Index of All Books
by Harvey Jackins
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daydreaming, 15:146
death. See also immortality
chronic patterns as cause of, 6:13
collapse of society and, 8:340
commitment against, 14:237
contradiction and discharge possible for, 1:50–1:51
discharge of distress about, 15:118–15:119
fear of. See fear of death
loss of child, 10:93–10:95
necessity of, 3:127–3:139, 6:130–6:131, 14:237–14:238, 15:81, 15:118, 15:191
older people facing, 5:332
prevention of, 3:135–3:139, 5:332–5:333, 15:81
pseudo-reality and, 14:56
questions about, 6:211–6:216
religious beliefs and, 15:89
as shocking, 15:118
suicide, 6:214–6:216, 15:119–15:120
treatment of person coping with outside of sessions, 10:135–10:136
uselessness of, 3:131, 4:8, 4:86, 6:133, 6:242–6:243
debt, national, 8:121–8:122, 16:132–16:133, 16:138–16:139
decision/deciding. See also commitments
overview of, 15:12–15:13
about feelings, 10:121, 11:65–11:66, 13:239–13:240
central nervous system and, 13:113
to contradict distress at all times, 15:66
defined, 11:346–11:347
discharge and, order of unimportant, 8:209–8:210, 15:12, 15:27, 16:53–16:54
discharge improved by deciding first, 10:339, 11:129, 11:349–11:350, 13:195, 15:50, 15:82
to discharge in session, 15:49–15:50
examples of, 11:82–11:84
to focus on giving good counseling, 6:72–6:74, 10:13, 10:252, 15:43
freedom of as inherent, 10:22–10:23, 10:230, 10:340, 11:34, 14:127, 15:12, 15:81–15:82, 15:195
of future, 11:15
to give up attention on own distresses all the time habit-pattern, 8:59–8:60, 8:344, 10:245, 11:157–11:158, 11:352, 15:19
to give up clienting all the time habit-pattern, 10:10–10:12, 11:64–11:65, 11:95–11:96
to give up preoccupation with getting good counseling, 10:12–10:13, 10:252, 11:95–11:96
how operates, 11:347–11:349
information lacking for, 11:349
no limits on, 15:12, 16:51–16:54
not to be restimulated, 8:219–8:220, 10:248, 11:37, 11:349–11:350, 11:352, 15:19
power of, 8:40, 9:25
powerlessness and. See powerlessness
rational decision always possible, 15:82
to re-emerge, 11:91–11:93, 13:101–13:102, 13:152–13:154
to take charge, 8:207–8:208
vacillation in, 15:82
viewpoints. See viewpoints, freedom to choose
will versus wants, 13:126–13:128
decision-making. See also choice/choices; decision/deciding
as absolutely unlimited, 8:30–8:31
action possible after, 4:45
difficulties with, 15:127
leaders needed for, 8:99–8:100
power of, 8:40
declassed people, within class society, 8:414–8:415
deductive logic of RC. See logic
deeply disturbed people
balancing of attention and, 1:14
Co-Counseling with, 13:283–13:287
discrimination against, 15:31
inviting new people who are not, 3:207–3:208
Definition of Terms (Jackins), 8:229–8:231
delight
contradiction and, 1:60
in face of hostile behavior, 5:174
in human beings, 4:46, 4:121, 15:83
internalized oppression and, 6:416–6:417
leaders delighting in solutions, 4:114
listening attitude and, 7:183
with self as recruitment tool, 6:148–6:149
democracy
capitalism operating on pretense of, 6:473–6:474
in future society, 14:165
pseudo-democracy compared, 15:135
struggle for in France and Argentina, 8:120
Demonstration on Discharging Internalized Oppression (Jackins), 11:109–11:119
demonstrations
counselor’s role and, 15:43–15:44
effectiveness of, 15:31
purposes of, 15:93
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), 10:25–10:28
dependency
of clients on counselor, 3:40, 3:44
group meetings without, 3:45–3:46
on leaders, 7:238–7:239
of men on women for emotional warmth, 7:163
of owning class on working class, 5:303
on teachers, 3:146, 3:148, 17:8–17:9
working together as versus individual responsibility, 8:50
descendants, 10:25–10:28, 15:9, 15:83
despair
immortality as contradiction to, 6:131, 15:51
of Jewish people, 10:301
not justified, 4:37, 10:232–10:233
destiny, answering, 4:81
determinism versus free will
choice of future and, 1:43, 4:75, 6:18, 7:53–7:54, 7:365–7:366, 8:58, 8:85, 11:15, 16:65
controversy about resolved, 1:43, 6:17–6:18, 7:53–7:54
forgiveness and, 7:365–7:366
past having purpose, 6:7
past versus future and, 6:18, 8:84–8:85, 14:54–14:55, 14:64–14:65, 15:183
The Development of “Commitments” (Jackins), 8:233–8:241
The Development of New Leadership (Jackins), 5:99–5:107
Devil’s Advocate role, 5:41, 6:40
The Difficult Addictions (Jackins), 13:203–13:207
directions. See also commitments
overview of, 15:61–15:62
acting confident, 6:147–6:148
benefits of, 3:106, 15:52
clients taking lead on, 3:45
contradiction. See contradiction
defined, 15:61
discipline compared, 15:147
for each class, 11:364
effectiveness of, 6:160, 8:233, 11:104, 15:88–15:89
feelings causing person to avoid, 14:112–14:113
versus focus on immediate discharge, 8:499–8:501
freedom to create, 8:58
goal of, 8:208
living every moment well, 15:62
logic at all times and, 3:64–3:65, 3:68
Reality Agreement technique compared, 14:40
relationship to other parts of RC, 15:180
remembering to use, 3:124
resistance to, 15:61–15:62
starving patterns to death with, 8:233
tone of voice, facial expression, and posture more effective than words, 15:61
unrealistic, 6:131
words rather than phrases used for, 8:361–8:362
disabilities, people with. See also people marked for destruction by society
addiction rate higher for, 16:206
allies for, 7:260–7:261
audio and video and, 15:99
commitment for, 10:206, 11:409, 15:App9
counseling of, 15:122
counseling of the counselors by, 7:263–7:264
distress claimed as cause of, 7:371
leadership by, 7:257–7:265, 7:369–7:370
Native People’s respect for, 6:401
oppression of, 5:330, 15:122
people as disabled by patterns, 16:169–16:171. See also people marked for destruction by society
reducing or eliminating disabilities by counseling, 10:123–10:126
structural versus patterned disability, 10:125
teaching RC and, 7:369–7:370
workshop report, 7:375
disappointment
cleaning up, 11:3–11:11, 16:59
expectations leading to, 7:257–7:259, 16:59
with others as powerlessness, 11:5, 11:85–11:86
discharge. See also four steps/triad of how to counsel; specific groups of people and types of distress
overview of, 2:75–2:81, 8:74–8:76, 15:23–15:27, 16:62–16:63
anger. See anger discharge
aware attention of others needed for, 3:3, 3:22, 8:334, 15:23
by both client and counselor, 15:48–15:49
complete discharge possible, 1:41–1:42, 3:10–3:11, 3:12, 4:31, 10:75–10:79, 15:23, 15:201
conditioning against, 2:86, 2:88–2:89, 3:3–3:4, 3:72, 3:90, 3:181, 5:90–5:91, 7:327, 14:122, 15:152
contagiousness of, 15:26
continuous attempts to bring about, 5:219–5:220
contradiction and. See contradiction
as counselor abandons own distress, 8:224
crying. See crying
deciding not to be restimulated and, 11:349–11:350
decision and, order of unimportant, 8:209–8:210, 15:12, 15:27, 16:53–16:54
decision first improving, 10:339, 11:129, 11:349–11:350, 13:195, 15:50, 15:82
defined, 1:58, 7:177, 7:276, 8:229, 14:121, 15:23, 16:164
discovery of, 13:11, 15:1–15:4
distress patterns causing interference with discharge of others, 2:84–2:86, 15:26
distress patterns not impacted by, 7:358–7:360
dreams and, 15:40–15:41
drugs interfering with, 10:160–10:161, 15:27, 15:189
as effective for everyone, 2:93–2:95
encouraging, 1:9, 3:25–3:26, 5:91
as end in itself, 7:352, 7:354
exercise and, 15:58, 15:71
exhibitionism as not, 1:38–1:39, 3:152–3:153
fake discharge with self-counseling, 13:253
feelings/emotions and, 8:230–8:231, 8:513, 15:10, 15:47, 16:11–16:12
focus on versus worldwide activities, 6:47–6:48
four-step rule for. See four steps/triad of how to counsel
goals and, 3:106, 15:26
humanism theory and, 3:166
illusions and, 8:37–8:39
immortality and, 6:132–6:133
importance of, 3:11, 6:359
as inherent process, 1:2–1:3, 2:77–2:81, 6:485, 7:128–7:129
inhibition patterns and, 6:60–6:61, 15:37–15:38
insight during, 6:143
intelligence and, 1:58, 11:68–11:69, 14:7, 16:9
interested, non-repetitive talking as discharge, 2:93, 15:24
interference with, 1:10, 8:75, 15:26, 15:37, 15:200
laughter. See laughter
level of and importance of not the same, 1:23–1:24
maintaining of, 1:29
mutual aid for, 6:3
as natural, 15:26
need for another person for, 2:83–2:84, 2:87–2:91, 4:80
nervous breakdowns as, 10:157–10:158
as not deliberate process, 1:26–1:27, 15:26
as not hurts, 1:3, 15:23
numbness and, 15:18, 15:60
as ongoing process with thinking, acting, and re-evaluating, 14:55
oppression interfering with, 16:10
order of types of, 1:3–1:7, 10:76–10:77, 15:4, 15:24, 16:164
ordinary conversation and, 15:29
overcoming patterns that inhibit, 1:24–1:29, 6:60–6:61, 15:37–15:38
partial versus complete, 8:37–8:38
permissive approach not enough for, 5:144–5:145
persistence for exhaustive discharge, 3:23–3:24, 5:174
perspiration as, 1:3, 1:4
prevention of, 15:26
progress continued by, 5:143–5:144
rational evaluation and understanding after, 3:3
as recovery process from distress, 1:41, 7:48–7:49, 15:20–15:21, 15:200
redirection of attention and. See redirection of attention
re-enactment of hurts as attempts to obtain, 15:18
re-evaluation after. See re-evaluation
repression by society of, 6:62, 15:26
role play for, 1:27
safety and, 1:45–1:46
screaming and, 15:25
self-directed, 16:26
simultaneously with acting, feeling, and thinking, 1:51, 7:85–7:86, 15:10, 15:47, 16:11–16:12
sounds people make and, 11:229–11:230, 15:47, 15:48
with strangers, 11:62–11:64, 15:49
support groups as primarily for, 7:117
sustained discharge counseling, overview of, 1:22–1:24
tantrums as, 1:4, 2:80–2:81
theory enhancing, 6:485–6:486
thinking and. See thinking
three things needed for. See four steps/triad of how to counsel
trembling. See trembling
types of, 1:3–1:7, 1:41, 2:93, 3:3, 3:90, 6:59, 7:327, 8:74–8:75, 14:6, 15:10, 15:23, 15:24–15:25, 16:63
violence as not, 1:39
while functioning well, 11:131–11:132
withdrawal from addiction as, 15:110
yawning. See yawning
The Discharge of Patterns of White Racism by White Co-Counselors (Jackins), 13:12, 13:291–13:298
discipline, 15:146–15:147
discouragement. See hopelessness
discrimination. See also ageism; anti-Semitism; oppression; racism; sexism
allies against, 14:189
against Jews as model for other discrimination, 8:458, 10:333–10:334
against people who are too deeply distressed, 15:31
responsibility to stop, 13:261–13:262
used to prevent unity and cooperation, 14:75–14:76, 14:125
against young adults due to age, 15:124
discussion groups. See topic groups
Discussion of the “Mental Health” System Survivor’s Policy Statement (Jackins), 11:313–11:317
Discussion Towards a Classless Society (Jackins), 13:55–13:63
disease, vulnerability to, 13:30. See also AIDS/HIV
disfunction. See irrationality/unintelligent behavior
disintegration. See downward trend of universe
“displaced” persons, commitment for, 11:408–11:409, 15:App9
dissertations, 5:43
The Distinctive Characteristics of Re-Evaluation Counseling (Jackins), 3:9–3:18
distraction. See redirection of attention
distress experiences. See also attacks
choice of incident to focus on, 8:510–8:511, 8:513
defined, 5:70
discharge of. See discharge
intelligence damaged by, 2:29–2:31, 2:36–2:40, 7:176, 8:72–8:73, 10:222–10:223, 14:6, 14:119–14:120, 15:10, 15:17, 15:199–15:200
not taking personally, 13:178–13:181
patterns caused by, 7:122–7:124
prevention of, 7:277
rational response to, 15:10
restimulation caused by reenactment of, 2:45–2:48, 15:10, 15:19
returning to scene of, 15:18
revenge for, 7:33–7:34
as source of human irrationality, 1:41, 3:3, 3:4, 3:10, 3:90, 4:26, 7:48, 15:15
sources of, 7:125–7:127, 7:329, 8:80–8:81, 13:9
storing experiences of, 1:2
distress patterns. See also distress experiences; specific types of distress, i.e. addiction/addictions
overview of, 15:15–15:22
as addictive, 15:21, 15:109–15:110
aging causing build up of, 3:132, 3:136
attitudes towards, 15:218
babies and, 2:71–2:74, 13:8
birth and, 15:111–15:112
camouflaging with pretense, 5:241–5:242
characteristics of, 15:17–15:18
chronic patterns. See chronic patterns
commitment against identifying with, 10:201–10:202, 11:108, 11:399–11:400, 13:120–13:121, 15:64, 15:App3
communication difficulty caused by, 8:64–8:65
comparisons between, 15:20
complete erasure possible, 10:75–10:79, 15:55
complexity of, 15:109
conflicts and, 4:36, 15:20
contagion of. See contagion, as source of distress patterns
contradiction of. See contradiction
counseling tools forgotten due to, 10:16
defined, 5:115–5:116, 7:123, 15:15
degradation of humans by, 6:58, 10:20–10:21, 10:222–10:223
directing attention away from, 8:380–8:388, 11:352, 16:21–16:28
discharge for. See discharge
effects of, 11:100–11:102
elimination of from humanity, 4:8, 4:71
environmental exploitation caused by, 3:115, 3:122, 14:150
flexibility needed for, 4:55
forcing victim to re-enact original hurt causing, 1:42–1:43
getting lost in, how to manage, 15:41
goodness of human beings and, 2:68–2:69, 8:96–8:97, 11:82, 16:169–16:170
hallucinations as caused by, 8:475
handling of, overview, 15:20–15:21
health impacted by, 7:292, 15:190–15:191
human inside of. See human beings, as separate from distress patterns
hunter/gatherers and, 13:56–13:57
hurts causing, 7:122–7:124, 16:62
hurts perpetuated with, 5:70, 8:73–8:74
identification as pattern causing discharge, 8:37
illusions caused by, 8:33
inherent human behavior versus, 15:15–15:16
instincts and, 15:11
intelligence interrupted by, 1:58, 3:63–3:64, 7:175–7:176, 14:149–14:151, 15:15, 16:8–16:9, 16:61–16:62
interference with others’ discharge due to, 2:84–2:86
intermittent patterns, 15:16
keeping attention away from distress at all times, 8:509–8:510, 8:514, 10:81–10:83, 15:57
latent patterns, 2:61, 2:63–2:66
mental energy used by focus on, 8:75
“mental health” system and, 15:20
mental illness and, 7:276, 10:156–10:157
as mis-stored information, 15:17
no respect for, 15:82
not corrupting RC with, 13:15–13:16
as not in charge of us, 4:79
not wiping on others, 8:295
occlusion caused by, 5:72, 5:329
oppression and. See oppression
original distress, source of, 7:363–7:364, 7:365, 15:10
parenting to avoid distress patterns, 2:71–2:74
people disabled by, 16:169–16:171
person as separate from. See human beings, as separate from distress patterns
physical components of, 15:18, 15:57–15:58
power over, 15:18
powerlessness. See powerlessness
prenatal, 7:367–7:368
preoccupation with one kind of, 13:158–13:159
prevention of, 14:8
projecting on client, 8:354
protection of patterns by patterns, 15:38
pseudo-abilities of, 11:100–11:102, 11:161, 11:392, 13:115, 15:18, 15:62
as pseudo-reality, 11:13
reality obscured by, 5:87–5:88, 7:124
reasoning with, 15:20
as recording, 15:15–15:16
rehearsal of. See rehearsal
as repairable disfunctions, 4:29, 15:18
restimulations of. See restimulation
rigidity of, 13:186, 15:18, 15:58
sex instinct and, 16:35–16:36
sexuality and, 6:190–6:191, 15:141, 16:31, 16:66
similarities between, 15:20
snowballing of distress and, 2:49–2:51, 2:56–2:57, 5:329, 15:17
sources of, 7:278, 7:363–7:364, 7:365, 8:34–8:35, 10:224, 11:9, 11:60, 13:9, 14:89, 15:16, 15:147–15:148,
15:152. See also contagion, as source of distress patterns
15:152. See also contagion, as source of distress patterns
storage of, metaphors for, 15:27
strengths of, 7:129–7:130
stupidity of, 13:107–13:108
suicide and, 6:214–6:216, 15:119–15:120
teachers impacted by, 8:532, 11:7, 11:55, 14:91
thinking impacted by, 6:36, 6:38–6:39, 15:16, 15:199–15:200
uniqueness of, 15:20, 15:109
written word to contradict, 11:392
young people and, 2:53–2:56, 2:71–2:74, 8:408–8:409
distress recordings. See distress patterns
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), 10:25–10:28
Do Not Recruit Co-Counselors Into Wide-World Organizations Which You Are Leading or Building (Jackins), 14:275–14:279
Dobbins, Bill, 8:20–8:21
doctors. See physicians
domestic violence, men standing against, 5:397–5:398
Don’t Let Patterns Sneak Into Our Policies Against Sexism (Jackins), 5:393–5:394
Don’t Settle for Too Little (Jackins), 16:141–16:142
Don’t Take It Personally (Jackins), 13:177–13:181
downward trend of universe. See also upward trend in universe
clienting all the time and, 7:24
defined, 13:196, 14:70, 15:193, 16:63–16:64
entropy versus order, 5:1–5:3, 5:69, 14:169
literature not used enough, 6:425
manifestations of, 5:177–5:184
spiritualism as reaction to, 8:198
upward trend, interaction with, 14:71, 15:7, 15:193–15:194
vigilance against, 5:182–5:184
The Dozens game, 1:47, 7:66
Draft Liberation Policy for Chicanos/as (Jackins), 8:431–8:439
Draft Liberation Policy for Owning-Class People (Jackins), 11:281–11:285
Draft Liberation Policy for Puerto Ricans (Jackins), 8:441–8:451
Draft Plan for Arab Flourishing (Jackins), 7:283–7:288
Draft Policy for Artists’ Liberation (Jackins), 11:259–11:264
Draft Policy for Men’s Re-emergence (Jackins), 6:577–6:580
Draft Policy for RC “Mental Health“ Workers (Jackins), 7:275–7:282
Draft Policy for RC Physicians (Jackins), 7:289–7:296
Draft Program for Native Liberation (Jackins), 6:555–6:561
Draft Program for Young People’s Liberation (Jackins), 6:525–6:529
A Draft Statement on Gay Liberation (Jackins), 6:581–6:582
dramatization. See also re-enactment; rehearsal
overview of, 15:34–15:35
of anger, fear and, 10:51–10:52
as call for help, 4:46, 5:66, 10:157–10:158
as communication, 5:218–5:219
defined, 6:281–6:282, 15:35
by others, not taking personally, 13:179–13:181
revenge as, 7:33–7:34
seeing humans as composites of person and pattern to help with, 14:111
of sexual distress, ending dramatization of in counseling sessions, 7:213–7:214
dreams
awareness and, 8:220
of children, 15:40–15:41, 15:144
coincidence and spiritualism, 8:195
recurrent, 16:77
use of, 5:34, 15:40–15:41, 15:143–15:144, 16:75–16:77
drone pipes, 7:30–7:32
drudgery, technology to eliminate, 8:41–8:42
drugs. See also addiction/addictions; alcohol; medicine
destructiveness of mood-altering drugs, 10:159–10:160, 15:110–15:111
discharge interfered with by, 10:160–10:161, 15:27, 15:189
fetuses, impacts on, 15:111–15:112
oppressive society using, 14:76–14:77, 15:110
outlawing many as goal, 8:468–8:469
statistics about use of not accurate, 11:314
use as incompatible with RC, 3:12, 5:152–5:153, 8:470–8:475, 15:111
dual commitments. See commitments
dualities, 8:151–8:158
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