As our somatic beings affect how we are in our relationships (self and other), it is important that we take care of our holding containers of psyche.
The form of our holding containers are extremely influential on our psyches. We have many below the surface strings that connect our bodies to minds ans minds to bodies. These connections are like puppets' strings attaching neuro-soma/soma-neuro with movable puppets in both directions.
Our cognitive attachments to who we are and how we are in the world are affected by how we feel within our containers. Our cognitive attachments to how we think and feel about others in the world are affected by how we feel in our containers.
While comparing self to other, other to other or self to self is not ideal with respect to any matter, by default as we are contained in our forms, it is almost inevitable to compare in that our contained forms are the only direct self reference point we have. Comparison in different aspects of life is how we create connection to making sense of our worlds.
(Spell check just corrected to "holding" container to "hiding" container which is an interesting thought) (A double side note, the regurgitated expression "food for thought" is great to ruminate on. I wonder how much this expression affects the steering of our minds in the direction of food when aren't even hungry? I wonder how much the expression habituates our "Sleeping Brain Syndrome?" What would you replacement words be to the repetitive expression?
Again, notice your frequency of repeats of regurgitated expressions throughout your daily life. Try and excise them as much as possible. Your excision of repeats will open up your cranial routes for increased imagination which will benefit you in many ways including empathic understanding which is one of the main ingredients charismatic and personal success in the world. It is more important to know how to understand and relate to other than any fact you will ever learn in a textbook in school.
In terms of taking care of our soma-bodies (puppets) it is important to notice ourselves on many levels and existences of life. The main aspect to enhancing optimal somatic functioning is the avoidance of routine. Anything somatically routine gets us into muscular and skeletal holding patterns which day after day affects our container's shape that holds our psyches and our lIVIN4d connections among everyone.
When the word "shape" is utilized, we have a tendency to think of our figure (fat, thin, athletic, wasteline). However, our "figures" are the results of many other micromovements and choices affecting them. Traditional figure is not what lIVIN4d refers to though it must not be conceptually discarded either.
lIVIN4d suggests to notice soma-ways of being in the world and repetitions on all levels of existence. For example, of you are in an office day after day holding the phone in between your head and your left shoulder, your body will be affected both in stature and possible onset of pain. If you continuously use your right hand and arm to open doors etc. over the years, your soma body will reflect this repetitive motion. If you place your shoes in front of you and look at the heals and the toes of how they are worn with respect to the street, you will notice your bodies tendencies for walking patterns.
Once you notice your repetitive motions, you can neurologically adjust your soma-body to increase variety in whatever the repetition. To "repeat," repetition is like the carving of the Grand Canyon both of mind and of body. For variables in which you want to strengthen grooves, selective repetition is important, but be very careful to avoid nagging. More on this later. For variables in which repetition is not favorable, the beauty of the mind is that it can build in variety to repetitive patterns once we have awareness of what they are (such as the holding of phone in between head and arm day after day). Even as I type this on my cell phone, I am aware of my repetitive thumb movements. It will be important for me to vary my typing with swift key function as to not give myself Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
Self awareness of repetitive motions is key to adjustment of your puppet strings. You can adjust your gape if you notice from your shoes that they are being unbalancedly warn favoring the inside foot step or unbalancedly favoring the outside footstep.
These variables and many more are fundamentally important in terms of creating ideal containers for our soma-bodies without the mold factor. As previously mentioned, our soma bodies affect how we feel about ourselves in the world and they affect our interpersonal relations with others. Our puppet manifestations affect how we feel about ourselves in the world, how we view ourselves in the world and how we feel and view others in the world. Our puppet manifestations and abilities to adjust strings affect how we relate to ourselves and other. "Relate" is possibly a better word choice than "compare." I think relations are what we seek to create rather than comparisons. Our puppet strings (relating abilities) affect how we can be helpful to ourselves and to other.
The above writing has described a brief snapshot of soma repetitions and their disadvantages over time. Again, there are many life aspects in which soma repetitions are important. Athletic training is a primary example of a benefit to repetitive motions. Again, more detail on soma repetition benefits will be addressed in another blog post.
An important thing to keep in mind is the concept of "Tipping Point." A Tipping Point [TP] is the point in time where an asset changes to a liability and or a liability chances to an asset. The concept of TP is applicable to any repetitive motion as every variable has an intrinsic (+) and (-) factor. The key to optimal functioning is to be able to identify the transition as close to the point in time in which the switch occurs so that you have conto and power to alter your course. Using the athletic training concept to exemplify the importance of repetition, this example also provides a good TP example. Imagine a Blue Jays' pitcher day after day throwing his arm in the strike zone position. Over time, he will most likely develop rotator cuff and or radius/ ulna (any arm related injury or annoyance). This is an example of TP in that his (+), passion and $ making abilities begins a transition to (-), his pain and effect on psyche. If the pitcher can take proper care and maintenance of his body prior to onset of TP, he will do himself a favor on many levels. Of course baseball and all sports teams have Sports Physical Therapists and Kinesiologists and specialized computer programs to monitor these repetitive motions and postpone TP as much as possible.
With respect to all facets of our lives, it is important to have these monitors built into ourselves. Even the baseball pitcher does not have a personal monitor to observe his soma - repetitive functions outside of baseball to alert him when to make appropriate adjustments.
In terms of raising our Kids, let's again look at the Blue Jays' pitching analogy. Let's relate this repetitive motion concept to all facets of the developmental being with respect to TP, somatic and cerebral holding patterns engrained over the course of time.
Knowing the concept that each motion has a (+) and (-) intrinsic value, gives us the power to prevent TP from turning (+) to (-) for as long as possible. Even when the TP does turn negative, by knowing the exact point in time of this transiting (the result of self awareness) occurs, gives us the power and the ability to alter our courses and re-steer our cognitive and soma containers / vessels at TP in a (+) re-direction.
The key to knowing TP, is self awareness. In terms of our Kids, we can teach our Kids beginning at early ages how to monitor their own TPs and adjust their own courses whatever the content may be. Yes we can intervene and provide redirect for training model purposes. In am Ideal world however, the earlier Kids learn this self monitoring system, the better as it empowers them to have freedom in their own lives. On a sidenote, the earlier Kid TP is learned by Kid, the more it will decreas parental frustration resulting from continuous repetitions evolving parental nags and Kid tantrums. Teach the Kid how to teach the Kid and everyone will experience freedom.
Also, an important point to make with respect to repetitive pitching motions, Blue Jay birds fly with two wings. They naturally balance themselves.
Teaching ambidexterity to soma-bodies at early ages, avoids the (-) onset of TP for any soma-variable. Teaching ambidexterity also keeps neural pathways across the Corpus Collosum interdynamic. This interdynamic encouragement allows for the logic and the creative mind to remain more fluid and interchangeable.
At present time, we vastly limit our potential of ourselves and our Kids by encouraging one sided body and by default, mental training.
At this point in time it is unknown how much our relationship to self, other and ultimately the productivity of our society can be expanded by having awareness of TP and the encouragement of opening and stimulating both sides of brain and somatic manifestation.
Again, teaching ourselves self awareness to notice our somatic repetitive patterns such as the phone holding referenced above, the more we can make adjustments, the more we can notice our TP and in the long run prevent Sleeping Brain Syndrome, pain, other (-) variables and enhance optimal functioning (+) including life span length.
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