the spirit in disorder.ppt
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The Spirit in disorderFrom Psychology of Motivation Paul Diel (Ed. Payot)
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Warning: This part of Psychology of Motivation seems to be hard to apply toourselves despite its accuracy.
The economic bankruptcies of our democracies are the consequences of our personal psychic failures.
They reveal our exaltations to the multitude of worldly desires and our
eternal thirst pseudo recognitions.
Human being may yet be a hero for himself if he can discern the
unchangeable from what is editable. He can achieve or sublimate his desires
and dissolve them. He can defend family, friends, values
and develop an infinite number of creative solutions to improve its
situation.These solutions result from his
imaginative capacity rightly MOTIVATED thanks to his personal balance and inner harmony (see
Greek Myth of Perseus).
beheading of Medusa by Perseus
Few people know withstand the swelling of their ego, especially in this time of so many vain entertainment and communication supports.
HOW DOES IT WORK?Psychic functioning
This calculation is based on 4 main reasons that escape to his
conscious but which are one of the expressions of our unconscious:
“The false motivations."
They unconsciously motivated to act, communicate and influence the
behavior of each of us.
Alone in reflection or in his relations with others, the human
being does more or less consciously a permanent
"mental calculus".
Vanity
1.To socially exist and try to build his personality , human puts himself forward; he acts and
speaks to show himself, especially in adolescence.
Pushed by his imagination and his own conviction force, he goes too far: this is one of
the faces of Vanity.The word Vanity must be understood primarily
by its Latin root, vanitas: the vain, which is used to anything or anyone, who acts vainly.
Culpability
M
E
OTHERS
Self distrust
The functioning of the Extra-conscious psychism falsely motivated
Construction of the conscious ego and perception of others
2. By ambivalence, human can inhibit and withdraw into himself with the feeling of not
being up to those he meets. He may feels too much guilty.
These two ambivalent poles can be expressed in multiple stages, in various forms and in any
occasion of everyday life.The swing from one pole to the other leads to
mistrust ourselves, often repressed.
Fear the reaction of others
Vanity Accusation
Culpability Sentimentality
The projection on others: The 4 Trends False Motivation
M
E
OTHERS
Projection: shift the blame on others
Projection: take pity to have a good conscience
Fear the reaction of others
Other distrust
Self distrust
Generally, we repress our vanity and our guilt often to project them onto others. The sequences of minor but daily elements close this evil
square and scatters our psychic energy.
The 4 Trends False MotivationThe oscillations increase and reinforce themselves by
intricacies (see scheme black arrows )
Paul Diel details these mental states that lead to the destruction of personality.
Vanity Accusation
Culpability Sentimentality
M
E
OTHERS
Self distrust
Other distrust
Destructionof the
Personnality
False motivation and its infinite expressionsA common symptom in each of these expressions:
Exaltation.
Fear the reaction of others
Vanity Accusation
Culpability Sentimentality
M
E
OTHERS
Projection: shift the blame on others
Projection: take pity to have a good conscience
Fear the reaction of others
Other distrust
Self distrust
If the 4 trends of False Motivation dominate the psychic qualities disappear and the character becomes psycho pathologically nervous or banal, so sick. Square below closes.
Patience or impatience exalted towards
ourselves or others
Exalted sentiments: suspicion, love-hate, fear, wickedness, withdrawal
etc
Self Esteem loss
Loss of Confidence in
others
Vanitious overstimation of ourselves
Sentimental overestimates others
Underestimates others accusingly
Guilty underestimation of ourselves
The man torn by his Demons
it was the
description of the spirit messy.
Salvation will be given in next presentation:
« The Disorder introspected »
To be continued…
The Temptation of Saint Antoine; M Schongauer 15th Century.