Our conscious mind — believe it or not — is not in charge of our day-to-day behaviour.That claim may seem counter intuitive and contrary to our experience, but it has been demonstrated in controlled experiments time and again. By the time our conscious mind is aware of any particular decision or action, it has already been made or enacted by some other part of our brain.
Our conscious mind — believe it or not — is not in charge of our day-to-day behaviour.That claim may seem counter intuitive and contrary to our experience, but it has been demonstrated in controlled experiments time and again. By the time our conscious mind is aware of any particular decision or action, it has already been made or enacted by some other part of our brain.
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Friday, 30 October 2015
In recovery we often become sheriffs dealing with outlaws in the dusty Wild West
In recovery we often become sheriffs dealing with outlaws in the dusty Wild West: “There’s only room for one of us in this town…” To make the analogy fit, the outlaw (i.e. the child within) must lack weapons, strength, or skill. Whenever he tangles with the sheriff (i.e. the fellowships) he always loses and gets booted out of town (i.e. the needs of the dysfunctioning majority win, and our needs get neglected).
What then happens is when we the outlaw, if we don’t die some destructive death, leaves town (i.e. buries our needs in our unconscious) and goes to find another weaker fellowship in which we declare ourself sheriff (i.e. starts our own group, often with exploitable people of our own).
Thus the system perpetuates itself…unless its members find some way to heal.
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