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There is nothing such as finality of things/ thoughts/ feelings or answers. Everything that happens
within people is a dynamic process and in constant movement. It’s important to find meaning
in the grey zone and not keep looking for black or white, definite answers. Possibilities and
learnings lie in the grey zone.

3. Concepts Learnt
a. Witness consciousness – helps me to practice reflection in action

b. Multi-voices – I realize that while paying attention to multiple voices, domination happens
through frames of references – right/wrong, goo/bad

c. Co-genesis – there is no absolute polarity. Everything happens in continuum Articles:
d. Repairing Ruptures

e. Qualitative Method for analysing Multi-voice
f. Imaginal Dialogues in the Self Sharing

Understanding phenomenology (its branches) and DST, and to an extent the rigour it takes in
understanding and living it. Some direct experience of interviewing, being interviewed and coding
responses from the interviews.

4. Application of Learning
It’s just been 4 months for me and I see a difference in the way I relate – both within myself and to
the external world. I have a renewed Self-compassion – an appreciation for what happens inside
me that leads me to make the choices that I do.
The most significant change I am observing is an increasing unwillingness to stay in a “victim”
mode. Through understanding of the subjective experience, I am enabling myself to take
responsibility for my actions and also not to take blame for other’s actions

In the role of a facilitator, this lens helps me appreciate group work in a new light. The tendency
to move away from the often used labels for processes is one. Appreciating the unique-ness of
lived experience of people in the group is another

When I tried to understand this fear from DST lens, I discovered that all of these fears have come
to me from my conditioning via, parents, teachers and other sources and have become my
dominant voices (my inner other and social positions were quite strong).
Trying to re-examine few strong voices like –
“Success is important” to “what’s my definition of success”

“I don’t know this enough” to “Try to take it slow and figure out”
“I don’t deserve this” to “I am worthy”

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