| the 1st Layer of Personality: "personal non existence" |
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Here is Layer 1, the outer most layer of the personality "onion." What does Layer 1 contain? All of our everyday "just show up for life" stuff. And all of those times when we just "zone out."
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| the 1st Layer of Personality: "personal non existence" |
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| Appears at Age? |
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approximately age 10 |
| Personal Consciousness Age? |
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"when" (age 7 and older) |
| Sense of Connection? |
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none |
| Sense of Aloneness? |
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none "I don't usually feel alone, and even when I do, it's no biggie." |
| Sense of Blame? |
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none "Nothing really bothers me, so I don't usually blame people." |
| Who Do You Blame? |
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no one (no one has done anything wrong) |
| Who Should Be Punished? |
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no one (no one has done anything wrong) |
| Who Deserves Help? |
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everything and everyone |
| Type of Emergence? |
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Innocence |
| Type of Blamelessness? |
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We are all blameless for: not knowing we were injured. |
| Urges - Inner Life? (experiential urges) |
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the experience of non-existence |
| Urges - Outer Life? (behavioral urges) |
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accidents begin to appear |
| "Aloneness" as a "Drive" |
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the desire to understand "aloneness" ends (life loses all meaning) |
| What We Think and Feel? (realms) |
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"Realm of Habit" "the loss of access to the beauty in all things" (no beauty exists in thoughts, emotions, needs, BLocks, visible suffering, crime, time, or reason) time exists but does not matter |
| What Do We Look Like? (roles) |
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uniformity / detachment uniformed utility worker anyone zoned out (e.g. watching TV, knitting) factory worker dish washer security guard house cleaner sanitation worker postal worker UPS driver maintenance person anyone bored with their job (e.g. unconscious, parroting teacher) anyone who is significantly uninterested in learning, healing, loving, and growing |
| Introduction | Layer 10 | Layer 9 | birth moment | layer 8 | layer 7 |
| Layer 6 | Layer 5 | Layer 4 | Layer 3 | Layer 2 | Layer 1 |
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the 1st Layer of Personality: "personal non-existence"
© 2002, Steven Paglierani. All rights reserved