Thank you Joe for this clear and intriguing intro into the new field of Psychotopology.
You say, "Here, we will start fresh, building instead upon the raw data of direct, conscious experience."
I totally understand that not having any prior academic or psycho-whatever attachments and/or experiences are a huge bonus and a precondition for discovering a new path... a whole new world, I might say. The 'old frameworks' are based and built on keeping us within their boundaries and trapped in preconceptions... so YES I agree wholeheartedly.
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"In order for you to make sense of what I share here, you will absolutely need to do the inner work."
Absolutely essential! I'm excited and looking forward to experimenting with the practice of psychotopology. with much love and best wishes xx
Thank you, Veronika. It's so true. One of the people who came to one of my local "soft launch" book meetings was a friend with whom I've spoken a lot over the last couple years about the work. He shared with me how, as he's digging into the book and actually doing some of the work, he finally "gets" what I meant when I kept saying this was different from other approaches. It's so easy to just lump it in with whatever someone already knows because the language is so indeterminate.
Let me know if there's any way I can assist or support your experiments!
Thank you Joe for this clear and intriguing intro into the new field of Psychotopology.
You say, "Here, we will start fresh, building instead upon the raw data of direct, conscious experience."
I totally understand that not having any prior academic or psycho-whatever attachments and/or experiences are a huge bonus and a precondition for discovering a new path... a whole new world, I might say. The 'old frameworks' are based and built on keeping us within their boundaries and trapped in preconceptions... so YES I agree wholeheartedly.
and
"In order for you to make sense of what I share here, you will absolutely need to do the inner work."
Absolutely essential! I'm excited and looking forward to experimenting with the practice of psychotopology. with much love and best wishes xx
Thank you, Veronika. It's so true. One of the people who came to one of my local "soft launch" book meetings was a friend with whom I've spoken a lot over the last couple years about the work. He shared with me how, as he's digging into the book and actually doing some of the work, he finally "gets" what I meant when I kept saying this was different from other approaches. It's so easy to just lump it in with whatever someone already knows because the language is so indeterminate.
Let me know if there's any way I can assist or support your experiments!