habit-patterns, 15:19. See also attention on own distresses all the time habit-pattern; clienting all the time habit-pattern
habits. See also distress patterns
becoming chronic patterns, 10:105–10:107
being client all the time even in counselor role. See clienting all the time habit-pattern
confusion from, 13:73–13:74
as insufficient, 4:78
paying attention to own distresses all the time. See attention on own distresses all the time habit-pattern
rehearsal versus contradiction of patterns, 13:193
hallucinations, causes of, 8:475
happiness, defined, 3:107, 4:34, 5:232, 15:67, 15:79. See also enjoyment/satisfaction
hardship, poverty distinguished from, 6:535–6:536
healers, being, 8:277–8:278
health
AIDS/HIV, 13:30, 13:65–13:72
attitudes towards, 7:289–7:290
counseling about as not sufficient, 6:242
disease, impacts of, 13:30
distress patterns impacting, 7:292, 15:190–15:191
environmental sensitivities, 10:127–10:130
focus on by RC, 6:237–6:238
of Harvey Jackins, 14:238–14:239
holistic attitude towards, 7:292–7:293
mental health. See headings starting with mental health
mysticism and, 15:190–15:191
prevention to maintain, 6:241, 15:190
rational health care, overview of, 15:187–15:191
as rational need, 15:187
unintelligent behavior regarding, 6:236
health care. See also drugs; headings starting with mental health; medicine; physicians
cost issues, 6:240, 15:189–15:190
tentative policy on, 6:235–6:243, 15:188
heavy patterns. See chronic patterns
help, asking for, 15:83
helpless pattern, 3:49. See also powerlessness
hindsight, 4:37
historian role, 6:318
Hitler, Adolph, 7:302–7:303, 15:154
HIV/AIDS, 13:30, 13:65–13:72
Holocaust
basis of, 15:154–15:155
discharging distress about, 7:313–7:321, 14:195–14:196
as not just Jewish issue, 10:318
holocaust, nuclear. See nuclear weapons/war
home schooling, 15:205
homeland, importance of, 7:71
homophobia, 16:174
homosexuality. See LGBTQ+ people
honesty, 8:295, 16:47, 16:220. See also integrity
An Honorable Exit from the Middle Class (Jackins), 16:91–16:92
hopelessness. See also powerlessness
contradiction for, 6:131, 15:60
poverty and, 3:121
predisposition to, 13:5
training own counselor to contradict, 8:227
hospital care, 6:240, 15:189–15:190
housekeeping, 3:117–3:124, 10:110–10:111
How and When to Teach RC (Jackins), 6:429, 17:13
How Can People’s Political Movements Get Started? (Jackins), 16:137–16:139
How Can We Develop More Jewish Leaders? (Jackins), 10:279–10:297
How to Begin Re-evaluation Counseling, 15:App15–15:App19
hub and spoke counseling, 6:299, 7:237
hugs, 1:39, 5:120
human beings
overview of, 15:8–15:9
all as struggling, 11:87–11:88
all can be reached, 13:104–13:106
all classes as human, 16:101–16:102
ancestors and descendants, 10:25–10:28, 15:9, 15:83
belief in, 4:58
as best in universe, 3:53
capabilities as recoverable, 1:42
capacity as limitless, 4:127, 6:59–6:60, 7:51
as champions, 4:104
in charge of entire universe, 3:51–3:54, 4:17, 4:89, 8:207–8:210, 9:3, 15:7
children as full-fledged humans, 5:324–5:325
complexity of, 4:7, 15:195–15:196
conflicts between. See conflicts
delight in, 4:46, 4:121, 15:83
differences between, 6:63–6:64, 6:141, 7:217, 8:11, 8:154, 13:161–13:162, 14:14, 14:75, 15:82
as different from other living creatures, 2:9–2:14, 3:1, 6:57–6:58, 8:71, 14:118–14:119
distress patterns separate from. See human beings, as separate from distress patterns
as doing the best they can, 1:43, 1:58, 4:3, 7:53, 7:136–7:137, 7:177, 7:364–7:365,
8:81–8:82, 15:9, 15:47, 15:84, 16:64. See also blame
8:81–8:82, 15:9, 15:47, 15:84, 16:64. See also blame
early restraints on domination by, 14:1–14:2
evolution of, 13:167–13:169, 14:148, 16:159–16:161
framework for humanity, 6:673–6:674, 10:117
goodness of. See goodness of human beings
healing processes of, 4:31
as imperfect, 11:5–11:6
inherent characteristics of, 15:11, 15:13. See also goodness of human beings; intelligence; relationships; zest
inherent rights of, 15:13
intelligence of. See intelligence
love and. See love
marked for destruction. See people marked for destruction by society
nature of, 4:15, 13:56, 14:7–14:8, 14:13, 14:118, 14:126, 15:8–15:9
nature/nurture debate, 15:142
no human enemies, 10:234–10:235
non-living matter compared with, 2:5–2:7
other living things, relationship with, 15:8
physical body and humanness, 15:187
potential of, 5:244–5:245
power of, 4:127, 5:385, 6:11, 6:124–6:125, 15:13, 15:195–15:196, 16:4
problems as challenges, 15:13
problems of due to mistreatment of, 4:10
quotes about, 4:3–4:22
rational needs. See rational needs
rationality of, 3:72
reachable despite distresses, 4:29
reality of, 6:11–6:12
sense gratification, 10:4–10:5
similarities between. See human beings, similarities between
skin color and evolution, 13:291
treating well, 4:77
uniqueness of, 15:8
upward trend in universe and, 5:3–5:4, 8:31, 8:56, 13:167–13:169
wonderfulness of, 1:57
human beings, as separate from distress patterns
overview of, 1:42, 4:85
caring about client and, 5:245–5:246
counselor role and, 3:21, 3:41–3:42, 4:28–4:29, 5:155–5:156
holding in mind, 13:15, 15:109
as key concept, 7:50, 16:62
parasitic nature of distress pattern, 3:13, 4:46–4:47
pattern as adversary rather than the person, 8:12, 8:97, 15:82
reaching person behind pattern, 3:82, 15:20
seeing humans as composites of person and pattern, 14:110–14:112, 15:15
separating self from pattern, 4:11, 4:58, 15:20
wide world changing and, 12:47, 12:60–12:61
human beings, similarities between
categorization and, 5:347
differences as acquired, 6:329, 7:217
differences as focus, 13:21–13:22, 13:162–13:163
only one human race, 1:59, 7:180, 7:181, 15:8
uniqueness and commonalities as not in conflict, 8:11, 8:154
variations between as minimal and cultural, 5:291, 8:403–8:404, 9:26–9:27, 13:104, 14:75, 15:82, 15:166, 16:68
Human Liberation (Jackins), 3:85–3:86
The Human Side of Human Beings (Jackins), 5:42, 6:431
humanhood, as goal, 13:41–13:42
humanism theory, discharge and, 3:166
humanity. See also human beings
on brink of emergence, 7:147
distress pattern elimination from, 4:8, 4:71
framework for, 6:673–6:674, 10:117
goals for, 8:41
viewpoint of humanity as successful, 7:19
humor
as contradiction, 15:58
as counseling tool, 8:98
hunches. See conjecture/hunches/intuition
hunter/gatherers
cooperation between, 6:466
distress patterns naturally disappearing in, 13:56–13:57
human beings hunting other living creatures, 14:2
human history and, 13:31
reality seen by, 6:467
hurts. See specific hurts i.e. distress experiences, grief, physical hurts/distress, etc.
hydraulic rams, use of, 5:3
hygiene, importance of, 8:321
hypnosis, as harmful, 5:279, 11:375–11:376, 15:144–15:145. See also contradiction
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