Gig’s Quest for a Hot White Guy: Exploring Organic Intelligence® Theory Kindle Edition

*Independent work by Bach Ho. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Organic Intelligence. “Organic Intelligence®” is a registered trademark.This book is a bundle of three of my e-books on Organic Intelligence (OI™): Exploring Organic Intelligence®: An Introduction, Gig Messages a Hot White Guy: Exploring an Organic Intelligence® Session, and Gig Pursues a Hot White Guy: Exploring the Aftermath of an Organic Intelligence® Session.In my opinion, this is the best book on Organic Intelligence in the world.It will give you a deep, clear, technical presentation of OI’s essentials and a deep experiential understanding of OI, in session and in life.Organic Intelligence is a theory and practice of Auto-Organization, developed by Steve Hoskinson. Auto-Organization is a biological process in human organisms, a process that increases their capacity to process information automatically. OI is primarily used by therapists, coaches, and other helping professionals to promote their clients’ well-being. It is also used as a do-it-yourself practice for improving one’s own well-being.Part 1 introduces the four most fundamental concepts of OI: Auto-Organization, organic intensity threshold, Orientation, and pleasure. Most attention is given to Orientation, because it is the most important concept for practical application. Relatively little attention is given to pleasure, even though it is the second most important concept for practice. The common sense understanding of pleasure that most people already have is enough for them to go on. A second reason I give less attention to pleasure is to dramatically emphasize Orientation. (“You barely discussed pleasure! You just focused on Orientation!” is a critical reaction I intentionally want from OI-informed readers. Orientation is everything.)Part 2 presents a hypothetical OI session. It introduces the five aspects of conscious experience we work with (Image, Sensation, Orientation, Meaning (thought), Affect (emotion); acronym, ISOMA™) to support clients in reaching organic intensity thresholds.Part 3 presents what happens to the client after session. (SPOILER ALERT: SKIP THIS IF YOU WANT THE PLEASURE OF MYSTERY.) (FINAL WARNING, SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH TO PROTECT YOUR PLEASURE.) The client predominantly falls back to his old ways. This story illustrates, and leads to a technical presentation of, three perspectives on the problem of insufficient Orientation and pleasure: The What’s Wrong Attention (WWA), the addiction to intensity, and The Status Quo Attractor (SQA). Read more