tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368773082932712051.post5510048341053573155..comments2022-04-25T03:14:38.613-04:00Comments on Wilhelm Reich Today http://orgonomist.blogspot.com: Thoughts on the Innovative MindRichard Schwartzman, D.O.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05645278680828610068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368773082932712051.post-28148201430178257522010-02-21T13:14:41.717-05:002010-02-21T13:14:41.717-05:00Dr Schwartzman,Sean Haldane wrote an important boo...Dr Schwartzman,<br>Sean Haldane wrote an important book based on Dr. Reich's work. The book Emotional First Aid has helped me understand how trauma (stress) blocks appreciation of new ideas. In summarizing Dr. Reich's ideas Mr. Haldane writes;<br>"The way a person mainly blocks emotion depend.....on all kinds of emergencies during childhood." ...."Depending on when in the child's life such events occur, a basic emergency reaction tends to become established."<br> I believe that restricted breathing and cutting contact with the eyes becomes an unconscious habit when encountering a stressful situation. Revolutionary insights like Dr Reich's are so stressful that one freezes in a return to a childhood pattern <br>that provides a form of previous safety. Though there are many variables freezing becomes an established emergency reaction stopping one from becoming fully conscious. Truly seeing the present is a task that must be freed from armored habits.<br><br>Richard Schulmanrich schulmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04330580021500636489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368773082932712051.post-82560014752740883562010-02-03T20:08:55.584-05:002010-02-03T20:08:55.584-05:00Richard, you have hit on an age old question. Man&...Richard, you have hit on an age old question. Man's ability to simply see. Goethe said: "What is the most difficult thing of all? That which seems the easiest. For your eyes to see that which lies before your eyes." What enables a person like Reich to be able to keep switching paradigms? Freud for all his creativity and intelligence got caught up in the establishment. Still Reich did not desintegrate into chaos but stayed on track and continued to produce and build on his work. I think this limitation in seeing must have to do with the armor. I believe that as has been mentioned, gifted people have holes in their armor that allows for exceptional functionig but still leaves them armored. Perhaps this explains why many people can function at high levels in some areas but only once in a thousand or two thousand years does someone like Reich come along.Georgenoreply@blogger.com