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Th e A r t o f G en e r a t i v e C o ac h in g

with

Stephen Gill igan Ph.D.

1504 Crest Or

Encinitas

CA 92024

Phone and fax: (760) 942 1577

E-mail: [email protected]: www.StephenGilligan.com

N L P P r e -C o n f e r e n c e W o r k s h o pJ o Hogg, Coordinator

6 November 2008

©Stephen Gilligan, Ph. D., Generative Self, 1998



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F iv e b as ic e lem en ts o f g en er a t i v e s el f a p p r o ac h

1 . Sp i r i t i s w ak in g u p ...

• Spirit has g i f t to give AND wound to heal

• Spirit is deepest identity

• Spirit activates whenever ordinary identity is destabilized (e.g. ecstasy or agony)

2 . In t o h u m a n c o n s c io u s n es s

• Human nervous system is the most advanced instrument of consciousness ever

developed

• If you don't learn to play the instrument, you're in trouble

• Attuned human conscious PLUS spirit EQUALS generative self

3 . O n h e r o 's jo u r n e y

• Each person's life is an arc unfolding over time into the world

• J ourney has many death and rebirth cycles

• At heart of hero's journey is Spirit waking up

• Suffering is a signal of misalignment with the call/journey

© Stephen G iI Iigan, Ph . D., Genera tive Self, 1998

4 . U t i l i z i n g t h r e e m in d s

• Somatic, Cognitive, Field

• Integration of three minds awakens Generative Self

5 . O p e ra t i n g a t t h re e le v el s o f c o n s c io u s n es s

• (1) Primitive (unconscious wholeness, field without self-awareness)

• (2) Ego (conscious separateness, awareness without field)

• (3) Generative (conscious differentiated wholeness, parts and whole

simultaneously)

• Spirit can be present or absent at each level

• Creative unfolding moves among three levels

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5. When somatic self united with cognitive self, a third consciousness of a fieldmind opens (GENERATIVE Self) .

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G en e r at i v e s e l f : a s e l f -r el a t i o n s ap p ro ac h

"An aged man is but a paltry thing

a tattered coat upon a stick

unless Soul clap its hands and sing

and sing louder and louder still

for every tatter in its mortal dress. If

W B Yeats

P r em i s e s o f s e l f - r e l a t i o n s

1. Each person has an indestructible 'tender soft spot' (or center) at the core of

their being (SOMATIC Self)

2. The river of life moves through you, except when it doesn't

3. The river brings both happiness and suffering

4. A second consciousness awakens to relate to these experiences (COGNITIVE

Self)

6. The path by which each person realizes this Generative Self is unique: Each

person is an incurable deviant

T hes e p r i n c ip le s s u gg es t t h re e o rd er s o f i n te l l i g en c e

a. Somatic Mind (with Soul as its Deepest level)

b. Cognitive Mind (with Spirit as its Highest level)

c. Field Mind (with Generative Self as its Integral Consciousness)

©Stephen Gilligan, P h. D., Generative Self, 1998



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Th e to o l s f o r t h e jo u r n ey : T h e G en er a t i v e Se l f o f t h e T r iu n a l M in d

The Generative Self arises when there is an integrated and resonant relationship between

three Minds:

• Somatic MindBody mind, felt sense, 'gut,' enteric brain, tender soft spot, soul

• Cognitive MindIntellect, awareness, spirit, capacity to extend relationally

• Field MindRelationship to field, systems, framework of experience, archetypal mind

These minds can be organized at three different levels:

• Primitive level - undifferentiated field, intense, timeless, many resources and

demons

• Ego level - identity separate from field, sufficient for 'in the box' operations,

managerial and mapping skills, orderly understandings

• Generative level - identity 'a part of and apart from' field, necessary for

extraordinary 'out of the box' challenges, multiple possibilities, both/and

thinking, beyond content or position, able to transform and heal

©Stephen GiIIigan, Ph. D., Generative Se lf, 1998



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To en te r i n to G en era t i v e Se l f :

1. Cultivate Generative Somatic Mind ('Body of Bodies')

Using centering and alignment (i.e. relaxing, attuning, opening (radiating), playing,

sensually engaging), to develop a 'body of bodies' with new capacities:

• 'second skin'

• archetypal connections

• relaxed and stable concentration

• limbic resonance

• transformational healing capacities

2. Cultivate Generative Cognitive Mind ('Mind of Minds')

Engage relational principles of utilization and sponsorship to develop a 'mind of minds'

with new capacities:

• Resonant intention

• Clearing, opening, and receiving

• Sponsoring (transforming to advanced positive form)

• Transforming conflict/healing woundedness

• Non-linear thinking (both/and, multiplicity of form)

• Generative action (creating something that never existed before)• Transcendent function (integrating opposites into self-realization of higher forms)

3. Cultivate Generative Field Mind ('Field of fields')

Open into field to absorb what's there, then open beyond that to a generative field

• Peripheral consciousness is dominant

• Identity upgrades to field level

• Being with something without becoming it

• Inviting resources from beyond the context

• Opening to higher intelligence of generate field

• Whatever the content is, open beyond that

• Intersection of 'timeless with time' for quantum visions

Note: Because at the generative level the somatic, cognitive and field minds are all

closely resonating together, you can enter the state by making a shift in any of these three

areas

©Stephen G iIIigan, P h. D., Generative Self, 1998



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C u lt i v a t i n g a G en e r at i v e So m a t i c Se l f

E x er c i s e : A q u es t i o n o f c en t er in g (w i th p a r t n e r )

a. Both partners tune inward, center, soften, relax

b. Each partner reconnects with an experience of being centered

c. Each partner physically touches his/her body/mind center

d. When ready slowly open eyes to connect with partner - if you lose center, close

eyes to reestablish it

e. Take some moments to sense how to connect with partner while giving 'first

attention' to center

Ex er c i s e : T es t in g t h e c en t er

a. Identify challenge (question, relationship, future, memory)

b. Reconnect with center (take time!)

c. Ask yourself to imagine moving successfully through the sequence

d. At each moment, ask, "Does this thought/feeling/response bring me closer or

further to my center?"

e. Each time connection with center is broken, reestablish

f. Repeat until you can move through the sequence and stay connected withcenter

V alu es o f c en te r in g

1. Calm alertness of mind/body

2. Stabilizes attention (awayfrom stressor)

3. Allows unitive (non-dualistic) experiencing

4. Connects with 'ki' or life force energy

5. Activates intuitive/archetypal knowledge

6. Provides 'sanctuary' or container for 'homeless' experiences

7. Allows cognitive/experiential differentiation/integration

8. Allows powerful expressive capacity

©S tephen G iIligan, P h. D., Generative Self, 1998

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