Dear Dan, Stephen and others,
My experience and observation of depression that it is a secondary reaction to
a
primary issue of rage or murderous tendency. It is evidence of Newtons third
law
of physics in action. It is an equal and opposite reaction that attempts to
balance that which is excluded.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008
"According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action there is an equal
and opposite reaction. The centripetal force, the action, is balanced by a
reaction force, the centrifugal ( "center-fleeing" ) force. The two forces are
equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. The centrifugal force does not
act
on the body in motion; the only force acting on the body in motion is the
centripetal force. The centrifugal force acts on the source of the centripetal
force to displace it radially from the center of the path. Thus, in twirling a
mass on a string, the centripetal force transmitted by the string pulls in on
the mass to keep it in its circular path, while the centrifugal force
transmitted by the string pulls outward on its point of attachment at the
center
of the path. The centrifugal force is often mistakenly thought to cause a body
to fly out of its circular path when it is released; rather, it is the removal
of the centripetal force that allows the body to travel in a straight line as
required by Newton's first law. If there were in fact a force acting to force
the body out of its circular path, its path when released would not be the
straight tangential course that is always observed. "
In the dynamic of depression, rage, anger, hate (murderous tendency) is the
centripetal force and depression is the centrifugal or "center-fleeing" force.
Depression has no real energy to work with or to transform. In a way it does'nt
exist like all centrifugal forces. Transformation can only happen when
connecting awareness to real live energy states. Connecting to secondary
emotion
is useless when attempting to transform energy; connection to the primary is
essential.
Depression is displaced murderous tendency and functions to protect the client
from the "kill or be killed" reality of all murderous tendency. To avoid
killing
someone else the client kills themself. Depression is actually a homeostatic
impulse attempting to preserve and balance life when faced with this reality:
maintaining and sustaining life weighted by unconsciousness, until
consciousness
emerges. Depression serves to remind us that life is a matter of life and
death.
What is excluded is death. It is not looked at. Not looking at death is to
remain a victim, in a movement towards death.
Kind regards
Sadhana
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From: "Dan Booth Cohen, Ph.D." <danboothcohen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 11:32:22 PM
Subject: RE: [ConstellationTalk] Clinical Depression
Dear Stephen -
Most of my Constellations these days are by phone or Skype for people spread
around the world. After an interview and silent meditation, I set up a
Constellation with myself standing for all the representatives and the
client feeling along eyes closed.
Usually, I begin by representing the client. What I have frequently noticed
is that when I stand in the client's place and tune into "depression," I am
not actually the client, but one of the client's grandparents. Using your
example, say I stood in William Styron's place in the Constellation. Within
a minute, I would feel the darkness of depression descending. Then I ask,
"Who is this?" Perhaps one of his mother's parents or grandparents.
Sometimes, I ask the client to place her/himself in the Constellation again,
the first figure representing the ancestor and the new figure the actual
client. From this, the client recognizes that "depression" is actually the
resonance of another person imbedded within. There are many factual
sources, but most have to do with a young child losing one or both parents.
Hope is lost and despair takes its place. Generations later, it is labeled
depression.
Of course, there are many cases where the Constellation does not follow this
or any familiar pattern. We always need to be cautious about not using
Constellations like we are following a recipe.
Dan
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From: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Campbell
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:49 PM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ConstellationTalk] Clinical Depression
Friends and colleagues,
I just finished reading William Styron's *Darkness Visible *A Memoir of
Madness. It is one man's expression of his personal experience with Clinical
Depression. If you have any interest in the subject and want to read a
marvelously well written book, I highly recommend it. Styron is a Pulitzer
Prize winning author and his artistry with the English language makes this
read a delight.
In the book he speaks of the possible roots of this depression. He tells of
his mother's death when he was a young child. I was wondering what your
individual and collective experiences are when Clinical Depression shows up
in a Systemic Family Constellation?
Your comments and insights are gratefully welcome.
Fondly,
Stephen
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