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Submitted to the Process Work Institute of Portland, OR in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Diploma in Process Work, Process Work Institute, Portland, OR, 2007
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http://www.processwork.org/files/Finalprojects/Tanwar_K_March_2007.pdf
ABSTRACT
Process Work is a self-awareness paradigm. This thesis is an attempt to track my self-awareness whilst on a creative spree of writing short stories. This creative project includes a collection of short stories along with a contextual essay. The stories are presented in a fairytale format and explore and examine various family sagas, which I have experienced and the life myths associated with them. The contextual essay discusses my experience during this creative endeavor. Together they attempt to demonstrate various Process Work concepts as developed by Arnold and Amy Mindell. One of the central concepts of Process Work (PW) is Dreaming. It takes into account that everyday reality is only one aspect of reality and that other realities co-exist at different levels. We can use our dreams, both nighttime and daytime, to access these other dimensions. I believe that storytelling arises from such a dreaming state / place. I started writing short stories spontaneously, without much planning or thought. It was as if the stories came to me from another dimension. The contextual essay accompanying my collection of short stories shows how, as a result of my Process Work studies, I was able to consciously track my dreaming through the creation of these stories. I have gone on to explain how these stories help explain how dreaming has influenced me, and my life path. PW adopts the teleological approach; that things happen for a purpose, and so called negatives, be they situations, circumstances, dreams, or symptoms, all come with their own solution. I have used this approach in the development and in the unfolding of my stories. The contextual essay demonstrates how I used the low points in my life to access hidden talents and wisdom, and used the story format to communicate this. Finally I have discussed how I plan to use story telling as a tool to teach and practice PW. On October 14, 2006, I invited friends to a reading of my stories. This event was held at the Process Work Institute in Portland, OR. This experience greatly helped me access various parts of myself. This is discussed in the contextual essay.
ABSTRACT
Process Work is a self-awareness paradigm. This thesis is an attempt to track my self-awareness whilst on a creative spree of writing short stories. This creative project includes a collection of short stories along with a contextual essay. The stories are presented in a fairytale format and explore and examine various family sagas, which I have experienced and the life myths associated with them. The contextual essay discusses my experience during this creative endeavor. Together they attempt to demonstrate various Process Work concepts as developed by Arnold and Amy Mindell. One of the central concepts of Process Work (PW) is Dreaming. It takes into account that everyday reality is only one aspect of reality and that other realities co-exist at different levels. We can use our dreams, both nighttime and daytime, to access these other dimensions. I believe that storytelling arises from such a dreaming state / place. I started writing short stories spontaneously, without much planning or thought. It was as if the stories came to me from another dimension. The contextual essay accompanying my collection of short stories shows how, as a result of my Process Work studies, I was able to consciously track my dreaming through the creation of these stories. I have gone on to explain how these stories help explain how dreaming has influenced me, and my life path. PW adopts the teleological approach; that things happen for a purpose, and so called negatives, be they situations, circumstances, dreams, or symptoms, all come with their own solution. I have used this approach in the development and in the unfolding of my stories. The contextual essay demonstrates how I used the low points in my life to access hidden talents and wisdom, and used the story format to communicate this. Finally I have discussed how I plan to use story telling as a tool to teach and practice PW. On October 14, 2006, I invited friends to a reading of my stories. This event was held at the Process Work Institute in Portland, OR. This experience greatly helped me access various parts of myself. This is discussed in the contextual essay.