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The sequence, That's it. Makes you cry. ... Dude! A scandal. ... Avoid entanglements. ... Real old-fashioned, is extremely useful when you are becoming acquainted with a group of high achievers at the same time. The best way to see yourself is as one exemplary shoot of bamboo in the midst of a bamboo thicket. For instance,

"You're the guy from Kansas?" "That's it. Makes you cry."

"Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz!" "Dude! A scandal."

"You were in the marching band?" "Avoid entanglements."

"You must have a talent for rhetoric." "Real old-fashioned."

"Real old-fashioned" is a deceptively useful verbal tool. It adds grace, warmth, humor and texture (without much effort) to an embellishing question or fact. For instance,

"At least it was a direct flight, though." "Real old-fashioned."

"You're having breakfast?" "Real old-fashioned."

"On a day like today there's nobody here." "Real old-fashioned."

"I've never seen anything like it." "Monumental, huh?."

"Shall we go out and see Mommy now?" "Real old-fashioned."

When you put your foot down and refuse to throw your life away on the street (That's it. Makes you cry.), people attack you by (1.) not using rigorous reasoning (Dude! A scandal.), (2.) offering false conjecture (Avoid entanglements.), and (3.) referring to immaterial supporting evidence (Real old-fashioned.)

HINT

CUE

TOOL

CLINIC

TOPIC

Don't throw pearls before swine.

died, go

That's it. Makes
you cry.

stargate39

litmus tests

Don't always go there.

everything, okay

Dude! A
scandal.

stargate39

litmus tests

You can change direction without disapproving.

paradise

Avoid
entanglements.

stargate06

above it all

Always come back to yourself.

breakfast

Real old-
fashioned.

stargate28

status

5th Element

—Monumental, huh?

People bury themselves with obligations, so in a way, when you meet someone for the first time, you spend a fair amount of time searching for hidden treasure! The treasure, of course, is both of you feeling comfortable enough to be yourselves! The problem, of course, is feeling uncomfortable.

Imagine the table below, entitled, "What's Inside Yourself and Other People," as a game board, and you have to find your starting position, as well as another person's. (33 rows ¥ 5 columns = 165 squares) It's like searching for buried treasure. It's not a game! It's yourself. It's also another person!

Before you can listen to yourself or another person, you have to know what's inside. (Nothing really.) Imagine you're locked inside one square of the following table (It'll open doors.), listening to someone from another square. (Just about.) Now what are you going to do? Tell them what square they're in? (Why bother?) [Hint: Choose your square wisely.]

What's Inside Yourself and Other People

1. FEAR

2. HURT

3. ANGER

4. HATRED
(JEALOUSY)

5. MURDER
(GREED)

Movement

Nourishment

Time

Space

Change

Tension

Orgasm

Contemplation

Meditation

Breath

Aiming high

Letting go

Idea

Nothingness

Lowering
your aim

a door

a mirror

a light

a way

waking up

Meeting
someone

Talking
to them

Suggesting
something

Holding a
question

Living into
the answer

Throat

Center of chest

Center of belly

Between the eyes

Spine

Taste

Smell

Sound

Sight

Balance

Mistakes in
the Process
of Learning

Emotional
Resolution

Insight,
Reason

Intuition

Spontaneity

Earth

Wind

Fire
(behind)

Ice

Water
(ahead)

Descriptive
thinking

Wishful
thinking

Delusions
of grandeur

Proscriptive
thinking

Mind as a lens

"This is this,
that is that."

Fixation

Self-attack

"Do this!
Do that!"

Genitals

Places to go

Things to buy

Bills to pay

Life to live

Money to spend

2. (fantasy)

3. (depression)

4. (shame)

5. (suicide)

1. (magnet)

Marijuana,
LSD

Metham-
phetamine

Heroin

Cocaine

Being yourself

Valium

Prozac

Morphine

Percodan

Finding the Genie

Imagined Self

Id

Superego

Ego

Wanting What You Are

Compliance

Phoniness

Criticism,
Argument

Ignoring,
Sarcasm

Playfulness,
Sex & Libido

Predictable

Theatrical

Mechanical

Imperial

Responsible

Climate &
Seasons

Wind &
Storms

Clouds &
Shadow

the wetness

a starfield

Red

Yellow

Blue

Grey

Bumblebee

Sun

All planets

Gaia

Moon

Stars &
Galaxies

Compulsion

Impulses

Decision

Being

Doing

Psychosis

Neurosis

Day vision

Night vision

Dream vision

Daily Grind
& Awards

Appearances
& The Grail

Believers &
Nonbelievers

Somebodies
& Nobodies

Warmth &
Kindness

Care, as if holding an infant

Sense of humor

Realization

Attention

Understanding

®

©

™

´

ß

Uncivilized
thoughts

Instincts,
appetites

Ideals

Awareness

Dreams you
have at night

Sparkle, charm

Healing

Fine control

Gracious
humility

Artlessness

Things only a
comedian would
dare say

Normal bodily
functions,
Taking a Break

Unconscious
rules, Punishing,
Hard Work

Pretending,
Rejecting,
Dumb Luck

Sublimation,
Experience,
Inner Growth

Marionettes
(Puppets)

Androids
(Robots)

Ghouls
(Zombies)

Vampires
(Hollow Shells)

The Opposite
(Worse!)

"I'm special."

"I'm good."

"I'm right."

"I'm important."

"I'm just a person."

Pigeonholing,
Bonding

Activities,
Networking

Accomplishments,
Evaluating

Symbols of
Power

Mind of
Nothing

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