When discussing the brain, you must talk about the Psychology is the study of mind and behavior, whether conscious or subconscious, psychologists study our thoughts and actions to develop an understanding of people, and therefore, our world. In this sector of psychological study, our brains can be looked at as a mirror. It’s unobjective, sort of similar to Switzerland’s neutral political stance, meaning it doesn’t care what you put into it. Without bias, our mirrors will reflect to us exactly what it has been given. The thoughts we have, the words we speak, and the execution of our actions as a result of that creates our reality. No matter what we believe to be true about our lives, ourselves, and our potential, we are right. For instance, my mother once asked me why I’d given up on a difficult assignment in high school. My answer to her was that I could not do it, because the information during class had gone above my head and I believed I did not have the capacity to review my notes and complete the assignment on my own. To this she responded, “Well, you’re right.” In hindsight I am sure that it seems like she completely shut me down and set the stage for me to have academic discouragement and insecurity. However, because she knew me well it was evident to my mother that her assertion would only get me thinking, and it did. I began to think about my personal skills and capabilities, and the more I thought about it, it became clear to me that the only thing holding me back from re-learning the topic and finishing my assignment was my own self-doubt and unwillingness. Instead of prematurely thinking “how dare she not believe in me”, I came to the thought “how dare I not believe in myself”. Of course at this point in my life she had taught me many lessons about creating my own reality and my ability to do so, which means that the idea was already planted in my brain even when I let myself forget, and I am eternally grateful for the little reminders.
Earlier this year I had done an art project about psychology in which we were able to choose any way to create a physical presentation to represent our personal view on psychology. Up until that point, I had never realized that these life lessons I had found to be self-evident had an entire team of scientists to back it up in a field of research called humanistic psychology. I did not expect for their to be a formal study on the matter, because educators and practical people are always telling children things like “people can not fly”, instead of telling them that is a false belief held by the majority of the world who are afraid to create that reality. While I know that phrases such as those are meant to keep us grounded and realistic, we would not have airplanes if the Wright Brothers had chosen to believe that sentiment then we would not be able to travel vast distances flying in airplanes today. If Matthew Alexander Henson subscribed to widely held doubts and disbelief, he would not have become the first man, a black man, to reach the North Pole. To most people, nothing is possible unless it has been done already or proven, but if that were the true case how would we be able to explain certain phenomena, inventions, and discoveries across time? For my art project, I had chosen to bring in a diorama of two seperate mirrors standing back to back. These mirrors were identical and represented the human brain at two different points and perspectives. One mirror displayed the doubts and harmful thoughts of a self-deprecating person. This represented those people that tell themselves what things can not and should not be, simply because they may solidly believe that they have to look at the world from a “realist” perspective and be brutally open with ourselves about the negative possibilities in life, so deeply so that they never realize everything they desire, no matter how outrageous, is just a mindset away. Humanistic psychology focuses on a person’s willingness to self-actualize their lives. In other words, to realize our fullest creativity and capability and manifest the life that we want. People practice manifestation in many ways, regardless it must begin in our minds. There is the prominent method of affirming, which is when you verbally repeat a desire or idea over and over again until you truly believe that it is yours, even though it has not come at the present moment. This tends to be done in the mirror because it helps us to reach belief more quickly, almost as if they were outside of themselves and actually convincing their own being of the possibility.
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Rather than study the behavior of other people, the therapy and treatment plans rooted in humanistic psychology focus on studying one’s own minds, individually. It is believed that with knowledge and belief of one’s self that the psyche of others plays a small to non-existent part is what happens to us and why. From this perspective, you are to see that all people are good, because you believe that YOU are good. Holistically speaking, the world around you is a reflection of your thoughts and expectations. For example, if you go to sleep one night droning on about how tired you are, how you may never wake up on time in the morning and get things started properly, it is all that more likely to happen. More than we tend to realize. That is why this form of psychology focuses on spiritual ascension as a vital part of the psyche. We must view ourselves as the “whole person” rather than our flaws, shortcomings, and small slip-ups. Rather than dwelling on your mistakes, visualize yourself contouring the next obstacle you’ll face. When you overcome that one, visualize yourself successfully navigating your way through the next one, until it becomes a natural habit to believe that you will succeed, win, and thrive. “Impossible” is different for everyone, but for some reason this world tries to make us all believe in the same possibilities. This is called “reality” but the joke is on them because true reality is shaped and controlled by us. We must pay special attention to our own creativity, free will, and positive human potential because it is infinite. In the words of Cinderella’s fairy godmother, “The world is full of zanies and fools. Who don’t believe in sensible rules. And won't believe what sensible people say. And because these daft and dewy-eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes, impossible things are happening every day. ``
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