{"id":665,"date":"2009-03-25T19:15:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T23:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?p=665"},"modified":"2009-03-25T19:15:25","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T23:15:25","slug":"intuitive-focusing-from-intuition-to-creativity-transformation-paradigm-shiftsphotos-of-childs-first-christmas-present-illustrate-click","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-from-intuition-to-creativity-transformation-paradigm-shiftsphotos-of-childs-first-christmas-present-illustrate-click\/","title":{"rendered":"INTUITIVE FOCUSING: FROM INTUITION TO CREATIVITY, TRANSFORMATION, PARADIGM SHIFTS.PHOTOS OF CHILD&#8217;S FIRST CHRISTMAS PRESENT ILLUSTRATE CLICK!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-665 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-from-intuition-to-creativity-transformation-paradigm-shiftsphotos-of-childs-first-christmas-present-illustrate-click\/img_1114_resize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_1114_resize-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-666\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-666'>\n\t\t\t\tCuriosity! What Will I Find Inside?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-from-intuition-to-creativity-transformation-paradigm-shiftsphotos-of-childs-first-christmas-present-illustrate-click\/img_1115_resize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_1115_resize-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-667\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-667'>\n\t\t\t\tTaking A Peek Inside\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-from-intuition-to-creativity-transformation-paradigm-shiftsphotos-of-childs-first-christmas-present-illustrate-click\/img_1117_resize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_1117_resize-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-668\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-668'>\n\t\t\t\tGoing Deeper\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-from-intuition-to-creativity-transformation-paradigm-shiftsphotos-of-childs-first-christmas-present-illustrate-click\/img_1118_resize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_1118_resize-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-669\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-669'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Ahah!&#8221;: Finding Something New\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-from-intuition-to-creativity-transformation-paradigm-shiftsphotos-of-childs-first-christmas-present-illustrate-click\/img_1116_resize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_1116_resize-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-670\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-670'>\n\t\t\t\tGifts From The Depths\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Malcolm Gladwell, in <em>Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking <\/em>(Little, Brown, 2005) shows that, contrary to popular belief, the majority of decisions are not made through careful listing of pros and cons but through following a &#8220;gut instinct&#8221; or an &#8220;intuition.&#8221; <a title=\"Intuitive Focusing Instructions at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a1.php\">Intuitive Focusing <\/a>, often accompanied by <a title=\"Focused Listening instructions at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a2.php\">Focused Listening<\/a>, is a predictable self-help skill for &#8220;unpacking&#8221; these &#8220;intuitive feels,&#8221; &#8220;bodily-felt senses&#8221; into usable insights and action steps, for personal growth, creativity, spirituality, intimacy, parenting, innovative decision making and problem solving at home and at work.<\/p>\n<p>A child&#8217;s wonder at discovering a first Christmas present at the bottom of a deep bag provides a good symbol for the wonder and transformation to be found by using Focusing for &#8220;sitting with&#8221; and &#8220;going deeper into&#8221; the vague, preverbal information constantly offered up by the body\/mind, the deeper psyche.<\/p>\n<p>Working with Flavia Cymbalista, Focusing Teacher at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketfocusing.com\">www.marketfocusing.com<\/a> , George Soros and other\u00a0financial managers explored the use of Focusing in relation to &#8220;gut instincts&#8221; amidst the uncertainty of financial markets.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 30+ years, thousands of people have used Focusing for emotional, spiritual, and creative problem solving.<\/p>\n<p>The six steps of the Focusing Process, from Eugene Gendlin&#8217;s self-help book, <em>Focusing <\/em>(Bantam, 1981, 1984):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step One: Clearing A Space<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deciding to stop and take the time to sit down and pay attention to what is going on inside, the &#8220;preverbal&#8221; feel of your living, problems, decision making.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Two: Getting A Felt Sense<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Setting aside all of your already-known intellectual answers and waiting quietly, as long as a minute, for the &#8220;bodily felt sense&#8221; of &#8220;this whole question&#8221; to arise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Three: Finding A Handle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carefully looking for words\/images\/gestures that can begin to describe the &#8220;bodily-felt sense&#8221; : &#8220;jumpy,&#8221; &#8220;like a whirly-gig, going round and round,&#8221; &#8221; wanting to scrunch down into a tiny ball, disappear,&#8221; etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Four: Resonating And Checking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taking any symbols (words\/images\/gestures) that come, and carefully going back and forth between the symbols and the &#8220;intuitive feel,&#8221; until the body-sense says, &#8220;Yes! That is exactly right! That fits perfectly!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Five: Asking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Going deeper by asking the &#8220;intuitive feel&#8221; open-ended questions like, &#8220;And what is so important about that?&#8221; or &#8220;And what is the crux of that whole thing?&#8221; or &#8220;And why does that make me feel sad?&#8221;, and, instead of answering from the &#8220;head,&#8221; waiting each time, again at least for a minute, for the &#8220;bodily-felt sense,&#8221; the vague, preverbal knowing, to arise in the middle of the body, around the chest\/heart area, and only then carefully looking for a Handle word\/image\/gesture, and Resonating and Checking until the body says &#8220;Yes! That is it!&#8221;. Continuing this Asking as long as you like or until you experience a &#8220;felt shift&#8221;:\u00a0 &#8220;Yes, that is exactly it. Now I understand what is going on and what I need to do to act on this information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Six: Receiving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taking a moment to &#8220;live into&#8221; this new knowing, let it sink into the cellular level of the body. Taking a moment to be grateful to the &#8220;body\/mind&#8221; for offering you this information. Taking a moment to receive any new insights that have come before going into action.<\/p>\n<p>You can read a more thorough description of Dr. McGuire&#8217;s version, <a title=\"PRISMS\/S Focusing Problem Solving described\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a3.php\">The PRISMS\/S Problem Solving Process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can read applications Including Focusing Alone, Focusing Partnerships, Interpersonal Focusing for Conflict Resolution, Creative Edge Meetings, Creative Edge Organizations in <a title=\"Creative Edge Pyramid described at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a4.php\">The Creative Edge Pyramid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See my article, <a title=\"Creative Edge Organizations As Focusing Communities at www.focusing.org\" onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.focusing.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.focusing.org\/folio\/Vol21No12008\/21_CreativeEdgeTRIB.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">\u201cCreative Edge Organizations: Businesses and Organizations As A \u2018Kind\u2019 Of Focusing Community\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u00a0from The Folio: Thirtieth Anniversity Tribute edition at The Focusing Institute, <a onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.focusing.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.focusing.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">www.focusing.org<\/span><\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>You can learn all about Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening with the many resources listed below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CREATIVE EDGE FOCUSING(tm): \u00a0SELF-HELP SKILLS FOR HOME AND WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Downloads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-153\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=153\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>Instant \u201cAhah!\u201d Mini-Manual<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/complete-focusing-instructions-manual.doc\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/mini_manual_-_finished_6-7-07-for-pdf.doc\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>\u201cAjas\u201d Instantaneos Mini-Manual<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative Edge Focusing (<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>www.cefocusing.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> )<\/strong> teaches two basic self-help skills, <a title=\"Intuitive Focusing Instructions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a1.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Intuitive Focusing<\/span><\/a> and <a title=\"Focused Listening instructions at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a2.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Focused Listening<\/span><\/a>, which can be applied at home and at work through <a title=\"Creative Edge Pyramid described at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a4.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">The Creative Edge Focusing Pyramid<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Based upon Gendlin\u2019s Experiential Focusing (<\/strong><a onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.focusing.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.focusing.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>www.focusing.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> )\u00a0and Rogers\u2019 Empathic Listening,<\/strong> our website is packed with Free Resources and instructions in these basic self-help skills. Learn\u00a0how to build S<a title=\"Building Supportive Community at CEF Website\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/isthisyou\/3a1b.php\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">upport Groups<\/span><\/a>, <a title=\"Conscious Relationships at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/isthisyou\/3a1e.php\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Conscious Relationships<\/span><\/a>, and <a title=\"Creative Edge Organizations at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/isthisyou\/3a1a.php\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Creative Edge Organizations <\/span><\/a>based upon these basic skills of emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can try out\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"Focusing exercise at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/freeresources\/2a1a.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>\u201cFocusing: Find Out What Is Bothering You.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Subscribe e-newsletter and e-course\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/subscribe.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Click here to subscribe to\u00a0Creative Edge Focusing(TM)\u2019s \u00a0Instant \u201cAhah!\u201d e-newsletter and get the latest exercises first!!!<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Free Intuitive Focusing e-Mini-Course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?p=138\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Click here for a free Intuitive Focusing Mini-Course<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Focused Listening Mini-Course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?p=141\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Click here for a free Focused Listening Mini-Course<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>See \u00a0<a title=\"Conflict Resolution Mini-Course on website\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a9.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Core Concept: Conflict Resolution<\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0to find a complete mini-course on Interpersonal Focusing and Conflict Resolution, including Rosenberg\u2019s Non-Violent Communication, Blanchard\u2019s \u201cOne Minute Apology,\u201d Patricia Evan\u2019s books on Verbally Abuse and Controlling Relationships, McMahon\u2019s <em>Beyond The Myth Of Dominance, <\/em>and much more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>See\u00a0 <a title=\"Intimate Relationship Mini-Course at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a10.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Core Concept: Intimate Relationship<\/span><\/a> to find a complete mini-course on increasing intimacy and sexuality, including the \u201cSharing Your Day\u201d exercise, Listening\/Focusing Partnerships for The Way of Relationship, untangling and equalizing desire, tantric sexuality, and much more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><strong>Download complete Instant \u201cAhah!\u201d Mini-Manual, in <\/strong><a title=\"Instant Ahah! 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When just-right words and images are found for the &#8220;bodily-felt sense&#8221; of issues and ideas,  &#8220;Ahah!&#8221; experiences, transformation, paradigm shifts follow. George Soros uses something like Intuitive Focusing in deciding when to rearrange his portfolio. Focusing can be used for problem solving at home and at work. A child&#8217;s first exploration of a Christmas present makes a good visual image of this &#8220;going deeper&#8221; into the &#8220;implicit&#8221; information held in the &#8220;bodily-felt sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[653,481,652,293,86,749,482,83,651,57,160,650,221,492,178,744,206,304,434,54,53,745,85,607],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}