A Metaphor For Self As Context In Act The Observing Self As The Sky

A Metaphor For Self As Context In Act The Observing Self As The Sky Clear & practical“self as context” (sac) has two meanings in act:easily the most common meaning of sac in act is the “observing self”: that aspect of a human being. that does all the noticing observing of one’s inner and outer world. you could call this “meta awareness” or “pure awareness” if you prefer: it’s the awareness. Self as context is the sense of self that is a consistent perspective from which to observe and accept all changing experiences. we attempt to teach this to our clients in acceptance and commitment therapy in order to help build psychological flexibility. to be able to learn to contact the core self helps people relate to their thoughts.

A Metaphor For Self As Context In Act The Observing Self As The Sky Metaphors used by act practitioners to help explain self as context include: the sky and weather metaphor – thoughts and feelings are like the weather – they are always changing, sometimes fine, sometimes windy and rainy. in contrast the observing self is like the sky – it is always there and cannot be harmed or changed by any kind of bad. To access the observing self, ‘notice that you are noticing’ self as context in late 2011 the meaning of ‘self as context’ changed. in almost all current act textbooks, sac is defined as or described as the ‘observing self’ or ‘observer self’. but as these textbooks are revised, this will change. now the term has come to mean. This week’s blog unpacks the concept of self as context. thoughts and feelings are like the weather – they are always changing, sometimes fine, sometimes windy and rainy. in contrast, the observing self is like the sky – it is always there and cannot be harmed or changed by any kind of bad weather. Acceptance and commitment therapy (act) is really big on using metaphors to convey key concepts. this post will take a look at a few of them. self as context metaphors chessboard. a core message of act is that our self is the context for what happens inside our heads, not the content of it. one metaphor for this is the chessboard.