1. Introduction:
   • Conceptual Living: Introduce the idea that people often live within mental constructs and concepts rather than experiencing immediate, authentic interactions.
   • Impact on Relationships: Explain how this affects relationships, causing individuals to interact based on labels and predefined roles.
2. Labels and Concepts:
   • Self-Concepts: Discuss how people develop concepts of who they are and who others are, leading to interactions based on these labels.
   • Example of Wisdom: Illustrate with the example of considering oneself wise and another unwise, and how this prevents genuine communication.
3. Seeing Beyond Symbols:
   • Living Incarnations of God: Emphasize the importance of recognizing each person as a living, breathing incarnation of God, beyond their labels.
   • Cutting Attachments: Explain the necessity of cutting attachments to these symbologies to see the true essence of individuals.
4. Attachment and Need:
   • Role of Attachment: Discuss how attachment to roles and needs creates a dependency on others fulfilling certain roles (e.g., nurse and patient, helper and helpless).
   • Neurotic Symbiosis: Highlight the concept of “you scratch my neurosis, I’ll scratch yours,” where people reinforce each other’s roles.
5. The Game of Netting:
   • Comic Book Analogy: Use the analogy from the Doctor Strange comic series, where people walk around with mental “nets” projecting their identities and expectations.
   • Symbolic Value: Discuss how people use these nets to entrap others in their mental constructs, reinforcing symbolic identities.
6. The Horror of Winning:
   • If You Win, You Lose: Explain the paradox that if everyone gets caught in your mental game, you ultimately lose because genuine connection is lost.
   • Seductive Models: Describe how the mind’s models seduce people into living within these constructs, creating a cycle of reinforcement.
7. Breaking Free:
   • Recognizing Constructs: Encourage recognizing when we are living within mental constructs and making a conscious effort to break free.
   • Authentic Interaction: Advocate for engaging with others based on immediate experiences rather than predefined roles and labels.
8. Practical Steps:
   • Mindfulness Practices: Suggest mindfulness and meditation as tools to become aware of and detach from mental constructs.
   • Active Listening: Emphasize the importance of active listening and being fully present in interactions to foster genuine connections.
9. Conclusion:
   • True Connection: Reinforce the importance of breaking free from mental constructs to experience true human connection and authenticity.
   • Continuous Effort: Highlight that this requires continuous effort and self-awareness but leads to more fulfilling and meaningful relationships.

By recognizing and dismantling the mental constructs we live within, we can foster genuine human connections and experience life more authentically.