Signs and symbols The importance of language and focused attention

Reality More then one: Scientific: universe as a machine Scientific: universe as a machine Quantum reality Quantum reality Our reality of experience based on belief and convictions Our reality of experience based on belief and convictions

What is there to believe? Everybody lives in a unique universe BUT… there is enough similarity to communicate… because of how our brain works and because of education

Something innate Regardless culture Regardless culture Human psychology Human psychology Biography… Biography… …which makes it all predictable and logical. The vital sensation we are looking for: the individual experience of the self

Unique though connected In the plenum, the void, the continuum, we appear and disappear and are all connected In the plenum, the void, the continuum, we appear and disappear and are all connected (Also called the Akasha field or Akasha chronicles) (Also called the Akasha field or Akasha chronicles) Every thought, intention, action or happening influences the whole fabric Every thought, intention, action or happening influences the whole fabric

The universe is holographic And our brain a hologram And our brain a hologram Everything is always there all of the time Everything is always there all of the time We create by believe We create by believe We can consciously influence reality We can consciously influence reality Positive thinking presupposes believe because believe is reality already Positive thinking presupposes believe because believe is reality already Then… the law of attraction works Then… the law of attraction works

No perfect reality No perfect health Man is very complex Man is very complex His reality is a mixture of outside influences, collective thought forms, his inborn nature etc… His reality is a mixture of outside influences, collective thought forms, his inborn nature etc… …resulting in a subjective and unique experience of being …resulting in a subjective and unique experience of being

Language is the tool of the homeopath We translate our observations into language We translate our observations into language Language is a set of symbols Language is a set of symbols The symbol is not the real thing but a sign possessing enough characteristic similarities to be recognized as such The symbol is not the real thing but a sign possessing enough characteristic similarities to be recognized as such

Language Sophisticated Sophisticated Extremely complex Extremely complex Multilayered Multilayered

Grammar: logic and structure Grammar: logic and structure Vocabulary: differentiation and richness Vocabulary: differentiation and richness Etymology: the hidden and changing meaning, history of language Etymology: the hidden and changing meaning, history of language Expressions: literal and figurative meaning Expressions: literal and figurative meaning Idioms: incongruences belonging to a specific language Idioms: incongruences belonging to a specific language Style: personal as handwriting Style: personal as handwriting

What we can do with language We can express or hide our self We can express or hide our self Use it in literal or figurative sense Use it in literal or figurative sense Create a story, a myth, a theater Create a story, a myth, a theater Use it for rhetoric or eloquence Use it for rhetoric or eloquence Make and recite poetry Make and recite poetry

The patient talks in various tongues Well educated or simple Well educated or simple Foreign language or mother tongue Foreign language or mother tongue Social or cultural jargon Social or cultural jargon Platitudes, commonplaces, jokes, rationalizations, products of thought Platitudes, commonplaces, jokes, rationalizations, products of thought Evolving during consultation: distant and detached to emotionally charged to irrational and ‘trance like’ Evolving during consultation: distant and detached to emotionally charged to irrational and ‘trance like’

The vital sensation is on all levels all of the time Miasm and kingdom words during consultation: only to be evaluated in context Miasm and kingdom words during consultation: only to be evaluated in context Was it a platitude, a commonplace, a predictable expression, a suitable term, a product of thinking? Was it a platitude, a commonplace, a predictable expression, a suitable term, a product of thinking? Or unusual, surprising, inaccurate, never heard before, original, wrong, repetitive? Or unusual, surprising, inaccurate, never heard before, original, wrong, repetitive?

Analysis is translation We translate the whole report of the patient into what he really said and meant We translate the whole report of the patient into what he really said and meant We therefore always use his own most specific words We therefore always use his own most specific words It’s like looking at an image or giving a word letter by letter It’s like looking at an image or giving a word letter by letter The result is a description of ‘what is’. The result is a description of ‘what is’.

All you need is love and… coherence

Coherence Connection, cohesion, consistency: Connection, cohesion, consistency: All moving in the same direction with the same purpose, being all ‘one’ All moving in the same direction with the same purpose, being all ‘one’ The contrary: falling apart, not together, in all direction, loosing form The contrary: falling apart, not together, in all direction, loosing form

Coherence allows attention Coherence creates coherence Coherence creates coherence When coherent one is no longer disturbed When coherent one is no longer disturbed Own interference pattern will no longer mix with the patient’s Own interference pattern will no longer mix with the patient’s Attention is not the same as concentration Attention is not the same as concentration

Attention is a state of being In this mode everything just ‘is’ In this mode everything just ‘is’ It’s non judgmental… receiving… observing the pattern It’s non judgmental… receiving… observing the pattern The pattern of the disturbed vital sensation is experienced everywhere and encoded in language The pattern of the disturbed vital sensation is experienced everywhere and encoded in language

This gives a symbol of the experience in the eternal now