Many who know me, know that I am not a big fan of psychology. I have said and believe it is man’s attempt to explain things that he does not know, but there is a book that does that for us already, the Bible. Yet many people disregard the information and teachings from the Bible as stories, but in fact they have been proven by even the unbelievers to be true over and over.
Man wants to give names for everything that is does not know and now there are so many disorders it is unreal. I am not going to say that 100% are explained by spiritual issues, but a good majority of them are. See Psychology tries to explain the mind-body relationship, but they forgot one very important part, the spirit. There are 3 intertwined relations ships, the mind-body, mind-spiritual, and the body-spiritual. These three relationships are what make up a person and by leaving out 1/3 of your being, you leave out 2/3 of the relationships. Therefore, Psychology will always fail unless it is a mind-body issue and this explains why they cannot even begin to cure some of the unusual disorders found today.
Today there was a former clinical psychologist who came and gave a presentation and I have to wonder why he gave up his practice. He had some good jokes, but overall he was annoying. Not because I am a Christian, but just the way he presented things. His presentation today was on Attitude and Optimism vs Pessimism. The talk mostly centered around why people are optimistic or pessimistic and how the optimistic person is successful. The optimistic person according to the psychologist will embrace the following qualities:
- Leap into fear
- Everyone has a comfort zone and most are in the middle of that zone. People will head towards the comfort zone barrier,but fear typically makes a person return to the middle of that zone.
- Either you break through that comfort zone or
- The comfort zone will eventually become a burdensome barrier that will prevent you from doing just about anything.
- Everyone has a comfort zone and most are in the middle of that zone. People will head towards the comfort zone barrier,but fear typically makes a person return to the middle of that zone.
- Freedom from failure
- Failure is ok and even embraced.
- You will learn from your failure and be able to accomplish even more.
- Let go of things
- What is Really Important versus the Nickle and Dime stuff
- The 999 Rule was also used to explain how to let go of things.
- Will this matter in 9 days, 9 weeks, 9 months and if the answer is no, then let it go.
I have no problem with these concepts, but as a Christian, you can accomplish all of these things through your interaction with Jesus and God. The psychologists talk revolved around you overcoming these things through how you talk to yourself through your self talk. You may be able to this, but you will have a more sustainable solution if you get Christ and God involved as well. For those that are pessimistic, I really do not see this as a viable solution unless Christ and God are involved to change your attitude.
I pray that you seek wisdom, understanding, and the ability to overcome the fear that is holding you back. You do have to do your part, but do not attempt to do all of this on your own. Take a leap, but choose to leap into Christ and God to help you with your problems. Your reward will be much greater
May God bless you in all that you do. Be safe