Professional Documents
Culture Documents
experiences, may leave the client feeling as if there has been a void or vacuum left in their lives. They may also experience such a void within their own bodies. The adoption of maladaptive behaviors, such as overeating, alcoholism and other addictions, may serve as an attempt, by the client, to fill the vacuum or void in their bodies and their lives. The same may hold true for mood, anxiety, personality and more serious mental disorders. Separation from family and loved ones, in late adolescence, may create a void in a young person's life; which they may try to fill with extensive drug use, psychotic breakdowns, antisocial behavior and alcohol abuse. This void has its counterpart in the superconscious, transpersonal realm. It may be hard to fathom, that a person who overeats, compulsively gambles, and engages in destructive sex, is trying to fill a metaphysical or cosmic void. I have already stated that a human being is a microcosmic replication of the entire universe. If there is a physical void in the universe, with its counterpart in the spiritual cosmos, then such a phenomenon has to exist inside human beings. Thus, it holds true that the causes for certain behaviors have their roots in real-life situations and cosmic realities. What is this VOID? On the cosmic level, it is a vacuum in transpersonal, cosmic space. Nothing exists there and yet something is there and it is usually a sense of a soul or self that is alone and undetected. This cosmic vacuum may have its counterpart in certain stages of prenatal and perinatal life. This relationship between cosmic elements, perinatal experiences and life experiences, in general, substantiates the connectedness of all aspects of life. Yes, a person may overeat, abuse alcohol or do many other things in order to fill a void precipitated by transpiritual, evolutionary and real-life events. By inducing an Altered State of Consciousness (ASC), through free association or other mind-altering methods, a person can get in touch with the root causes of the void. Hiding from Emotional Pain
alcoholics and drug addicts ever receive treatment and obsessive compulsive workaholics, shoppers, gamblers, nicotine addicts, etc. etc. ever become aware of the real deep rooted causes of their well defended, self-denial behaviors. The most underreported and devastating criminal activity of driving under the influence of alcohol will never be solved as long as society refuses to vigorously address the underlying sorrow filled void of these people. We, as a people, are driven to "get" instead of "lose." There is a belief that somehow getting an injection, smoking a weed, becoming overbloated, drunk or some other form a symbolic fulfillment will satisfy a need. That's the wrong strategy that never addresses the real problem. Temporary relief creates more longterm problems. It is a bad solution to an unrecognized sorrowful void and creates added difficulties. If you have a money problem, you can't solve it with money. If you have a drinking problem, it can't be solved with alcohol. If you have a nicotine problem, cigarettes won't solve it. If you are depressed, you need to get to the underlying cause of that depression. Treating the depression doesn't cure it. Fully blowing out and releasing the sorrow deep in the void will lift the depression, calm anxiety and may actually create peak experiences that lead to total bliss. The ASC (Altered State of Consciousness) created by cathartic free association will reveal the truth of one's existence. It will also bring into consciousness those feelings, memories and experiences that have been long held inside one's organism. Letting go and releasing buried sorrow, relieves the void and opens the prison of repression. Freedom from symptoms and problems creates a cosmological and transpersonal liberation that transcends the limits of the body and the ego. The inheritance is the universe and the boundless kingdom of heaven. Beginning Change
acted out, out of awareness, in every human being. A person can choose to mobilize efforts, methods, props and tools in the noble cause of waging war against internal destructive forces. Such acknowledgment and commitment can lead to triumph and the ASC is the right tool, method and weapon for such a challenge. If the person decides to go back into hiding behind a self-erected wall, then the destructive force will come back with a vengeance and a yo-yo syndrome gets established. When the individual decides to take on the challenge of change, he/she can recognize the futility and failure of destructive behaviors. In the long run, all destructive behaviors end up hurting the individual. If one looks for a creative principal, then they will recognize that elements of the destructive force just don't work and only cause damage. Creative ASC's produce productive life enhancing outcomes. These same ASC's also lend insight into the causes of all behaviors. No Matter Where ...
Blaming creates failure and ineffectiveness. It never produces positive results and encourages distrust and alienation. If you want someone to reject you, just keep blaming them and making them responsible for your life, your problems and your misery. Support and encourage someone and you improve their emotional and environmental performance. You get back what you give and it is the altered state of consciousness of a therapy session that produces the positive results.