The Spiritual Psychology of Acting Podcast
The Spiritual Psychology of Acting is a course for actors, both newcomers and those professionals seeking something more. In this podcast, creator of The Spiritual Psychology of Acting, John Osborne Hughes chats with his co-host and student, actor Jordan Turk. Each week, John and Jordan discuss the philosophy, principles and techniques of great acting; sharing and exploring knowledge relating to the actor, the actor's life, and working in the industry.
The Spiritual Psychology of Acting Podcast
The Map of Consciousness Part 2: From Force to Power
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Why do some people live in constant anxiety, while others face the same situations with courage?
Why are some driven by pure ambition and desire, while others seem strangely calm and grounded?
According to psychiatrist and researcher David R. Hawkins, it’s not random.
He proposed something called The Map of Consciousness, a framework that suggests human emotions and worldviews exist on a measurable scale, from the most destructive states of mind all the way up to the most expansive and enlightened.
In the previous episode of this mini-series, we explored the very bottom of that map: the heavy emotional territories of shame, guilt, apathy and grief.
But in this episode, we start climbing.
Today we’re moving through the levels of Fear, Desire, Anger and Pride, before crossing a fascinating turning point in Hawkins’ model. The critical threshold of 200.
Below that line, people are driven by what Hawkins called Force, where life is often a struggle.
Above it, something shifts.
We enter the territory of Power.
And that’s where we begin to stop fighting life quite so hard and start engaging with it in a completely different way.
So, in this episode, as we climb up the levels, we explore what these states look like in our lives and how they show up again and again in the stories we love to watch.
Because some of the most unforgettable characters in film, television and theatre live inside these levels.
Characters ruled by fear or chasing desire.
Characters burning with anger or whose pride becomes their downfall.
And characters who against all odds find the courage to rise above it.
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