The roles we play
The roles we play in the drama triangle way. There is a lot of media airspace given to the concept of mindfulness or presence nowadays. The idea that we become as fully aware as possible so that our moment to moment thoughts and actions become as conscious as possible. I believe this is a noble and, most likely, beneficial practice and goal. That said, a constant state of mindful presence is probably not very realistically achievable for most human beings, given that unconscious processing is an extremely efficient way of dealing with our day to day worlds; our unconscious habits are often what our brain develops so as to free up time for our conscious attention but that conscious attention can be elusive. On the road to increased mindfulness we will probably need to learn to drop some baggage and step out of the drama that our fragile egos get caught up in. The roles we play in the drama get formed early on and are quite likely kept going through our constant ...