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"Focusing," for skeptics. — LessWrong

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(Okay, not quite everybody, but a really tediously large percentage of the people in my online social circle.) But I’ve tried it a bunch of times, in a bunch of variants, with a bunch of qualified mentors trying to help, and it’s just never clicked. I’ve listened to the audio book and gone through all the steps, and it just doesn’t do anything for me. So here’s my variant—the thing that I do instead, which I claim is using the same hardware and software and providing me with the same kind of improved introspective access. If you’re one of those skeptics who thought it all sounded nuts, or one of those unlucky people who thought it sounded awesome but could never make it work, this post has your name on it. The “big idea” of Focusing (according to me) is that parts of your subconscious System 1 are storing up massive amounts of accurate, useful information that your conscious System 2 isn’t really able to access. There are things that you’re aware of “on some level,” data that you perce

x "Focusing," for skeptics. — LessWrong Focusing Psychology Curated 120 "Focusing," for skeptics. by Conor Moreton 14th Oct 2017 Linkpost for medium.com 9 min read 27 120 Gendlin’s Focusing technique is super rad. I know this because everybody keeps telling me so. (Okay, not quite everybody, but a really tediously large percentage of the people in my online social circle.) But I’ve tried it a bunch of times, in a bunch of variants, with a bunch of qualified mentors trying to help, and it’s just never clicked. I’ve listened to the audio book and gone through all the steps, and it just doesn’t d

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