Recontextualization Mega-Thread

[GabrielWallace]

Alan Watts discussing recontextualization - I remembered this little old diamond as I was watching Leo's video on recontextualization, and I've just found it again.

I understand that people often ask what practicality these kinds of topics have... There is of course the deep practicality of training yourself to alter your perception of reality, and how that alters your experience of reality and your ability to become more conscious of Infinity...

But here I think Alan Watts gives you a quick win in the sense that he gives your ego another way of transcending pain through recontextualization, which you can begin practicing the next time you feel pain.

My suggestion is practicing this whenever you feel pain or other negative emotions, and you will find yourself becoming more and more conscious.

Here's a direct quote (the emphasis is not added by myself):

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"We find that our feelings depend, for their valuation as to whether they be positive or negative, very much as to the context in which they occur."

 

Play from 5:32 to listen from when he really starts talking about recontextualization.

 

[Rinne]

Idk if this counts. 

[Forestluv]

 

A beautiful recontextualization. The writers are sooo creative. The expressions, the music. . . wonderful.

 

 

[now is forever]

@Serotoninluv yes it’s the art of manipulation, all of it.

[Sahil Pandit]

Contemplate: Are you a spirit having a human experience or a human having a spiritual experience?

[Sahil Pandit]

@Leo Gura If you are still searching for more examples for your book, check out the "8" in the middle of this card! 

[Leo Gura]

@Sahil Pandit That's interesting but I'm not sure if it qualifies as recontextualization for me.

[lmfao]

"I want you to slap my ass or fondle my tits if you see me out in public." 

-Leo Gura 2018

[Vaishnavi]

was listening to the podcast when i accidentally saw this background cover. Thought it's an eye. 

 

 

oops!

[Sahil Pandit]

 

[Cameron]

This one is a silly one. But it's an example!! haha

[Vaishnavi]

A simple yet significant re contextualisation example:  In family therapy 

Here’s the gist:

Imagine two dysfunctional folks coming together for marriage and eventually producing a baby. Since the marriage is dysfunctional, the parents are dysfunctional, the child ends up being dysfunctional, pretty obvious.  In family therapy, the patient which is brought in with all these emotional and mental issues is actually seen as a symptom carrier of the dysfunctional family. 

Take this (and I’m borrowing this from this must read called Bradshaw on Family)

Emile is an alcoholic and appears to live in fantasy. She is labelled “unstable” and “sick”. However, seeing things in a larger context changes our perception. We see her interaction with her mother and brother as crucial to keeping the family together. She is no longer the sick, unstable maladaptive daydreamer/alcoholic but instead is seen as a person necessary for keeping the family balanced. The tension b/w the son, Tom, and the mother Amanda are only tempered and kept in check by Emile. When the voltage of these tension gets too high, Emile steps in and gets tom and Amanda to focus on her instead. This distracts them and lowers the voltage. Thus Emile performs a crucial role and Keeps the family together 

The family system functions precisely cause of Emile’s intervention and not in spite of it. One could even call her the caretaker of the family. 

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One might get the impression that this is irrational but for someone who has been studying family systems for some time now, I can assure you that this is in fact a very real possibility. 

I’ve observed the intimacy gap being filled in marriages by kids who get into say drugs or fights. A personal example involves my parents getting close by remunerating n stressing over my brother’s school performances and behaviour. so the dysfunction actually serves a purpose. 

Also in family system the role of the trouble maker or the lost child or the scapegoat serve various well defined needs of the system

The point being seeing things in a larger context and how they serve a function changes the perception.

[Leo Gura]

[DaHonorableCourt]

Genius example all about recontextualization.

[Space]

There are 16 circles in this picture...

[DnoReally]

This show is 3 seasons of perpetual and well written Recontecualization.

 

[nistake]

[Apparition of Jack]

 

[Forestluv]

A great example of manipulation through recontextualization. 

It’s also reflective of capitalism (cost / benefit analysis). Green loves nature documentaries and Orange loves to profit off of it. Notice the difference of how Orange can profit off of nature (fake documentaries) vs how red profits off of nature (cut down the Amazon Rainforest to feel a sense of power by dominating the forest and personal gain). 

And as natural habitats are continuously destroyed, there will be an increase in staged, fake and virtual nature. 

 

[mmKay]

Wash your hands guys. 

@Leo Gura use this one for your book?

Edited December 9, 2020 by mmKay