Being love as basic state The ocean at rest, immeasurably deep and vast, is a good metaphor for the “state” of being love. The word “state” I put in quotation marks because in this context this word is misleading. The basic homeostatic state of being love is not static »»
Thesis: The primary self corresponds to the actual being – the "soul" – before it is alienated by the secondary self which is formed via socialization. In the history of development the decisive motor for this quantum leap is formed by cognitive-abstract (digital-sequential) thought processes »»
Portuguese lyricist FERNANDO PESSOA puts it plainly:“The world belongs to the one who does not feel.“ Something I am merely hinting at here is that in our society successful socialization is largely associated with the ability to ignore feelings. Later I will discuss in depth how »»
Primary Rage The primary aggressiveness serves to demarcate us from a life-threatening danger; we know it from the animal kingdom. In humans it is – as a helpful form of behavior – the physical expression of the state of psychic primary rage. Aggressiveness in order to distinguish oneself »»
I am convinced that the abused early childhood basic trust cannot be restored by cognitive efforts. The return to one's own body, the allowance of touching oneself and others, and thus of feelings, is an essential prerequisite for this.
Although according to MACHLEIDT and others rage and anxiety are not direct inversely related in the electroencephalogram, their mutual relationship cannot be ignored. The two feelings are either intermingled or they are in competition with each other. Similar to the difference between »»
Infants in the state of being love The phase of the primary self is of central importance for the psychic development of human beings in a double sense. On one hand the unprotected helplessness of the small being, which has no possibility of avoiding psychic painful experiences, opens the door to »»
The psychological pain of the DEPRIVATION of love From the disregard and repression of love (the being love as well as the primary excited love) – this elemental need of life – arise acts of the most brutal violence, especially when people are repeatedly denied this experience and especially when »»
