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Formation

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Formation''' (a.k.a. yin) is the cradling, cuddling, enveloping, encircling enfolding, ordering, and guiding [[Aspect of Consciousness]]. Formation, what physicists might call inertia, is the primary shaper of physical creation. Formation is what modifies, shapes, and controls force so that force can actually get things done without blowing up and otherwise destroying creation. </blockquote>

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[[Yan]] | [[Shakti]]

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==Notes==

Formation may be contrasted with [[Force]].

Formation is applied to Creation through the application of [[Will]]/[[Intent]] and [[Expectation]].

Force + Formation = Creation

The concept of force in creation is ancient. Notably, the Egyptian God Ptah, patron god of stonemasons(!), is the anthropomorphization of the process if "in-form" ation. "The production of a building or statue involves a process of 'in-formation,' in which a concept originally present only in the artisan's mind in-forms--is imprinted in--raw material through his actions. A block of stone that has been cared into a statue...is materially the same after the process...yet is had also transcended its original raw state: it is now something that it was not before, the representation (tjt 'image') of another reality. What has made the difference between the original and the final state is the action that has in-formed it with the sculptor's concept." (Allen, 1988: 46).

[[Edward Carpenter]] seems vaguely aware of the force+formation=creation equation.Speaking of the idea of Justice, "though it may be but a sentiment at first and on its inner side, yet quickly on its outer side it gives itself structure, and regulates the conflicting desires and emotions and needs of the people; and these emotions and desires so regulated from above do each of them in their turn generate and regulate groups of habits and customs; and these again each in their turn innumerable individual acts. And so the idea of Justice becomes creative and alive throughout the whole State.<ref>
Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition.</ref></blockquote>

At one point, Carpenter even refers to the "formative forces...which manifest themselves in the race life."<ref>Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition. </ref>

Oswald Wirth associated the Masonic Empress card with form, ideas, and archetypes, i.e. "...ideal forms or pure ideas according to which everything is created." As he notes, "This sovereign, dazzling with light represents 'Creative INtelligence', the mother of form, pictures, and ideas." <ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 71-2</ref>. Note the inappropriate and sexist association of form/formation with the female gender.

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Diversion

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'''Diversion''' is an [[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]]] that the [[Bodily Ego]] uses to avoid uncomfortable confrontations with reality. Diversion involves diverting and distracting awareness by drawing thought away from painful aspects of reality.

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==Other Awareness Reduction Mechanisms==

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==Notes==

A pedophile diverts the attention of a victim with candy.

When we divert and distract, we point attention away from the things we do not want to remember, and towards something entirely different. For example, kids or other adults may be talking about child abuse, but a guilty parent or childcare worker, in order to head off a conversation that might eventually lead to a discussion of their abusive practices, might distract with ice cream and cookies. Or, a father who sexually abuses his children might use distraction (i.e., a trip to Disney World) to shift attention from the behaviour, encourage his children to forget, and repress his awareness of the act. Similarly, a politician that points at the evil “over there” may be distracting from the evil that they do every day. Distraction is quite common, of course, and we are exposed to it every day.

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Awareness Reduction Mechanisms

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'''Awareness Reduction Mechanisms''' (ARMs), are a subclass of [[Defense Mechanisms]]. They are strategies that the [[Bodily Ego]] can use to reduce awareness of itself, its physical and mental condition, the "room" that it's in, and the condition of its life. ARMS are typically deployed in order to reduce pain, suffering, guilt, shame, and the [[disjuncture]] that arises from internal [[Alignment|misalignment]] or external violence and abuse. Several ARMS exist, the most common being:
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==Notes==

ARMs are broken down into two categories, [[Externally Directed ARMs]] and [[Internally Directed Arms]].

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ARMs are broken down into two categories, [[Externally Directed ARMs]] and [[Internally Directed Arms]].

There are four basic categories of ARMs.

Primary ARM -> Repression
Secondary ARMs -> Denial, Rationalization, Diversion/Distraction, Intellectualization, Compartmentalization
Tertiary ARMs -> Reaction Formation, Gaslightning,
Pathological ARMs -> Dissociation, Regression, Conversion

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Compartmentalization – suppressing awareness by breaking your life and your cognitive/emotional processes into discrete spaces. When you come home at night, you block out exploitation and abuse you perpetrate at work. When you go to work in the morning, you block out violence in the home. When you go to Church, you do not think about the hypocrisies in your daily life.
Denial– simple refusal to accept reality “as it is.” My mom beat me with a wooden spoon and leather belts, but she denies it to this day. The equivalent external ARM is repression.
Distortion – reshaping reality to avoid awareness of disjunctive realities. “What doesn’t kill you leaves a scar” justifications distort our understanding of violence and abuse and provide a justification for them.
Humor is a form of distortion. Using humor to change the “meaning” of reality. Making sexist, racist, homophobic jokes in an attempt to render the abusive behaviours acceptable, or gain social support.
Intellectualization – Not a defense mechanisms by itself, but a particular form of compartmentalization, dissociation, diversion, using the powers of the intellect
Dissociation – detachment from reality. Disconnection, especially intellectual. Daydreaming through dissociative disorders and fugue.
Diversion/Distraction – engaging in other activities, behaviours that draw attention away from issues in reality. For example, getting into a running club and spending all your time away from family in order to avoid the toxicities/issues at home.
Rationalization – “the justification of one's behaviour and motivations by substituting "good" acceptable reasons for the actual motivations.”

Internal Arms

Dissociation – detachment from reality. Disconnection, especially emotional.1 Daydreaming. Dissociative disorders. Typically used in an attempt to avoid stress/pain/conflict in the environment.
• Diversion/Distraction – engaging in other activities, behaviours that allow one draw attention away from feelings. For example, getting into a running club and spending your entire time running. Includes obsessions, compulsions, hypochondriasis, etc.
• Repression – forced submersion of thoughts (I am doing something wrong) and feelings, like guilt, shame, etc. For the equivalent internal ARM, see Denial.
• Regression – fall back to childhood states, allowing only simpler, childlike emotions and awareness.
• Projection – projecting guilt, shame, other negative emotions and thoughts onto others.
• Reaction formation – choreographing the opposite emotions. Denial.

Maslow has some interesting things to say about defense mechanisms, especially in light of the LP concept of [[Alignment]], also about the nature of therapy (it is about uncovering rather than molding, and that even neurosis are somehow aimed at the g\ratification of human needs (see [[Seven Essential Needs]]. Thus for example OCD may be an attempt to satisfy one's need for safety by routinizing activity and blocking out toxic impositions.

"A fifth axiom of self-actualization theory is my contention-as yet unproven that neurosis must be considered a psychological defense and not basic to human
nature. Furthermore, neurosis must be viewed as a defense against the intrinsic self, our deeper layers, full humanness, growth, and self-actualization. From this assumption, I have argued vigorously that effective counseling and psychotherapy are Taoistic or uncovering, rather than involving mainly shaping,molding, or indoctrinating....It may be relevant to point out here that ordinary neurosis and even the valve pathologies like delinquency may consequently be viewed as efforts toward the gratification of basic and meta-needs, but under the conditions of anxiety, fear, lack of courage." <ref>———. “Critique of Self-Actualization. I. Some Dangers of Being-Cognition.” Journal of Individual Psychology 15, no. 1 (May 1, 1959): 24. p. 105</ref>

For LP purposes, we break ARMs down into two general categories, External ARMs and Internal ARMs. External ARMs are defense mechanisms aimed at reducing awareness of things external to the individual, like the behaviour of others, conditions at work, bullying by students/teachers, etc. Internal ARMs are defense mechanisms aimed at reducing awareness of things internal to the individual, like disjunctive shame and guilt, or awareness of complicity, etc.

An individual may deploy several ARMs at the same time.

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Lightning Path Attachment Analysis

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Lightning Path Attachment Analysis''' is a method for exploring and understanding our [[Toxic Attachment]]s. To conduct an LPAA we identify, clarify, and categorize our attachments.<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.</ref> </blockquote>

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Toxic Burden

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'''Toxic Burden''' is the sum total of all abuse, neglect, chaos, and indoctrination of [[Toxic Socialization]], as it weighs down and damages the [[Physical Unit]]<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.</ref>
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Joyful Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Joyful''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). Joyful represents the soul's nature and peregrination into incarnation in order to joyfully accomplish the [[Great Work]], and manifest the will of [[Consciousness]]</blockquote>

==TOSAS Archetypes==

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==Notes==

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Note, this is not the "hero's journey." Neither are you a [[Fool in School]]. That journey is a fantasy journey, an ideology subtly designed to get you to put yourself into a position of [[Less Than]]. As indicated by this archetype, you are a fully connected soul. You are a [[Master]] already. To get there, shuck off the [[Old Energy Archetypes]] that limit and disconnect.

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Mundane Wrong Thought

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Chakra Health

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Chakra Health''' refers to the energetic health of your body's chakra system. Chakra health is determine by a combination of energetic flow through each individual chakra, and that chakra' [[Alignment]] with the [[Spiritual Ego]]. Healthy chakras are chakras that are aligned fully open to energetic flow. </blockquote>

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==Additional Reading==

* Leadbeater, C. W. The Chakras. ''Theosophical Pub. House,'' 1994. [https://archive.org/details/chakras00lead http://archive.org/details/chakras00lead].
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New Energy Creation Template

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A '''New Energy Creation Template''' is a [[Creation Template]] based on [[New Energy Archetypes]].<ref>Sosteric, Mike. ''Lightning Path Workbook Four - Archetypal Study and Flow Control Using the Triumph of Spirit Archetype System.'' Vol. 4. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2020.</ref>
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The Upheaval

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'''The Upheaval''' is a dramatic, planet-wide progressive and (hopefully) peaceful revolution that occurs during [[Stage Five]] of a planet's evolutionary process.
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==Notes==

Successful upheaval is followed by planetary [[Healing]] and individual/collective [[Connection]]

Past trauma and ancestral fears of [[Debacle]], exploited by [[The Family]], suppress pressure to transform. Upheaval kicks into high gear as fears are cleared and individuals empower and transform.

Upheaval is symbolically represented in the [[TOSAS]] [https://tosas.lightningpath.org/archetypes/power/ Power Archetype]

==Further Reading==

Power Archetype [https://tosas.lightningpath.org/archetypes/power/]

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Realistic Empowerment

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'''Realistic Empowerment''' is a psychological state/orientation whereby the individual feels capable of change (empowered) and where they adopt a realistic attitude on how that change needs to occur.
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==Notes==

The concept introduced in LPWBKII in the context of meeting the [[Seven Essential Needs]]. In order to be successful at making changes in one's life, one must be realistic about what needs to be done and how to do it.

Realistic means taking into account domestic, social, environmental, political, and economic limitations.

A goal of therapy is the establishment of a state of realistic empowerment in the client.

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Triumph of Spirit Archetype Deck

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The '''Triumph of Spirit Archetype Deck''' is a deck of twenty-two [[New Energy]] [[Archetypes|Archetype]] cards designed by Mike Sosteric. The desk is a [[Spiritual Appliance]], part of the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS), designed to assist an individual establish [[Right Thought]].<ref>Sosteric,Mike. ''Lightning Path Workbook Four - Archetypal Study and Flow Control with the Triumph of Spirit Archetype System''. Vol. 4. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2020.</ref>
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==Purchase Links==

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== Additional Reading ==

A Short Sociology of Archetypes. https://www.academia.edu/44254363/ - An introduction to the sociological significance of archetypes.

From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Human Manipulation,” Unpublished. https://www.academia.edu/34504691.- An theoretical and historical introduction to the source and global distribution of [[Old Energy Archetypes]]

The Triumph of Spirit Archetype System. https://www.academia.edu/45822163/The_Triumph_of_Spirit_Archetype_System. - An introduction too the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]]

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Thought

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Survival Algorithm

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A '''Survival Algorithm''' is a biological control process designed to facilitate the surival and flourishment of the [[Physical Unit]]. Examples of survival algorithms include the [[Pleasure Principle]], first identified by [[Sigmund Freud]]), and the [[Attachment Algorithm]]. </blockquote>

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Permanent Connection

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Permanent Connection''' is an [[LP]] term signifying the individual or collective achievement of strong, pure, and permanent [[Connection]] to your [[Spiritual Ego]]..
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An individual who has attained strong and pure permanent connection, and who uses that to teach and uplift humanity, may be referred to as an [[Avatar]], [[Bodhisattva]], [[Saoshyant]], [[Messiah]], etc.)

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Alignment Rule Set

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An '''Alignment Rule Set''' (ARS) is a collection of rules and guidelines designed to help a [[Physical Unit]] achieve and maintain [[alignment]] with [[Highest Self]], despite "as yet" being in a state of [[disconnection]].<ref>Sosteric, Mike. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref> The Lightning Path Alignment Rule Set (LPARS) specifies [[Right Action]], [[Right Environment]], and [[Right Thought]] as critical foundations for the aligned existence necessary if one is to achieve strong and persistent [[Connection]].
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==Notes==

Many ARSs exist. The Christian Ten Commandments, the Buddhist Eight Fold Path, and LP admonishments to [[Right Action]], [[Right Thought]], and [[Right Environment]] are all alignment rule sets.

The New Testament Colossians contains some alignment guidance. Colossians 4: 18- seems a patriarchal, classist, and sexist ad on uncharacteristic of Christ's egalitarian and antiauthoritarian perspective.

The Qur'an has its own alignment rules sets, what it calls a "covenant." E.g., "Worship none but Allah. treat with kindness your parents and kindred, and orphans and those in need; speak fair to the people; be steadfast in prayer; and practise regular charity." (Qur,an 2: 83-84).

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A '''Nadir Experience''' is a negatively felt [[Connection Experience]]. Nadir experiences are unpleasant moments of stress, anxiety, anger, confusion, fear, paranoia, and even psychosis caused when [[Connection]] occurs and the individual is unprepared, damaged, embedded in a toxic milieu, or filled with ideologically rooted [[Wrong Thought]].<ref>{{LPWORKBOOK1}}</ref><ref>{{LPWORKBOOK3}}</ref> A Nadir experience is the opposite of a [[Zenith Experience]].
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==Notes==

Independently conceptualized, but Abraham Maslow mentions nadir experiences in the book "Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences"<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1964. https://amzn.to/2U2Rhgq.</ref> and Thorne mentions them all the way back in 1963.<ref>Thorne, Frederick C. “The Clinical Use of Peak and Nadir Experiencer Reports.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 19, no. 2 (April 1963): 248–50. p. 248.</ref>

=== Thorne ===
Discussed and defined in Thorne. "A nadir experience may be described operationally as a subjective experiencing of what is subjectively recognized to be one of the lowest points of life, one of the worst, most unpleasant and harrowing experiences of life. Operationally, nadir experience reports consist of answers given by subjects in completing the item: "The worst experience of my life was when " Or, the subject can be asked: "What was the worst time you ever had in your life?" <ref>Thorne, Frederick C. “The Clinical Use of Peak and Nadir Experiencer Reports.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 19, no. 2 (April 1963): 248–50. p. 248.</ref>

As Thorne notes, during nadir experiences, “The Self feels thwarted, blocked, frustrated or traumatized in some respect. Nadir experience reports usually involve experiences with death, illness, tragedy, loss, degradation or deflation of Self.” Nadir experiences are an important aspect of connection experiences that are often inappropriately dismissed from consideration as instances of pathology and not actual connection. Failure to include nadir experiences leads to caricatured and two-dimension understandings of connection, understandings which totally miss factors, like childhood abuse and trauma, or ideological/archetypal filters, which can contribute to traumatizing nadir experiences, and distort or undermine connection experiences.

Shamans, as represented by Michael Harner, describe entry into a nadir experience as descent into a [[Lower World]].<ref> Harner, Michael. Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2013</ref>

Nadir experiences can range in intensity from mild anxieties and fears through paranoia and confusion to full-blown experiences of existential despair. Profound nadir experiences are often referred to as the proverbial “dark night of the soul”.

Nadir experiences sometimes occur when naive users consumer [[Connection Supplements]]. Rave, a Winnebago, and leader of the peyote "cult" of the Winnebago, reports a nadir experience when he first consumed [[Peyote]] that consisted of being pursued by monsters. <ref>Radin, Paul. “A Sketch of the Peyote Cult of the Winnebago: A Study of Borrowing.” Edited by G. Stanley Hall. Journal of Religious Experience 7, no. 1 (1914): 1–22. p. 5. https://archive.org/details/journalofreligio07worcuoft/page/8/mode/2up</ref>. His solution was to show respect to the substance, and ask for assistance.

Nadir experiences may occur spontaneously or may be "induced" when the [[Bodily Ego]] is intentionally suppressed through the use of [[Connection Supplements]]

Robert Mogar mentions nadir experiences<ref>Mogar, R. E. “Current Status and Future Trends in Psychedelic (LSD) Research.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 (1965): 147–66.</ref> Mogar notes that nadir experiences can have therapeutic value.

William James recognizes that [[Zenith Experiences]] are only "one half of mysticism." The other half can be found, according to James, in text-books on insanity with the same sense of power, visions, missions, "ineffable importance in the smallest events," but tinged with negativity, pessimism, desolations, etc.<Ref>James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study of Human Nature. New York: Penguin, 1982. https://amzn.to/2SQZ7Jv.</ref>

Salzman<ref>Salzman, L. “The Psychology of Regressive Religious Conversion.” Journal of Pastoral Care 8 (1954): 61–75.</ref> distinguishes between progressive or regressive connection experiences. "The former is characterized by honesty, humility, tolerance, and generosity, whereas the latter is characterized by rigidity of belief, zealous proselytizing, intolerance or hatred of infidels, and propensity for aggression and martyrdom.<ref>White, William L. “Transformational Change: A Historical Review.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (May 2004): 465.</ref>

Nadir experiences need not have negative consequences and can, in fact, be growth experiences, but some people may be "destroyed" by the experience. This "destruction" may be fueled by low self-esteem or a damaged [Bodily Ego]]'s need to protect itself. "There are some who are psychologically destroyed by crises set off by apparently trivial events because their energies are devoted to preservation or bolstering of primitive protective devices oriented against the self. Not having dealt adaptively with earlier developmental crises (or having been overwhelmed by insuperable crises) they have insufficiently complex, flexible, or rich psychological structures and lack the capacity for dealing with the task of emergency self-revision. Psychoses, for example, represent such precarious attempts to hold incongruous adaptations together that the ego is either fragmented or in continual danger of fragmentation. Hence, minimal stimulation can produce crisis and new requirements must be rejected"<ref>Forer, Bertram R. “The Therapeutic Value of Crisis.” Psychological Reports 13 (1963): p. 276. </ref>

Havens conceptualizes the entry into "[[Cosmic Consciousness]]" as a process that moves through the "sudden and profound dissolving of all existing conceptual and perceptual systems..." When unprepared, or when psychopathology exists, "Such an experience can be extremely confusing and disturbing, and may be related to the intense anxiety and panic commonly associated with some acute schizophrenic episodes and bad trips with hallucinogens.<ref> Havens, R. A. “Approaching Cosmic Consciousness via Hypnosis.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 22, no. 1 (1982): 109.</ref>

A nadir experience may occur spontaneously, particularly after long periods of chronic stress, or it can result from temporary/careless/unprepared suppression of the [[Bodily Ego]], and through the incorrect, careless, and misinformed use of [[Connection Supplement]]s.

It is important to note of nadir experiences that while many people have them, and while they do represent an outcome of authentic spiritual awakening, nadir experiences are not a necessary feature of [[Realization]]. Nadir experiences exist, but only because we are damaged by a [[Toxic Socialization]] process, and only because our societies are toxic and filled with violence, greed, poverty, pain, and anguish. Nadir experiences arise as we become aware of and confront toxicity and damage. If there is no toxicity and no damage, there is no nadir experience.

Carl Jung records the Nadir Experience of Brother Nicholas of Flue who had a connection experience wherein he was confronted with a "piercing light" that induced "fear that his heart would burst into little pieces....overcome with terror, he instantly turned his face away and fell to the ground."<ref>Jung, Carl G. 1980. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. 2nd ed. edited by G. Adler, S. H. Read, M. Fordham, and W. McGuire. New York: Princeton University Press. P. 9.</ref>

==Therapy==

A knowledgeable practitioner capable of guiding the experience helps reestablish equilibrium and future orientation. "It is most adaptive in the long run when the resolution is partly conscious, deliberate, and delayed and a new relationship is integrated, preferably with a person whose authority or skill can redirect the outcome of the crisis.<ref>Forer, Bertram R. “The Therapeutic Value of Crisis.” Psychological Reports 13 (1963): p. 277. </ref>

Therapists should be trustworthy and provide safe and non-judgmental spaces to explore the roots of the crises.

Forer provides an interesting and inspiring discussion on the nature of crises and how to achieve a positive therapeutic outcome.<ref>Forer, Bertram R. “The Therapeutic Value of Crisis.” Psychological Reports 13 (1963): p. 277. </ref>

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==Notes==

[[St. Teresa of Avila]] provides guidance, in Chapter 19 of [[The Way of Perfection]] on the importance, and achievement of, [[Mental Discipline]] during prayer and meditation.

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Crest-Jewel of Wisdom

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Crest-Jewel of Wisdom''' (a.k.a. Vivekachudamani (Sanskrit: विवेकचूडामणि) is [[Connection Manual]] within the Advaita Vedanta tradition<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref>. It is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara of the eighth century CE, but modern scholars view this attribution as likely erroneous.
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==Notes==

Two versions exist online, a Theosophical one translated by Charles Johnston<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref> and a translation by John Richards<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by John Richards. 1998, 1946. http://datadump.lightningpath.org/readings/viveka-sanskrit.pdf.</ref> Richard's translation is, by far, the more accurate and grounded translation. Richard released his translation to the public domain in 1998 and is available [http://datadump.lightningpath.org/readings/viveka-sanskrit.pdf here]

Literally translated, ''Vivikachudamani'' means Crest Jewel of Wisdom/judgment/distinction/prudence/right judgment/true knowledge/investigation [http://spokensanskrit.org/index.php?tran_input=viveka&direct=se&script=hk&link=yes&mode=3].

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The Wheel

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The '''Bodily Ego''' is your body's [[ego]]. It is the part of you that is tied to your physical body. Neurologically, the bodily ego is the [[Default Mode Network]] in your brain.<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Ratkovic, Gina. Lightning Path Workbook One: Basic Concepts. Vol. 1. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2016. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-one-authentic-spirituality/. You can read the chapter where the concept is introduced online [https://www.lightningpath.org/workbook-one/connection-the-physical-unit-the-spiritual-ego-the-bodily-ego/ here]</ref> <ref>For the neurology behind this, see Sosteric. The Science of Ascension: A Neurologically Grounded Theory of Mystical/Spiritual Experience. [https://www.academia.edu/28919294/The_Science_of_Ascension_A_Neurologically_Grounded_Theory_of_Mystical_Spiritual_Experience]</ref>.
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==Propositions==

The bodily ego is temporal.

The bodily ego is dependent for existence on the hardware provided by physical creation.

The bodily ego is an “artificial intelligence,” designed into the physical unit in order to help it survive, thrive, and evolve towards greater [[Perfection]] of [[Connection]].

The bodily ego is programmed and, it should be noted, damaged by its experiences in the world.

A damaged bodily ego will, for various reasons (e.g., low self-esteem, confused archetypes, fears, anger, adaptive responses that prevent disconnection by causing mis[[Alignment]] and [[Disjuncture]]), be unable to connect properly to [[Spiritual Ego]].

==Notes==

The bodily ego is like the artificial intelligence (AI) that drives an autonomous vehicle. It is programmed by the environment and by developers, and it has a certain autonomy, but it is never as real as the driver, i.e. [[Spiritual Ego]]

The bodily ego has two levels, a conscious level of thoughts and actions (the mind/ego),<ref>In the [[Crest-Jewel of Wisdom]], the [[Knowledge Sheath]]</ref> and an unconscious level of instincts and reactions<ref>In Freudian terms, the [[Id]]</ref>.

The Bodily Ego emerges as a consequence of the interaction between [[Consciousness]] and the sophisticated neuronal operations of the [[Default Mode Network]] of the physical brain.

The Bodily Ego is a key psychic structure of the [[Physical Unit]]. It emerges as a consequence of the interaction between...

* [[Consciousness]]
* The [[Environment]]
* The [[Physical Unit]].

As [[Ego]], the Bodily Ego consists of the four psychic elements:

* [[Self Consciousness]],
* Perspective
* Will
* Imagination

The bodily ego is the "navigational computer" of the physical unit. It is responsible for (Sosteric, SA1)

* ensuring the survival of the physical unit (i.e. preventing accidents, defending against assault)
* fulfilling the [[Needs]] of the physical unit (food, shelter, healthy body, healthy mind)
* [[Connection|reconnecting]] with [[Consciousness]] (i.e. raising the [[Consciousness Quotient]] of the [[Physical Unit]]
* fully expressing the intent and will of the Resident Monadic Consciousness which inhabits the body

The bodily ego is often taken, especially by [[materialists]], to be the locus of an individual's identity and the ultimate ontological source of being. "I think therefore I am," says Descartes. It is understandable how this conclusion may be drawn, especially by someone whose only experience is of [[Normal Consciousness]], but it is erroneous. The little "i" of the bodily ego is a mere refraction of the big "I" (Spiritual Ego) that animates the physical unit.

The bodily ego has no independent existence. Without the animating embrace of [[Spirit]], the brain may show basic autonomic functions and random cerebral activity, but there is no presence. Without the embrace of Spirit, there is no "I," and no "me." However, when Spirit [[The Embrace|embrace]]s a living body, eyes open, identity is refracted, and [[Consciousness]] slowly emerges into the world that surrounds.

The bodily ego, which is rooted in the programmable structures and energy flows of the physical unit, automatically shapes itself in efforts to ensure survival, meet [[needs]], and (if survival and needs are met) full reconnection. Therefore, the root of adolescent and adult pathology may often be found in the twisted shape the bodily ego takes when dealing with [[Toxic Socialization]] and toxic environments.

Pleasure is a general, but by no means exclusive, indicator of survival and needs satisfaction.

Substances which are medium or long-term destructive to the bodily ego/physical unit (for example Heroin/shopping/distance running) that provide pleasure (serotonin release) may become neurologically and psychologically confused with pleasures (eating healthy, exercising).

===Healthy Ego===

A healthy [[Physical Unit]] contains a healthy bodily ego. A healthy bodily ego consists of an ego with a strong sense of self, high self-esteem, realistic self-efficacy, and strong ground with reality (proper perspective), and healthy imagination. A healthy bodily ego is achieved when children are raised in a healthy, safe, loving, and supportive environments (a.k.a. [[Right Environment]] that meets all [[Seven Essential Needs]].

A healthy bodily ego is an ego that is [[Alignment|aligned]] with the [[Spiritual Ego]] thereby allowing the [[Physical Unit|physical unit]] to contain a full measure of the animating [[Monad]]. A healthy ego allows full [[presence]] of [[Consciousness]].

'''Supportive environments''' are those that support the realization of the full psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical potential of the physical unit as container/vehicle of [[Consciousness]]. Unsupportive (toxic) environments are environments that undermine full potential.

A healthy society that offers a [[Healthy Socialization]] process will ensure that all children are raised in healthy, safe, and loving environments. However, under current psychological and sociological conditions we endure a [[Toxic Socialization]] process. This toxic socialization process does do not support healthy ego development.

[[Capitalism]], because it depends on [[Disconnection|disconnected]] / [[Alienation|alienated]] workers for exploitation, provides unsupportive, unhealthy, unsafe, and unloving environments. Capitalism is a toxic system that damages the physical unit, undermines full potential, and distorts the bodily ego in the interest of private profit and accumulation (RSGME).

The "normal" experience of a bodily ego damaged by toxic socializaton consists of low-grade neurosis accompanied by rigid belief systems, uncritical compliance with establishment norms and values, and lack of empathic Connection to Self (which includes family, community, Gaia, etc). Under those conditions where the [[Physical Unit]] is subject to continuous abuse, and/or where the physical unit experiences premature crown chakra openings, low-grade neurosis may expand into full-blown psychotic dysfunction.

==Dysfunction and Pathology==

The bodily ego is a sensitive manifestation of cellular consciousness and, when improperly nurtured or actively [[assault|assaulted]], is subject to easy damage. Damage may range from the easy to treat outcome of mild physical abuse to the severe, intractable, and sometimes fatal ego destruction that occurs when children experience chronic neglect and assault. Damage may fall into several categories. Arranged in ascending order of damage and dysfunction, these categories are:

* Mild Ego Damage
* [[Ego Pathology]] [[Ego Dysfunction]] |
* Neurosis
* Psychosis
* Schizophrenia

==LP Courses that Discuss the Bodily Ego==

* [https://www.lightningpath.org/curriculum/foundations/key-concepts/?parent=23266#anchor LP 100 Key Concepts]

==Further Reading==

# [https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-one-authentic-spirituality/ Connection, the Physical Unit, the Spiritual Ego, the Bodily Ego]

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Kingdom of Heaven

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The '''Kingdom of Heaven''' (a.k.a. the [[Kingdom of God]] or just The Kingdom) is the [[Christian]] term for a state of the [[Physical Unit]] characterized by strong and persistent [[Connection]] and high [[Consciousness Quotient|CQ]]. The Kingdom of God represents a state of "high" [[Consciousness]] in body.
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To attain the Kingdom of Heaven, [[Heal]] and [[Connect]]

Maslow discusses "heaven" as a state of consciousness one arrives at during [[Connection Experience]]s. "Heaven, so to speak, lies waiting for us through life, ready to step into for a time and to enjoy before we have to come back to our ordinary life of striving."<ref>Maslow, A. H. Towards a Psychology of Being (2nd Edition). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1968. p. 145.</ref>

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Infidelity

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'''Infidelity''' is the Islamic/Sufi term synchronous with the LP term [[Disjuncture]].
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Essential Needs

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An [[Essential Needs Profile]], like the [[Seven Essential Needs]] of humans, is a species-specific listing of all essential needs.

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Hidden Curriculum

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The '''Hidden Curriculum''' consists of the "invisible" lessons that teach us how to behave in accordance with our assigned place in the [[Social Order]].<ref>Anyon, Jean. 1980. “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work.” Journal of Education 162 (1): 67-92
http://www.jeananyon.org/docs/anyon-1980.pdf</ref> For example, the hidden curriculum of [[gender]] teaches individuals how to speak, dress, and behave in accordance with socially acceptable gender expectations. Sanctions (e.g. ridicule, exclusion, violence) are applied against those who do not learn to speak, dress, and behave in accordance with social expectations.</blockquote>

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In addition to the hidden curriculum of gender, there is also a [[Social Class]] hidden curriculum. A different curriculum applies to members of the [[Working Class]] as does to members of the [[Ruling Class]]. For example, those from the lower classes learn the "value" of hard work, the importance of punctuality, the importance of compliance, the "honor" of deference to authority (i.e. management/officers/clergy, etc), and so on. Members of the elite learn the importance of control, the mechanisms of power, justifications for their privilege, and so on.

Hidden curriculum is taught by parents, grandparents, teachers, and other [[Agents of Socialization]].

<strong>Note</strong>, at first glance it might appear that the upper-class curriculum does not contain the same messages of compliance and obedience as the lower class curriculum does, but it does. Indeed, more so. The higher up in the hierarchies and an individual rises, the more important it is for them to be totally compliant and unwaveringly obedient to those above.

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<blockquote class=definition>The '''Destruction of Attachments''' is a component of a [[Toxic Socialization]] are emotional bonds that connect individuals to each other. Attachments may be categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary. '''Primary Attachments''' are attachments to parents and siblings. '''Secondary Attachments''' are attachments to friends. '''Tertiary Attachments''' are attachments to your job and the community at work. <ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/</ref></blockquote>

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==Elements of Toxic Socialization==

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==Notes==

The breaking of family attachments was a central "feature" of residential schools in Canada

<blockquote>The residential schools also broke family bonds. Daniel Nanooch remembers being separated from his siblings:

“So even though I was there with my sister and I only seen her about four times in that year and we’re in the same building in the same mission. They had a fence in the playground. Nobody was allowed near the fence. The boys played on this side, the girls played on the other side. Nobody was allowed to go to that fence there and talk to the girls through the fence or whatever, you can’t.”<ref>https://pressprogress.ca/14_first_hand_stories_underlining_how_residential_schools_tried_to_get_rid_of_indigenous_cultures/</ref>
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Attachments can be classified into [[Active Atachment]]s, [[Broken Attachment]]s, and [[Inactive Attachment]]s
Destruction of attachments is a component of [[Toxic Socialization]]

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Justice

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Justice''' is an [[Old Energy Archetype]] from the [[Masonic Tarot Deck]]. In the [[Book of Slavery]] and [[Book of Power]], the archetype is used to reinforce the idea that there should be a "balance" between [[Good verus Evil|good and evil]].</blockquote>

[[File:justice.jpg|250px|center|Justice Tarot Card Freemason's Deck]]

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==Notes==

===[[Book of Power]]===

'''Balance between good and evil'''

While explaining the meaning of the tarot archetype [[Justice]], Papus says "Here we find the continuation of the symbolism of the 2nd and 5th arcana. The Seated woman occupies the Centre between the columns, the first idea of the equilibrium between Good and Evil."<ref>Papus, The Tarot of the Bohemians (Wilshire Book Co, 1978), https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/index.htm.</ref>

Justice, as in, you get what you deserve.

'''Admonishment to work hard''' The ideology of work in capitalism. Find your place, work hard, and you will be rewarded.

"(Justice, the same law for everyone.) The 'Spirit Level' assures Equality before the <i>Law of the work</i>. Everything exists with the view only of performing a function. In the order of the universe everyone is bound to fulfil his task. We live in order to work, not to enjoy life without paying. Increases in salary reward the good 'workman' who by aiming at living better, benefits from the superior way of life to which he has risen."<ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 171,</ref>

===[[Book of Slavery]]===

See Papus's comments about good and evil above.

See Wirth's comments about the importance of labour.

Fool in School/Excuse and Justification: "As long as we believe that our past lives just happen, that we do not bring our own selves into existence through everything we do, then the past remains a mystery, and the future an endlessly turning wheel, empty of meaning. But when we accept that every event in our lives has helped to form our characters, and that in the future we will continue to create ourselves through our actions, then the sword of wisdom cuts through the mystery."<ref>Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980 p. 93.</ref>

'''Judgment and Punishment:''' "This takes the concept of Justice beyond the Physical law and gives it the seal of Karmic evaluation as well. This shows that judgement and the law of cause and effect, better known by the name of karma, is all encompassing and all embracing. None escape its wrath, whether in this world or the next. As the last word, it is absolute."<ref>Zalewski, Patrick, and Christine Zalewski. The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn. Aeon Books, 2008. p. 136.</ref>

===Recovery===

While speaking about fate, and everything happens for a reason, Pollock also speaks about action, taking responsibility, and guiding our own life and development through our actions.

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Connection Pathology

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<blockquote class="definition">There are two uses of the term '''Connection Pathology.''' On the one hand, a connection pathology is the study of emotional, psychological, sociological, and physical causes of mental and emotional illness triggered and exacerbated by an experience of [[Connection Experience|Connection]]. On the other hand, a connection pathology is a psychological/emotional breakdown of the bodily ego caused by a [[Zenith Experience]] or a [[Nadir Experience]] of an intensity, duration, quality, or content that an individual is not prepared, or not capable (because of damage) of handling.
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==Notes==

Both Zenith experiences and nadir experiences can lead to connection pathology.<ref>Grof, Christina, and Stanislav Grof. The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crises. Penguin, 1990. https://amzn.to/2UtkgP1.</ref>

[[Wrong Thought]], [[Wrong Action]], and [[Wrong Environment]] all increase the probability of connection pathology.

[[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]] increase the odds of healthy [[Connection Outcome]].

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==Further Reading==

* Lightning Rod on [https://www.lightningpath.org/lightning-rod/connection-pathology/ Connection Pathology]

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Disjunctive Emotions

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painful feelings caused by [[misaligned]] (i.e. wrong) thoughts and actions. Guilt, shame, etc.<ref>Sosteric,Mike. ''Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection.'' Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.
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Flow Purification

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<blockquote class="definition">''Flow Purification'' is an important [[Connection Technique]]<Ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic, Gina. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/.</ref> used to "clear the channel" between the [[Spiritual Ego]] and [[Bodily Ego]] and to remove any [[Wrong Thought]] that may be interfering with [[Healing]] and [[Connection]].
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==Notes==

Archetypal cleansing involves the removal of [[Old Energy Archetypes]] and their replacement with [[New Energy Archetypes]].

Emotional Amelioration involves identifying the source of, and releasing, negative emotions built up as a consequence [[Toxic Socialization]].

"We assert that the divine spark in man being one and identical in its essence with the Universal Spirit, our "spiritual Self" is practically omniscient, but that it cannot manifest its knowledge owing to the impediments of matter. Now the more these impediments are removed, in other words, the more the physical body is paralyzed, as to its own independent activity and consciousness, as in deep sleep or deep trance, or, again, in illness, the more fully can the inner Self manifest on this plane." <ref>Blavatsky, H. P. The Key to Theosophy: A Clear Exposition Based on the Wisdom Religion of All Ages. Theosophical University Press, 1889.</ref>

'''To practice''' Flow Control, simply accept thoughts you want to think and reject thoughts you do not want to think.

*In general, dismiss ideas that are negative, self-defeating, judgmental. In general, reject [[Old Energy Archetypes]].
*In general, accept ideas that are positive, life-affirming, inclusive, and uplifting. In general, accept [[New Energy Archetypes]]
*Use deep breathing, affirmation and visualization to help with flow control. For example if, during connection, you experience feelings and thoughts of unworthiness, press these thoughts and feelings away with an appropriate affirmation, something like "I am worthy, I am strong. I am worthy, I am strong."

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