Hi everyone on CT! I am pasting so I hope the font transfers easily and doesn't
create a lot of unintelligible symbols. Here are a couple of thoughts.
René Descartes set into place a momentum of thought that was already present
but was reduced to a philosophically narrow perspective when he declared,
"Cogito ergo sum" (French: Je pense, donc je suis; English: I think, therefore
I am). In various forms, this expression has underpinned most of scientific and
cultural thought in the West for centuries. It begins with the premise that "I"
constitutes an objective, whole and truthful perspective on universal truths. I
think that basically what I observe in constellations is a moving away from the
idea that "I" constitutes a valid basis for thought. My thought is not reduced
to a singular but is always impacted by the connection that I have to others
both consciously and unconsciously. My observation is that the term "I think"
is neither possible nor applicable. It may be more apt to say "We think,
therefore I am." How does this landscape of always being in reference to
another point affect our thoughts, conversation, words, meanings and actions?
There are inherent in the language we currently use, almost consistently
meanings that convey a singular point not in reference to any other point. This
is the basis perhaps of "objective" or "scientific" observation. What I see,
however, in the constellation is that all is in relationship. Relationship
supersedes the individual. Perhaps it is "Relationship thinks, therefore I am."
