Wholeness Process Basic Form
Wholeness Process Basic Form
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Step 4. Check if I is ready to integrate with Awareness:
Check, Does the sensation of this I welcome the invitation to open and relax as
the fullness of Awareness?
(It doesnt matter whether you get a yes or no response to this question. The
answer will just tell you what to do next.)
A. If Yes:
Notice what happens, when the I is invited to open and relax as the fullness
of Awareness.
Pause to gently sense into the I, and to allow this opening and relaxing to
happen in its own way. You are not really doing anythingjust sensing how it occurs on
its own.
If you are experiencing a relaxing, melting, or dissolving, just stay with it until
things settle. Enjoy the sense of relaxation or peace, or flow for as long as you like. Then
go to Step 5.
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Now there is just an experiencing of whatever happens. If/when there is a
relaxation or melting, you can enjoy this experience as long as you like.
Notes:
*Once the I is merged with awareness, the integration with the sensation of the original
feeling or thought is usually welcomed and natural. However, in the event it feels
difficult or unwanted, then call a coach to assist you.
**You dont need to force it if it didnt happen on its own. This process is all about
gentleness and relaxing of force, not adding force. Any forcing would be counter-
productiveand its not needed.
If the person feels more at ease, or more neutral or resourceful, then this phase is
complete. Future-pace in two additional situations in the past, and several in the future.
If any reactivity remains, call a coach.
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Background and History of the Process:
This process is based on the teaching of Ramana Maharshi, who many consider to
be among the greatest sages of the 20th century. Ramanas main teaching was to have
people ask the question Who am I? until they experience enlightenment. This was
understood to be an advanced teaching, because most people didnt find that anything
happened when they went around asking themselves this question.
When I read Ramanas work, I thought What would happen if instead we ask,
Where is the I located? This seemed a more useful question. It directs our attention to
our actual experience, and everyone can ask this and get an answer immediately, in
experience.
Then, the question became, How do we go from finding the I (which is
contracted), to experiencing ourselves as the vast whole again? (Ramanas intention
with his question was to help people experience that they are actually a vast Self, not a
separate self.) For this I instinctively used the Awareness/Dissolving meditation
(1996, This is on my Healing Meditations audio set, and was an outgrowth from
exploring the Aligning Perceptual Positions work). This resulted in an immediate
dissolving of the I. This is a subject-process integration. The next step was to add
integration with the object (i.e. the feeling, etc. being worked with) for which again I
used the basic Awareness/Dissolving meditation method.
I have been using the process myself since 2007 (or perhaps a bit earlier), and
within a year or two began guiding others as well. The wording has been refined as I have
tested it with more people. The process embodies principles from many streams of both
psychotherapy (especially gestalt & Ericksonian) and spirituality (esp. Buddhism, Sufi,
Hindu, non-dual, etc.), in a practical way, as well as draws from my own experience.
To access the other forms of the Wholeness Process (meditative form,
Integrating the Inner Authority, etc.) see www.TheWholenessProcess.com
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What The Wholeness Process Does:
This process dissolves the inner separations weve built up over years of living
but dont even realize are there. To maintain negative emotions or thoughts requires
internal separation. Once the inner separation is melted away, the negative emotions cant
maintain themselves.
Pointers:
1. If there is any feeling of effort, or trying to make something happen, then
notice this efforting and do the process with this.
2. Any time something doesnt naturally and easily transform, its time to
either check for another I, or check for a response TO what youre working with.
3. Once this process is familiar, it is possible to do while living life. You can
just pause for a moment, and let it unfold, bringing you to this sense of dissolved
spacious presence.
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