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Preface by Moshe Feldenkrais
The Elusive Obvious deals with simple, fundamental notions of our daily life that through habit become elusive. Time is money is obviously a good attitude to have in business or work. It is not at all obvious that in love the same attitude is the cause of so much unhappiness. We often make mistakes. We carry over from one activity to another attitudes of mind that do not make life what it could be. Romance is obviously a fine thing. Romantic love is enchanting, but not so good if one partner is money-minded and the other is romantic. In time, they will finish at the psychiatrist’s or in court. Many troubled relationships come from inadvertently carrying over seemingly good habits of thought to where they do not apply. Somehow we behave as if good habits are always good. We think or rather feel that we need not bother about behaving otherwise. It is not so obvious that good habits can make us unhappy. It is an elusive truth. Yet habitual lack of free choice is often, nay, usually, disastrous. If you come across something obviously new to you, in its form at least, please stop for a moment and look inward. Working out new alternatives assists us to grow stronger and wiser. My editor tells me that I should free readers from having to think and look inward. I believe she knows what the average reader likes. I myself do not like predigested food. For you, the reader, I have added to the beginning and end of each chapter a short introduction and summary to facilitate your digestion so that you will find it easier to make what is elusive more obvious.
Table of Contents
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The Elusive Obvious, 2nd Edition
xi – Foreword to the 2019 Edition by Norman Doidge, MD
xxv – Foreword to the Original Edition
xxix – Preface
1 – Introduction
13 – The Organism
29 – On Learning
39 – Biological Aspects of Posture
55 – The Body Pattern of Anxiety
71 – A Second Look
79 – Subjective and Objective Reality
89 – Awareness Through Movement
119 – Functional Integration
143 – The Obvious is Elusive
151 – In a Nutshell
155 – Bibliography
157 – Index
163 – About the Author
165 – Resources
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