Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelings—that is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a penny. You can think about many things mechanically, but you will get nothing from it.
P.D. OuspenskyTags: thinking philosophy psychology metaphysics
Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emotions!
A. This is one of the worst illusions we have. We think that negative emotions are produced by circumstances, whereas all negative emotions are in us, inside us. This is a very important point. We always think our negative emotions are produced by the fault of other people or by the fault of circumstances. We always think that. Our negative emotions are in ourselves and are produced by ourselves. There is absolutely not a single unavoidable reason why somebody else's action or some circumstance should produce a negative emotion in me. It is only my weakness. No negative emotion can be produced by external causes if we do not want it. We have negative emotions because we permit them, justify them, explain them by external causes, and in this way we do not struggle with them.
Tags: philosophy psychology emotions metaphysics
I always have my reasons, even when I don't know what they are.
Eric Micha'el LeventhalTags: humor consciousness knowledge reason mind psychology ignorance motivation self-awareness self-knowledge subconscious awareness know-thyself subconscious-mind conscious-mind
They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand cocked his head and said, 'Ahh! Iconoclast. Disdains the easy, symbolic patriotism.' And when I tried to laugh it off and said, well, I didn't like cherry cobbler either, Marybeth touched Rand's arm: 'Because of the divorce. All those comfort foods, the desserts a family eats together, those are just bad memories for Nick.'
It was silly but incredibly sweet, these people spending so much energy trying to figure me out. The answer: I don't like cherries.
Tags: patriotism childhood psychology funny logic simplicity memories symbolism irony thoughts divorce ironic psychologist the-mind iconoclast childhood-memories over-thinking broken-home bad-memories cherry-pie
Oткриће психологије, до кога је дошло на Западу, било je
резултат разочарања западног човека, тј. последица одбацивања и
пренебрегавања читавог подвижничког Предања Цркве. За западног
човека, отуђеног од исихастичкоподвижничког предања, психологија је
представљала право чудо. Међутим, психологија за Православље није
никакво чудо. Да живе у наше време, Оци би се чудили над нечим другим
– над човековом фасцинираношћу психологијом. Баш као што и
савремени подвижници, тј. савремени Оци – који искуствено познају сва
унутарња стања душе човекове, како лукавштине ђаволове и палост
“старога човека”, тако и дејство благодатних енергија Божјих – сматрају
открића психологије релативно незанимљивим. Кажем, незанимљивим,
зато што је осредње знање од мале важности за оног ко је примио
савршено знање. Колико се божанска мудрост разликује од људске
мудрости, толико се и православна психотерапија разликује од
хуманистичке психотерапије. Чега занимљивог за човека који живи и
доживљава Божју љубав – ту једину савршену љубав, ту
“богосједињујућу и свеобуимајућу силу”, то “иступљење ума”, ту
“разбуктаност духа”, ту “огњену и неподносиву чежњу и жеђ” – може
бити у открићима о острашћеној и онечишћеној “љубави”, која није
ништа друго до пад љубави и идол? Зато и Оци наших дана, који својим
животом пројављују свецело искуство Цркве, сматрају безначајним
наводно “просветљујућа” открића савремене психологије.
Tags: christianity psychology spirituality
The world didn't stop because we weren't in it anymore.
Susanna KaysenTags: reality psychology
I discovered there was an endless source of robust enjoyment in trifling with psychiatrists.
Vladimir NabokovTags: psychology therapy enjoyment
The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend upon dogma and ritual: and especially upon repetition and the application of continual and standardised pressures upon their followers.
The Sufi way, except in degenerate forms which are not to be classified as Sufic, is entirely different from this.
Tags: wisdom mind psychology sufism sufis
Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.
P.D. OuspenskyTags: psychology phylosophy
Q. Surely it is easier to be objective about other people than about oneself?
A. No, it is more difficult. If you become objective to yourself you can see other people objectively, but not before, because before that it will all be coloured by your own views, attitudes, tastes, by what you like and what you dislike. To be objective you must be free from it all. You can become objective to yourself in the state of self-consciousness: this is the first experience of coming into contact with the real object.
Tags: psychology metaphysics
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