Posted by James K on February 9, 2006, at 3:27:06
In reply to Habits and Vision, posted by 64bowtie on February 8, 2006, at 15:51:38
---this is intriguing to me, but I have to admit, I don't quite understand much of what you are discussing.
> Are there any therapists that use vision to emphasize the distortions in client habits, behaviors and beliefs??? These are three culprits at the roots of our pains and sufferrings that we can UPDATE VISUALLY, extinguishing thier dysfunctions forever, if that's what we really want...
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> Vision also updates NORMALLY 6 times per second (as much as 15 times per second for Grand Prix race car drivers, down hill skiers, and Top-Gun fighter pilots, to name a few)... When we daydream, we can go for long periods without an update in the foreground, allowing the background vision (mind's eye) to care for our business of living... When we daydream, we can actually be in three places at once, visually...---This is part of what I don't get. the 3 places. We are seeing what is in front of us, that goes on autopilot. We see what is in our daydream. what is the third? Is this background vision the third? rather than an extension of the main vision? I just tried to do it, but I can only do 2. I must be missing part of the concept. no worries.
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> A therapist may then have us take an objective view of our habits, beliefs and behaviors that make up our dysfunction and direct us to look at what we want them to be instead... It is then our responsibility to fill in the gap with our wisdom; fill in the gaps that create our distorted views; thus altering our dysfunctional situations forever...---I'm literally lost. is this about literal sight, something that is happening with our eyes and the part of our brain that interprets what the retinas record, or is this a symbolic thing?
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> Anthropologists have always said that what makes man so unique, is the nature of being a keener observer than all other animals... Now we may utilise this attribute to get back onto the right track in our lives... A wise therapist will help us with this endeavor... Are there any practitioners out there??? Let me know...
>----I only know of emdr (?) like C.T. as a therapy that involves vision. recalled vision, like flashbacks. It was useful to my wife. Many animals see better than us, but I doubt any have the internal vision we are capable of. I admit I just didn't get much of what you were saying, but if you feel like spending more time, I may be capable. No guarantees though.
> Rod
>thanks,
James K
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