As some terms used in this workbook may be unfamiliar, I have provided selected explanations below. They are intended to provide context for what has been explored in the workbook. Remember that while language is a tool we use to describe something, the whole truth always resides within, beyond the specific words and form our minds have created.
Resilience. The fact we are ever experiencing the feeling of our thinking in the moment. This means we are not bound by circumstances or the past. There is psychological safety, freedom and resilience in this fact. The one obstacle that stands in the way of people being aware of their resilience is not recognizing this fact or misunderstanding how we work psychologically.
Innate Health. Another term for resilience. The way we operate as human beings from inside-out, which is the neutral state in which all people reside. (Innate Health is often used as another term for the entire Three Principles understanding).
The Tree Principles. The three universal truths or facts that explain and account for all human psychological functioning. While these Principles cannot be separated, nor can any one of them be split from the other, they are known independently as Mind, Consciousness and Thought. It is important to know that:
Mind is not brain. It is not a thing. It is not a thought. It is the force that acts as a catalyst and turns Thought, whether conscious or unconscious, into the reality you now see.
Thought is not referring to your thought or my thought. It is the universal power called ”Thought” which is the medium through which all of life is experienced. There are no components to Thought; it is an element that can never be broken into smaller segments. The power of Thought, as a Principle, grants the capacity to think and creates our reality, moment to moment
Consciousness is the medium through which our thinking is brought to life, sometimes referred to as awareness
Thought in the moment. There is only one place in time where we can consciously experience the power of Thought creating our experience: the present moment.
Feelings. A reaction from thought. There is no feeling without Thought. Feelings are another word to describe moods, emotions, attitudes and states of mind.
Inside-Out. The fact that our feelings are only ever coming from thought in the moment. This is constant, without exception
Outside-In. Not recognizing or forgetting that all our feelings are coming from Thought in the moment. To believe that our feelings are coming from something other than Thought in the moment is an illusion and is false.
The inside-out logic of mind / of the Three principles paradigm. The way referring to the immutable fact that our feelings in the moment are coming from Thought in the moment on 100% of the time. The unity of Thought and feeling reveals a constant logic which rules out the possibility of feelings coming from any other source.
One Discriminator. The specific and logic way of differentiating between how something works and how something does not work. Thought is a constant of our psychological experience and Thought is inseparable from the feelings of Thought. The fact of thought as a constant brings us a single, objective and practical discriminator – that feelings are coming from Thought in the moment – can be relied upon to guide us in making sense of our experience. By establishing what is psychologically and objectively true, the inside-out rules out what is not true precisely, practically and helpful.
Understanding. Recognizing and being awake to the inside-out logic of how our mind works. This involves no “doing” and is merely an awareness of the truth of how actual reality is being created.
Misunderstanding. Failing to recognize or “forgetting” the logic of how our mind works. This occurs to all people and is not indicative of a “better” or “worse” state of mind or feeling state. We all lose sight of this logic from time to time and experience the illusion that our feelings are being caused by something other than Thought in the moment.
Implications. Any true constant will have co-occurring implications that derive from it that are logical and impersonal. In the context of this workbook, implications of the inside-out follow the Tree Principles psychological and scientific logic of “Thought in the moment” included in all experience.
Insight. A moment of realization when something is understood that has not been understood at that level before; sometimes referred to as a “Aha” or “lightbulb” moments. Insights cannot be manufactured or worked on – it just occurs and can do so for anyone at any time.
Ego. Used in the context of this workbook to describe being outside-in. Thought in the moment is not included in this fallacy.