[Oe List ...] ToP Methods

[W. J.]

You can see why there were different Gospels in the Bible, and that was long before Wiegel was summoned to the Holy Land to preach his revised standard version of the Facilitator's Gospel. "Experiential Aim"? Where did that come from? Isn't that the new Liberalism creeping in to dilute the authentic EI Orthodoxy? Everybody who knew JWM knows it is "Existential Aim" -- and you better believe it really addressed your existence just to be around the Old Man.
And the "O" in ORID -- wasn't that originally just "Impressionistic"? And wasn't "R" originally "Subjective"? And wasn't "D" originally "Theological"? So ORID = ISIT?
Ah, the problems of generational transmission of the authentic received canonical tradition! (Big Clue: I'm laughing!)
 
Marshall

From where I sit, ORID reminds me of King Henry's death sentence pronounced on Thomas Becket: "Will no One RID me of this meddlesome priest?" Or something like that.



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From: James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com>
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As I recall, these were an old, old idea.  When we were putting together the ToP curriculum with those horizontal bubble tables we added in Rational Objective and Experiential objective to the manuals -- after 3 or 4 years someone expressed confusion between Rational "Objective" and Experiential "Objective" and "Objective" as in ORID, so when the manual was redone we changed to Rational Aim and Experiential Aim.

In actuality, though, there is a very rich and wise diversity in the ways by which ToP facilitators actually focus and prepare themselves.  It would be a great contribution to our craft to hear from many people how they do this . . 

 Jim


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From: Wayne Nelson <wnelson at ica-associates.ca>
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Here’s a memory question – maybe something you heard.

When, how and why did we introduce the ideas of using Rational and Existential aims when we prepare for a facilitated event or a training event?

Does anyone know that history? I’m curious.


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