Subject-Object in Oneself
What Goes Into Free Thought? An Interview with Dr. Marta Lenartowicz of the School of Thinking
Think you know how to think? The brand new School of Thinking at Vrije Universiteit Brussel is designed to teach students precisely this. Dr. Marta Lenartowicz sat down with Third Factor Magazine to tell us just what the School does—and offers you a few ideas to of areas to focus your own thinking, even if you can’t make it to Belgium for class.
Which One of These Things IS Like the Other?
Benita was convinced she was weird, so when she met people who thought they had things in common with her, she set them straight. But then she started to feel lonely….
Transformative Life Experiences Through the Decision-Making Process
Emotion fuels our decisions; our decisions, in turn, mark the points in our lives that put us on the higher path. So argues Krystyna Laycraft as she reflects on her own inner psychic transformation while deciding to return to Poland after the fall of Communism.
Third Factor Reads: The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa
The Mind Illuminated is a great meditation manual that will guide you, step by step, from establishing your practice to achieving tranquility and equanimity. If all you’re looking to do is learn to sustain your focus, it’ll help you with that, too.
An Introduction to Dabrowski’s Levels and Dynamisms
- Issue 2: Harnessing Overexcitability
- Autopsychotherapy
- Dynamisms
- Level I: Primary Integration
- Level II: Unilevel Disintegration
- Level III: Spontaneous Multilevel Disintegration
- Level IV: Organized Multilevel Disintegration
- Level V: Secondary Integration
- Personality Ideal
- Subject-Object in Oneself
- Third Factor (dynamism)
Dabrowski’s hierarchy of levels is one of the most well-known aspects of his theory of positive disintegration. But what’s really going on in those levels? And what are those “dynamism” things, anyway? The editors of Third Factor Magazine explain the basics here.