What Would Need to Be True
To resolve this collision:
1. Examine outcomes: People trained through Lowen's somatic path—do they develop integrated consciousness under activation? People trained through M&G's consciousness path—do they develop full somatic aliveness and charge-discharge completion? Or are these separate outcomes?
2. Test pathway sequence: Can you take the paths in either order (Lowen then M&G, or M&G then Lowen), or does the order matter?
3. Examine mixed training: What do practitioners who have experienced both somatic release work (Lowen-style) and consciousness training in high-stakes containers (M&G-style) report about the relationship between the two?
4. Profile the ideal outcome: Is the ideal person someone who has achieved maximum soma aliveness OR maximum consciousness capacity, or someone who has achieved both? Are they the same person?
5. Cross-domain integration: Does Eastern spirituality (which emphasizes consciousness training) produce somatic aliveness? Do contemplative traditions combine consciousness work with somatic release, or are these separate traditions?