Sunday, December 16, 2007

Level 4: INSIGHT by Dr. Liz Miller

There is another level of insight, beyond seeing the effect of your behaviour on other people. It may go alongside but maybe at a higher level. Seeing yourself in other people, seeing their effect on other people, seeing how you might also have that effect and then making similar adjustments 

For example, you might be a very forthright individual. Level 1 you know you are forthright, Level 2 you know people see you as forthright, Level 3 you know the effect of forthrightness on the people around you, Level 4 you see forthrightness in other people, you see the effect it has on people around you and you modify your own forthrightness in the light of that effect. 

It might also be 'anxiety'. Level 1 You know you are anxious. Level 2 You understand that other people see you as anxious Level 3 You understand the effect of your anxiety on the people around you - either they also get anxious, or they get irritated by your obsession with details. Level 4 you see other anxious people and see the effect they have on the people around them and modify your own behaviour accordingly 

Level 4 is the start of rounded behaviour - the ability to see all sides of the problem, to understand how you relate to the people around, how you affect them and how they affect you. And to modify your behaviour accordingly...... 

With the mastery of  levels, comes transcendency 





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