PHENOMENA

Thriveapeutics proposes the existence of unique phenomena, possible correlations that may exist between seemingly unrelated variables. Although a concrete mechanism may not exist to confirm a direct, absolute connection, the practice of observing phenomena provides hope that a correlation may indeed exist. Onlookers can then test for themselves whether or not these phenomena hold up.

Reproducible phenomena appear to occur more often, meaning that correlations seem to occur more frequently than not. The list of proposed reproducible phenomena below provides a brief descriptions. Feel free to observe them. If you choose, run your own "independent case studies" on these phenomena and decide for yourself if they have any merit or utility.

The more discussed phenomena in thriveapeutics include:

"Boomerang Phenomenon" - The karma or natural consequence of being hypocritical. For example, not wanting to be treated the way you are treating others or not receiving others the way you would like to be received. When that "Golden Rule" is broken, the pain of being responsible for that pain is so great that you check out like a zombie and lose the ability to be fully present to the Greaterness in life.

"Concept Phenomenon" - Thriveapeutic concepts are all just concepts. When you interact with them, however, which even includes the "modest" act of considering them, they cease being "just" concepts and also become fantastic sources of support.

"Consideration Phenomenon" - The mere practice of "Being in the Consideration" reveals newer insights in their time. These insights relate directly to the timing and the integrity of the individual receiving the insights.

"Continuum Phenomenon" - When accessing a unique brain state, you feel as if you are picking up right where you left off. This phenomenon appears most notably when getting together with old friends or visiting former neighborhoods. Neuroassociations stimulate a spontaneous retrieval mechanisms whereby the unique, correlated brain state facilitates a reproducible sentiment. People often feel as if the last meeting was as close as yesterday, when, in fact, it was quite some time ago. Picking up right where you left off is simply reconnecting that unique brain state.

"Dry-Sponge Phenomenon" - A dried-out sponge is so deficient in water that it can easily break apart and crumble to many pieces of dust, never to be a sponge again. Put that dried-out sponge in water and it quickly comes back to life with a regenerated vibrancy as if it were brand new. People who are at some type of breaking-point deficiency take to this work like a dried-out sponge, soaking it all up for all that it's worth. Thankfully, they also become renewed in the process.

"Foggy-Glasses Phenomenon" - There is no ceiling to quality of life improvements. You can always grow in awareness. Whenever you have a growth spurt in awareness, you see more clearly. It's as if the fog has been lifted from your glasses. As clear as you are now seeing because of your most recent growth spurt, your glasses are still relatively foggy in comparison to the next level of clarity/awareness you have yet to enjoy. It's sort of a paradox in a strange way. No matter how clear your vision or awareness, it can always get clearer. Foggy glasses remain even when you can see more clearly through them. Enhancing awareness is an infinite game, meaning there is no end, no ceiling to how great your awareness can be.

"Fork-in-the-Road Phenomenon" - When you choose to be on the peace path, for example, and you come to a fork in the road, you take the road that continues you on the peace path. The minute you rededicate yourself to that path, you immediately come to another fork in the road. Continue to recommit yourself to the peace path and you will "get there" immediately while also traveling on your path. "Love will reveal anything unlike itself," highlights the phenomenon. Once you choose love, everything that is not love comes at you. Recommit to the path of love with each step and you end up living a life of love. (Video Link)

"Inquiry Phenomenon" - Knock and it shall be open. Ask and a response shall be given. Being in the inquiry opens us up to listening for an answer. An answer is always given, but not necessarily in words. Many times, answers are given energetically, meaning they are given as a resonance. A resonant answer is more complete and accurate, so much so that it goes beyond the ability to describe it verbally, meaning that the answer goes beyond words. Many times, people are looking for the verbal answer that they miss the resonant one. When you accept and embody the resonant answer, you discover, in time, the best way to describe it verbally.

"Inverse Phenomenon" - The second you consciously put your attention on something, unconscious attention also goes on the opposite of the something. "Love will reveal anything unlike itself," represents this phenomenon. Combine that understanding with the survival mechanism and you can see that you not only pin-point your focus when you state an intention, but you also summon the resistence, meaning you trigger the survival mechanism in the opposite. Everything, energetically, has a polarity, a specific inverse that cancels it out. When you focus on one side of an argument, for example, you immediately provoke the direct opposite as well. In addition to that phenomenon, you also provoke the opposite of not addressing it all. These three camps of A, B, and C is simply known as the Three Camps Solution. When you place attention on one thing (A), you immediately and subsonsciously summon its inverse (B), as well as not focusing on either A or B, which is a third camp (C). In our polarizing society, for example, not everything is a political issue. We are overemphasizing politics in almost all of our decisions. What we believe and what we get behind is becoming more and more an influence of our declared political affiliation. By making more things political, especially our beliefs and actions, we become deficient in not making it political, which is that third camp. Again, which tool is best for the job? Which camp, A, B, or C, is best to address our current situation? Political battles will always be fought and they will always be under the influence of a deeper battle between good and evil. This battle of good and evil rages on within each camp. One camp's evil is not better or worse than another camp's evil. If you think that is true, you are giving evil a free pass inside of you, not just inside the camp of your political affiliation. Keep in mind that the focus on good stimulates the survival mechanism in evil. Does that mean we are not to focus on good? Of course not. It's simply a proposal for you to consider so that you can decide how to address this phenomenon within yourself. Granted you may not want to align yourself with evil, the second camp in this example, but you can get to know evil so well that it may look like you are actually in that camp. Lastly, you may need to answer the call when the call requires taking a break from all of that seemingly endless dynamic. That third camp offers a whole lot of breath. Again, not everything is political. Stop making everything political. Not everything can be resolved through political means. Not everything is us versus them. If you are hyperfocused on poitical solutions significantly more than other solutions, you are a big part of the problem.

"Regret Phenomenon" - Regret repressnts the acknowlegment that something you did could have been done better. Often, you feel remorse for not doing it better. Two important points need to be highlighted. The ability to make improvements is a gift we are given. It is not a curse and certainly not a good excuse to beat ourselves up over doing something less than our higher capabilities. The other is being gentle with ourselves while actively doing something better, whatever that something is that you regret. When you actually and consciously do that something better, you are actually answering the call coming from that regret. Sometimes, for example, people may regret not treating someone who has passed away better than they did. When people pass away, obviously you cannot treat them better in person. You can, however, treat them better with your thoughts. More importantly, you can treat other people better on their behalf, which sort of keeps the people who have passed away with you energetically. They also, in remembering them, get to contribute positively in your life. Remember the love, not the loss. That is how you keep the people you love alive and well inside of your heart. At the same time, remember the improvements you are to make, not the fact that you could have done things better. All of us could do all things better. That is a gift, not a curse. Act like it. Represent it. Forgive yourself deeply by doing things better.

"Resistance Phenomenon" - If you are not ready to address something that needs addressing, fret not. It is not going anywhere. You can address whatever whenever you want, whenever the time is right. Until then, it will remain with you. "What you resist persists." That means it hangs in station within your energy field. When you address it propery, it goes away. You can absolutely hit the snooze button on it. You can even attempt to ignore it. Energetically, however, it will not ignore you. What is the purpose of this phenomenon? Isn't that obvious? Energy does not care about your readiness. This phenomenon occurs to help you quickly address the things that need addressing. Consider it simply being a call to answer. Specific, unresolved energy, whatever it is, hovers and follows you for as long as you resist it. When you concede to its presence, tenacity, and purpose, you are more likely to answer the call more promptly. Do it now. That is the message.

"Spinning Plates Phenomenon" - To keep all of the plates spinning, you go to the one that is about to fall and you renew (spin again) that specific one. If you go to spin a different plate, however, the one that is about to fall falls. By going to the plate that needs your immediate attention, spinning that plate renews all of the plates. Because that was the right thing to do, as a delightful consequence, you get some breathing room. Oppositely, however, if you spin a plate that doesn't demand your immediate attention, all of the other plates slow down, making it even more difficult to keep all of the plates spinning. Assessing and addressing is a spinning plate. Energizing yourself is a spinning plate. Maybe you have many ways to energize yourself. Take turns. Cycle through them. When you spin the correct plate at the right time, you discover the next plate that needs your attention. With each call you answer, you provide yourself with even more breathing room. Breath becomes a plate. Do not neglect any of your plates. Spin the one that supports them all. Do not continue to spin the same one or two plates and let all of the others hit the ground. Even working with archetypes is a plates. Stop taking advice from the same archetype while neglecting all of the other "committee members" within you. To represent the fullness of who you truly are, go spin some plates that are ripe for spinning.

"Surrender-Abundance Phenomenon" - Living in a cage stunts your growth. Go outside your box and you find yourself in the great wide open where everything resides. The box or the cage is a metaphor for the finite. Abundance represents the infinite. You can be so headstrong about achieving a specific goal that you unknowingly put yourself in a box. When you surrender that goal, life has a way of bringing it to you. Why does a phenomenon care about our goals? Actually, the goal itself does not matter. Being attached to it is the culprit. For whatever reason, when you are unattched to a specific goal, the land of the infinite can more easily bring it to you. When you are attached to something, the finite resists it. You may see this phenomenon ironically. Sometimes, for example, a couple may be trying to have a baby. After years of trying, they adopt. What ironically happens after adopting? Acceptance, which is surrendering in this case, inspires the couple to adopt. Getting pregnant after adopting is indeed quite ironic. Does this phenomenon happen all of the with pregnancy? Of course not. When it does occur in any scenario, sit back, smile inwardly, and know, "The surrender-adundance phenomenon strikes again."

"Vincent Phenomenon" - Named after the song, "Vincent," by Don McLean, this concept is in response to the lyric, "I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." The song was written for Vincent Van Gogh who committed suicide at 37 years old. The idea behind this concept is to offer support to others who also feel that this world cannot hold them. The reason this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you is because you are here to improve on it. If the world in its current form did hold you well, you would not feel the need to answer the call and make it better. For some people, that concept can offer comfort and help them make peace with the world being currently non-supportive. Truth be told, Thriveapeutics came to be because the world was deficient in these ideas, especially as they relate to all of the practical applications within this body of work. Do what you can to be the solution in the world. If you are unable to find a supportive environment, for example, gently go about creating one. Don't rush. Don't pressure yourself. Just do what you can. Put groups together. Lead inspiring conversations, the kinds that are not happening. Speak about the things that are not often discussed. Whatever your message is regarding what you have to say, find others who would like to share their messages with other as well. Why is this called a phenomenon? When you do answer the call and become the solution to help the world hold you, you do make the world a better place. Trust that emptiness. It is there to help you corroborate this phenomenon. The world cannot hold you but the future world that you are called to create can and will. It is quite a phenomenon.