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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, to want, to dream, to satisfy their needs, to think, then everything will be all right with them. And this is exactly what a reference to something higher is needed for. Even to God, even to the laws of the universe, to the laws of life, if only it would help to look at life, at the problem as broadly as possible. Because it’s pure science, it doesn’t know everything. Pure religion calls you to believe. Which is also not suitable for everyone. Why on earth should I believe!? But the philosophical approach, which includes fantasies, free reflections, logic and just a chaotic course of thought, thoughts-this is the most important thing! Because in this case, we do not run into any restrictions. What we can imagine, we can imagine. It’s like solving problems through brainstorming, but without any restrictions-logic, conditional common sense, facts, scientific data, etc.

The nature of problems can be any. Everything that does not give rest, everything can be considered from the position of higher psychology, that is, from the position of the plan of higher forces, according to which everything is necessary for something, everything that exists and happens in this world can be somehow integrated into the fate of a person. Therefore, you need to be able to accept everything, get along with everyone, and interact with everything correctly. Therefore, we consider any events philosophically, we search in our mind for the purpose of these events. This simplifies the perception of life, no matter how it develops. Of course, the stronger the trauma caused by this or that event, the stronger the pain caused by something, the more difficult it is to find an explanation for it, it is more difficult to comprehend it from the position of higher forces, from the position of the general development of this world. Strong emotions interfere. Let’s say a person has lost someone close to them, whom they loved very much, try it, find the highest meaning in it, try it, accept it as part of the life scenario. Yes, people lose faith in everything good because of such things, they turn away from God, how can you explain anything to them here? But it is also the professionalism of a specialist to convey to a person the necessary thoughts that will calm him down. Higher psychology is the highest that allows you to admit, come up with any explanations, so that only a person accepts everything that is happening, learns to live with it, finds a way to influence it, if possible, and does not suffer because of it.

For example, we can assume that our life is just a dream that each of us sees in his own way, but we are all являемся part of the same whole consciousness. And when someone dies, they just wake up and become this whole consciousness again. And having gained the necessary experience, he looks at the dreams of other sleepers, inventing new scenarios for new dreams. I’m the one who gets this fantasy right out of practice, we really discussed it with one person, and it helped him calm down. And where is the guarantee that this can’t really be the case? After all, somehow we came up with this fantasy, we constructed it with our own minds. And where did the minds get it from? Any fantasy is part ofreality. Let it be in the form of a fantasy, it is not a material reality, but who knows in which case it can have a material embodiment. In the history of humans, much was fantasy for the time being.

It is worth thinking about such things, it is worth developing such fantasies, going beyond the known and familiar, and much becomes not so terrible, terrible, heavy, gloomy, painful as with the standard view of things. Because we experience everything all the more acutely, the more seriously we take this life, believing that everything should be exactly as we understand it, as we are used to seeing it. This is exactly what people need, such involvement in life, such a serious attitude to the fact that you know what you are used to, and therefore appreciate it, in order to enjoy life and live it fully. But when it’s hard, when it hurts, when the soul is not in place, you can remove all this seriousness, all this limited understanding. You can stop identifying yourself only with your known Self and think about who else we can be, think about who we are beyond our understanding. And what else can there be in our lives that we don’t know yet? But there may be a lot, a lot of things.

After all, our entire history has repeatedly told us and continues to tell us, and loudly and clearly, that we do not know very, very much. We don’t know much about ourselves, about this world, about the laws that exist in it. There are too many unknowns to ignore. Therefore, you should not worry so much about what is known now and what worries you. It is necessary to fantasize in order to mentally go beyond the limits of what is understood and look at disturbing things as if they are significant elements of something very large and complex, some picture, some scenario. On a large scale, our problems may seem like a mere trifle, or even something necessary and useful at all. If death bothers us, we should think about it. Not to reduce everything to dogmas, as in religion, but to think like philosophers, in order to put forward different ideas about what will happen after a person’s death and what meaning this death has, what scenario it is part of. A good Idaya will give you the necessary reassurance and confidence that everything is going well, no matter how it goes.

Some may doubt that such an approach to problems, primarily psychological, but we are talking about psychological methods, can help solve them. And this is in vain. Doubts are something that you should definitely give up in order to maximize the use of your imagination, which will work the more actively the less fear and uncertainty there will be in a person. Which is also expressed in the form of doubts. Fantasy needs freedom, not criticality. And there are more than enough reasons for this – whether we call it trust, vision, or perhaps awareness, even a sense that this technique is not just effective, but remarkably so. Indirectly, and in some ways even directly, the effectiveness of this method is supported by similar approaches used to free people from various mental afflictions. These can include anything from scientific, theoretical, or hypothetical reasoning to unscientific worldviews built on pure fantasy.

Think of mysticism, esotericism, even alchemy – countless constructs born of human imagination that, despite their lack of empirical grounding, draw people in and immerse them in comforting illusions. And if these illusions bring peace and solace, who’s to say they don’t serve as a form of psychological aid?

Consider religion, sects, and esoteric theories – all of them invent fantastical narratives and deities, urging belief in the unverifiable. Yet don’t these very things bring people comfort and peace? Doesn’t the placebo effect, too, alter physical well-being?

The truth is, much of life hinges on faith and assumption rather than absolute certainty. We each inhabit inner worlds that imperfectly mirror external reality. So why not go beyond mere belief? Why not fantasize, hypothesize, and entertain possibilities beyond our grasp – using logic to ground our faith and imagination to shape perspectives that transform our psychological state for the better?

Nothing stops us but our own willingness. The key lies in daring to reflect, speculate, and embrace unconventional ideas. Fear no discovery. Reject suffering – choose instead to fantasize! Envision higher powers; ponder the cosmos and your place within it. Harness “higher psychology” to mold a world that suits you, starting within your own mind.

Our fantasies and theories – those bridges beyond the known – can guide us not just to tranquility, but to a state of nirvana.

3. Higher Psychology

Let’s talk about the second pillar of the methodology under consideration. It is not so much a complement as a continuation of the first pillar. Only by using it do we take responsibility for determining the scenario of our life and everything that exists on ourselves, we interpret certain events in a certain way, do not just allow them, but assert, for example, when working with a client, patient, that it is just like that. СWe may have received some kind of revelation from above or invented it, but we consider it absolutely true, fanatically believing in it, so that other people we help will also accept our thoughts and ideas. We assume the role of a preacher, deciding what and why happens to us or to someone we want to help. That is, we are talking about the ability to convince, inspire.

Higher psychology, in this case, as an effective process of influencing a person, is a perfect, as far as possible, ability to form the inner world, first of all your own, and then the inner world of other people, and, of course, convincing, inspiring, reasoning, fantasizing for this purpose. In other words, in order to fully use this technique, a specialist must be able or at least try to think globally, on a large scale, systematically, conceptually, and ideologically. He must cover all spheres of life, philosophically talk about the highest meanings, the highest values, the laws of life, the universe. They should be able to inspire, persuade, be a speaker, or write down their thoughts and ideas well in order to charm people, just as various charismatic personalities do. Such a specialist explains everything and everything and connects everything with everything. And of course, he does it for a specific purpose. For example, to instill in a certain person or group of people confidence in themselves or in something, for example, that everything will be fine, so that people calm down and start acting, and really did everything to make it good. Such a specialist, like a politician, like a leader, like a philosopher, inspires confidence and optimism, speaks beautifully, adapts to the mood of people, to their desires and needs, and gives people the impression that he knows the answers to all questions or at least the way to find them.

The main distinguishing feature of this psychological technique from others is that we do not search for the truth, do not understand the causes of certain psychological patterns known to us, from the point of view of their nature, from the point of view of science – we create, create these things, that is, we interpret the reasons, we allow them from the point of view of higher forces or from your own point of view, considering yourself as a conductor of the will of higher forces, your theories and ideas, as the implementation of a higher plan. We do хthis by referring to higher forces, developing our own ideas, thoughts, and letting people know that they have a deep or high meaning, just to help people look at things, their situation, and their life as broadly and globally as possible. So that their problems do not seem too serious and big against the background of large scales. And the smaller the problem is in our worldview, the easier it is to deal with it.

We do not necessarily try to test our assumptions, theories, or ideas for truth – though under certain conditions, we might attempt to do so. Instead, we rely on people’s faith in beautiful and convenient fantasies, as well as what is called “common sense.” Through theoretical reasoning, various assumptions, logical conclusions, and so on, we sometimes present certain versions as truth simply because they resemble it or seem fitting.

We work both with the conscious mind – logically deducing, reasoning in a sensible way – and with the subconscious, using repetition, emotional influence, and even elements of hypnosis to lower the client’s critical guard. This ensures they do not scrutinize our words too closely and simply take the necessary actions for the desired effect – approvals, affirmations, and so on. The right words, the right ideas can calm, inspire, motivate, instill confidence, help someone survive, achieve something, and more.

In essence, we implant the “correct” worldview, the “right” life scenario, into people’s minds through every possible channel. And by perceiving life in a certain way, interpreting it in a particular manner, a person can feel truly great. This has always been the case – when certain ideas, whether religious, philosophical, political, or esoteric, take hold of people’s minds. A person can live their entire life with certain beliefs, feeling completely happy and achieving what they consider important. And that is far better than wasting away due to psychological struggles.

Everything is a thought, or even better, an idea. The whole world that we observe around us is a collection of ideas, a collection of thoughts, that are in our mind. It also reflects combinations of the basic element that makes up everything, including information. It doesn’t matter if it’s an atom or something more basic. Our world consists of this basic element, as a set of ideas, as an information system. One idea makes possible the existence of water, another of fire, a third of earth, and so on. Down to the person. We are all an idea, a collection of information. The main thing is that everything is thought. And we are all part of the general consciousness of the I, which is split into many individuals, which are represented in the form of various physical objects, including living people. It’s not a version, it’s not an idea, it’s just an interpretation of everything that exists. Quite, I think, reasonable. The cabal also says something similar, as far as I know. It claims that the whole world is made up of light, considering it as the basic essence of everything that exists. In this context, “light” is the supreme spiritual energy that permeates all creatures and is the source of life. But never mind. The main thing is how we can imagine everything that exists for ourselves, so that it is convenient for us to understand the world. We don’t need the truth, because everything is the truth, because everything exists. We need to formulate the truth for ourselves in a way that we can understand.

So, taking my explanation into account – if it resonates with the reader – we can say that each of us is a part of the collective consciousness, a fragment of the overarching idea that makes this life possible. I won’t attempt to prove this, because, as I’ve said before, you can arrive at such an understanding of the world and your place in it simply by choosing to. You need only decide to see the world this way.

You can frame it differently – that’s the essence of higher psychology. The key is to interpret things as you wish, so long as you operate within higher categories: global understanding, cosmic understanding. The broader your perspective, the better.

We are the embodiment of someone’s idea. The result of some design. We are an elaborate combination of the basic element of the universe. And even if we assume that the world is a chaos, that evolution is blind, all the same, everything in it exists, works, develops according to some rules. These are very reasonable, complex, and well-thought-out rules. How, tell me, if you know about them, can you not allow something higher and much more reasonable? And if we do, it makes sense for us to refer to this something in order to reflect on why certain things happen in this world. After all, if we are given the ability to form ideas for ourselves, to decide for ourselves how to look at life, at the world, and create our own inner worlds, why not use it and interpret everything as it will be convenient for us? Why seek the truth when you can invent it? Why think about how the human psyche works, why identify all the thoughts that exist in his head, especially in the subconscious существуют, which is almost impossible to understand, if these things can be formed? Higher psychology does not study the existing, but creates its own idea of how everything works! Creates in a convenient way for a person!

And in order for new thoughts to block out the influence of old ones – traumatic, unpromising, limiting-they must be stronger and more meaningful for our brain. Therefore, it makes sense to refer to something higher, to something beyond for us, which can take your breath away, which you can plunge into with your head and carefully impose it on people so that all their troubles, all their sores, and even if very serious problems simply fade against the background of more weighty ones, global items. The reasoning itself can also distract from problems, lead away from heavy thoughts, which is sometimes even more important than understanding the problem. Because, thinking about the bad, in particular, about your problem, a person will suffer and this will deprive him of the strength to work with it. And having loaded his head with other information, interesting, promising, saving, with all these arguments about the highest, eternal, he will be distracted, calm down a little or a lot, relieve tension, relax and will already be able to talk about his problem more constructively.

And in general, if you teach a person to think big, he will already begin to rethink a lot. After all, the narrower our view of the world, the stingier our picture of the world, the more significant its various details will be for us. One small mistake, which in a broad worldview means nothing, it is easy to correct or just survive, in a small and stingy world can have the size of an elephant. And it will crush the person. Therefore, it is necessary to expand his worldview, teach him to look at his life and his problems through the eyes of the whole universe. Through the eyes of higher powers. So that at least it doesn’t seem so significant, not so serious. And as a maximum, the person saw the meaning in it and accepted it as part of their life scenario.