Chapter V. The Induced Transition
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Terms you must own
- Prod — say what it is, give two examples, and say what decides whether it does anything.
- Induced transition — define it in one sentence and say what causes the shift: the event, or your reaction to it.
- Layer — say what it is made of and give both senses he uses.
- Comfort zone — define it and say why "comfortable" does not mean "better".
- Intention — say how this chapter separates it from desire, and what he admits he cannot explain about it.
Carried forward
Alternatives space · Sector · Script and scenery · Lifeline · Material realization · Thought energy · Vibration · Pendulum (destructive) · Adherent · Ignoring versus avoiding · Excess potential · Balanced forces · Safety net · Inner guardian
Objectives
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explain Evidence: write three sentences, then add his Coca-Cola point and say why it is wit, not evidence. [0:01:33] [0:07:48] [0:16:59]
recall Evidence: answer review question 2 in the guide. [0:05:45] [0:06:35]
explain Evidence: write both senses, then use his rich-and-poor-neighbourhood or crowd-versus-hooligans example. [0:09:57] [0:10:42] [0:11:35] [0:12:31]
explain Evidence: write two sentences; the transcript is garbled around [0:19:44], so rely on the guide's summary of the tension-and-release build. [0:18:35] [0:21:05] [0:21:38]
explain Evidence: write one sentence each; for the second, say what it is not (a single event, or the news itself). [0:22:19] [0:25:25]
recall Evidence: answer review question 4, then draw the spiral and label each stage. [0:22:19]–[0:25:25] [0:29:03] [0:51:32]
analyse Evidence: answer review question 5; then write one sentence on the shared field and the herd instinct. [0:26:34] [0:27:41] [0:31:14] [0:36:28]
analyse Evidence: write what you would do on hearing of a plane crash before a flight; the guide's Watch-outs flag this as a possible tension, so state both readings. [0:32:06] [0:33:25]
apply Evidence: trace two pendulums swinging higher in a work or family argument; then answer review question 6, noting this is asserted, not shown. [0:34:45] [0:36:28] [0:37:34]
apply Evidence: name the excess potential and the safety net; then do the same for a fear of your own. [0:39:59] [0:41:27] [0:43:26]
analyse Evidence: write the claim, the admission, and the doctors and babies objections with his replies; then say what result would count against the model. [0:44:32] [0:45:12] [0:47:12] [0:49:13] [0:50:36]
explain Evidence: answer review question 7; then say in one sentence why envy turns into devaluing; "intention" is loosely used here, so also give the sense in the author's glossary. [0:54:16] [0:58:07] [0:58:58] [1:00:06]
apply Evidence: retell it with a setback of your own, mark each prod, and say which response (disappointment, anger, blame) turns the spiral. [1:01:25] [1:02:25] [1:03:27]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 1 in the guide, then write the catch-and-name sequence for one complaint you repeat. [1:07:00] [1:08:10]
Readiness check
Answer these without looking anything up.
- What does Zeland say happens to a person who complains, and why does the world as a whole not become hell?
- What are the three parts of the triple boomerang?
- What is a layer, and in what two senses does he use the word?
- What is a prod? Give the stages that follow it until a person becomes a participant.
- How does letting information pass differ from avoiding it, and where might the two blur?
- Why does he say hating war or protesting against it feeds the pendulum?
- What does he say keeps someone poor, and what do comfort zone and intention have to do with it?
- Which of his claims about illness can the book not prove, and what does he say about that?
The next chapter assumes you hold one idea: your reactions, not events themselves, tune you to lifelines, so the way out is to notice and drop the reaction, which is the habit Chapter VI (The Alternatives Flow) builds on.