Self

November 1st, 2021

• how does your whole/Self commit on behalf of your parts?

September 7th, 2021

• What's the role of Self in partswork?
  • (I have a thread or two on this)
  • M > maybe parts are all LH, and Self is RH?
    • should ask my McGilchrist peeps about this
    • since Self isn't exactly the whole, but it's not part-y
    • this would also fit in a satisfyingly unified way with these general principles:
      • left hemispheres aren't made for interfacing with other people
        • twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1214444739531100160
      • it's the left hemisphere's job to have blindspots
        • (maybe there are tweets on this)
    • could do a whole thread speculating on it #2tweet
  • R > to me it feels a bit like number zero
    • it's another number, but it doesn't have a shadow (a negative version of itself)
    • M > or a number 1, which doesn't have an inverse
  • R > maybe there are multiple Selves, but only one can show up at once?
    • M > I feel like since the Self is integrative, these multiple ones would integrate with each other

• is Self an additional item here? or is it actually covered under McGilchrist's brain hemisphere model + flashback/blindspot stuff?

• Is Self needed for Internal Trust-Dancing
  • M > and now I'm like "maybe as mediator/space-holder, if you don't have an external person for that"