safety
actual safety versus feelings of safety, 15:33
as contradiction to fear, 10:50, 15:33, 15:59
creating, 1:45–1:46
creativity, 7:60–7:61
feelings of, 15:13
of Israel, 10:292–10:293
of Jewish people, 10:287–10:293, 10:321
rationality as safe, 4:16
reality offering, 5:386
segregating by commonality for safety, 3:157–3:158, 6:492–6:494, 6:511–6:516, 6:666–6:667, 7:60–7:61, 7:68–7:69, 7:242, 8:498, 12:63, 15:161
of sessions, 15:33
similar others in groups to increase, 5:346
Wygelian leaders' groups and, 8:186–8:187, 10:152–10:153
sag. See downward trend of universe
A Salute to Powerful People (Jackins), 7:375
sanity versus insanity, 10:154, 11:46–11:47, 13:273–13:274
satisfaction. See enjoyment/satisfaction
scanning. See rapid reviews
scholarships
for new populations, 4:69, 5:261
by teachers, 6:161–6:162, 6:311–6:312, 7:198, 14:140, 15:130, 15:181
for workshops, 14:271
Scholarships (Jackins), 5:261
schools. See also education
how to improve, 15:205
learning to relate to each other before learning information, 15:124
limitations of, 11:48–11:49
oppression and, 15:164, 15:205, 15:207–15:208
Palo Alto school, 11:54, 15:102–15:103, 15:106
RC in, 15:102–15:103
scientific method. See also logic
double blind experiments, 8:197
theory and, 5:32–5:33
scorning fear. See also fear/fears
being men and, 6:168
of client by counselor, 7:93–7:99
contradiction methods for, 7:135–7:136, 15:59
of death, 6:82–6:83, 6:403–6:404
defined, 1:54–1:55
by doing things that you are afraid of, 6:86–6:89
power reclaimed by, 6:88–6:89, 6:144–6:145
Scottish people, commitment for, 11:404, 15:App5
screaming, 15:25
screening. See also new people; organizing/organization
need for, 5:67–5:68, 6:339–6:340, 14:247–14:248
workshops for, 5:202
Seattle intensives, 10:137–10:139, 15:102
seclusion, benefits of, 6:260
Second International, 12:19–12:20
Second Report to the World Meeting (1980) (Jackins), 6:377–6:397
Securing Decisive Counseling for Oneself (Jackins), 6:201–6:203
seduction, homosexuality distress patterns due to, 5:407
Seeds and Crystals, editing level for, 6:445
Seeking an Effective Gentile Voice (Jackins), 10:329–10:336
segregation. See also racism
overcoming within RC, 8:279
putting your attention on people of color and, 11:224–11:226, 11:241–11:244
Wygelian RC Communities as not, 8:149
Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung [Selections from the Writings of Mao Tse-Tung] (Mao Tse-Tung), 6:669
self-acceptance
complete all-rightness of self, 15:213–15:214
as desire, 4:12
by oppressed groups, 6:80
self-appreciation
overview of, 3:37–3:46
by children, 3:190
as contradiction, 15:58–15:59
encouragement of others and, 15:83
feeling like a fool but doing anyway, 3:66
invalidation and, 15:50
of men, 5:395–5:398, 8:362–8:364
as possible, 1:43, 7:53
reality revealed by, 6:5–6:6
remembering to use, 3:46
to reveal chronic patterns, 5:158
self-care as, 3:120
in sessions, 15:App17
spouses and, 3:187–3:188
without reservations, 3:42–3:46
self-approval, 3:39–3:46. See also delight
self-care, 3:118–3:124, 15:51
self-counseling, 13:251–13:253
self-estimation/self-evaluation
overview of, 15:101
accountability and, 15:134
example of, 6:486–6:487
learning from past and, 6:635–6:637
power of, 1:55–1:56, 7:107, 8:222–8:223
up to individuals, 7:354
validation distinguished, 15:101
wide world changing and, 12:31–12:33
self-fulfilling prophecies, 8:195–8:196
senility, recovery from by discharge, 5:329
sense gratification, 10:4–10:5
serfs. See feudal societies
service workers, within class society, 8:413–8:414
sessions. See also clients; clients, as in charge of process
overview of, 10:356–10:357, 11:200–11:201, 15:87, 15:App16–15:App17
beginning, 15:32, 15:App16
Co-Counseling. See Co-Counseling; Co-Counselors
confidentiality of, 15:33, 15:45, 15:73
defined, 15:87
for discharge versus ordinary living distinction, 8:387–8:388
doing hard things in, 15:50
ending, 15:32, 15:App17
goals discussed in, 15:67
improvement of, 15:76–15:77
judgment about, 15:32
mini-sessions, 15:88
new people acting as counselors in first session, 15:30, 15:31, 15:75–15:76
ordinary living, elimination of distinction from, 10:249
organizing client for, 11:91, 11:92–11:93, 15:32
planning of, 13:146, 13:153–13:158, 15:48, 15:62, 15:73
re-emergence glimpsed after just one, 10:258
relationship sessions. See relationship sessions
safety and, 15:33
self-appreciation in, 15:App17
think-and-listen sessions. See think-and-listen sessions
touching during, 15:48
understatements allowing client to take charge of, 16:6
using counseling tools on process, 15:76
variations of, 11:200
set exercises
gestalt psychology using, 11:58
individuality not respected by, 5:218, 5:220–5:223
limitations of, 15:32
as mimicry, 7:239
as not personalized, 5:139
as not RC, 5:217, 5:222, 11:58
policy on, 5:211–5:229
as sloppy theory, 5:46, 5:63
settling
avoiding, 8:6
commitments against. See commitments
for powerlessness, 8:15–8:16
sex
addiction to, 15:109–15:110
closeness differing from, 5:121, 5:403
difficulties in counseling about, 16:178–16:180
discharge from, 15:141
as instinct, 6:188–6:190, 16:31–16:36
irrationality of, 5:131
love and, 15:11, 15:213
as rational need, 5:128–5:129, 5:131, 15:116
spouses using as counseling tool, 3:189
sexism. See also oppression
Arab peoples and, 7:287
capitalist-wage earner society and, 11:249–11:250
Chicano/as and, 8:433–8:434
commitment against, 7:9
counseling relationship, clearing from, 7:213–7:214
Gay people and, 6:581
guarding against patterns of, 5:393–5:394
logic and, 7:340
male pride as not, 5:395–5:398, 7:170–7:171
men’s role in challenging, 6:80–6:81
no tolerance for, 6:635, 12:30–12:31
only women oppressed by, 11:256
operation of, 11:466–11:467, 15:203
relationships destroyed by, 7:162–7:163
sexual distress/abuse. See also incest
abused becoming abuser, 8:257, 8:260, 8:394–8:395, 8:398
as common, 8:396–8:397, 15:115
counseling victims of, 8:257–8:260
dramatization of in counseling sessions, ending, 7:213–7:214
dreams and, 15:41
earliest sexual memories and, 1:55, 7:102, 15:115, 15:116
ending chain of, 13:89–13:90
recovery of memory of, 13:211–13:213
relating to each other after discharge of, 4:15
sexual abuse as children, 6:194, 8:257–8:260, 13:89–13:90, 15:115–15:116
sexual preference. See LGBTQ+ people
sexual reproduction
as rational need, 5:129
reasons for, 6:186–6:188
sexuality. See also homosexuality; LGBTQ+ people
closeness differing from, 5:121, 5:403
distress patterns impacting, 6:190–6:191, 15:141, 16:31, 16:66
earliest sexual memories and, 15:115, 15:116
elimination of distress from eliminating need for sexual activities, 5:410–5:411
falling in love, 15:142, 15:187
fantasy for issues with, 6:195–6:196, 14:204–14:207, 15:115–15:116
fundamental theorem about, 6:186
glued to distress experiences, 6:196–6:200
as human characteristic, 15:116
instincts and, 6:188–6:190
methods for discharge of, 6:192–6:196, 6:350, 6:404–6:405, 15:116
need to address in Community, 5:420–5:421
rationality in, description of, 14:229–14:233, 15:141–15:142
unbidden feelings as restimulations, 6:191–6:192
young people, introduction to, 16:173
shaking. See trembling
shame. See embarrassment/shame
sharecropping, 6:471, 6:477
sharing
care and, 4:80
of information in literature/publications, 8:46, 8:62
of leadership, 5:12, 5:138, 7:59
shivering. See trembling
shock treatment
damage from, 8:482
never appropriate, 13:277–13:278
Should There Be an International Liberation Reference Person for White People? (Jackins), 16:117–16:124
Shouldn’t Good Language Always Be Creative? (Jackins), 10:67–10:70
shoulds
freeing self from, 3:105
there are none, 1:56, 1:62, 7:25–7:26, 7:109–7:110, 7:190, 8:7, 15:81
sin, original, 7:367–7:368
sincerity, as not rationality, 4:114, 5:110
singing, 8:6, 15:96
Sisters magazine
quality of, 6:48
reprints and, 6:452–6:453
spreading outside RC Community, 6:366, 6:498
slander, attacks on leader with, 7:253–7:255
slaves and slavery
as class society, 5:292, 6:464–6:465, 8:404, 8:407–8:408, 10:225, 10:226, 13:31–13:32, 13:57–13:58, 14:150–14:151, 15:163, 15:166, 15:202, 16:12–16:13
dehumanization of, 8:409
greed leading to, 14:3
humiliation of, oppression and, 1:47, 7:66
internal contradictions of, 13:58
Jews as slaves, 5:372
nations not existing under, 13:33
population growth due to, 8:367–8:368, 8:407–8:408, 10:225, 13:32
remnants of, 6:471
slaveowner-slave society, evolution and, 3:74–3:75, 8:339–8:340
societal rigidity and, 7:126–7:127
war and, 13:57–13:58
sleep
dreaming and, 16:75–16:77
as rational need, 5:126
thinking during, 5:180, 15:40
sleepiness, while well-rested, 15:146
slogans, wide world changing and, 12:27–12:29
slow learners, separation of, 3:93
smoking
as harder than stopping, 13:206–13:207
as incompatible with RC, 8:473
smokers committing to working on addiction, 16:181–16:182
snowballing of distress, 2:49–2:51, 2:56–2:57
social chain reactions, 3:31–3:32
social class. See also middle class; owning class/upper class; poor people; Third World people; working class
advantages of each, 13:312–13:313
definition issues with, 14:223–14:227
intelligence and, 5:305–5:306
reclaiming power and, 8:12–8:13
seeking alliances with all classes, 6:649–6:650
theory, attitude towards and, 5:28–5:29
Social Democratic Parties of the Second International, 6:623–6:624
social oppression. See oppression
social sciences, lack of rigor in, 5:36–5:37, 5:79
socialism
capitalism operating on pretense of, 6:474–6:475
not working due to patterns of oppressive society, 14:155–14:156
socializing. See No-Socializing Guideline
society
agreements to guide future society, 14:161–14:167
capitalist-wage earner society. See capitalism (capitalist-wage earner society)
change of needed to stop war, 7:305–7:306
class societies. See class societies
Communities, relationship with, 5:45–5:46
complete transformation needed, 12:8
conforming or rebelling options, 3:78–3:81, 4:107
conversion to intelligent behavior, 3:80–3:81
cooperation and, 6:466, 6:617
as destructive to individuals, 3:76–3:77, 3:82, 6:139–6:140
discharge repressed by, 6:62, 15:26
drugs and, 14:76–14:77, 15:110
enforcement of, 3:76–3:77
environmental care and, 3:124
evolution of, 3:74–3:75, 4:99, 14:122–14:123
feudal societies. See feudal societies
functioning of rational human in, 3:74–3:77
future society. See classless future society
goals for, 3:108–3:109, 4:95
illusion of stability of, 4:129
impacts of, 6:61–6:62
impacts of counselors on, 3:202
integrity lost in, 15:186
intelligence to manage, 3:76–3:78
as irrational, 3:76–3:78, 4:98, 15:201–15:202
leaders having clear view of, 9:22–9:25
liberation of. See liberation
“mental health” defined by, 7:279
“mental health” systems as instruments of oppression by, 7:279
oppression in. See oppression
origin and development of, 3:72–3:73
patterns, view of by, 15:20
punishment by, 3:80, 7:127
raising children as important to entire society, 6:531–6:532
replacement versus reform of, 16:72
rigidity of, 3:71–3:83, 4:99, 7:125–7:127, 15:20
slaves and slavery. See slaves and slavery
as source of attacks on leaders, 7:251–7:253
state of in 1993, 14:248
suppression of discharge by, 6:62, 15:26
survival of rational individuals in, 3:78–3:83
upward trend limited by, 7:9
what causes change in, 4:95
withdrawal from, 3:82–3:83
Socrates, 3:107
“Solidarity” movement in Poland, 7:149–7:150, 7:309
solitude
alternating with interactions with others, 6:43–6:44
as rational need, 5:126
solutions. See also intelligence; rationality
always at least one for any problem, 7:40, 9:21–9:22, 15:81
ideas needed for, 4:49, 4:66
leaders delighting in, 4:114
long range impacts of, 5:112
to meet everyone’s needs, 4:4, 4:16, 5:7, 14:129, 15:81
multiple for any situation, 5:191–5:192
offering and publicizing solutions to problems by RC, 14:13
proposing when presenting problem, 6:282–6:283, 8:92–8:93
Some Common Pitfalls in the Way of Thinking All the Time (Jackins), 5:109–5:113
Some Improvements in Workshop Demonstrations (Hayes), 11:219–11:220
song fests, 15:96
Songs on Our Way Out, need to upgrade, 6:450
Sorting Out One’s Own Culture (Jackins), 11:287–11:291
soul, not distinguished from body, 6:235
South Africa, spread of RC to, 8:522
South African people, commitment for, 11:404, 15:App5
Soviet Workers Republic, 12:20–12:21
speak-out technique. See also panels
one-way versus two-way, 6:292–6:294, 7:230–7:232
oppression and, 15:161
species. See also environment; living creatures
environmental damage and, 10:116
extinction avoidance, 6:463–6:464
survival of, response patterns and, 2:10–2:11
Speculating About What Completely Rational Sexuality Would Be Like For Humans (Jackins), 14:229–14:233
“Spiritualism” in RC? No! (Jackins), 8:191–8:200
spiritualism/spirituality
defined, 8:191–8:193
missing from RC, 7:358–7:360
oppression served by, 8:198
patterns as source of, 8:193–8:196
pseudo-evidence for, 8:195–8:196, 8:199–8:200
RC against, 8:199
religion compared, 7:357–7:358
as tool of reaction, 8:194–8:195, 8:198
vulnerable to deception, 8:196–8:197
sports, 8:523–8:527, 15:96
spouses. See also marriage
Co-Counseling between, 3:181–3:191
hopes fulfilled by, 4:80
seeking listening and awareness from each other, 2:88, 2:91
self-appreciation and, 3:187–3:188
stammering. See stuttering
standard of living, in future society, 14:163, 15:174
standing guard technique
exhaustion contradicted by, 15:70, 15:142–15:143
for leaders to rest, 8:52–8:53, 10:33, 10:254, 10:297, 13:164–13:165, 15:39
Star Trek, survival as message of, 8:342
Start Over Every Morning (Jackins), 11:13–11:16
stasis, illusion of, 5:1
The State of the Cosmos (1975) (Jackins), 5:1–5:51
The State of Things (1984) (Jackins), 8:119–8:133
A Statement on Black Liberation and Re-evaluation Counseling (Jackins & Lipsky), 5:313–5:322
Steiner schools, 11:48–11:49
Steps Toward Liberation For Any Oppressed Group (Jackins), 8:401
stereotypes. See also racism
about gender, 6:579
of Asian people, 6:566
exchanging of versus emerging from, 6:164–6:165
of gender roles, 6:579
of Native People, 6:560
as racism, 5:339
of Third World people, 5:335–5:336, 5:342
stimulus-response. See conditioning
Stop Rehearsing Distress in the Name of Co-Counseling (Jackins), 13:189–13:193
storytelling
to allow memory to surface from occlusion, 13:212–13:213, 15:56
benefits of, 15:55–15:56
sexual abuse and, 15:115–15:116
strangers
clients finding strangers to discharge with, 11:62–11:64, 15:49
counseling with as mode of RC, 15:104
as people you haven’t met yet, 15:207
Reality Agreement technique with, 14:41, 14:83–14:84, 14:103–14:104
strength. See power
structural racism, exploitation of people by, 5:315–5:316
students (RC). See also new people
college students as audience, 6:500–6:501
disruptive behavior by as message, 5:65–5:67
erroneous ideas intuitively recognized by, 3:143–3:144, 17:5–17:6
jobs for, 5:204–5:206, 6:383–6:384
literature study by, 5:206–5:207, 6:427, 13:329–13:330
moving against patterns, 15:93
one-to-one teaching by, 6:353–6:354, 15:93
from other countries, 6:500–6:501
screening. See screening
slow beginners, 5:99–5:100
teachers affirming deepest convictions of, 3:143, 17:5
teachers’ selection of, 8:470–8:472, 17:10–17:11
use of term, 6:353
stuttering, 10:133–10:134, 15:145
sub-Area Communities, when to form, 5:105
success
dependent on ideas, 4:49, 4:66
learning and, 3:94, 3:95–3:96
reality as about, 8:29
of teachers, 3:142, 17:4
trying versus, 8:18–8:19
The Successful Contradiction and Discharge of Heavy Fear (Jackins), 10:49–10:52
suggestions, refraining from, 1:9
suicide, 6:214–6:216, 15:119–15:120
Summary of Areas of Emphasis for RC Leadership in 1983-84 (Jackins), 8:271–8:273
Summary of the Present Situation with regard to Wide World Changing (Jackins), 6:599–6:609
supervision, counseling with. See counseling with supervision
support
from allies, 7:156–7:157
during attacks. See attacks
commitment for complete support to humanness, 10:202, 11:108, 11:400, 13:121–13:122, 15:64, 15:App3
creativity increased by, 6:102–6:103, 6:107–6:108
Israel’s existence needing, 5:356, 5:362–5:363, 5:388–5:390, 8:459, 10:334, 14:180
for literature/publications, 6:365–6:366
meaning of in counseling, 6:512–6:513
of others, range of, 10:264–10:266
for parents/parenting, 6:531–6:532, 11:51, 14:188–14:189
young people organizing into age tiers to support those younger, 7:378, 8:299–8:303, 13:335–13:337
support groups
overview of, 3:156–3:159, 10:357–10:358, 11:202–11:204, 15:77, 15:95, 15:App17–15:App18
for artists, 6:108
atmosphere to create, 8:534–8:535, 15:215–15:216
Black people needing, 6:514–6:515
changes in, 7:209–7:211
Co-Counselors each starting, 7:210–7:211
content to include in, 6:272–6:273, 11:202
defined, 7:209, 15:App17
for discharge, 7:117
for disseminating RC to general public, 7:202–7:203
for finances, 14:143
for Jewish people, 7:207
leadership for, 8:170–8:171, 11:209–11:210
for men, 8:322, 11:209–11:210
naturalizing of, 8:535–8:537
as not think-and-listen, 11:208
one person as counselor in, 15:77
organizing and, 7:210–7:211, 11:209–11:211, 13:19–13:20
power of, 4:128
as primarily for discharge of distress in company with others of commonality, 7:117
for psychics, 11:381–11:384
purposes of, 7:207, 8:172–8:173, 8:176–8:177
segregating by commonality initially for safety, 3:157–3:158, 6:492–6:494, 6:511–6:516, 6:666–6:667, 7:60–7:61, 7:68–7:69, 7:242, 8:498, 15:178
size of, 8:176, 11:209–11:210, 11:211, 13:20
transferring leadership skill in, 8:170–8:171
for unemployed people, 8:503–8:507
unofficial and casual, 11:79, 11:203–11:204
wide-world support groups, 7:119–7:120
for working class, 10:54, 11:323, 14:158
Wygelian leaders' groups separate from, 8:188
surgery
rationality and, 15:189
views on, 6:239–6:240
survival
addiction and survival drives, 13:204–13:205, 15:21, 15:109–15:110
assumption that intelligence will survive, 10:229–10:230
chronic patterns seen as having survival value, 15:16
intelligence and, 10:229–10:230, 15:11
motivation for, 8:31–8:32, 13:84
of rational individuals in society, 3:78–3:83
of species, response patterns and, 2:10–2:11
Star Trek as message of, 8:342
of unemployment, 8:503–8:507
survival value of behaviors, 8:9–8:10
sustained discharge counseling, overview of, 1:22–1:24
Suyin, Han, 6:669
sweating, as discharge, 1:3, 1:4
Swedish people
commitments for, 11:406–11:407, 15:App7
Norway’s independence and, 12:32–12:33
symbiosis, 10:3–10:4
sympathy, refraining from, 1:10, 15:46
synopsis, 15:64, 15:66
The “Synopsis” (Jackins), 8:247–8:250
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