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1 " What is true is already so. Owning up to it doesn't make it worse. Not being open about it doesn't make it go away. And because it's true, it is what is there to be interacted with. Anything untrue isn't there to be lived. People can stand what is true, for they are already enduring it. "
― Eugene T. Gendlin , Focusing
2 " Adopt a “split-level” approach to all instructions: On the one hand follow the instructions exactly, so that you can discover the experiences to which they point. On the other hand be sensitive to yourself and your own body. Assume that only sound expansive experiences are worth having. The moment doing it feels wrong in your body, stop following the instruction, and back up slightly. Stay there with your attention until you can sense exactly what is going wrong.These are very exact instructions for how not to follow instructions!And, of course, they apply to themselves, as well.In this way you will find your own body’s steps, either through the instructions, or through what is wrong with them. "
― Eugene T. Gendlin , Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams (P)
3 " The bad feeling is the body knowing and pushing toward what good would be. "
4 " All the values we try to formulate are relative to the living process in us and should be measured against it. "
5 " Chapter II shows how occurring and implying are more intricate than already specified in any patterns or concepts. What we bodily refer to comes before any specific forms. We are always already in a situation that we can bodily feel, even if we don’t know how to characterize it in words. "
― Eugene T. Gendlin ,
