pacifism, 7:345–7:349, 15:171
pain. See also physical hurts/distress
emotions amplifying, 4:42
fear of, 15:120
hypnosis and, 15:144–15:145
need to feel, 15:189
occurring only at the time of injury, 15:121
pain-pleasure decision, animals and, 3:63
The Palestine-Israel Agreement: Just a Start, But a Real Start, a Good Start (Jackins), 14:177–14:181
Palestine-Israel conflict
forces involved in, 16:149–16:154
Jewish liberation and, 5:390, 8:459
Jewish-Arab unity and, 6:549–6:554, 7:284–7:285
overcoming by Israel not being excuse for western domination of Arab world, 5:363, 5:391
peace accord, 1993, 14:177–14:181
roots of, 5:355
support for Jewish people doesn’t mean opposing interests of Palestinians, 10:334
wrongs to Palestinians, addressing, 14:180–14:181
Palo Alto school, 11:54, 15:102–15:103, 15:106
panels
overview of, 10:359–10:360, 15:99–15:100
benefits of, 13:323
effectiveness of, 13:326
for men, 11:212–11:214, 13:324–13:325, 15:100, 15:123, 15:163
of oppressed people speaking to majority group, 6:292, 7:230, 15:99–15:100, 15:162–15:163
oppression and, 1:55, 6:507–6:509, 7:104–7:105, 7:230
questions for, 13:325, 15:100
for women, 15:100
paradoxes
sloppy thinking exposed by, 15:80
as source of new information, 6:27–6:28
paramecia, 6:187
Parents Are Oppressed! (Jackins), 6:531–6:533
parents/parenting
to avoid distress patterns, 2:71–2:74
of Black children to protect them, 11:288
combining firmness with love, 8:461–8:465
commitment for, 8:237, 10:202, 11:49–11:50, 11:411–11:412, 15:App10
counseling of by young people, 15:205
doing their best, 8:82
frozen needs for, 5:116–5:117, 5:118, 15:74
in future society, 14:232–14:233, 15:174
helping self to help children, 13:286, 15:103
involvement of parents in RC alongside children, 3:190, 5:323–5:324, 15:103, 15:126, 15:205
No-Socializing Guideline and, 8:203
oppression and, 6:531–6:533, 10:27–10:28, 14:73–14:74
permissiveness in as damaging to children, 3:87, 4:43
promising children that parents will try not to die, 6:130
reclaiming of power and, 8:15
relationship with other parent, 11:57
“shoulds” about, 7:109–7:110
special time with each child, 15:103
support needed for, 6:531–6:532, 11:51, 14:188–14:189
training for, 14:164
as unpaid work, 8:414, 11:49–11:50
young people organizing as relieving burden on, 7:378–7:379, 8:300
of young people to avoid distress patterns, 2:71–2:74
Paris Commune, 6:622–6:623, 8:43, 10:226–10:227, 12:18–12:19, 13:56, 15:173, 16:14, 16:122–16:123
passivity, as abandoning client, 5:139–5:140
past. See also determinism versus free will; frozen needs; memories
better re-emergence by not focusing on, 13:159–13:160
commitment not to let past influence present or future, 11:16, 11:400, 15:64, 15:App3
as determined, 1:43, 4:75, 6:7, 6:18, 7:53–7:54, 7:365–7:366, 8:85, 14:54, 15:183, 16:65
as fine in every way, 14:55–14:56, 14:63–14:65, 14:71, 15:183, 16:166
frozen needs as addiction to, 15:51
future not determined by, 11:13, 11:16, 15:183
as information to understand present and future, 3:105, 4:90, 6:635–6:637, 6:648–6:649
not better than present, 14:4
Reality Agreement technique and, 14:27–14:28, 14:43, 14:101–14:102
repudiation of Nazism and collaboration with, 13:259–13:260
wide world changing and, 12:31–12:33
patriotism. See nationalism
patterns of response, 2:9–2:12
paying attention to own distresses all the time habit. See attention on own distresses all the time habit-pattern
peace, pacifism, 7:345–7:349, 15:171
peace movement
Cold War ended by, 13:90
frontier commitment for, 11:452
Palestine-Israel peace accord, 14:177–14:181
pressure from people for, 11:125
RC impact on, 11:132–11:134
war more difficult due to, 13:39
peeping Toms (voyeurs), 6:199
peer relationships
importance of, 3:24
by leaders, 6:389–6:390, 6:407–6:408, 6:659–6:660, 12:56–12:57
non-RC counseling needing peer relationship, 7:187–7:188
as rational need, 5:127
reading about versus having, 1:61–1:62
residential center using, 6:261
peer support, for leaders, 6:389–6:390, 6:407–6:408, 6:659–6:660
people. See human beings
people marked for destruction by society. See also LGBTQ+ people
overview of, 16:187–16:190
categories of, 16:201
credo for, 16:207–16:208
issues with helping, 16:205–16:207
policy statement, steps towards, 16:201–16:203
people of color. See also racism; specific groups of people
commitments for. See commitments
friendships with white people, 11:20–11:24, 11:222–11:227, 11:232–11:234, 11:240, 11:242, 11:250–11:251, 11:445, 13:24–13:25
listening to rage of not hurting white people, 11:236–11:240
organization of white people by, 16:182–16:183
tailoring workshops so they can attend without subsidies, 14:109
teachers, encouraging to include people of color in classes, 16:105–16:106
People’s Federations, 16:183
perception, alteration of by distress recordings, 8:475–8:476
permissive counseling
attacks and, 15:135
chronic patterns needing more than, 2:65, 5:48–5:49, 5:245–5:247, 15:91
intermittent patterns responding to, 5:244
limits of, 5:153, 15:43, 15:91
as mode of RC, 15:91–15:92
not enough for discharge, 5:144–5:145
permissiveness, children damaged by, 3:87, 4:43
Persian Gulf War, 14:94
persistence
to discharge exhaustively, 3:23–3:24, 5:174
of patterns, 11:100, 15:18, 15:62
power of, 4:83
Personal Counselors, Inc.
background of, 10:137
Community Service Fund, 3:149, 14:141, 14:271, 14:272, 15:96
decision to change habit pattern of keeping attention on own distress, 10:11–10:12
intensive one-way counseling at, 10:137–10:139, 15:102
journals financed by, 6:433
money needed to ensure survival of, 6:312
No-Socializing Guideline and, 8:202
only ones allowed to use RC label, 13:277
Outreach Funds and. See Outreach Funds
recession of 1980s and, 8:113–8:114, 8:124–8:125
role of, 8:125, 10:239
personality, seeing chronic patterns as, 15:16
personnel functionary role, 6:319
perspiration, as discharge, 1:3, 1:4
Philipino/a people, commitment for, 11:401–11:402, 15:App4
Philippines, spread of RC to, 8:520
physical hurts/distress
attention away from as contradiction of, 15:36
contradiction of distress causing, 8:364–8:365
counseling to free person from, 13:215–13:221, 15:53–15:55
discharge of, 1:30–1:32, 4:42, 15:25, 15:36, 15:110, 15:120–15:121
emotional discharge happening before discharge of, 1:5–1:6, 15:25, 15:36, 15:121
yawning as release of, 1:5–1:6, 15:25, 15:36
physicians. See also “mental health” workers; psychiatrists
draft policy for, 7:289–7:296
mixing RC with being physician, 11:139–11:148
organizing needed by, 12:36–12:37
rationality and, 15:189
young people and, 15:207
Picasso, Pablo, 6:103
A Pilot Plant (Jackins), 6:259–6:265
pilot plants (residential centers), 6:259–6:265, 15:106–15:107
pink collar workers, within class society, 8:413
The Pivotal Leaders (Jackins), 8:269–8:270
planets, formation of, 5:2
planning meetings, overview of, 10:361–10:362
play
overview of, 15:125–15:126
children learning from, 14:72, 15:125
as contradiction, 15:59
play days in families, 15:103, 15:126
as work people are no longer required to do, 6:160
poems, collection of quotes from, 4:75–4:91
Pointing Attention Away From and Against a Pattern (Jackins), 3:177–3:178
police. See law enforcement
policy. See also The Guidelines; theory
overview of, 15:139–15:140
addiction, working on giving it up as enough to meet policy, 16:181–16:182
against anti-Semitism, 5:377–5:381
any situation can be handled with correct policy, 5:376–5:377
Arab flourishing, draft, 7:283–7:288
for artists, 6:108, 11:259–11:264
Chicano/a liberation, 8:431–8:439
Committee Against Jewish Oppression, policy statement for, 10:332–10:336
Committee Against Oppression of Jews, policy statement for, 8:457–8:460
communication of, 15:140
confidence in, 6:381–6:382
as contribution to state of knowledge, 16:219
correcting when not working, 6:149–6:150
counseling the leader, Co-Counselor groups taking responsibility for, 6:387, 6:408–6:410
creation for specific groups, 6:378–6:379
defined, 10:63–10:65, 15:139, 16:68
to discourage anti-Semitism, 5:378–5:381
distortions of, 5:251–5:254
effort reduced by correct policy, 11:353–11:356
elders, consulting with about, 6:522
excluding oppressive elements from, 6:633–6:635
fears impacting ability to develop, 10:285
Gay liberation movement, 6:367–6:368, 6:378
growth of RC dependent on application of, 5:54
health care, tentative policy on, 6:235–6:243, 15:188
homosexuality, 5:402–5:411, 5:413–5:421, 6:367–6:368, 6:378, 6:593–6:594, 16:175, 16:177–16:181, 16:188, 16:191
importance of, 3:193–3:194, 4:38
incest, eliminating distress around, 14:201–14:208
on Irish liberation, 6:571–6:575
by Israel, 5:364–5:365
Jewish people, future of, 5:367–5:368
journals and, 6:450
labour unions in Great Britain, programs and policies for, 11:319–11:324
leaders’ role in creating, 9:9, 9:32
liberation movement needing, 9:23–9:24
listening to improve, 14:178
literature/publications and, 6:450
meaning of, 10:63–10:65
for men’s re-emergence, 6:577–6:580
“mental health” system survivors, 11:313–11:317
“mental health” workers, draft, 7:275–7:282, 10:154
for Next Four Years (1989), 13:335–13:337
1979 World Conference, adoption of, 6:420
as non-binding, 15:140
nuclear weapon elimination, 13:269
nutrition and, 15:188–15:189
outreach to new populations, 6:419
outside policies brought in, 6:592–6:593
owning class liberation, 11:281–11:285
as part of theory, 5:41
people disabled by patterns, thinking about, 16:182
people marked for destruction by society, 16:188–16:189, 16:201–16:203
for physicians, draft, 7:289–7:296
process to develop, 15:140, 15:161–15:162
publications and, 6:450
publicity, avoidance of, 6:373–6:374, 6:653–6:654, 12:50–12:51, 14:249–14:250
Puerto Rican people, draft liberation policy, 8:441–8:451
racism elimination, 5:311, 5:340, 7:153, 11:20–11:24
revision of, 6:358, 6:378–6:379, 8:64, 8:94–8:95, 11:191–11:192, 12:63–12:64, 15:5, 15:140, 16:68
on set exercises, 5:211–5:229
sexism, patterns and, 5:393–5:394
taking into “left” organizations, 6:402–6:403
using RC to recover intelligence as only policy, 6:495, 6:661–6:662
visitors from other Communities, 10:101–10:102
white people making friends with people of color, 11:250–11:251
on wide world changing, 6:378
wide world changing and, 12:29–12:31
women’s liberation, 6:378
working class membership increase, 6:491
young people, 6:378
A Policy in the Making (Jackins), 5:357–5:368
Policy Statement for a “Committee Against Oppression of Jews” (Jackins), 8:457–8:460
Polish people, commitment for, 15:App8
political involvement
encouragement of, 16:137–16:139
precinct organization for women, 8:453–8:456
political left
commitment for, 10:343
Israel and, 5:388, 5:390
political right versus, 4:105
rationality not assumed in, 5:296
taking RC views into outside groups rather than bringing outside in, 6:612
political right
fear of, 8:168–8:169
political left versus, 4:105
Poor Art category, 6:110, 11:76, 14:220, 15:127
poor people
care of environment and, 3:121
draft program for liberation of, 6:535–6:540
raised-poor people, 6:535–6:540, 15:App11
strengths of, 6:539
working class compared with, 5:306–5:307
population growth
class societies providing conditions for, 6:466, 8:5, 8:367–8:368, 10:225, 16:216
limits on, 8:41
management of, 8:4, 13:4, 13:146–13:147, 14:164
overpopulation and, 3:136–3:137, 6:463–6:464, 13:80, 14:37, 14:128, 15:174, 16:145
parenting in future society and, 14:232–14:233, 15:174
slavery and, 8:367–8:368, 8:407–8:408, 10:225, 13:32
Possessors of Vast Treasures (Jackins), 8:55–8:67
A Possible Source of Guilt (Jackins), 6:233–6:234
The Postulates
assumptions about human beings in, 11:59
consistency of theory and, 13:273
history of, 5:37–5:38
logic and, 5:82–5:83, 13:231–13:233
reassurance of Co-Counselors by, 5:38
revision needed for, 11:26–11:27
revision proposal in 1988, 11:32–11:40
text of, 3:1–3:6, 7:325–7:329, 11:27–11:31
The Postulates of Re-Evaluation Counseling (Jackins), 3:1–3:6
posture
caring demonstrated by, 6:71
chronic distress and, 1:60
listening to, 7:182, 8:79
using for contradiction, 8:513, 10:15, 10:246, 15:57, 15:61
poverty, 6:535–6:536. See also poor people
power. See also powerlessness
central nervous system and, 10:221, 11:34, 13:113
of contradiction, 1:48, 1:53
of cooperation, 6:480–6:481
corruption due to, 6:651–6:652
of decision, 8:40, 9:25
defined, 3:2, 11:84
each having enough, 8:4
electoral processes and, 8:17–8:18, 14:100
of example versus argument, 4:69
of frameworks, 7:103–7:104
of group support, 4:128
of human beings, 4:127, 5:385, 6:11, 6:124–6:125, 15:13, 15:195–15:196, 16:4
of individuals, 6:145–6:146, 10:235–10:238, 14:127
as inherent, 7:3–7:4, 8:352, 10:21–10:22, 11:84–11:85, 13:199
of intellectuals, 6:544–6:546
knowledge about, 8:65
liberation front developing, 5:387–5:388
Liberation Reference Persons, role about, 7:227
of mathematics, 6:53
middle class and, 6:167, 6:544–6:546
of older people, 6:533–6:534, 14:235–14:236
over distress patterns, 15:18
owning class and, 1:50, 8:418
of persistence, 4:83
preventing oppression from corrupting, 12:47–12:48
reclaiming of. See power, reclaiming of
re-emergence and, 4:125
of self-estimation, 1:55–1:56, 7:107, 8:222–8:223
sense of as innate, 1:58
of sex drive, 16:33–16:34
symbolic figures of, 7:3
tone of voice and, 6:174–6:175, 8:9, 8:24–8:27
of trade unions, 6:637
viewpoints, freedom to choose and, 7:39, 7:92–7:93
of working class, 6:167, 6:480–6:482, 6:496, 11:130–11:131, 12:16
power, reclaiming of. See also taking charge
commitment for, 10:201, 10:340, 11:108, 11:399, 13:118–13:120, 13:123–13:126, 14:262, 15:63, 15:App3
by contradicting powerlessness, 7:11–7:12, 8:10–8:11, 8:351–8:352, 13:199–13:202
courage and, 6:169–6:171
direct movement towards, 7:10–7:12, 14:248–14:249
as goal, 1:50–1:51, 7:75, 8:355, 14:127
importance of, 6:166–6:168
by men, 8:339–8:356
modeling power and, 6:88–6:89
moving towards, 7:7–7:9
by one individual to guarantee future of world, 7:75–7:76, 15:13, 15:48
parenting and, 8:15
as possible, 4:89, 6:159, 8:8–8:9
scorning fear and, 6:88–6:89, 6:144–6:145
social class and, 8:12–8:13
to take charge of everything, 14:261–14:263
wide world changing and, 7:10
young people, 7:9, 10:21, 15:196
powerlessness. See also power, reclaiming of
as acquired, 1:58, 7:177, 15:13, 16:65
acting on own thinking as contradiction for, 15:80
babies and, 5:96, 13:201–13:202
being visible agent of oppressors due to feelings of, 5:383
blame as acceptance of, 1:56, 7:108
challenge of, 5:97–5:98
children and, 3:50, 5:96, 6:144, 6:544
commitments against, 7:9–7:10, 15:60
disappointment with others as, 11:5, 11:85–11:86
elimination of, 5:382–5:383, 13:199–13:202, 15:18
example of counseling about, 8:389–8:392
as fraud, 1:50, 5:87–5:98, 7:74–7:75
of men, 6:163–6:164, 8:339–8:356
one person can overcome, 8:317–8:319
Reality Agreement technique and, 14:43
reclaiming power by contradiction of, 7:11–7:12, 8:10–8:11, 8:351–8:352, 13:199–13:202
relapse into as pattern, 14:37
settling for, 8:15–8:16
source of, 7:4–7:5
treating as reality, 5:88–5:90
as unchallenged distress pattern, 5:95–5:97
working class feelings of, 5:306
wrestling and, 15:58, 15:71, 15:93
of young people, 11:267
Powerlessness Is a Fraud (Jackins), 5:87–5:98
The Practical Work of Liberation Leaders (Jackins), 6:287–6:313
practice
effort reduced by correct practice, 11:353–11:356
gap between theory and. See theory and practice, gap between
internal consistency of theory and practice as goal, 15:137
quotes about, 4:53–4:60
theory versus expectations of, 1:56, 7:108–7:109, 15:139
praise, learning and, 3:94, 3:99, 7:78
A Precinct Organization for Women (Miller & Jackins), 8:453–8:456
predation, 10:3
predictions, imponderables and, 8:161–8:162
pregnancy. See also babies; birth; fetuses
drug use during, 15:111–15:112
women having choice of carrying through with, 6:179
pre-human organisms, defined, 7:8
Preliminary Report to the 1981 World Conference (1981) (Jackins), 7:37–7:45
Preliminary Report to the 1988 Young People’s Leaders’ Conference (1988) (Turner & Jackins), 11:265–11:274
prenatal period. See fetuses
Preparing For a Leaders’ Meeting (Report) (Jackins), 8:105–8:118
present and future reality technique, 7:86, 8:386
The Present Situation for Wide World Changing (1979) (Jackins), 12:11–12:69
The Present Situation for Working-Class People (Jackins), 14:147–14:159
present time
free choice offered by, 14:54–14:55, 15:183
keeping attention on at all times, 8:344–8:345
living in reality of, 15:52
as not past or future, 4:75, 15:79
Present Time
April 1990 issue of, 13:11–13:12
growing participation in, 6:432
history of, 5:21, 16:163
impacts of, 6:366, 8:345
importance of staying up-to-date with, 8:305–8:306
letters to Harvy Jackins in, 8:288–8:289, 15:98
person in charge of needed, 6:319
reprints and, 6:364, 6:451–6:453
subscriptions for, 10:340–10:341
success stories in, 13:103
unity increased by, 14:248
present time techniques, overview of, 1:16–1:17
Pretending Is Not a Substitute for Thinking (Jackins), 5:241–5:242
pretense
commitment against, 10:201, 11:106–11:107, 11:399, 13:117, 15:63, 15:App3
not substitute for thinking, 5:241–5:242, 15:80
pride
in being humans versus nationalism, 12:3, 13:41–13:43, 13:52
casting aside, 4:86
in culture, 11:372–11:373
in gender, 5:395–5:398, 7:168
Liberation Reference Persons, role about, 7:226–7:227
male pride as not sexism, 5:395–5:398, 7:170–7:171
by oppressed groups, 15:71, 15:157
in RC, effects of, 7:360
principles, dying for, 6:170
prior knowledge, learning needing connection to, 3:94–3:96, 4:41, 15:114
prioritization, 13:247–13:250
prisoners, 6:588–6:589. See also people marked for destruction by society
privilege, of men, as pseudo-power, 8:352
problems. See conflicts; solutions
problem-solving meetings, overview of, 10:361–10:362
The Productive Majority (Jackins), 5:299–5:307
Profundities Workshops, thinking as focus of, 6:49
A Program for Action: The Key Points of Emphasis for the RC Communities in 1982-83 (Jackins), 7:111–7:120
Programs and Policies for Labour Unions in Britain (Jackins), 11:319–11:324
Progress and Opportunity (Jackins), 7:385–7:387
proletarians. See working class
Proposals to Co-Counselors, RC Teachers and Reference Persons (Jackins), 6:161–6:162
A Proposed Revision of the Postulates of Re-evaluation Counseling (Jackins), 11:25–11:40
Prospects for RC: Initial Report to the 1993 World Conference (1993) (Jackins), 14:245–14:252
protests, claiming actual power versus, 7:4
protoplasm, immortality of, 3:133–3:135
pseudo-democracy, democracy compared, 15:135
pseudo-power
owning class and, 7:4, 8:16
privilege of men as, 8:352
pseudo-reality. See also reality
overview of, 15:8
causes of, 6:4–6:5, 6:13–6:15, 8:33–8:34, 14:204, 16:4–16:5
class societies and, 6:467
Co-Counseling relationship and, 15:72
contradiction of, 1:50–1:51, 14:54. See also contradiction
crying as needing to be stopped, 6:63
death and, 14:56
defined, 15:8, 15:79, 16:143
distinct from reality, 14:16–14:17, 14:24–14:25, 16:64
distress patterns as source of, 11:13
goal to be free from, 8:36–8:37
historical people’s fresh thinking about, 16:144
holding benign reality in awareness with, 8:280
information to eliminate, 8:38–8:39
initial efforts to punch holes in, 7:76–7:79
as part of reality, 8:152–8:153
RC stripping off, 1:50, 6:62–6:64, 7:74, 16:164
teaching RC as not accepting, 6:146–6:147
wide world changing and, 15:8
psychiatrists. See also “mental health” workers
Hitler’s extermination policies based on work by, 15:154–15:155
lack of respect for profession, 10:149–10:150
as potential allies, 15:137–15:138
RC credentialing for, 13:276–13:277
shrink as term for, 10:147–10:148
psychics
explanations for, 15:141
support groups for, 11:381–11:384
Pu Yi, Henry, 6:461, 10:234–10:235
puberty, 6:190
Publications Fund. See finances under literature/publications
publicity, avoidance of, 6:373–6:374, 6:653–6:654, 12:50–12:51, 14:249–14:250
Puerto Rican people
Chicano/a people as allies of, 8:438
draft liberation policy for, 8:441–8:451
history of, 8:443–8:444
punishment. See also people marked for destruction by society
as not useful, 13:68–13:69, 15:84, 16:64
by society, 3:80, 7:127
purpose
of Area Reference Persons, 6:270
joint purpose, 5:127
leadership providing, 4:112
of literature/publications, 6:437, 6:450
need for, 5:234
of Outreach Funds, 8:307–8:308, 8:515–8:516, 10:97–10:100, 13:226, 13:228, 14:95–14:96, 14:108–14:110, 14:142, 14:143, 14:174–14:175, 15:181
as rational need, 5:126–5:128
of support groups, 7:207, 8:172–8:173, 8:176–8:177
of theory, 3:106, 15:139
The Purpose of Support Groups (Jackins), 7:207
pyramid counseling, 7:264
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