complicated? After all, by some lawsи it becomes permissible for a personлto act not logicallyо and not reasonablyо, causing harm even to himself. It means that some higher forces, higher laws, higher intelligence are behind this in the end. Although, what does it mean, some, these are the laws of the universe, the laws of human nature. And here instincts and subconsciousness alone, in the form in which we are familiar with these things, cannot explain all these motives of people who cause surprise.
Consequently, our psychology here is not quite ordinary, but rather higher. When not only приnatural factors and logical processes known to science explain human behavior, but also sociology, which, however, is also ultimately based on biology and logic, and when not just unconscious motives manifest themselves, behind which are the most complex thought processes caused человеком by the life experience and knowledge that a person has received, but also what-then the more complex laws of life, which can only be called a manifestation of higher forces, which can be incomprehensible to our minds at all. It is as if at some point some very complex behavioral programs in people are activated, which switch them to perform a certain role in life, to perform certain tasks.
We can say that here the mysticism turns out. But if you think about what mysticism is, if not the unknown laws of this world. So, mysticism can be called something that has not yet been studied by science, but that exists, because there are forces in this world that we do not know anything about. For example, the forces that make life possible.
And so, explaining the behavior of people by the influence of higher forces on it, I use such a concept as higher psychology in order to stimulate my reasoning on the topic of higher laws of life and help people take a broader look at the laws of this world, so that they can accept the most different layouts that are only possible in this world. A sort of therapeutic philosophy is obtained. Higher forces are же the highest, complex laws of the universe. And even just thinking about them can make it much easier for us to relate to many things in life that are otherwise difficult or even impossible to accept. For example, something very traumatic, like, say, the death of children. After all, if such a thing happens in a person’s life, he can go crazy. е случится в жизни человека, он с ума может сойти. How can I accept this? Being an absolutely mentally healthy person, this is impossible. This is such grief, such pain, what acceptance, there would be at least something to find, so as not to go mad, at least some thought. And if you think about why this is acceptable in this world, why higher forces allow such tragedies to happen, why they made it possible, then you can find saving thoughts that will allow you to look at this world differently.
What we perceive as a tragedy may not truly be one – even by our own understanding of tragedy. The issue is that we don’t know the full sequence of events; we label something as tragic the moment it causes us pain. We only see the part of the world where we suffer, while the unseen part – the part that still exists – remains beyond our ability to assess. Without it, we cannot truly understand what has happened or whether the event is indeed a tragedy.
This invisible dimension of life, this hidden part of existence, holds the answers. It could clarify why higher forces orchestrate events as they do. But since we lack the ability to perceive it, and since faith alone – in any religion – is insufficient for many (some refuse to believe at all), it becomes necessary to seek discoveries that make even the most terrible things easier to comprehend.
We need these discoveries to help us reinterpret events that, due to our inherent limitations – imposed by higher forces – we instinctively perceive as negative. Until we fully understand life, ignorance will continue to breed suffering, while knowledge – whether physical or psychological – has always been the key to overcoming it.
We think about the meaning, we think about the complexity of the world, about its purpose, about the plans of higher forces for this world and for each of us, when we talk about higher psychology. We look as globally as possible at the motives of our behavior, our desires, abilities, and feelings, so as to allow for a variety of versions of why something happens the way it does. You can look at it from the point of view of religion, you can look at it from the point of view of science. The main thing is to think as broadly and systematically as possible, explaining everything that happens in this world and especially the behavior, actions of people, their fate by the influence of higher forces, the higher mind that is behind everything that makes this world possible.
Lately, I’ve been using the word “system” to describe – first and foremost for my own understanding – the influence of higher forces on our lives and destinies. I find this term more fitting. Words like “God” have been muddled by conflicting interpretations, while other terms denoting a higher power or intelligence are used less frequently and can also evoke mixed reactions. But “system” – neutral and precise – perfectly encapsulates the idea of these governing forces.
But not only such complex higher laws of the universe and the highest plan can be attributed to higher psychology. There is also something else that I call “higher psychology”. But more on that later. In the meantime, let’s talk about the manifestation of higher forces, and therefore higher psychology in our lives, having considered some patterns and suggested, from the point of view of higher psychology, what they can mean.
2. Approach to problems
So, how do we [you, I] solveм problems using the methodology of higher psychology? Any person who is faced with a particular problem of a psychological nature, it is important first of all to understand the cause and meaning of the problem. The cause is everything that happened before the problem occurred, which can be considered as factors preceding it. Even if there is no direct connection between these events that preceded the problem and the problem itself, this does not mean that it is absent. Therefore, everything that happened before the problem can be considered as the cause, in order to understand how and why this problem became possible. And the meaning of the problem is its role in our lives, this is what it can be needed and useful for. We think пabout why the problem is perceived by us or someone else at all, as a problem, what its purpose is, where it leads us, people, in order to better understand its role in this world. So, working in this way with a problem, we can operate with the knowledge we know, mostly scientific, less often everyday, in order to clarify everything for ourselves, all the patterns that are possible, identify and understand. But we can also assume, not find out, namely, assume what this problem looks like and what it is from the point of view of the whole system, the same universe, or what still exists there, which is more whole, which can be considered a higher power, which we do not yet know. Here we can imagine why someone or something came up with such a problem, so that it was even possible in this world.
The difference in approaches will be significant, the brain can give completely different sensations to a person when they think about a problem in one way or another. From the point of view of science and everyday experience, we will only talk about what is exactly known to people, in particular, to us, that is, to those who work with the problem. We will use the knowledge we know, tested, as far as possible, confirmed. But if we use the approach of higher psychology, then we can already fully philosophize, fantasize, imagining such explanations for the existing problem, such reasons and meaning for its existence, allowing what can only be possible, what our mind can give birth to. This is done until we come up with a satisfactory explanation that will calm us down, a person who is suffering because of problems. And these explanations may even help solve this problem. A person will either change their attitude to it, or start doing something to cope with this problem. And at the same time, he will see in it a special higher meaning, which will help motivate this person to take action – the main therapeutic force. One way or another, the brain will calm down, deciding that the necessary work has been done or is being done and it no longer needs to signal that everything is not in order. The brain needs to conclude for itself that everything is in order, everything is under control, everything is going as it should. A person must live, in the broad sense of the word “live”, which means-to act,