Some refections on the "Adult" and "Child" of Transactional Analysis.....

Our intellect and our emotions are different spheres, they are meant to work together and be a team. The emotions are the felt concept of life, how we experience things on an emotional and physiological level. The intellect can help the emotions identify and sort out the feelings. The part of the intellect that is focused on receiving new information and deciphering it is the curious and inquisitive space, the words that this will be revealed and expressed in are what?, Why?, How?, When?, where?, Who?, etc. This is the "Adult" of TA, it's mostly questions and the effort to gain insight and understanding. The imagination can also greatly help the emotions (Child) find ways to see beyond the immediate feelings and see a greater picture, because the heart tends to be an extremist without the guidance of the mind.

What is the "Parent" of PAC?

The "Parent" is a massive amount of data that exists within the mind that consists of straight un-edited recordings that the brain has been recording since birth. The human brain is absolutely astonishing in it's capabilities and does function as a high fidelity recorder from the beginning. This storehouse of information includes so much, it's the external things that were imposed upon us, including all the admonitions, praises, ideas, "truths", rules, do's and don'ts, and on and on that we're given to us by those most involved in our care taking most distinctively between the ages of 1-5. It is called "parent" because so much of the data comes from what we witnessed and heard our parents or parental substitutes do and say. The recordings of the Parent were taken in straight and without editing because there was not yet developed the capabilities of the intellect (Adult) to reason through what was being said and/or done.

By Gedaliah Aronson

There is a difference between standing up with dignity and being proud of who you are (and most especially when your people are in a situation of relentless subjugation)..... and being racist. Race is first and foremost a social construct; however because the construct has been used so viciously and oppressively it must be addressed . We are the Human race, and the human race has so many beautiful shades of skin and different cultures. To HATE someone due to the color of their skin is to hate one's own humanity, just as I would say vile anti-Semitism is a hatred of humanity. But there is nothing wrong with being proud of who you are, where you come from, your heritage, etc. and most especially in the face of oppression/ subjugation. This must be proclaimed! The reason this may sound as though i'm defending this video as if there could be something wrong with it, is because an argument could be made: "what about "white pride?" It's the construction of race that would lead someone to this question. If "White Pride" means "everyone else is lower and inferior" than that is not pride, it's arrogance and a symptom of thinking there are different teams in the world and wanting to be on the "winning one". If you wanna be proud of the shade of your skin cause that's the way G-d made you than no harm done, however i think it would be more proper perhaps to be proud to be of such and such ancestry, heritage and culture, just as being proud to be black refers to more than just skin color, however due to subjugation and oppression and degradation, there becomes a strong reason to be very proud to be black (in it's own right) and to stand tall the way G-d made you!