Advancing Psychological Education for All
Life is often a struggle. The characteristics of humanistic psychology are directly related to our view of human nature. Man’s own best interests, viewed in the light of a full understanding of his nature, are the criteria for the study and application of humanistic psychology. The first thing that interests us in understanding the essential … Continue reading
Our individual accomplishments, opinions, and contributions enable us to known our own unique identity and to take pleasure in feeling tht we are a significant member of the human family. However, at times, differences in the way we act, look, dress, or think can separate us from those around us. By definition, an accessible engagement … Continue reading
The flambeaux were already alight. The darting flames cast crisscross patterns down through the bare branches of the trees to the cobbled stones beneath. Mrs. Winchester was in bed, skin alternatively burning and clammy with sweat. She tossed and turned in bed, like flotsam on a storm-wracked sea, plagued by dreams and delusions. Angels and … Continue reading
An individual has to compete with millions of others, and since there are so many of them, one solitary individual often feels that one just does not make much difference! There is a feeling that individually and as a people we are fighting a losing battle to maintain our own uniqueness and that there appears … Continue reading
America is among the most violent of the so-called civilized nations; our homicide rate is three to ten times higher than that of the nations of Europe. An important cause of this is the influence of that frontier brutality which we are the heirs of. We need a new kind of physical courage that will … Continue reading
Psychoanalysis serves many functions. It can assist in promoting psychic growth and self-realization. I am sorry to say that only a small minority seem to be interested in psychic growth these days. Most people have an entirely different goal, which is to own more and consume more. It has been suggested that persons are kept … Continue reading
Millions of people have become sensitive to the destruction of life on so many fronts, to inhumane wars in which there is not even a pretense of self-defense. We see a new morality of love taking shape, too, in opposition to the consumer society. The new morality may have its flaws, but it remains impressive … Continue reading
Curiosity and ingenuity may not be unique to the human species, but they are certainly among humanity’s hallmarks. The Winchester Mansion sets an inspiring backdrop for some of the most mysterious tales, tragic events, and ghosts. It is a puzzling house because Mrs. Winchester spent 38 years expanding it. The work was nonstop. The swelling … Continue reading
We cannot see reality here and remain closed to it there. That dulls our cutting edge and makes our search for the truth ineffectual. And we can see ourselves rightly only if we can see others rightly, only if we can see them in the context of their social circumstances, which is to say, only … Continue reading
Primitive tribes have social systems in which friendliness and cooperation are predominant and aggression at a minimum. In modern cultures, an important basis of mutual accessibility resides in the element of informality and solidarity that seems to obtain between individuals who can recognize each other as being of the same special group, especially, apparently, if … Continue reading
A mental disorder has been taking place, reflecting not only individual psychological strain but also the broader social and environmental forces that shape mental health.…
People often assume that sharing a physical environment means sharing a psychological or social reality. Yet this is one of the great illusions of modern…
Surely it could not be alive in there. And yet something stirred — not with the vulgar animation of breath, but with the slow, drifting…
“When the spirit resigns itself to sorrow, it is not the world that conquers us, but we who abandon the field.” What we are describing…
Randolph Harris II International Institute 