A coping mechanism is like an inner autopilot constantly flying away from something to protect us – integration means reversing course and steering back home. It’s like realizing you’ve been wandering far from your true home for years, following old survival routes.
This format explores the life roles, functions, and personality styles we’ve adopted — such as “helper,” “organizer,” “the happy one,” or “the good person.” By locating and integrating these roles and the “I” that holds them, we dissolve the separation they create, allowing more authentic and flexible ways of being.
This format works with both what we feel strongly attached to and what we want to avoid. By identifying the “one who is attached” and the “one who wants to avoid,” as well as the underlying polarity, we integrate each part into the fullness of awareness. This dissolves the inner push–pull dynamic, bringing more freedom, ease, and choice.
This exploration focuses on the subtle “direction of flight” in our attention — the way awareness moves toward or away from aspects of our experience. By gently reversing this habitual gaze, the perceiver and the perceived merge, allowing awareness to rest in itself and restoring a sense of wholeness.
This format helps you discover the place of true potency in your inner world. By tracing through layers of ‘I’ and asking “Where am I actually standing?”, you find the deeper self that is already present. Integrating from this place brings a profound sense of stability, presence, and ease in relation to any situation.
This Phase I begins by integrating the “me” — the self as object, often experienced as a victim position. Then in Phase II, the process turns toward integrating the “other,” identifying the energetic match within ourselves for what we react to, and dissolving this separation. The result is greater ease, compassion, and resourcefulness in relating to others, even in challenging situations.