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Core Transformation - What Is It?
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- Chris Marti
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Does anyone have any personal experience with core transformation?
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I just read over a few of the articles, though. There really isn't anything new being delivered as far as I can tell. The targeted processes seem quite similar to many of those used by therapeutic approaches that are currently more broadly used. The emphasis on the "spiritualilty" and "oneness with god" are not included by default in most of these other approaches. But, I suppose if using a concept like "oneness with god" as a vehicle that makes people feel safe while doing this kind of work, I don't think it's a bad thing.
In fact, reframing or reinterpreting well-established psychological treatments through the lens of a spiritual or metaphysical leaning is encouraged in my training, so long as it isn't reinforcing inflexible thinking (such as scrupulosity or other such rule-governed behavior styles).
It looks like yet another technology for looking inward, accepting what one finds, investigating it based on various types of questions and criteria, and allowing it to be integrated into one’s life in a way that allows them to stop fighting with themselves and start moving in the direction of what they value.
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The cool thing though is it has a means of re-integrating those states back into personal situations, so it's incredibly good for integration and uses the door of "content" to access these strata of consciousness instead of the door of "process". As Jackson mentioned there are other methods out there like it, and I've tried several including voice dialogue (in the form of Big Mind), the unanswerable questions process (which Duff taught me), and gestalt dreamwork, but CT is really fantastic and it doesn't stop short at the personal, but goes into the transpersonal as well. From my experience not all psychological methods are designed to do that. In short, I've found this method is very compatible and complimentary with deep meditation practice.
I would highly recommend chatting with Duff McDuffee (mentioned above), if you're interested in the technique, as he knows a ton about this method. He's a very deep practitioner and a long-time friend.
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In both cases the stuff that came up was far too heavy to just apply meditation practice and sit through it. At the same time, the content itself was not important (though it was perceived to be extremely so). What was key was the habits and reactions it illuminated.
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It's a very powerful dialogic technique (which arose out of the whole NLP movement) for using personal content to access deeper states of being (in my experience the same states that unfold in practice).
-vincehorn
To me, this sounds similar (in aim) to how John Welwood's psychotherapy practice utilizes Eugene Gendlin's "focusing" process as an entry point for helping his clients discover the fullness and spaciousness of being - if/when the process of therapy takes them there. This came from the Existential tradition, which does not have the same roots as NLP, as I understand it. What's interesting about this is that therapists or other "helping" professionals (counselors, coaches, teachers, etc.) are using technologies that are content-based at face value as a means to go beyond content. This resonates with what I understand to be the Buddha's teaching regarding the conditioned path which leads to the unconditioned - using a thorn to remove a thorn, if you will.
From my experience not all psychological methods are designed to do that.
-vincehorn
You got that right!
-Jackson
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