generally says about chronic musculoskeletal pain, which sounds like your wheelhouse, is that people suffering this are unable to fully resolve their conflict trauma and are caught between the conflict active and healing phase as a result. GNM asserts there is a biological purpose to their pain, which is to strengthen the muscle/bones afflicted so as to be better prepared for a similar future event. Unlike most of the other bodily dis-eases which provide the biological benefit in the conflict active stage, when it comes to the musculoskeletal system, the "benefit" occurs following the end of the healing phase.
Back pain, in particular, would be tied to conflicts that lead to psychological concepts like "I feel unsupported", "I felt crushed by...", "I can't stand this", etc., all relating to the spinal support system. The primal brain takes these thoughts as real-time, existential problems that it then works to break down and then reconstruct and rebuild to avoid future threats. Fascinating stuff.
And as I'm sure you know, bone, and specifically periosteum repair is especially a long and painful process. And sadly, the conventional allopathic treatments, e.g. surgery, actually circumvent and destroy the natural healing process of the body, leading to further issues that often remain for a lifetime.
I'll leave it at that. Feel free to check it out. I'm sure you'll find it interesting and can incorporate GNM into your current work. Here's the best site to start your research: https://learninggnm.com
Hi, sorry I took a while to reply. I read quite extensively on German New Medicine, on your recommendation, and it’s very aligned with my thinking. Thanks for letting me know about it :)