Laurel & Hardy as empathy and detachment

Laurel & Hardy as association and dissociation.

I’m looking forward to the coming movie, Stan and Ollie. Laurel & Hardy are emblematic of a topic of basic psychology research, the contrast between association~dissociation.

In Spanish Laurel & Hardy are called “Gordo y Flaco,” (fat and thin).

For this discussion, we can translate this as:

– one is over-identified with, over-associated with materiality,

– the other is, under-identified with, too little-associated with materiality.

We may say, a body-build in between Gordo and Flaco is more optimal.

However in our energy body, we employ healthy expressions of association and dis-association more or less daily.

In the emotional realm, “association” is very close to “empathy” feeling with, not sympathy for, not feeling for another person. Rather resonating emotionally in parallel with another’s feeling.

Got empathy? Healthy empathy is a big part of Best Practices in Emotional Intelligence and interpersonal competency.

Does Oliver Hardy represent empathy? No. He primarily represents the immature over-identification a child before puberty has with the material world and material pursuits. For an adult, he is too much identified with childlike rules, games and goals, the chronic high blood pressure person. In this Ollie is an early expression of the childified adult, the adult stuck in their evolution towards healthy critical thinking, evaluating and reality testing.

Stan Laurel represents the opposite immature position, not yet adequately-sufficiently concerned with and identified with materiality and the consequences of our actions here.

Some of the funniest conversations Laurel and Hardy have are about their hair-brained schemes to make money or accomplish something the audience sees as poorly conceived, as doomed to failure; or at lest, to comedy.

In the emotional realm, “dissociation” is very close to “detachment.” Detachment has both healthy and unhealthy expressions.

If we are to close to too much trauma-drama; or, close to trauma-drama for too long–detachment can be healthy. If it begins to drag us down as well, w e can tell our Child Within to detach from the trauma-drama of others.

Detachment can be Unhealthy when the trauma-drama is live, not virtual; and, it’s safe and easy for us to lend a hand. Is it my part to intervene and protect the weak here? Is it safe for me to intervene? We want adequate-sufficient detachment to think thru the options.

Does Stan Laurel represent unhealthy over-detachment? I think so somewhat. Moreso he represents the immature other side to Ollie, the “lost child” the un-mothered child, the chronic low blood pressure person, a child with too few healthy associations with the world and how to make your way thru it.

In this Stan is another early expressions of the childified adult, the adult stuck in progressing towards healthy critical thinking, evaluating and reality testing.

Your comments are welcome.

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Author, Health Intuitive, Bruce Dickson online:

http://www.Amazon.com/Bruce-Dickson-MSS/e/B007SNVG46

https://holisticbrainbalance.wordpress.com/

http://blog.GoetheanScience.net

http://blog.goetheanscience.net/2015/12/10/abstract-summary-of-the-three-sciences-we-use-everyday/