Week seven

The last day before my trip to Nicaragua. We began with a short recap of some of the things I had learned. I recall consciousness, communication, and a few other none western concepts as the subject we discussed. I then requested that Philmore tell me about his experiences in other countries, because I'm going to Nicaragua, and because of his psychological background. His recollections were very interesting, and it was cool how he tied psychological concepts into it. An example of such a thingy was when he was telling me about how he and his friend were percieved in Brazil. I'm not going to go into detail, since its his personal life, but he talked about how they were allowed into certain clubs because of their combined vibes, how they used their wits and communication skills to get what they wanted, and how his friend fell in love with a super model and managed to break up with her. yay. edit & add later. ttyl

Week six

I rightly remember much. I should have blogged about this day right after, but its a little to late for that. Because quantity over quality remains the subject of my academic life, I'll shall continue on with that them in this entry! Lets start vaguely shall we? I know that we talked about consciousness, the main them of our discussions. Oh yeah! Philmore, probable still spelling his name wrong, has told me various "stories" or "tales". Im to tired to continue. I cant remember anything else about this day. I'll come back and update this later.

Week Five

March 3rd. This day was a very eventful one. I was able to sit in on a session, Sujata came to visit, and I learned about different energetic concepts from different countries. I also began to form ideas for what my project would be. I arrived on time, as usual, and was greeted by the sweet sent of a new book. Philmore gave me a copy of the book he had lent me, Gastalt and the Wisdom of the Kahunas! I find this book to be very interesting and the conversations I've had with Philmore sparked by it have been magnificent! I will definatly continue to read this book, but not just accept all of it as fact, while attempting to not throw out everything. As my father and Philmore have often said, don't throw the baby out with the bath water, which means- don't let the bad stuff get in the way of the good stuff. Kind of like in school. I'm going to try and make sure that the hours of sometimes repetitive work and or boring lectures do not get in the way of my education! I wont let school stop me from learning! Woah...got a little rebelious there for a second. Back on track.
After I got the new book Philmore let me sit in on one of his sessions. I wont go into detail as that would expose personal information which should not be exposed without the concent of the client, soooo......I got to witness first hand how Philmore consulted which was pretty cool. He let the client do a lot of talking and said only what would help the situation. The client was a little anxious so Philmore helped them by saying things like 'feelings and thoughts arise and fall away like the tides of the sea'. That isn't an exact quote, more like a paraphrase but you get what I'm saying. Anyways it was pretty cool and I got a better feel for what its like to be a psychological consultant.
After all of that Sujata came over and we pretty much continued what we'd been doing before. The crash course on western aswell as none western 'psychology' is very absorbing. Learning new things and discussing them is a great experience. We talked about different types of energy, chakra, mana, and others, and how there was no such word for them in western society. It was really interesting and I opening. Sujata also got to see the Gastalt book. After she left we continued with discussions. It was swell!

Week Four

Feb. 25th. Just like the previous post I did not blog immidiatly after my day so the thoughts are a bit fuzzy. Philmore had lent me a book called Gastalt and the Wisdom of the Kahunas, which I found to be very interesting. I mentioned the part about breathing and the voice and how they are often used to express ones self even unconsciously. From there our discussion began. The college level and beyond was a almost a bit to much for my mind to handle so we had to go over a few things a few times. As stated before I found the voice and breath part of the book to be very interesting, so Philmore had me try some breathing which I found very relaxing. After that, I tried some meditation techniques, most notable the rainbow mind exercise. The way it works is that one imagines a rainbow, which doesn't have to be perfect, going down into the middle of ones head. The participant than focuses on the rainbow and whenever a new thought arises the participant acknowledges the thought and then brings their focus back to the rainbow. Once again a good end to a good day.

Week three

I'd like to start off this post with an apology. An apology to my mother, my father, my mentor, my teacher or as others know her, Sujster, and myself. I have not been on top of my blog posts and I am now suffering because of it. I have a only a vague recollection of what we did specifically. I do know that we continued the discussion of various psychological subjects. We did do energy work which is a little hard to describe with experiencing it. But the basic concept is that one person transfers something a healing feeling or something of the like energetically. Like I said a bit hard to explain without experiences. We also talked about how the western mind has developed over the years, western being American/European descendants, and how it is usually closed to new concepts, such as energy transfer or things outside the norm, as well as things that could be perceived as going against the will of god. Apologies for the rant/run on sentence. All in all a good session with a good conclusion.

1st Day: Week 2

Monday February 11 is the date of my first WLE day. For my first day, I requested that my mentor, Fillmore, give me a break down, or "overview", of what his job description entailed. He stated that he was a consultant, which again he stated, could describe a lot of different things. The basic jist of what it is he does is that once a potential client tries all of the standard methods, mainstream psychologists, regularly used options, and the like, they call Fillmore. Fillmore has a Masters in psychology, worked in therapy, and has extensive knowledge in hawaiian, african, and asian mental healing techniques. Having studied and lived in different countries, Fillmore has had years of experience in psychoanalysis.
The apartment/environment was pretty laid back. It was casual and cool. Fillmore was the only one there. He stated before that it was pretty much a one man job. The environment was very homey with artwork and the like hung on was. There were some drums and bongos and a computer. It was chill. Because its his house, I'm not really going to go into detail. It was cool, I'm looking forward to next Monday where I get to sit in on session.

WLE

First day-

I failed to contact my mentor in a timely matter so unfortunately I did not begin my internship on Monday, February 4th as planned. It turns out that I had the wrong email address and I was to lazy to call him over the phone, so I spent the day with Emerson, Calvin, Ismeal, and Scott helping them on their quest to find an internship spot. It was pretty fun despite all of the walking. The spots we hit were Sega, Ubisoft, Adobe, and maybe a few I don't remember. We finished around 3:30 and I subsequently went home. I have the information I was missing on Monday and I contacted my mentor yesterday. I look forward to beginning my internship.

The internship I have is at a place called Berimbu Consulting, although I don't know much about it, I do know that its pretty much a one man business. My mentor's name is Fillmore Steel, I'm not sure if thats how you spell his name, but despite my hideous spelling I've tried my best. From what I understand, Fillmore is a kind of physiological healer. Having studied various ways of healing with an emphasis on techniques derived from non western countries, from what my father says he is proficient at what he does. I look forward to learning from him.