Jun 22, 2023 11:28
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English term
bodily embedded beliefs
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Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
identity
Dear colleagues,
I’m not sure about the meaning of “bodily embedded beliefs” in the passage below taken from a book about “intraconnection”. In this particular passage, the author is talking about identity.
Thank you so much for your help!
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How we choose to focus our lens of identity will determine which centers of experience we use to define our self and its characteristics. With a tightly focused lens, we see the singular body as the only source of the fundamental features of self, and we then contrast this identity to all “others.” When we adjust this tight, body-based lens and expand our focus just enough to see self as plural – us – we include only those like-me, those with key elements (such as bodily features, bodily history, *** bodily embedded beliefs *** ) that fit our view of identity. We’ve seen that the “self-construal” process can be independent with an individualistic perspective, and it can be interdependent, whether relational and connected to other individuals such as those members of a family or community, or collectivistic and based in affiliation with larger groups comprised of people who might share values and beliefs but whom we have never met.
I’m not sure about the meaning of “bodily embedded beliefs” in the passage below taken from a book about “intraconnection”. In this particular passage, the author is talking about identity.
Thank you so much for your help!
************
How we choose to focus our lens of identity will determine which centers of experience we use to define our self and its characteristics. With a tightly focused lens, we see the singular body as the only source of the fundamental features of self, and we then contrast this identity to all “others.” When we adjust this tight, body-based lens and expand our focus just enough to see self as plural – us – we include only those like-me, those with key elements (such as bodily features, bodily history, *** bodily embedded beliefs *** ) that fit our view of identity. We’ve seen that the “self-construal” process can be independent with an individualistic perspective, and it can be interdependent, whether relational and connected to other individuals such as those members of a family or community, or collectivistic and based in affiliation with larger groups comprised of people who might share values and beliefs but whom we have never met.
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Oliver Simões
United States
United States
Works in field
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
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beliefs stored in the body
"The body is the unconscious mind. Practicing bodywork is a time to listen to and liberate the memories and beliefs stored in the body." https://www.andreawellness.com/product-page/guided-beginners...
"In updating the vibrational frequency of your emotions, thoughts, traumas, beliefs stored in the body, your physical form can align with your higher self." https://www.malaenagrace.com/spiritual-embodiment
"In updating the vibrational frequency of your emotions, thoughts, traumas, beliefs stored in the body, your physical form can align with your higher self." https://www.malaenagrace.com/spiritual-embodiment
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deeply ingrained beliefs
forming a part of the essence or inmost being
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| Thank you so much, Lirka, for your contribution! |
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Katherine Krussel
United States
United States
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Sociology, ecology, culinary specialist
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US)
Works in: English, French to English
deeply-held beliefs about the body
This term arises in the context of a discussion of identifying with others "only like-me" to "fit our view of identity." The author lists: similar "bodily features, bodily history, and bodily embedded beliefs." Yes, it could mean identifying with others who have beliefs stored in their bodies in a similar way to oneself, but it seems to point more so to the concept of personal beliefs concerning the body - one's own and others' bodies.
"Bodily features" are perceptible physically. "Bodily history" can be identified in conversation while getting to know someone and determining whether you identify with them, e.g. fitness, gym, dieting habits, medical history. Similarly, "deeply-held beliefs about the body," the TT that I am proposing, can be revealed in conversation with others, e.g. "I am great because I have big muscles" or "I must be a certain weight in order to be attractive" and so on.
Beliefs that are stored in the body are certainly perceptible, but on a less conscious level when people are relating, or are usually revealed in a more therapeutic context. The discussion seems to be more about processes of "identifying with" someone on a more superficial level.
It's not a widely-used term, and it seems to be a play on the term "culturally embedded beliefs" so maybe it means "culturally embedded beliefs concerning the body"
"Bodily features" are perceptible physically. "Bodily history" can be identified in conversation while getting to know someone and determining whether you identify with them, e.g. fitness, gym, dieting habits, medical history. Similarly, "deeply-held beliefs about the body," the TT that I am proposing, can be revealed in conversation with others, e.g. "I am great because I have big muscles" or "I must be a certain weight in order to be attractive" and so on.
Beliefs that are stored in the body are certainly perceptible, but on a less conscious level when people are relating, or are usually revealed in a more therapeutic context. The discussion seems to be more about processes of "identifying with" someone on a more superficial level.
It's not a widely-used term, and it seems to be a play on the term "culturally embedded beliefs" so maybe it means "culturally embedded beliefs concerning the body"
Reference:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/embedded
https://www.redefinerswl.org/post/what-is-cultural-embeddedness-and-how-to-find-freedom-from-it
Note from asker:
| Thank you so much, Katherine, for your interesting contribution! I'll think about it! |
| Dear Katherine, I've read again a few passages of the book, and I feel that "bodily embedded beliefs" may actually mean "stored in the body". For instance, the author says: "categorical divisions and concepts embedded in the neural networks of the brain". I'm not absolutely sure, of course, and Your hypothesis is interesting, however! |
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