I found myself one with the universe, only to find that we live in a multiverse universe.
The field of psychology is currently experiencing a lunar eclipse. Here, the illuminating light of the sub-consciousness is occluded by the celestial body of the consciousness, casting an umbra on the process of individuation.
It is hard not to imagine the profession being practised in some deserted, dimly lit alley where anonymous figures appear and disappear without leaving a trace of their stories of success and struggles. Sadly, medical therapy remains an alien concept for the poor, a waste of resources for the working class, and a fad for the rich.
Let us surpass this rule and follow an exception and build some street lights and bring the profession out in bright daylight, shall we?
Until a few years ago, I was intrigued by the concepts of psychiatry and psychology, or, to say, the brain or mind. Psychiatry is a purely medical field that considers the brain as an identity and believes that it can be influenced through chemicals, both internal and external, and that only manipulation of the contents can cure a person.
Psychology, on the other hand, studies the fundamentals of the mind. The mind is something intangible, like your identity, character, and personality.
Now take a running train as your brain with all its compartments, engine, and spare parts, and your mind as the concept of physics in motion—running that train. The mind is the fuel—the energy that is driving and pushing all the lifeless steel of the train. We can see the train, while the concepts of speed, time, distance, and motion can only be experienced inside the running train.
What is it, then?
Mind over matter? Or matter over mind?
I’d rather say it’s mind and matter over the individual!
For most of our lives, we are quite comfortably sufficient within ourselves. It is only at a certain point in our lives that we feel that the axis of reality is shifting from its centre and that the connection from within has fused out. The voices in our heads either become too weak or grow extremely heavy. We feel at a loss of direction and seek out our lost purpose or a new one to cater to the current circumstances. This is the stage when we need intervention, retrospection, and introspection!
Sadly, most of the population considers this distortion of reality a minor rebuttal of our inner selves in response to the process of growing up. It is just assumed to be a phase and a casual norm. They fail to realise that things can only go downhill from here; the gap keeps widening, and the last few neural connections holding the dying cells together of the self die an untimely death.
In psychology, there are primarily two kinds of practitioners. One who is very well trained in the field and knows all the tricks and twists of the trade He is deeply versed in the literature and scripture on the subject. He would mostly go by the books and help you become the person you were before you required counselling.
Then there are these healers who have all the qualifications of our former professionals, but in addition, they have a miraculous gift for their clients: the gift of philosophy. They not only heal us from all our past traumas and help us cope with life, but they also give us a recipe for life! In therapy, they would sense our vibes and overall mental structure, and in making suggestions, they would pass on the necessary ingredients. Just as a gardener would implant the seeds in fertile soil, so will the healer inject them into our mind’s womb and impregnate our identities with a new self.
Throughout our experience, they would be with us, nurturing and guarding us until we gave birth to our own infant philosophy. The new-born philosophy would have our own DNA and would then guide us for the rest of our lives. We now have our own elements to pass on this child’s philosophy and legacy to the entire world.
These healers are first philosophers and then psychologists; as we know, psychology itself is in its adolescence stage and every now and then looks up to its mother field, philosophy, and alloparents in various other fields. These healers rewrite the scriptures of psychology and change the face of the process.
The lost individual sits at the centre of a labyrinth (chakravyuh), hopelessly awaiting its doom. It is the duty of the healer to choose one of the multicursal ways—dodging all the defence mechanisms and walls that have been erected by the individual while going forward into the maze—and reach the patient, hold him by his hand, and transform him out of the puzzle and into the process of individuation of the outer world.
There are a few fortunate ones who go through the rejuvenating process of Kintsugi, the Japanese art form of putting together broken artefacts with gold and silver. They acknowledge their damaged parts and go very deep within themselves, finding the appreciation and courage to face the impaired self and allowing their open wounds to be filled with precious metals and pious healing, finally emerging more treasured and valuable than they were before the occurrence of the breakdown.
Absolutely brilliant post!!
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Hey thanks a lot Arbie! Do share it with your friends and family or anyone you think, might benifit from it:)
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Amazing writing. Good use of Analogy. All the best. Hoping to see more. 🙂
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Very less are fortunate and that’s true .
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Very true! All we need to find is some love within for ourselves! Do share it with people you think might benifit from it:)
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Great post.
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Thanks a lot:D
Hope to hear from you more on my other posts as well!
Really appreciate your feedback:)
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Brilliant!!
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Thank a lot sir:)
Hope to have your valuable feedback in future as well:D
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This is some deep stuff and excellent quality of writing. Intriguing and kept my interest. Good work, sir!
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Thanks a lot buddy!
Really appreciate your comment and hope to hear from you in future as well:)
If you found this interesting, you should go through madman and his Sanity and Maturity as well:)
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Happy intellecting!
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Deeply profound! I love how you struck the simile – you absolutely hit the nail on the head. We all start out with certain ideologies and beliefs and somewhere along the line, we experience some sort of change that halts us in our paths and makes us question these ideals. A person’s mental state can come under attack and is thus in need of a healer to heal and help re-develop the mind’s womb. The being that emerges in the process of this nurture and development is an astounding one.
“They acknowledge their damaged parts and go very deep within themselves finding the appreciation and courage to face the impaired self and allowing their open wounds to be filled with the precious metals and pious healing finally emerging more treasured and valuable than they were before the occurrence of the breakdown.”
LOVE this concept
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Hey!!
Its so good to hear from again!
It feels great that things that I want to say are reaching out the way to people exactly how they are meant to reach!
And yes! The ideologies and past childhood experiences all get in the way of the nurture of an individuality!
Thanks a lot for your appreciation! Shall look forward to hearing from you soon!❤
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Always nice to visit your site – you don’t disappoint!! 🙂
That’s so true, but I feel like you highlighted the solution to that already in your post: retrospection. The power of hindsight and retrospection can be coupled together to create one larger dynamic, and whatever we deduce from this dynamic can be internalised through the process on introspection. All of that put together can help one climb out of a deep, dark pit – I’ve been there and still find myself falling into these pits every now and then. Your post made me realise that.
I’m so glad to hear that you feel that way; there’s nothing greater than knowing you are having a positive impact on others. Keep it up, looking forward to your next post! ❤
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Thats awesome!
We all been there without an exception! And am really happy that you find the courage to come out of it everytime:D
I sure am looking forward to your feedback for my next post!
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Beautifully researched and written!
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Heyy thanks a lot mate!! Really appreciate your feedback:D
Do visit my latest blog- Precocious Homo Sapiens- A journey from Mass to Individuation!
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I shall do that!
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Thank you:)
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Superb……This reminds me of Joseph Murphy’s principles
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Heyy thats really big compliment! Thanks a ton:D
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This is fantastic, will be checking out more of your writing for sure
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Heyy! Thanks a lot man! I would suggest go through my blogs after this one!
Tabeer- colloquial interpretation of dreams
and In and Out of Patterns- a closet full of myself and the latest one- Drooling minds- Fictions we are made to believe about Emotions!
Am sure youll like it and id like it as well to hear from you on em:D
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Very good article, I am going to reblog this one for you.
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Reblogged this on Truth Troubles.
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Hey bro thanks a lot:D
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Hey there!! Thanks a lot:D
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This was a great exploration of the need we have to go within, make sense of the dark matter present, or what Jung would call our shadow material, and begin an alchemical transformation by filling the spaces in that material with something much more precious.
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Hey! Thanks a lot! It means a lot coming from someone who understands psychology! Means a lot:)
I would love to hear from you on my posts:
1) Drooling minds – Fictions we are made to believe about Emotions and
2)An extra pair of Adam and Eve – Gender Identity beyond Gender Role Playing!
Thank you:):)
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Also in Tabeer- Colloquial Interpretation of dreams. I have used many of Jungian concepts to interpret a full three set dream!
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Good night
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The article comprises so many deep meaningful theories in such simplicity.
I agree with the point where there are two kind of psychologists. But someone who believes In Roger’s approach, it’s more of the client doing their magic.
It’s what you are ready and willing to derive meaning from.
No matter how well experienced or learned he is, I utterly believe it’s upto the client to find the right “recipe of life” for himself.
Very well written. ✌🏻
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Hey Amatullah!
Thanks a lot for your words❤
I do agree with you- the meaning cannot supercede client’s will to absorb it! Very valid point 🌸
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The article comprises so many deep meaningful theories in such simplicity.
I agree with the point where there are two kind of psychologists. But someone who believes In Roger’s approach, it’s more of the client doing their magic.
It’s what you are ready and willing to derive meaning from.
No matter how well experienced or learned he is, I utterly believe it’s upto the client to find the right “recipe of life” for himself.
Very well written. ✌🏻
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