Thursday, April 24, 2008

A New Theory for the Human Organism.


there are many different theories on the psychology of the human organism.

Some are more focused on development. Others, on relationship, and a slew of others on every possible aspect that hasn't already been mentioned above.

But, while these different theories all work and for the most part achieve what they purport, in many ways, they fail in terms of figuring out not only what issues tend to bedevil individuals from achieving "fulfillment", they may not be all that successful, in defining what it is about human beings, individually, and collectively, that answer "personal" issues within the context of phenomelogical issues.

That is to say, we may be "fulfilled' to a degree, but who are we?, what are we?, and what are we here for?

If we are "fulfilled" but we can not answer that question, then we can never know for sure, if we are living a lie. for if we do not solve the mystery of life, then we have not solved, or better yet, resolved anything. It is important that we should continually question our experience of reality. And it seems to me, that human beings have a great passion for becoming engaged in an unending series of tasks and distractions from reality... such that there is nary a difference (avoidance-wise) between someone that works 18 hours a day, for three years, at the end of a 14 year project, and wins the Nobel prize, and the cracked out junkie whore, who engages in deceit, mischief, deception and illicit activity, diversions, and dysfunction... We simply can not say for sure, which of the the above two individuals is engaged in a self-relationship which is false, or real at it's core.

what can be said, is that they both spend a great deal of time, engrossed in some shit, that may not ultimately answer any questions as to "who" these two individuals "are". But we can say, they spend a lot of time engaged in some Other bullshit.

I remember watching a show on a spiritual gathering in India. There were literally hundreds of Yogi's from all across the land and they interviewed this one yogi, and he said, "people say that they are too busy to meditate for an hour a day, and yet, if they meditated for an hour, they would get more out of that, than in the rest of the day."

humans avoid shit. sometimes they avoid shit in such a way that it seems that they are really doing shit. sometimes not, but the bottom line, is that they love focusing on "something" which means that they are not focused on everything other than what that "something" is.

and so if i were to engage in a new form of psychology, it would be the psychology of "realness" vs. the avoidance of man, the work would break down the reasons for this, and provide an outline a form of treatment to help individuals to lose their fear of coming to know the last great expanse.... the human spirit. Once we had achieved this lack of fear and fear/avoidance reactions, we could then re-build individuals as real, "known" individuals, now engaged with life in the manner of a vital embrace.

that would be my great contribution to the understanding of man.

the great advantage would be that 1. you may actually come to understand who/what you are before you die, essentially as an anonymous entity to everyone and yourself 2. you may find peace of mind and forgiveness on a scale heretowith incomprehensible to your present self 3. it may help to facilitate a more equitible and less adversarial relationship with our fellow beings and in our relationship with the planet 4. many personal, health and addiction issues may be more readily ameliorated, or even downright pre-empted, if folks could become centered.

ya never know. it may not work at all, or go anywhere. but at least i would have a nice little noble plan to work on, to avoid getting in touch with myself. and that my friends, is the true beauty of this proposition.

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