The article discusses how our identities and psychological lives are largely constructed from fixed ideas and beliefs, a topic explored by William James and Friedrich Nietzsche. It questions the nature of these ideas, urging a need for psychology to focus on direct phenomenological experiences rather than assumptions. In the context of ongoing wars fueled by ideological attachments, the piece implores readers to examine the origins and attachments to their beliefs, suggesting that ideas may obscure our authentic selves, transforming our experiences into mere concepts.
What we need is a psychology that dares to look to the living experience beyond our fixed ideas.
Ideas have become the basis of our psychology. Can we just let them go for a moment and feel what is?
Are our most cherished beliefs about life and the world absolutely true? This question challenges the validity of our held ideas.
Ideas are the driving force behind the choices we make in our lives, profoundly influencing every thought, emotion, and action.
Collection
[
|
...
]