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JOURNAL OF METAPSYCHOLOGY
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Article 38
June 23, 1989

The Turning Point

In the course of his viewing, a person gradually clears up more and more aberration and charge from his case. At the current state of our knowledge, it may be too much to ask to expect a viewer to be able to eliminate every scrap of charge and never again to have any form of aberration. Such an attainment, though theoretically possible, would be tantamount to the achievement of a high degree of sainthood, and no such saints have been created, at this writing.

It is commonly observed, however, that, at a certain point in a viewer's Curriculum, he will reach a Turning Point at which a marked change occurs in his relationship to his case and in his view of his own identity. Prior to reaching this Turning Point, the viewer is susceptible to becoming immersed in his aberrations. At those times of immersion, while dramatizing or experiencing negative feelings, he is unable to remain conscious of himself as a being separate from the aberration. Rather, he is being the aberration -- being his case. After reaching the Turning Point, the viewer finds he has attained the ability to be aware that his aberrated actions and negative feelings are coming from his case and are separate from him. This realization gives him a considerable degree of control over his case, although not total control. Rather, the balance has shifted, such that even when his case is restimulated, he now has more control over it than it has over him.

In summary, before the Turning Point, the viewer:

  • Is liable to become completely immersed in his case.
  • Cannot readily differentiate between himself and his case.
  • Is not generally aware that he is experiencing or manifesting aberration, when that, in fact, is what is occurring.
  • Has no clear concept of himself as a being separate from his mind and his case.
  • Is mostly the effect of his case when he is disturbed.
After the Turning Point, the viewer:
  • Does not become completely immersed in his case.
  • Can readily differentiate between himself and his case.
  • Is aware when he is manifesting or experiencing aberration.
  • Has a clear concept of himself as a being separate from his mind and his case.
  • Is mostly causative over his case, even when disturbed.
Although after the Turning Point, the viewer is able to do all the types of viewing actions of which he was capable before, he is now able to do other viewing actions that were previously impossible for him. Because the viewer can, after the Turning Point, maintain a separate viewpoint even when encountering charged material, he is now capable of solo viewing. Case influences are no longer likely to distract or sidetrack him from what he is doing in a session. There often continue to be advantages to receiving viewing from another, but he is capable of solo viewing.

A viewer may reach the Turning Point at any point in his Curriculum,. The Curriculum is, however, laid out in such a way that the issue of identity is addressed near the top. The likelihood is that if the viewer does not reach the Turning Point early on, a direct address to the issue of identity in the Fixed Ideas Section or thereafter will enable him to reach it then. If not, he can always reach the Turning Point on another cycle through the Curriculum.

Frank A. Gerbode, M.D.
Director, IRM
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