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A Final Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Diploma Program in Process Work, Process Work Institute, Portland, OR, 2005
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http://www.processwork.org/files/Finalprojects/Kocen_S_February_2005.pdf
ABSTRACT
This thesis presents a qualitative heuristic study, influenced by the phenomenological approach of Process Work, of the phenomenon of national identity. It addresses the question: How can the experience of national identity be a doorway into unexpected places of commonality or oneness? Data was collected from nine semi-structured interviews and interpreted using an analytical framework structured by Mindells’ four levels of awareness (2001b): the “known experience” or “consensus reality,” the less or unknown experience” or “dreamland,” the “pre-signal experience” or “essence” and the “guiding force” or “intentional field.” The study suggests that national identity is a rich experience that can be unfolded in ways that reveal in the background deep experiences of sameness and commonality.
ABSTRACT
This thesis presents a qualitative heuristic study, influenced by the phenomenological approach of Process Work, of the phenomenon of national identity. It addresses the question: How can the experience of national identity be a doorway into unexpected places of commonality or oneness? Data was collected from nine semi-structured interviews and interpreted using an analytical framework structured by Mindells’ four levels of awareness (2001b): the “known experience” or “consensus reality,” the less or unknown experience” or “dreamland,” the “pre-signal experience” or “essence” and the “guiding force” or “intentional field.” The study suggests that national identity is a rich experience that can be unfolded in ways that reveal in the background deep experiences of sameness and commonality.