
Riding the Horse Backwards

They are pictures of the unknown which appear in many channels.
Amy Mindell, Arnold Mindell • Riding the Horse Backwards
Yes. He wanted to remove it, not use it. That pressure-maker is an identity crisis. For him to get in contact with that critical energy he’ll have to get in contact with this [He makes a fist], like he did in the beginning. He’ll have to be able to go up to someone and feel or say [Pointing to the ground], “When I say something I want you to do it.
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These edges are really important. One of the reasons you can’t promote yourself is because your whole identity as a person is called into question. The edge protects and conserves your old identity. Making that identity change isn’t very simple; it usually involves a huge crisis.
Amy Mindell, Arnold Mindell • Riding the Horse Backwards
I am attached to this work, because I like it but also because something unknown is asking me to take part in the overall transformation and awakening which we are all part of.
Amy Mindell, Arnold Mindell • Riding the Horse Backwards
Everything is an entry point into the river which goes its own way.
Amy Mindell, Arnold Mindell • Riding the Horse Backwards
If you are afraid of someone who is angry, then, once they’re in touch with it, ask them to stop moving and visualize it or hit a pillow or make angry sounds.
Amy Mindell, Arnold Mindell • Riding the Horse Backwards
Be careful when you work. Do not interpret your client’s signals, but give the signals room to unravel themselves.
Amy Mindell, Arnold Mindell • Riding the Horse Backwards
Since double signals are incomplete processes, states which are frozen and cycling, you cannot completely understand them. We are always in danger of projecting all sorts of wrong stuff onto them. We forever interpret each other’s double signals, usually projecting our own material into them.
Amy Mindell, Arnold Mindell • Riding the Horse Backwards
Noticing aspects of channels which are unoccupied is important because that is where we dream, get lost or go unconscious.