I love the conversation in Judy's place about the personal vs. non-personal. This theme has been on my mind a lot these days, in a very personal way. I shared some thoughts in my comments in Judy's blog and I feel my blog here is a good place to reveil some of my personal experiences.
To summarize, in Judy's blog I wrote that the question of dealing with personal stuff in the group or moving beyond it to reach the middle, in my eyes must be answered by both-and, in the sense that to move to the middle we've got to transcend our personal stuff, and in order to do so we have to fully own it first in a healthy way. If we try to transcend it too soon it wil start to grow and dominate our minds, from a hidden place. read more »
