Toward a Psychology of Being
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What's needed on Earth is love of the dark side of ourselves
The increasingly thoughtful child can see the whole horribly upset world and would be understandably totally bewildered and deeply troubled by it
Throughout history we humans have struggled to find meaning in the awesome contradiction of our human condition. Neither philosophy, nor psychology nor biology has, until now, been able to provide the truthful explanation.
We can transition from being victims of the human condition to becoming secure, sound, effective managers of our world
A fresh approach is needed — an analysis of our human situation from a basis that recognises and confronts the psychological dimension to our behaviour
When the human condition is finally demystified, human insecurity and nervousness will be at a maximum…for this ultimate enlightenment to be allowed, society is going to have to adhere scrupulously to the democratic principle of freedom of expression.
The agony of being unable to answer the question of why are we the way we are, divisively instead of cooperatively behaved, has been the particular burden of life. It has been our species' particular affliction or condition — our human condition.
Pseudo idealism: apparent charitable behaviour that on scrutiny is revealed as selfish, because the giver is engaging in it only so that he or she can feel good about him or herself
Finding understanding of the human condition is what rehabilitates and transforms the human race
While it is one thing to wish for the truth, it is quite another to cope with it
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