In an age of mass shootings, widespread terrorism, and violence within schools and in the home, it is clear that society is in an uproar. Individuals, nations, and the world are becoming more and more polarized as social strife escalates. The authors of Social Unrest argue that at the root of social unrest is the conflicting dualities of me/you and us/ them that blind us to our inherent connectedness. Dualities are an essential part of our material world. However, human dyads have a markedly different character than nature’s dualities where these contrasts are harmoniously integrated into a whole. The question then becomes: Why don’t humans function in a similar fashion? Why have we created conflicted polarizations of me/you and us/them? And why do these permeate our relationships with each other? This book presents an explanation for this human condition through the I-System Model of Human Behaviour. It presents the theory that an overactive I-System (a mind-body metasystem) lies at the root of many dysfunctional personal, organizational, and social behavior patterns and some mental health disorders. The book offers specific individual and collective Mind-Body Bridging practices for individuals, couples, families, organizations, and policy makers. These techniques, which are aimed solely at reducing the activity of the overactive I-System, resolve the one-sided dichotomies of me/ you and us/them, and can markedly reduce individual suffering and social unrest.

Social Unrest: Resolving the Dichotomies of Me/You and Us/Them - The I-System Model of Human Behavior

Carolyn Bryant Block

Stanley H. Block

Guy du Plessis

Derrik Tollefson

Utah State University, I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies

In this newly revised edition of the award-winning Come to Your Senses: Demystifying the Mind-Body Connection, Dr. Stanley Block offers his Ten-Day Plan to optimize your life -- a breakthrough program that has helped people all over the world heal from post-traumatic stress syndrome, combat trauma, substance abuse, mental illness, pain, and depression. The easy-to-apply method uses Identity System "resting" techniques that enable you to recognize and defuse the self-defeating mental tug-of-war that exists in all of us. Learn how stress, fear, and thought activate the sympathetic nervous system with increased tension, pain, insomnia, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. By literally "coming to your senses" of taste, touch, smell, sight, and sound, you begin to control negative responses, free yourself from a paralyzed state of mind, and live a happy, balanced life. The response is amazing because the results are immediate -- ten days is all it takes -- Dr. Block's techniques take no time out of a busy schedule, they are simply incorporated into whatever activity you are engaged. Bridging the Identity System empowers you to work from your own strength and wisdom to deal with situations that arise in your life.

Come to Your Senses: Demystifying the Mind Body Connection

Stanley Block

Religion & Spirituality

Atria Books/Beyond Words

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