These experiences can be challenging to change because there are hidden structures at the unconscious level holding them in place. You’ve already discovered the first hidden structure. It’s the ‘I’s—or we could call it the limited self.

Wholeness Work is based on inviting, and not pushing for any change if it’s not fully welcome. This is to make sure that this process happens in a gentle way that her system welcomes. This gentle and “absolutely no force” approach is essential for changes at the deep level we’re working with. This is what allows the changes to become both deep and

does the sensation here welcome being invited to open and relax in and as the full field of Awareness?

You might have heard the word “integration” used in other kinds of therapy or coaching. In Wholeness Work, “integration” means something a little different. Actually it’s quite different. It means something that has been separate, becomes one with the whole.

the ego is more like a set of nested dolls—or perhaps several sets.

Each person’s experience of the ‘I’ is different. No two are exactly the same. And yet what they all have in common is that usually the ‘I’ is a fairly small place in space. So at the unconscious level, it’s as if we’re attempting to live our life from this fairly small place in space. Literally, when we think, ‘I am going to solve this problem,”

Each person’s experience of the ‘I’ is different. No two are exactly the same. And yet what they all have in common is that the ‘I’ is smaller than the full field of Awareness.

This sense of self, however, develops in a way that’s a little surprising. Who would have guessed that when we think ‘I’, at the unconscious level we’re accessing a small place in space.…

“What is the ego, in experience?” The simplest answer to this question is “the ego is the ‘I’.” We all use the word “I” many times each day. “I’m reading this book.” “I’m going to talk to my friend.” “I want to solve this problem.” But what is the ‘I’ in experience? That’s what we’re going to explore next.