Trans Conscient Learning (TCL)
is a unique approach to teaching, training and education which
causes a dramatic and sustainable shift in people. “Conscient” is a term
combining the spirit of “Conscious” and “Sentient”. The TCL method goes
beyond conscious thought and subconscious programming, and is one of the most
powerful and effective ways to create a lasting shift in people, groups and
organizations.
THE TCL FACILITATOR
(Excerpts from a talk by Mr.
Nitin P Khanna to a group of TCL facilitators. February 2004.)
… We are all knowledgeable people. Because that is what,
somewhere deep within ourselves we believe in. And, may be, rightly so. We have
worked hard and have acquired all that knowledge through experience,
application, experimentation and study.
But with knowledge comes pride. Pride in our own
definition of who we are. Our knowledge
is a good ego massage. Indeed, often it is the knowledge we possess, the
“known” that we have – which is the source of our ego and identity in the first
place.
Knowledge is also security. A nice cocoon within which we
can be comfortable in being who we are and be protected from the unsuspected
dangers of the unfamiliar.
Nothing wrong or right about it. It’s just the way we are
all made as human beings. However, as a TCL facilitator, you are someone who
chooses not to operate out of knowledge while, at the same time, constantly
building the reservoir of knowledge.
A TCL facilitator operates from the space of love,
commitment and care rather than a space of knowledge and pride. He chooses to
be driven by people he is working with – their mental and emotional states. He
is not occupied by what he has to give. His only commitment is how people get
what they need to get at that point in time.
He is not there to prove a point. His only purpose is to
truly serve. He taps his own reservoirs of knowledge only if it is needed and
always for the purpose of serving – nothing else. For him, knowledge is an
invaluable slave but a hopeless master. And so you will often find him
transcending his own knowledge barriers and dancing freely in the space of
unknown and unfamiliar – the dance of creation which is the source of his work.
At this stage he has transcended the trappings of his own
ego and identity. He soars freely and is
somehow connected to bigger sources of knowledge and inspiration which are
otherwise unavailable to him. It is in this space that the magic happens.
I am sure you all have experienced this to varying degrees
in the course of your work. I have myself had many wonderful experiences and
each of those experiences have, some way or the other, contributed to my own
growth. I have experienced a few things whenever I am in this state –
- Assumptions and judgments are
automatically kept aside. All conscious thought is kept aside and I allow my
deep subconscious to manifest.
- I say and do whatever emerges
spontaneously from deep within me.
- There is no stiffness, no fear, no
‘performance anxiety’. I can truly play to the hilt and have lot of fun.
- Everything is allowed to flow in the
trust that whatever comes up is OK. Intuition can truly function now.
- I am very comfortable with my body.
Physically I can do much more than I thought myself capable of.
- I am very comfortable with my feelings
and emotions. I can express myself 100% effortlessly.
- My breathing is deep and regular and
sometimes I find myself in an almost meditative state.
- My attention is 100% focused.
At times, I feel like a master conduit through which the
group is getting connected through a bigger source somewhere. A source that is
neither understood by me nor do I feel any need to understand it. I feel the
source as grace.
When you express from your subconscious, it is often not
possible for others to hold on to their own conscious makeup for too long and
soon they also start operating from their deeper being … without fear and
inhibitions… there is an instant connection between all the subconscious in
that space which resonates together to increase the overall energy of the
group…
This phenomenon (perhaps what Jung calls counter
transference) is the very source which creates the context or space for any
meaningful work to happen. And once that space is established and you are able
to hold that context, the content, whatever it may be, automatically becomes
immensely powerful.
It is in this space that the growth and development of the
participants as well as the facilitator is inevitable.
Therefore, to my mind, the only objective and obligation
of a teacher should be to create this space – sourcing it out of himself; and
learning to be a TCL facilitator is nothing but to diligently work out the
ability to do so…anytime, at will.
