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Alain Forget’s philosophy is based on four pillars
DISTANCING
Distancing is a position of self observation. It has borne many names. The Buddha calls it the establishment of attention, Hinduism the position of the witness, Jesus advised us to be like passers-by and Shantiveda speaks of the alert spirit. Unless this position is established, it is impossible to create any order in one’s life.
DISCERNMENT
Discernment allows you to explore your foundations. You develop an understanding of your anger, fears and guilt. You see that you are conditioned by the layers of your repressed emotions, and that each layer protects the one that lies beneath. This means, for example, that shyness protects fear of rejection which protects low self-esteem and that anger protects fear. By practicing Discernment, you develop a technique of introspection. You create your own psycho-therapist and start to dismantle these layers.
DISIDENTIFICATION
You are continuously in identification. You perceive situations through the prisms of attraction, repulsion, fear, guilt and other repressed emotions. Disidentification is the result of a profound understanding of this situation. You then move from a less mechanical to a more dynamic state. You shift from making unconscious losing choices to making conscious winning ones. After a certain time, from the space you have cleared in yourself, you develop your soul and crystallise a powerful intuition.
DISCRIMINATION
Discrimination lies at the very heart of metaphysical enquiry. At a certain moment, taken by a question without an answer, Discrimination will be a mental tool so sharp that it cuts through the last layers of your conditioning. Only at that point does life reveal itself to itself. Only at that point does awakening blossom.