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4. Application practices

Let’s see what the practice of applying higher psychology to work with various psychological problems shows. I can’t say that I have a lot of experience using it at the moment, but it is there and it is interesting.

When I communicate with people whom I want to help deal with someмиof their psychological and sometimes other по своему характеру problems, of course, I do not hit them in the forehead with the very essence of higher psychology. I don’t tell them about any higher forces, any higher intelligence, any cosmic scale, any higher meaning, I don’t call them to immediately see the highest meaning in what is happening to them, I don’t ask them to think about the eternal, I don’t call them to philosophize about their problem at all. That would be weird for people. They wouldn’t understand it. Because people think within certain limits, within certain boundaries that they consider normal. They use common concepts when discussing something. And they are not ready to go beyond this framework right away. Tell them something that goes beyond the boundaries they know and understand, draw their attention to something that is not within the scope of their concepts, and they will begin to consider it abnormal. And accordingly, they will turn on critical thinking. They will begin to doubt many things, including the normality of the person who tells them all this, and the productive connection between the people-the specialist and his client-will either not be established or will be severed. Therefore, you can not immediately say that a person is not ready to understand. Not incapable, but that he is not ready.

Therefore, I find a point of penetration into the worldview of a person, where he is able to think beyond certain boundaries. I try to find out what kind of non-standard worldview I am dealing with when communicating with this or that person, what is so unusual in the range of his concepts, what can be used for broad philosophizing on the topic of higher forces. I probeю his limits, see where he is willing to think more broadly, what he is willing to believe, what goes beyond the usual understanding. It is very important to be able to adapt to some already large-scale beliefs of a person, to some of his faith in higher forces. For example, and this is the most common example, a person can be very religious, believe in God. And not just to believe, but to understand It in a certain way, according to some teaching. So, we can use this belief in God to discuss the influence of higher forces on our lives. The highest meaning can be discussed by talking about God.

Another person may believe in science. It is to believe, because science does not give answers to all questions, and it is fickle in its statements, all the time something new is being discovered, which changes the idea of the world’s structure. So, here, too, we are talking about faith in many ways. In truth, people who hold scientific views are not so different from religious adherents, as they often disregard the cornerstone of the scientific approach – verification. They place blind trust in various scientific sources, even in individual scientists, despite the fact that these very scientists are supposed to rigorously validate information – which they don’t always do.

But that’s beside the point. What truly matters is how we adapt to the prevailing worldview we already hold – to our inherent beliefs and our predisposition to interpret events in a way that aligns with our existing framework. This inclination allows us to perceive the influence of higher forces on the world around us, and specifically, on our own lives. By doing so, we can guide ourselves toward a broader understanding of our problems, making them easier to accept and, ultimately, resolve.

Everyone has some kind of faith in something global. Some are interested in religion, others in science or philosophy; some delve into esotericism, while others explore Kabbalah and similar teachings. There are many of these teachings, and one could get tired of trying to understand and list them all. However, each of them is interesting and useful in its own way. It doesn’t matter which teaching is right or wrong, what is true in one teaching and what is false in another. People seek salvation, comfort, confidence, meaning, and purpose in all these things, creating their own worlds with their help, and immersing themselves in nirvana to achieve the necessary spiritual comfort. They have always done this throughout the history of mankind. Everyone needs special worlds and great forces behind these worlds to endure the hardships of life, tragic events, and to find meaning in something. Even the great and powerful have always needed their own worlds, in which they saw themselves as the very best, so their entire environment consisted mainly of those who supported the illusion of these worlds and did not destroy them. And if these worlds do not lead too far away from any objective reality, then let them be; let them help people live and be happy. Immersing oneself in such a world is like taking a magic pill that transports you to a special place, allowing you to think the way you want to think. It creates pleasant feelings and fosters a comfortable psychology for life.

For example, if a person is a believer, you can ask them what God’s plan might be that allowed them to experience a problem that now troubles them. What are God’s plans for this person? What does He want from them while leading them through such trials? Or, regarding the tragedy that has befallen a person, what might its meaning be? How can they accept it in order to stay close to God, not break down, and not turn to the side of evil? This is the way to think about it. It is essential to reason in this manner. Reasoning helps you arrive at a more convenient perspective on the problem. A philosophical approach and philosophical dialogue are necessary, even when discussing religion.

Whatever a person knows and о чем бы он thinks about, he must reason and reflect in order to understand more and feel less. Thinking must work. Thinking is easier to control, conscious, logical thinking. And feelings are more complicated. Therefore, such philosophical reasoning will heal, helping to understand something as it should be understood, so that it becomes easier, better. And the psychologist can make the necessary suggestion at the right moment, saying that this is exactly the goal pursued by God, if He allowed this to happen. You can explain it somehow, you can not explain it, suggestions usually do not explain, just say clearly, clearly and confidently that this is what God intended! So we have to get along with it, we have to accept it. Or maybe do something. Depending on the issue being discussed in this way. And that’s all, a person will form a convenient point of view on their problem in order to accept it or calmly and confidently begin to solve it.

You can approach different problems through conversations about God. Here’s one option you can use: encourage a person to put themselves in God’s place and consider their problem from the perspective of the Creator. Let them abstract from the problem and look at it from the outside, from the position they accept – in this case, from the perspective of God – to reflect on why such situations or incidents that have happened to them are permissible. We only know what we know, while God has His own plans and His own understanding. He guides each person as He sees fit. A believer facing a problem or even a tragedy should contemplate this. Add a little philosophy to your faith and think about what God’s plans might be for you, since you have to go through all this; you can afford to do so.

You can also engage with science. It is not difficult to challenge the worldview of a person who trusts only scientific facts. It is enough to invite them to invent or explore a theory or hypothesis that goes beyond what is currently known to science, and encourage them to think about why the world is arranged this way and why certain events occur, particularly in their own life. Science is science, but what does it matter how we formulate the existence and workings of higher forces? As long as it helps to view the problem as broadly as possible. When a person is drawn into reasoning, they can find logical justifications for the necessity of what has happened to them. The psychologist only needs to observe which interpretations are most acceptable to the person, so that later some of them can be presented as absolute truths, helping the individual shape their perspective on their experiences, problems, or situations. Even if it is not the truth, but merely a theory or hypothesis, it must be presented by the psychologist confidently and boldly enough to be imprinted in the client’s consciousness and subconscious. This will create the desired healing effect, as it will become the norm for the person or provide them with a vision of how to improve something in their life.

What does a lazy brain need? It craves a strong impression to be jolted awake – that’s what. It is essential to present an idea that will surprise the person and encourage them to accept a new perspective, or, to put it mildly, to open themselves up to new thoughts, so they can move forward and not suffer, even if terrible things have happened in their life. The brain may urge them to give up, break down, and accept the role of a victim because that can seem easier. Weak solutions are often the easiest solutions. Our body and brain, in particular, are drawn to what is light and simple. In higher psychology, we reason, reflect, and find a unique combination of thoughts or the words that convey those thoughts, which we instill in a person’s mind. This way, we encourage their brain to choose to live and fight on, allowing them to continue working on a viable, optimistic path.

So, no matter what pillar a person prays to, what things he believes in, what picture of the world he has, the main thing is the scale. It should be the maximum. The highest is also the highest because it is all-encompassing. A person needs to be brought to it so that he thinks systematically, and not as narrowly as usual, focusing on his problem and not seeing anything around, not reasoning in the context of time, not thinking about the possible benefits that can be even in the most terrible situation. You need to push the limits of perception and evaluation, that’s what you can call it. And you need to push them apart at the expense of the higher, to which a person is already addicted or close. Well, then it may turn out to offer him something new, to interest him in something else, something higher, some ideas, concepts that even more scale his thinking. Then many of his problems will fall off of themselves, like dirt from shoes if you tap them.

A person needs to be able to fight against themselves – against the part of themselves that opposes life, happiness, and activity; against what one might call the destructive forces within. You could also say that this is about confronting the “devil” inside, which suggests decisions that lead to weakness, pain, suffering, and destruction. We must choose to stand on the side of life, happiness, prosperity, and goodness when seeking the right perspective on what is breaking us, in order to survive and not succumb. We form a strong worldview that helps us navigate our life path with optimism and confidence. The psychologist, in this context, must radiate a powerful mindset. They must embody this vital energy, this scale of thinking, and optimism. There should be no weak points on their part; they should only embody what helps to act, fight, seek solutions – in a word, to live.

5. Practice suggestion

Any of our states, behaviors, or even trains of thought are partly innate – conditioned genetically (transmitted from parents) and instinctively (inherent to the entire species) – and partly acquired programs that are activated in a person as needed, when certain stimuli prompt them to remember something, feel something, or react to something. This is where natural reactions and learned behaviors come into play, whether they are shaped by experience, knowledge, or various habitual patterns of behavior. Now, we will discuss how you can activate certain thoughts and behaviors in people – and in yourself – by inspiring them with specific thoughts, attitudes, and ideas. This means embedding information in their minds that will influence their thoughts and actions, bypassing their critical thinking.

Suggestions in higher psychology play an important, but not decisive role. The main thing that is needed here is, of course, beliefs, when a person masters new thoughts through the conscious sphere, gives birth to new thoughts, expanding his worldview, giving everything a higher meaning. Because the result achieved through consciousness is more stable. But the subconscious mind, when we introduce something with the help of suggestion, bypassing consciousness, it is less reliable. Something will penetrate deep into the mind, settle down somewhere, then somehow affect the person, be replaced by something, supplemented, mixed with some thoughts, forgotten, and then remembered again, in general, this is a difficult controlled process. Therefore, there is less hope for suggestions than for conscious perception of information. Well, actually, if it were different, people would learn with the help of hypnosis and suggestions, and not with the help of explanations, logic, reasoning, analysis. The whole educational process would have been built differently. But no, we learn as we should-only will, concentration, understanding, logic lead us to stable thoughts, good memory and stable skills. Therefore, this was and still is preferred. Including in higher psychology.

Nevertheless, psychology is psychology, and not everything in it is based on logic and common sense. On the contrary, most of what we call the psyche is not at all logical, not reasonable, not something that is easy to explain and understand. This is exactly what unconscious processes are, when a huge number of thoughts interact with each other in an unknown way outside the field of our attention and then give us something in the form of feelings, intuitive insights, guesses, motives that we are already trying to logically justify, imagine, understand. So sometimes you just can’t do without suggestions. Sometimes it depends only on them whether a person accepts new thoughts or not. And, accordingly, they, suggestions, affect the emotional state and behavior of a person. Therefore, a psychologist, in order to master higher psychology, must be able to inspire. Reason, explain, and inspire. He should be an ideologue, a hypnotist, a preacher, as far as possible. So let’s take a look at important suggestion skills to know how to do it. And then we’ll see how this can be applied in higher psychology.

Suggestion methodology

Suggestion is a psychological process, that is, mostly unconscious for the person receiving information. It involves influencing the consciousness and will of a person through his sensory sphere to a greater extent than through the mind, in order to instill in him certain thoughts, beliefs or feelings. That is, we bypass the attention and critical understanding of a person, in fact, we introduce thoughts to him, through hints, emotions, gestures, ambiguous words, unsubstantiated, but firm, emotional statements, in order to fix them in his subconscious. That is, we make sure that he accepts our thoughts, which are sent to him mainly through words, without thinking about them.

Basic aspects of suggestion

1. Principles of suggestion:

– Psychological attitude: Suggestion is effective when the subject is ready to receive information, and such readiness that he craves it. Therefore, in order to create a fertile ground fora person to accept our thoughts, we его предварительно preheat it. ПThrough, say, such conversations, in which we constantly repeat to himмthat now we will tell him something very important, which will directly completely change his worldview. To make him wait for it. Surely you have noticed this in some teachers and speakers, how they warm up the audience when they constantly repeat that now you will learn this, you will learn this. And people start to get a little euphoric with the anticipation of something special. They are just waiting for some sacred knowledge to be revealed to them right now. Someone ismore euphoric, someone is weaker, waiting for this special information, but this warm-up definitely works. And then, when such information is released, people automatically attach важноеimportance to it. They had been waiting for her, waiting for her. Therefore, it is easier for such information to get into the subconscious of people, bypassing critical thinking. The psychological attitude that you are about to be told something like this creates a need that suggestion can satisfy when it is expressed in a clear, firm and simple form, without a shadow of doubt, without hesitation or explanation. This is how it works! Period!

– Conformity: People are more susceptible to suggestion in the context of emotional heating and imitation. Let me clarify. To effectively use conformity in the process of suggestion, it is important to understand that conformity is the tendency of people to adapt to the opinions and actions of the group. Suggestion, in turn, as we already know, implies uncritical perception of information, which allows you to change a person’s behavior and beliefs. When a person is in a group, their susceptibility to suggestion increases, especially if the group consists of a larger number of participants. This is because pressure from others can increase emotional responses and reduce critical thinking.

To use conformity for suggestion, it is necessary to create an atmosphere of trust and agreement in the group. But this is if there is a group. And if it doesn’t exist? If a specialist communicates with a person alone? What then? Then we refer to authorities, to common truths, to the opinion of the crowd. For example, you can use authority figures that have weight for a person. Or you can make emotional appeals, linking them with the opinion of the majority, which will contribute to the formation of a positive perception of the suggested information. People think this way, people think that way. Put more emotions into it вложитьand the information will fly into the person’s head. It is also worth considering the individual characteristics of people: for those who are more susceptible to suggestion, it is better to use positive emotions, while for those who are less confident—, it is better to use a more persistent approach with elements of fear or pressure. If you tell a person that, for example, not following some laws of life threatens him with such troubles, such negative consequences, as it has already happened with other people, then he can believe it. And if you put pressure psychologically to inspire, then we can say that if a person does not agree with some rules of life, does not follow them, society will punish him so and so. Again, by referring to examples, including fictional ones, with other people.

It is important to overcome internal barriers, such as critical perceptions or ethical norms, for suggestion to be successful and effective. It is not necessary for a person to think critically; they should not be more afraid to accept a new thought than to reject it. Therefore, we need to engage authorities, charismatic personalities, and various communities or groups of people who already live and think differently, in order to instill the necessary thoughts in a person’s mind, overcoming all their resistance.

2. Types of suggestion:

– Direct: Information is transmitted directly and openly, for example, by using a command or instruction. Here the firmness and self-confidence of a specialist in higher psychology plays an important role. It is desirable that he is charismatic, able to choose words, both for writing and for transmitting information by voice. This is how stage hypnotists should be, who give clear, clear, confident commands and many people listen to them. But still, this suggestion will not work with everyone. Some people will resist him to the last, not listening to the specialist in anything.

– Indirect: Suggestion is made through hints or indirect messages, which makes it less obvious to the subject. Here is a suggestion that you often have to use. Not all people like it when they are directly inspired with something, give commands, make confident and categorical statements. People are starting to resist, go to hell, they say we have our own opinion. Or, we won’t do that. Or, we believe otherwise. In general, the ego works. Critical thinking works. All sorts of biases, triggers are triggered. In general, direct suggestions don’t work with them. But indirectly, they are all ready to accept.

Here are some good examples of indirect suggestion

Situation with the child:

A mother says to her crying five-year-old son: “Vovochka, let me blow on your knee, and everything will pass.” Here, the mother uses indirect suggestion to calm the child down and help him cope with the pain. She lets him know that if you blow on the sore spot, the pain will go away. And not only does the child calm down, believing that they are being helped, helped, but the pain can really pass. The suggestion will work.

Action Hint:

Mom can say: “Now my father will come home from work, but there is no bread.” This gentle reference to the lack of bread encourages the child to solve the problem on their own and go get it. There is no direct command or request, but such an idea is indirectly triggered in the person’s head. That I should go.

Questions as a method of suggestion:

The question is “How long will it take you to get this job done?” focuses the interlocutor’s attention on the need to complete the task, and not on doubts about its necessity. That is, how it turns out that the question of whether to do it or not has already been decided. Definitely do! The only question now is how long it will take to complete the task.

Using a compliment:

A teacher might say to a student, “You’re doing so well in math that I’m sure you can easily solve this problem, too.” A compliment creates a positive perception of the student’s own abilities and motivates them to complete the task. We deliberately exaggerate a person’s abilities so that they try to meet our expectations and produce high results.

Implication:

Phrase: “When will you call me?” implies that the call will occur, and thus creates a wait for an action without explicitly specifying it. Again, the need to call is laid in the person’s head secretly, as if he already agrees to do it.

Negative paradoxical suggestion:

The phrase “Don’t think about the white monkey” makes people think about the white monkey, demonstrating how a ban can lead to the opposite result. It works well with people who like to be stubborn, argue, disagree with anything, and do things their own way.

Hint of actions:

A parent can say to a child, “Tomorrow we will have a day without gadgets.” This creates an expectation and encourages the child to make their own decisions about how to spend time without screens. This also works great with adults. All these fasts, rituals when you can eat one thing and not another, this is all an example of indirect suggestions. It seems like you’re supposed to do nothing on certain days. And people don’t. Without thinking about why this is the case. Some religion forbids eating pork fat, and people don’t eat it. They don’t even try to figure out why they can’t, they just can’t. And you can make up such rules yourself. Determining when and what will happen. For example, take a date from the ceiling and say that according to some esoteric data, on this day all people will be in a good mood. And such a thought can enter a person. He really will have more fun that day.

Parallel story:

For example, a coach can tell you about another athlete who overcame difficulties and achieved success: “I remember how one of my players could not win the competition for a long time, but after hard training, he became a champion. “This indirectly inspires the athlete with self-confidence and the need for perseverance. Others could, and you can. Well, think for yourself how many such fictional stories you can come up with, for any situation, to inspire someone that with such an approach to business, they can do anything, even move mountains.

Using the context:

In a conversation about health, you can say: “Many people notice that after тогоthey started playing sports, they feel better.” This creates an association between physical activity and positive life changes. The same logic applies, that there is confirmed data, that this is the way to achieve such and such a result. We indirectly inspire the belief that certain actions produce certain results. And faith allows people to achieve crazy results.

Such examples of indirect suggestion exist. Okay, let’s move on. We look at how else you can inspire people with different thoughts.

– Autosuggestion: This is the process by which a person inspires certain ideas or states within themselves. A good example of autosuggestion is the story of the ancient Greek orator and statesman Demosthenes. Demosthenes faced significant challenges from childhood: he was a sickly child, suffered from stuttering and nervous tics, and was also afraid to speak in public. However, his desire to become an outstanding speaker was so strong that he used autosuggestion to overcome his shortcomings. He employed the following methods of autosuggestion:

1. Spoke with stones in his mouth: In order to improve his diction and learn to speak clearly, he took stones in his mouth and tried to pronounce the words loudly, shouting over the noise of the sea.

2. Created stressful situations: Demosthenes hung a sharp sword from the ceiling so that it would stab him when his shoulder twitched. It forced him to concentrate and overcome his fear.

Thanks to such autosuggestion methods, he was able not only to overcome his physical disabilities, but also to become one of the most famous speakers of his time.

Or let’s also imagine a professional athlete, such as a gymnast, who is preparing for an important competition. He understands that his success depends not only on physical fitness, but also on the psychological state. And he uses such methods of autosuggestion:

1. Visualizing success: The athlete makes time for meditation and visualization. Every day, he closes his eyes and imagines how he performs his elements at a high level, while feeling confident and happy from a successful performance. He imagines every move, every turn, every stance.

2. Positive Affirmations: He also uses affirmations such as “I am strong”, “I am ready”, “I can do it”. He repeats these phrases before training sessions and competitions, strengthening his self-confidence. Repeat the same thing a thousand times, and your brain will start thinking that there is some truth in it.

So in the end, what? And the fact that when the day of the competition comes, this athlete feels confident and calm. Through autosuggestion, he overcomes fears and doubts that could hinder him. At the psychological level, it overcomes, not so much through visible and clear logic, but through unconscious thoughts. As a result, he shows his best results and reaches high places in competitions. Not to say that this is a key success factor, although who knows how to measure it to know for sure, but it is definitely important. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the athlete has the right internal attitudes. And in real life, not only for the athlete, but for everyone in general. Everyone who wants to live a decent life.

For a specialist in higher psychology, it is only important to set a goal for the person they are working with. It is necessary to offer the client some attitudes that he will inspire himself, considering them acceptable to himself. The methodology of the same affirmations can be explained like this, but оas you can see, it’s not complicated and let it work. And the specialist only checks the client’s discipline, offering him to report on the work done, both in writing and orally. To avoid the fact that the client starts whining, they say, these damn affirmations of yours don’t work, no matter how many things I haven’t said to myself, no effect. These doubts and skepticism should be helped to overcome the client, so that he does not go limp. Let him continue to work with affirmations until a tangible result appears. We need toть ensure that the client performs autosuggestion frequently and efficiently, reminding them that it is important. And insisting on it. Otherwise, why do you need a specialist? The client can read about how to do this in books like this. And a specialist needs to ensure that a person not only knows how to do it, but also does it properly.

Stages of the suggestion process

The suggestion process can be broken down into several key stages:

1. Attracting attention: You need to capture the subject’s attention so that they don’t get distracted by other things. When you work with a person, it seems that he is not distracted by anything, all his attention is directed at you. But this is an erroneous opinion. A person can fly in the clouds, think about something of their own, and not hear even half of what is being said to them. And understand even less. Just because he is not focused, not interested in communication. Of course, we can say that if a person is not attentive, somewhere out there in another place with his thoughts, he is already positioned for suggestions, he is already in a trance. Talk and tell him something, and let him not think aboutit, let в фоновом режимеhim perceive everything in the background, this is what is needed to bypass the conscious censor and gain a foothold in his subconscious. So it is, if you do not take into account the fact that when a person is immersed in other thoughts, he will not perceive our background information properly. Something can and will get into him, it should, but the main thing for him will be his thoughts, which he actively drives over his head, not paying attention to us. But we still need a person to focus more on our message, even if it is intended for his subconscious, but nevertheless, at least somehow, he should hear us. Therefore, it is necessary to attract his attention by sorting out different emotional moments in his story, telling about yourself, voicing different stimuli if you communicate live, or writing to him about what he might be hooked on if the communication is remote, so that something interests him, something may frighten, anger, amuse. So that he sets up his senses for us, and not something else.