Exercise (based on the Clean Space process originated by David Grove) Self-Deception, Self-Delusion & Self-DenialandHow to Act from What You Know to be True(to be used inconjunction with Figure 2: Levels of Knowing in Self-DDD)
On your own,
1. Write two statements (or draw two pictures) that represent:
A - Your misleading representation
and
B - What you know to be true
In pairs.
NOTE: Guide's role is to facilitate the client to self-model.
[Square brackets] = use only client’s words.
2. Find a space that knows about [statement/drawing A].
Place that [A] here.
- What do you know about [A]?
- And is there anything else you know about [A]?
- OPTIONAL: Facilitate client (with a few Clean Language questions) to embody how they live the misleading representation.
3. Find another a space that knows about [statement/drawing B].
Place that [B] here.
- What do you know about [B]?
- And is there anything else you know about [B]?
- OPTIONAL: Facilitate client (with a few Clean Language questions) to embody what they know to be true.
4. Find another a space [C] that knows how you delude, deny or deceive yourself.
[At C:]
- What do you know about how you maintain the delusion, denial or deception that [gesture to A] is true and [gesture to B] is not true?
- And is there anything else you know about how you delude, deny or deceive yourself?
- OPTIONAL: Facilitate client (with a few Clean Language questions) to self-model how they delude, deny, deceive them self.
5. Find another a space [D] that knows what you would like to have happen.
[At D:]
- Given [gesture to spaces A, B, C], what would you like to have happen? [= desired outcome statement]
- And what needs to happen for you to [desired outcome statement]?
- OPTIONAL: Facilitate client (with a few Clean Language questions) to self-model their desired outcome.
6. Find another space [E] that knows how (in the future) you can continue to learn from whatever happens.
[At E:]
- How can you learn about your ability to self-deceive, self-delude and self-deny whether [gesture to D] happens — or not?
- OPTIONAL: Facilitate client (with a few Clean Language questions) to self-model how they can learn from whatever happens.
© 2004, Penny Tompkins & James Lawley, The Developing Company, www.cleanlanguage.co.uk
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