Translation of the preceding article
The Effects of a "Read English and Discharge" Group
- We were two persons (laughter).
- We had an opening circle, appreciations to right and left, and some theory.
- We shared time reading English or being encouraged to do so. We discharged and had dictionaries ready.
- We had appreciations and a closing circle.
- We agreed that the effect was enormous.
FIRST MEETING
After the first meeting I could not stop reading after the group had finished. I had started an article for Present Time which I planned to finish for months. Whenever I tried, I stopped. Now I experienced the opposite ñ it was so interesting that I could not stop reading. I read until I fell asleep that evening. My first thought the next morning was to continue reading. It was such a pleasure! Barriers and feelings still came up, but they had less power to control me now; I knew by experience that they could be discharged. This made me more powerful. And the articles I read were really interesting.
SECOND MEETING
When we met the second time, we had made a great leap forward. We continued to read and discharge on learning and reading English. It was easy to work on; it was so concrete. We became so enthusiastic we wanted to tell all the readers of Parsamtalenettverket i Norge, but neither of us wanted to write... (laughter). It turned out we had patterns on writing as well, Okay, letís start a "write and discharge" group! We did. And it works too! (hahaha)
Now I have access to lots of literature, both within RC and outside, which was inaccessible to me before because I found the barriers insurmountable. This is literature I appreciate a lot; I would not have been without it. It is wonderful and easy. It is a relief to get rid of a burden and know that I just have to discharge whenever remains of old hurts show up now and then.
Gro Otto
Stavanger, Norway
translated by Anne Helgedagsrud
reprinted from Parsamtalenettverket i Norge,
the RC newsletter for Norway
originally printed in Present Time Vol 107, p. 17