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Blend - Blending: this is where two separate, individual things are turned into something, where each part is still "itself" - yet no longer looks
(and acts) the same. For example, chocolate milk is a blend of white milk, and dark, brown cocoa. Once they are blended they only seem to
have disappeared: in reality, they are still there. Their "identity" was not lost.
Culture (from the web):
Culturally Based - Value Laden: this means that certain concepts, ideas and standards of what is acceptable and desirable are based on the
"values/beliefs" of a particular culture. And thus they can vary widely from culture to culture and communities.
Culture-Centred: in counselling, this means taking your culture, and cultural background into account.
Cultural Relativism: entry coming
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WORDS - TERMS - CONCEPTS (if you have a question or comment regarding any of the following - go to Contact and send it to
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Blend - Blending: this is where two separate, individual things are turned into something, where each part is still "itself" - yet no longer looks
(and acts) the same. For example, chocolate milk is a blend of white milk, and dark, brown cocoa. Once they are blended they only seem to
have disappeared: in reality, they are still there. Their "identity" was not lost.
- The same applies to humans who enter into a relationship/marriage, or who "blend", or combine two families. If it is done properly
(see Blended Families) each remains themselves - yet they take on a different appearance. It is similar to, but different from, to
integrate (see below).
Culture (from the web):
- Culture is the entire way of life of a group of people.
- Dominant culture: Culture of the social or political group that holds the most power and influence in a society.
- Subculture (Anthropology): the shared customs and beliefs of a smaller group within a larger, dominant culture.
- (Sociology): a social group with shared characteristics that distinguish it in some way from the larger cultural group or society in
which it is embedded. Generally, a subculture is distinguished either by a unifying set of ideas and/or practices (such as the corporate
culture or the drug culture) or by some demographic characteristic (such as the adolescent culture, the culture of poverty, or the
culture of dysfunction). - Counterculture: a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social
mainstream, a cultural equivalent of a political Opposition. In casual practice, the term came to prominence in the general press as it
was used to refer to the youth rebellion that swept North America and Western Europe in the 1960s.
Culturally Based - Value Laden: this means that certain concepts, ideas and standards of what is acceptable and desirable are based on the
"values/beliefs" of a particular culture. And thus they can vary widely from culture to culture and communities.
- It means that unless you take someone's (or your own) cultural/community background into consideration you may encounter a
"difficulty". This is because the definitions, or "standards" you are using to compare may be considerably different from those in
other places, with other people. - There is no "one" standard. BUT, there are some things that may be used as constants - concepts, descriptions and definitions such as
given below - certain practices in human life can be encouraged, while others may be discouraged. Yet, even this is a concept deriving
from a particular cultural viewpoint. - Much of the information in the articles and discussions on the site may vary widely from your culture, community, or background.
But, if they seem reasonable and desirable to you, then by all means use them as the "standard" to measure your situation by, or to
use as a standard you choose to achieve.
Culture-Centred: in counselling, this means taking your culture, and cultural background into account.
Cultural Relativism: entry coming
Client/Person Centred: in counselling this means taking you, as a person, with feelings, needs, wants, achievements and your
community/cultural background seriously.
DEPENDENT: the state, or condition, of under someone (or something) else's control and constraint - upon whom one has to rely almost
totally for one's needs and wants.
DOUBLE-BIND: Gregory Bateson, in his book, Toward An Ecology Of Mind, suggests that a great number of emotional and behavioural
poblems people experience in their lives is due to having received not just "mixed messages", but opposite messages from the primary care-
giver in their lives when they were children. By opposite he meant, that the care-giver while saying one thing, was in fact doing the opposite
of what those words were saying. And that they denied there was a contradiction. He called this the Double-Bind. The confusion of those.
contradictory things resulted in major psychic and emotional damage in the child. And worse yet, that adult child is/was most likely to pass
exactly the same behaviour and attitude on, by repeating it in their adult life.
EMOTIONAL INTIMACY: Emotional intimacy is a psychological/emotional state. It occurs when there is a high trust level and
communication between two people: the kind of trust and caring that fosters the mutual sharing of each other's innermost selves. It is
unrestrained mutual self disclosure. We offer a workshop on this topic.
GNOSTIC/GNOSTICISM
Gnostic comes from the Greek word for "knowledge", and originated in a belief system that flourished in Hellenistic (Greek) culture. It had a
major influence on Christianity. In particular that of the Johannine tradition (ie, the gospel of John, the letters of John, the gospel of Thomas),
as compared to the myth spread by the so-called apostle Paul.
Gregory Bateson: see Double-Bind
Heal - healing: these mean "to make whole", taking something which had separated into pieces and rejoining them.
Holistic: this word also comes from "whole" - it means inclusive, or "the whole thing/person".
community/cultural background seriously.
DEPENDENT: the state, or condition, of under someone (or something) else's control and constraint - upon whom one has to rely almost
totally for one's needs and wants.
- INDEPENDENT: the state or condition of being free from external control and constraints. However, total independence is a fallacy
or illusion: we are all dependent on a great number of various things, conditions, laws, and peoples, for example: it is more correct to
state that we are: - INTERDEPENDENT: a condition, or state of being, where people depend on each other, reciprocally and mutually, thus helping each
other: mutually dependent - mutually beneficial (needing each other reciprocally. - Also see Codependent - Codependency.
DOUBLE-BIND: Gregory Bateson, in his book, Toward An Ecology Of Mind, suggests that a great number of emotional and behavioural
poblems people experience in their lives is due to having received not just "mixed messages", but opposite messages from the primary care-
giver in their lives when they were children. By opposite he meant, that the care-giver while saying one thing, was in fact doing the opposite
of what those words were saying. And that they denied there was a contradiction. He called this the Double-Bind. The confusion of those.
contradictory things resulted in major psychic and emotional damage in the child. And worse yet, that adult child is/was most likely to pass
exactly the same behaviour and attitude on, by repeating it in their adult life.
EMOTIONAL INTIMACY: Emotional intimacy is a psychological/emotional state. It occurs when there is a high trust level and
communication between two people: the kind of trust and caring that fosters the mutual sharing of each other's innermost selves. It is
unrestrained mutual self disclosure. We offer a workshop on this topic.
GNOSTIC/GNOSTICISM
Gnostic comes from the Greek word for "knowledge", and originated in a belief system that flourished in Hellenistic (Greek) culture. It had a
major influence on Christianity. In particular that of the Johannine tradition (ie, the gospel of John, the letters of John, the gospel of Thomas),
as compared to the myth spread by the so-called apostle Paul.
- It was also a blanket term used to describe various religious sects and mystical religions in the first few centuries A.D.
- Gnosis referred to the notion that there is a special, hidden knowledge that only those who truly seek it may possess. Somewhat akin
to the current notion of some christian denominations, of a "personal God" whom you come to know - on your own - but different. - Gnosticism arose as a religious belief system - with many variations - whose orientation advocated gnosis as the way to release a
person's spiritual element. This, of course, was considered heresy by Christian churches, for it held that one could know God directly
- without church mediation. - At Dawn Cove Abbey, we believe that priests are not mediators between people and God. Rather, people who are seeking God (in
whatever manner they understand that metaphor or concept) can benefit from the synergy that comes from community and
ritual/ceremony - and an orientation toward the sacred (sacraments) that are shared together. The priest thus becomes a guide.
Gregory Bateson: see Double-Bind
Heal - healing: these mean "to make whole", taking something which had separated into pieces and rejoining them.
Holistic: this word also comes from "whole" - it means inclusive, or "the whole thing/person".
Ideology: ideology is the underlying system, or pattern, or blueprint that makes up people's beliefs, attitudes and values etc. In doing so, they progress toward
seeing the world (life, others, etc) from a narrower and narrower point of view. It is a perspective that emphasizes certain ideas or values, while rejecting, or
minimizing others. It is through that perspective, point of view, or "ideology" that people explain the world to themselves and others, and work toward making
changes that are based on that perspective, as well as gradually attempting to get others to adopt the same perspective (through persuasion, psychological
manipulation otherwise known as brain-washing, or force). It is usually connected to political beliefs, and frequently to religious/spiritual beliefs as well.
Integrate: to integrate something, is to include it into some existing thing. It doesn't just mean to "stick it in anywhere" - it means to incorporate it so that the end
result is a harmonious working together. An example would be, perhaps, wearing clothes where the various articles "match" each other to make a nice appearance.
Or a floral arrangement - or interior decorating - the various components have to "fit", to make it work.
Minister - Ministry: basically, all it means is to provide, or give a service, care, etc
seeing the world (life, others, etc) from a narrower and narrower point of view. It is a perspective that emphasizes certain ideas or values, while rejecting, or
minimizing others. It is through that perspective, point of view, or "ideology" that people explain the world to themselves and others, and work toward making
changes that are based on that perspective, as well as gradually attempting to get others to adopt the same perspective (through persuasion, psychological
manipulation otherwise known as brain-washing, or force). It is usually connected to political beliefs, and frequently to religious/spiritual beliefs as well.
Integrate: to integrate something, is to include it into some existing thing. It doesn't just mean to "stick it in anywhere" - it means to incorporate it so that the end
result is a harmonious working together. An example would be, perhaps, wearing clothes where the various articles "match" each other to make a nice appearance.
Or a floral arrangement - or interior decorating - the various components have to "fit", to make it work.
- In human life, integration is important too. "Fitting in", for example, is important, and a particular challenge for young people. But couples who move in
together to start a relationship or marriage, must also integrate two completely different personal styles into a new whole: one, which if done properly,
will result in each remaining who they are - yet going about their day-to-day life in a different way. - Similarly, when two families are blended, or merged - activities, etc have to be altered and adjusted, and accommodation is required to achieve harmony,
and a functional, healthy, and happy situation.
Minister - Ministry: basically, all it means is to provide, or give a service, care, etc
- it is commonly associated with religious "clergy", and has become more like a title, than a description.
- yet, a pastor, priest, or minister is simply someone who offers, or provides a service: in their case, a particular service, and activities, dealing with the
spiritual-religious components of people's lives.
R.D. Laing: Laing was a British psychiatrist who developed a radical approach to working with patients who displayed certain forms of psychosis. He
suggested that rather than being a permanent, incurable mental/emotional illness, it was instead a particular way a person in need of resolving major emotional
trauma had chosen to "work it through". So that, in fact, it was "normal behaviour" insofar as it was their particular chosen coping strategy. He and his staff
interacted with those patients, on the patients own terms - and at their own pace, accepting the behaviour, speech etc as "normal". Once the patients grasped
that they were being accepted and responded to as a "normal" person, their progress toward resolution of their problem was phenomenal, and in most cases,
the original psychiatric diagnosis was changed, and the person "healed".
Renaissance: the time period of European history which "closed" the Middle Ages and brought about the modern world.
suggested that rather than being a permanent, incurable mental/emotional illness, it was instead a particular way a person in need of resolving major emotional
trauma had chosen to "work it through". So that, in fact, it was "normal behaviour" insofar as it was their particular chosen coping strategy. He and his staff
interacted with those patients, on the patients own terms - and at their own pace, accepting the behaviour, speech etc as "normal". Once the patients grasped
that they were being accepted and responded to as a "normal" person, their progress toward resolution of their problem was phenomenal, and in most cases,
the original psychiatric diagnosis was changed, and the person "healed".
Renaissance: the time period of European history which "closed" the Middle Ages and brought about the modern world.
- It was a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries.
- Renaissance (French) means "rebirth": the revival of learning and culture that began in the 14th century in Italy, and the 16th century in northern
Europe. - In Italian it is referred to as the "Rinascimento".
- It gave birth to a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation.
- The effects led to major changes in social life, spiritual/religious life, & economic life and patterns.
- The effects are still being felt - and are expanding constantly.
Serendipity: this refers to where you find something unexpected and useful while you are/were searching for something else entirely. This concept is closely
related to synchronicity (see below).
Synchronicity: this refers to the experience of having two (or more) things happen "coincidentally" in a manner that is meaningful to the person or persons
experiencing them. In those instances, the meaning suggests an underlying pattern.
There is no coincidence in the cosmic multiverse ("universe" is an outmoded concept): synchronicty differs from coincidence. Synchronicity implies not just a
happenstance, or accident, but an underlying pattern or dynamic that is being expressed through meaningful relationships or events: this concept holds to the
belief that all things, and everything is related. This word and concept was coined by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung.
Synergy: this is the energy arising from the cooperative interaction among groups that creates an enhanced combined effect,
where their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
related to synchronicity (see below).
Synchronicity: this refers to the experience of having two (or more) things happen "coincidentally" in a manner that is meaningful to the person or persons
experiencing them. In those instances, the meaning suggests an underlying pattern.
There is no coincidence in the cosmic multiverse ("universe" is an outmoded concept): synchronicty differs from coincidence. Synchronicity implies not just a
happenstance, or accident, but an underlying pattern or dynamic that is being expressed through meaningful relationships or events: this concept holds to the
belief that all things, and everything is related. This word and concept was coined by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung.
Synergy: this is the energy arising from the cooperative interaction among groups that creates an enhanced combined effect,
where their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
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