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The ground of the Metamorphic Technique
What is the ground that Metamorphic Technique practitioners
provide to their clients? Why, in the course of a session, do
so many people go off, as it were, become absent, dreamy, feel
as if they are in another world, “as if in a deep sleep
and yet I was conscious of the light touch of your fingers on
my feet” or again “my head became empty – I
was here and yet not here”? The function of the Metamorphic
Technique practitioners is to provide their clients with a ground
entirely free from direction through their detachment. Detachment
is defined as noticing nothing but the facts, acknowledging their
presence, (these facts may well be a pain, an emotion, a thought,
a noise, the colour of the light, the cause of a question, in
short the inner and outer perception of the self, who the person
is and what the facts are) without judgement, comparison or any
mental evaluation, and letting these things be. This seems to
inhibit some of the disorderly activities of the brain and to
bring into balance its two hemispheres, facilitating harmonious
action with the whole brain.
By agreeing to receive a session people somewhat commit themselves
to stop putting obstacles to the natural movement of their own
transformation. This is true of the dying person, the stressed
executive, people with learning disabilities, as well as with
babies. These last two groups have an advantage in that their
minds are not so active at controlling and preserving the status
quo at all costs, and with babies the physical patterns are not
yet set in matter. For us all this means that there seems to
be easier access to this part of the brain that controls growth,
development, healing, transformation and creativity. Intelligence
takes over from the mind; consciousness and the living power
of the person unite in deep communion.
A state of resonance is established between practitioner and
client. The practitioner’s mind, under control of his or
her consciousness, is used only in the witnessing of the facts,
kept in check so that intervention is absent. The client’s
mind may be very agitated, seemingly trying to find solutions
to problems that most of the time were of its own making anyway.
Faced with the peaceful mind of the practitioner and the expanding
power of both consciousnesses, the unquiet mind calms down and
the client’s own power of life can act then creatively,
the power no longer usurped by the mind!
It is as if their vibrations
synchronise in a dance of forms, out of the old released patterns
new patterns being woven in
the tapestry of their lives.
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