A Workshop On Self-Development

On-site Seminar: The Owner's Manual For the Mind: How to Works and How It Runs

• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of Western psychology

• Understand of nature of Taoist, Buddhists, and Hindu concepts of regarding the mind

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Be able to characterize the nature of the unconscious.

• Know the major principles of how the unconscious works according to Freud and Jung

• Understand the nature of unconscious symbols

• Discover the major archetypes and know how each of them can affect the Ego.

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• Know the emotional, cognitive and behavioral symptoms of an immature Ego.

• Know the fundamental nature of the Ego.

• Be able to recognize the major defense mechanisms in yourself and in others.

• Understand why cognitive dissonance result in faulty thinking.

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• Understand the nature of the language used by the unconscious in communication.

• Understand dream symbols and how to go about the process of dream interpretation of dreams.

• Know the structure of the ancient and modern myths.

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• Understand how to increase mindfulness and decrease mindlessness during daily activities.

• Practice accessing resource states.

• Discover how to anchor positive states of mind.

• Assess the many different types of states one experiences during a week.

»East and West Views of The Mind

• Western Psychology
• Eastern Philosophy (Taoism, Buddhism and Hinduism)

» The Unconscious

• The Giants: Freud and Jung
• The Personal and Collective Unconscious
• The Archetypes

» Developing The Ego

• Functions of the Ego
• Symptoms of the The Immature Ego
• The Ego Defense Mechanisms
• Nature of Cognitive Dissonance

» Improving Ego and Unconscious

• Communication
• Interpreting Dreams
• Understanding Myths

» Consciousness and States of Mind

• Increasing Mindfulness and Decreasing Mindlessness
• Conditioning and Anchoring Techniques
• Accessing Positive States
• Setting Up Resource States