BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES
(From Elements of Wisdom and Folly and Four Journeys of Self Discovery.)
Ernest Kinnie, PhD
Copyright © 2011 by Ernest Kinnie
Smashwords Edition
You find your Place of Power in Element 1. In the second Element you use five bio-energetic exercises to sharpen your mind and make sure you are well grounded. You also begin to create a connection between RELAX and relaxation and ENERGIZE and being alert and energized. In the third Element you continue to empower these two words. Those 3 and the next 19 Elements give you the basic tools to explore, enrich and change your life. Elements 23, 24, and 25 are just for fun.
1. Find your Place of Power
2. The fabulous five
3. Power the power words
4. Follow the yellow brick road
5. More travels down the yellow brick road
6. Shake your rattle
7. Moving within yourself and out into the world
8. The 10-second cure
9. Change your past
10. Meta-jump friends and enemies
11. Meta-jump philosophical puzzles
12. Tales from the dark side
13. People and places---toxic and nourishing
14. Refreshing reality
15. How to create a miserable life
16. Pull a George
17. Exploring and shifting roles
18. Possible problems shifting roles
19. Common roles with family and friends
20. Dangerous ideas
21. Utterly confuse friends and enemies
22. Anchoring beta and alpha
23. Mind-meld people
24. Mind-meld nature
25. Golden lanterns by the pond
Some people will find the first 22 Elements all they need. For most, I suggest exploring the rest of the 70 Elements in ELEMENTS OF WISDOM AND FOLLY using the Zen approach---go with the flow, doing them in any order that “feels right.” A few people will do all 70. That will be quite a challenge
Seriously consider writing down your experiences in a journal. Writing down adds an important dimension to the experience. Reading later what you wrote adds another.
Use good judgment as you move among the Elements. If you are asked to do something that doesn’t feel right, move on.
The Elements can be done alone or in a group. If you have the opportunity, try both and notice the differences.
1
FIND YOUR PLACE OF POWER
Find your Place of Power---where you feel the most content, alive, and happy. It might be in the corner of your bedroom, next to the refrigerator, or who knows, maybe the back of a closet. Keep trying out various places until you are sure you have found your Place of Power. Go there whenever you feel tired, stressed or unhappy, or just want to think, dream and create. The more you use your Place of Power the more powerful it becomes.
If in a group, have the group find its Place of Power.
WHAT I FOUND
2
THE FABULOUS FIVE
The Fabulous Five increase energy, and sharpen the clarity and intensity of your awareness of yourself and the world. They also clear your head and spirit, and greatly increase physical sensations. Some people like to move through the exercises without pausing much between them. Others spend a little time after each, noticing the changes. Try both and see which works better for you.
Do the fabulous five once a day for a week to get a sense of their quiet power. Many people do them in the morning, to ready themselves for the day. Sometimes go your Place of Power, sometimes not, and notice the differences.