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SEVEN STEPS TO RELEASE—THE SEVEN ZONES OF
COMPREHENSION DESCRIBED ZONE ONE: THE BODY CALLS FOR AWARENESS. This is the body
primacy, first perception, the call from the body to consciousness, sensations of hunger,
pain, cold, etc. In this Zone the righting reflex maintains balance, proprioception
occurs. The recognition of space outside the body through sensation informs
awareness. Here the body seeks comfort. A shift of weight, and an eye blink
are present in this Zone. This is an active state of awareness, however
one-dimensional. This Zone may be seen as complete and transcendent in itself, as in
the animal consciousness that knows everything necessary for the animal’s complete
and functional participation in life. Advanced thought is in formation here, through
sensational awareness. ZONE TWO: FIRST REFLECTONS IN STILLNESS. This is the first state of
reflection, where dualistic territory of mind and body are created within perception.
Interpretation and adaptation occur. This Zone allows for separation from
source, understanding of cause and effect, and awareness of influences. Habits are
created, and events are remembered. When cold is recognized a step toward warmth may
occur. When balance is perceived as an option, and this occurs on a physical level,
walking becomes possible. First acts are achieved at this level. Through reflection and
the gathering of information, primary judgment is formed at this receptive level.
This is a two-dimensional activity. The beginnings of advanced thought process,
through memory, comparison of effects and creation of alternatives, are here. This
zone contains activity that forms and creates on the substantially yet primary plane of
perception. The subject of the Release Process (as experienced, and defined by Mary
O’Donnell (Fulkerson) is documented here, because in that process mind and body
function as fully integrated, as in Zone One, and also with mindfulness, as coming from
Zone Three. In Zone Two, fullness of participation in mind/body is still possible,
though there is awareness of distinction, duality within these. The reconstruction
of wholeness of perception within mind and body is the subject of Release as described
here. ZONE THREE: THOUGHT CONSIDERED FROM A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
Here one is actively experiencing all of the space-time continuum and more. This is
an active mode of thought, where analysis becomes possible. It implies the putting
together of parts, conceiving of a whole coming from parts, mechanical invention and
fundamental mathematical process; also natural sciences and the fullest developments of
logic. Included here are the naming of feelings and sensations, descriptions of the
workings of the world, and the first concept of the unknown—that something may lie
beyond the tools of logic; first conceptions of creation, and of God. Personal
experiences