Gestalt Therapy Verbatim by Fritz Perls

Mr. Frederick 'Fritz' Perls. This book Gestalt Therapy Verbatim showed some Hardcore Gestalt Sessions. The way Fritz does his Skill Frustration is really amazing. For him, the only way to grow up is through frustration. But take note of the word Skillful. Just like a toothpaste, what comes out of you when you're squeezed is who you are. When one is inflicted with frustration, he is pushed the edge in where he thought is hell. Push to the place where he thought he can't survive. And he is forced to use his capabilities and unexplored –unused potentials. To be who he really is.

The impasse –is a place where most of the people go round and round their self-created labyrinth wall and find themselves stuck. People want to go pass the impasse without even passing though it. Such irony exists. They rather manipulate the enviroment –the world around them rather than suffering the pains of going through the impasse and growing up.

Playing stupid games such as blaming games etc. just to look like a helpless victim instead of being a person who's responsible for his life. As you can always hear from the ocean of people “I don't wanna grow up” or “It hurts so much to grow up”. Sounds familiar right? Of course, I also said that many times before. We all go through that stage. Most of us just want have themselves stranded in that stage. They want to stay. Afraid to let go of the sameness. Afraid to face the future. Most people try to fill the void and end with the feeling of emptiness.

Just for the record, a human being is the only creature in the world that interferes with his own growth. First, let us define growth: It's the transcendence from environmental-support to self-support. We people better understand right now that when we were born, we are already doomed enough to stand on our own two feet. But what we don't know is that, how beautiful it is to stand on our own. The pride of standing on your own two feet. A major problem in this world is that people are so afraid to responsible for their own lives. They blame the government, their friends, their neighbours, their enemies, their parents –the world and God for what's happening to their lives instead of owning the responsibility for their sunken ship. And this blaming never ends.

In the impasse, the awareness of how you're stuck is therapeutic –it will the the cure to your neuroses... You delve in to that's making you feel stuck. You go through thick layers of the morass of your neurosis. Quoting from Fritz Perls: Awareness per se –by and itself is curative. It's only in genuine awareness that we learn to grow and be responsible. Once this awareness surfaces. The awakening happens. The Satori … The moment he realizes that everything was just a nightmare he created and a mere fantasy –a set catastrophic expectations that causes tremendous anxiety(In Gestalt Therapy, Anxiety, it is defined as the gap between the now and the then). The void he thought to be empty and dark starts to become a fertile void. Now, a desert starts to bloom. Then it starts to become a way of life. Contact. Awareness. Responsibility. Growth. Living the most of our potentials. Living as a whole and not as a fragmented person. But question is … Are you willing to do what it takes?

If you were a bird, the moment you let go of your nest, would be the moment that the world becomes your home.

I do counseling and psychotherapy which have that much of Perlsian-Orientation. The amazing power of Skillful Frustration separates this kind of therapy from other quacks. Just kidding. Probably, I'm not. This just not a therapy .. This is a way of life. I'm greatly inspired by the Philosophy of Gestalt Therapy.

This reminds me of a quote from my favorite anime character. "Embrace Nothing. If you meed Buddha on the road, kill him. If you meet the Father on the road, kill him. Only live life as it is, not bounded by anything. Never be a captive to anyone. Just live yourself the way you are." Since I was in High School, that was the code that I live by.

To be a real person in this deceptive world filled with introjections is not easy. To cut all of the ropes keeping you from being a person, you first have to die –not literally. But still, are you gonna be willing to die?

 

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"Some people are made to find ways in unfolding the personhood in others and hopefully help them grow even to the extent that they themselves forget their own quests in life. These are the few people who always try their in making others realize how wonderful it is to own a life."

Because of this, I am who I am right now. I learned. I owe this to them. I'll be forever in debt.

They are know as the as the 'Facilitators' Circle.And this is what they do:

Help Human Beings turn into Real People.

I believe in a God but not in Master plan. Whatever happens in our lives is a reaction of what We do and Not do everyday. 

It's called the Law of Karma and it affects us all.  -01c18