Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
is above all a view of the dynamic of what's consciousness
and not conscious relations among perception, meaning
and action. It works with the idea that becoming conscious
is painful and that pain motivates a resistance the
style of which is sustained by the present, with habits
that were adaptive in the past. It affirms the findings
in developmental neurology that there is a rich fugue-like
interplay among the themes of consciousness and the
many parts of neural functioning, fear, metabolism,
ecstasy.(Omaya)
I take
it that its possible to do what Eric Erikson called
"putting psychoanalysis on the couch." That
it, and any cultural theme, can be psychoanalyzed.
The
technique is, start anywhere, watch the conversation,
be aware of resistance, continue....
It is
an attitude, it does not depend on the couch or the
hour of the finances or the relationship. This follows
because it can be done with one's own self. (remembering
what the Chinese sage said, "we spend most of
our time worrying about our self, and there is none.")
The
result of such an open reflective conversation is,
, as David Hume said "The truth emerges from
conversation among friends." It is slow, Tao
like, and hot, Hamlet like.
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