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When you catch yourself saying “I am tired” or “I am angry,” you have already confused yourself with a passing state. Assagioli’s disidentification exercise restores the steady Center underneath.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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By Roberto Assagioli<\/strong>
Lecture Course on Psychosynthesis, Psychological Exercises and Training<\/em>, 8 March 1964 [1]<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span>
Doc. #23994, Assagioli Archives, Florence
Original title: Esercizio di Disidentificazione e di Auto-identificazione<\/em>
Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial Note<\/strong>
The abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth S\u00f8rensen, to support readability, navigation, and archival consistency. The original wording has not been altered.
(See also the following glossary entries for more on this topic: <\/span><\/span>Disidentification<\/span><\/span><\/a> , <\/span><\/span>the observer<\/span><\/span><\/a> and <\/span><\/span>Why You Are Not Your Body<\/span><\/span><\/a> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abstract<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In this exercise, Roberto Assagioli walks a group through the practice of disidentification, the foundational psychosynthesis exercise. Step by step, students affirm that they have a body, emotions, desires, and a mind, but are none of these. What remains, he teaches, is the I itself: a Center of pure awareness and will, steady as a rock amidst the churning waves of becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introduction<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first stage is to state with conviction, and become aware of the fact, “I have a body, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my body.” This should be obvious: the body is something material, constantly changing and in a few years all its cells are renewed. However, we mistakenly identify ourselves with our body all the time and attribute our physical sensations to the \u201cI\u201d [or self]. For example, we say, \u201cI am tired,\u201d but this is a psychological fallacy, for the \u201cI\u201d cannot be tired; the body is tired and transmits a feeling of fatigue to the “I” \u2014 and this is very different.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This first stage is relatively easy; the second is much less so. It consists in realizing that “I have an emotional life, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my emotions, my feelings.” When one says, “I am irritated,” or “I am happy,” one again makes a false identification of the “I” with psychological states, which are changeable and sometimes contradictory. To say \u201cI am irritated\u201d is to commit an error in \u201cpsychological grammar;\u201d the right expression is rather, \u201cThere is a state of irritation <\/span><\/span>in me<\/span><\/span><\/em> .\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third stage is to say, \u201cI have a mind, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> the mind.\u201d Ordinarily we identify with our thoughts; but when we analyze them, when we observe ourselves while thinking, we find that the mind functions as an instrument. We can examine its more or less logical way of working, observe it from above, so to speak; this indicates that we <\/span><\/span>are not<\/span><\/span><\/em> our thoughts. They too are changeable: one day we think one way, the next day we may think the opposite way. Andr\u00e9 Maurois, <\/span><\/span>[2]<\/span><\/span><\/a> a fine psychologist (not by profession but by intuition), went so far as to say that \u201cthe normal man changes his philosophy ten times a day!\u201d Clear evidence that we <\/span><\/span>are not<\/span><\/span><\/em> our own thoughts is when we try to master and direct them; when we want to think about something abstract or uninteresting our mental instrument often refuses to obey us. Any student who has to learn something that bores him knows this well. So, if the mind rebels against the direction of the \u201cI,\u201d this means that the \u201cI\u201d is <\/span><\/span>not<\/span><\/span><\/em> the mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These facts show that the body, feelings, and mind are instruments <\/em>of experience, perception, and action, tools that are changeable and impermanent.<\/span> But the \u201cI\u201d is essentially different: it is simple, unchanging, self-conscious. The experience of the \u201cI\u201d can be formulated as follows: \u201cI am I, a Center of pure consciousness.\u201d Affirming this with conviction does not mean that one has already achieved the <\/span><\/span>experience<\/span><\/span><\/em>of the “I,” self-identification, but it is the path that leads there and is a means of mastering our psychic activities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consciousness of the \u201cI,\u201d self-consciousness, is what distinguishes man from animal. Animals have physical sensations, they have emotions, they also demonstrate elementary mental activity, but they do not appear to have self-consciousness. In contrast, one has self-consciousness, sometimes vague and uncertain, sometimes sharp and separative (egocentricity), and can arrive at pure consciousness of the \u201cI,\u201d free from all identification.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will now do the <\/span><\/span>Disidentification and Self-identification <\/span><\/span><\/em>Exercise <\/em>together<\/span>, as a training to do it then individually. It is useful to do it in the morning, before we start our active life. (See disidentification as a clinical method.<\/a> Ed.)We should “come back to ourselves.” Let us reflect on the profound meaning of this expression: \u201ccoming back to ourselves.\u201d Generally we live “outside” of our true being; distracted by countless sensations, impressions, worries, recurrences of the past, plans for the future. We are “un-centered,” unaware or oblivious to what we actually are.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can say that for some people it is easier to do the exercise in a group, because of the help given by the person who is describing it; for others it may be more difficult, because of the sensation of the presence of others. So let’s begin by turning our attention away from the presence of others, by coming back to and staying \u201cin ourselves.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Exercise<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The first stage is to sit comfortably, releasing all muscle and nerve tension; this can be helped by a prior practice of the relaxation exercise. It is good to keep the spine straight, the head slightly lowered; close the eyes; then take a few deep, slow, regular breaths.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(pause)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Affirm slowly, with attention and conviction, “I have a body, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my body. My body may be in different conditions of health or sickness, it may be rested or tired, but this has nothing to do with Me, with my true Self. My body is a valuable instrument of experience and action in the outer world, but it is only a tool; I treat it well, I try to keep it healthy, but <\/span><\/span>it is not my self<\/span><\/span><\/em> . I have a body, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my body.” (After a period of training one can simply repeat the final sentence several times, “I have a body, but I am not my body.” The same applies to the later stages as well.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(pause)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. We affirm with conviction, “I have emotions, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my emotions. They are different, changing, conflicting, while I always remain me, myself, in the alternation of hope and discouragement, joy and sorrow, irritation and calm. I can observe, understand and judge my emotions, and become more and more capable of mastering, directing and using them.” \u2014 \u201cI have emotions, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my emotions.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(pause)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. “I have desires, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my desires. Desires are also changeable, conflicting; they are a succession of attractions and repulsions. There are desires <\/span><\/span>in me<\/span><\/span><\/em> , but they <\/span><\/span>are not<\/span><\/span><\/em> Me.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(pause)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. “I have a mind, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my mind. It may be more or less developed and active; it is undisciplined, but little by little I can master and direct it. It is an organ of knowledge, both of the external world and of the internal world, but it <\/span><\/span>is not<\/span><\/span><\/em> myself. I have a mind, but I <\/span><\/span>am not<\/span><\/span><\/em> my mind.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(pause)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. All this is preparation for the final <\/span><\/span>positive<\/span><\/span><\/em> stage, the affirmation and experience of self-consciousness: “I am convinced and affirm that I am a Center of pure awareness, of pure self-consciousness; I am a Center of will, capable of mastering, directing and using all my psychic functions and my body. I AM.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us dwell on this statement, striving to realize this pure consciousness of <\/span><\/span>being<\/span><\/span><\/em> , this stable, unchanging Center, steady as a rock amidst the churning waves of becoming. \u201cI AM.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OUTLINE OF THE PSYCHIC CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN BEING<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Assagioli<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the diagram the Star or Sun representing the spiritual Self is drawn partly within the periphery of the personality, and partly above. This indicates that the Self, while it is the most real and essential element of the human being, is also part of a transcendent, supra-individual, universal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/span><\/span><\/a> This translation incorporates Assagioli’s hand-written corrections to Doc. #23994. <\/span><\/span>\u2014 Tr.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/span><\/span><\/a> Andr\u00e9 Maurois (1885-1967), French author and novelist. <\/span><\/span>-Oath.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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