Higher consciousness

This week’s material on self-authorship is probably my favorite of all of the theories we have talked about so far. I just find this to be the most important job we have as student affairs professionals. The biggest challenges that I see today in my work with students is that they struggle with taking on responsibility and following through on their own actions. They often look for others to give them direction instead of taking charge of their own future. Kegan’s use of orders to describe the…

In a highly developed country, technology can be all around us, but one day it “seemed” like technology was taking over. A man who is running and yelling all throughout the cities states that technology is ruining his family and now they were after him to have dominion over his mind, but is this really happening or is he over-reacting? This is how many who oppose technology seem to view technology’s use. When people make big accusations against technology it can be a big blow to a lot of people,…

Psychoanalysis, Humanism, and Trait Personality are all theories of personality that we possess. Psychoanalysis is defined as someone investigating the interaction of the conscious and unconscious mind and bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind. Alfonso’s personality is influenced by psychoanalysis. Humanism is the study of a whole person which includes their uniqueness, creativity, and their values. Alfonso’s personality is possessed by humanism because of the lack of…

The meaning is just what it states, our minds are social; the way in which our minds function is based on the aspect of being social. The way that we think and process the world around us is dependent upon the way in which we have been influenced by others. From our birth and throughout our life people have colonized our mind; our mind in colonized based on certain people and without certain people our mind will break down. In some ways we are aware of this colonization and how people impact…

In her article “Unconscious” Francoise Meltzer defines the unconscious as “the idea that an individual has within him activities of which he is not aware” (147). In this article Meltzer visits conceptions of the unconscious from the views of many people, one of the being Freud. To Freud the unconscious is understood rhetorically through unintended lapses in memory, slips of the tongue, puns and dreams, analogies, metaphors, anecdotes. Freud breaks down the unconscious into three types: the…

Philosophy sheds light on many themes, one of the issues philosophy contends is the understanding how mind and body are related. Rene Descartes, a father of philosophical ideology devised “The Argument from Introspection” to attempt to answer such question. The argument from introspection explains that the mind and body are two entirely separate states and therefore cannot be identical to one another. Descartes’ rationale behind the argument is that the body is separable because it can be…

to the book, there are four approaches to defining death: irreversible loss of flow of vital fluids, irreversible loss of the soul from the body, irreversible loss of the capacity for bodily integration, and irreversible loss of the capacity of consciousness of social interaction. These four basic approaches to defining death are the basic stepping stones in knowing death has happened, and the beginning steps for loved ones to move on to acceptance in today’s world. When it comes to irreversible…

Meditation is one of few practices today, that helps an individual focus their minds on a particular object, thought or activity to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state. Meditation is used to reduce stress, anxiety, depression and pain. There is many ways to do it but many people do it sitting and closing their eyes in a quiet environment. Athletes all over the world should perform meditation whether it be before a practice or the biggest game of their career because there is so…

“Unconscious Thought Fantasies and Dreams Repression Emotions The Mind” (McGowan). There are many details when it comes to talking about psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis is the study of the emotions and thoughts of the human brain. Sigmund Freud, the man who created the theory of psychoanalysis. Freud grew up in the small town of Freiberg, Moravia which is now a part of the Czech Republic. Freud spent the majority of his adult life studying and testing his theory of psychoanalysis. This paper will…

Dreams Are Our Reality Are our dreams a reality, or is our reality a dream ? We take for granted how our mind puts everything together. Certain dreams are a message to what could happen in reality. What we envision in our dreams is something everyone needs to treasure, so the world’s population has to know about the beauty of our mind’s dreams! Dreams are an extension to physical reality because they are powerful, have deep meanings that relates to real life, and cause certain events such as…