The Magical Child

Magical Parent Magical Child
The Optimum Learning Relationship Michael Mendizza Joseph Chilton Pearce

Special Workshop Edition

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Contents
Magical Parent–Magical Child The OptimumLearning Relationship
Foreword by Joseph Chilton Pearce & Michael Mendizza

Part One The Intelligence of Play
Introduction Real Jedi Masters Play ........................................................ 3 In the Zone ......................................................................... 4 Optimum Learning Relationships ...........................................5 Who’s Leading Who andWhere Are We Going? ................... 11

Intelligence & the Developing Brain
IntelligenceWho, What & Where? .................................... 14 Brains Here, Brains There, Brains Everywhere ...................... 15 Images, The Brain & Its Operating System ............................ 17

Origins of Self As Self-Defense
To Me or Not to Me? That Is the Question.............................18 Self As Self-Defense ............................................................ 20 Shame and the Origins of Self ............................................... 21 Becoming As Others See Us ................................................. 22

Developing Capacity
Stage Specific Learning ........................................................ 24 The Model Imperative...........................................................24 Evolution - The Lower Into The Higher ..................................25 Devolution - The Higher Into The Lower ............................... 26 Environmental Signals ........................................................... 26

States of Being & Their Meaning
State-Specific Learning .........................................................27 Reflexes - Mental, Emotional, Physical Pinball ........................ 29 The Magic of Memory .......................................................... 30 The Primacy of States .......................................................... 32 States Are Content ............................................................... 33 Fields of Meaning................................................................. 34 Sharing Fields ....................................................................... 35 The Intelligence of the Heart ................................................. 36 Insight-Intelligence & Beginner’s Mind .................................. 39 iii

PlayThe Optimum State
The Intelligence of Play .........................................................41 Play AsLearning 42 Authentic PlayComplete, Selfless Attention & Absorption .... 43 Four perspectives: Researcher, Scientist, Explorer and the Mystic

Safe Enough to Play
The Safe Place ..................................................................... 47 Basic Trust ........................................................................... 50 A Lifetime of Experience in a Glance..................................... 52 The Learning Channel We Call Bonding ................................. 53 Primary Learning & Conditioning ........................................... 57 Play, Practice & Work .......................................................... 58

Play Ages & Stages
Smiles .................................................................................. 61 High Chair Play...