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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS ZODIAC SIGNS
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- THE FUNCTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS ZODIAC SIGNS All human beings are characterized by their senses, mind and emotions which make them become aware of life’s needs, as well as basic psychophysical abilities which help them secure their existence and continuation of species. THE FUNCTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS Our senses (what we see, hear, touch, etc.) provide us with information on what happens in the outer world and our system. Based on this sensual information we create mental notions about reality in our minds, and then these mental notions stimulate corresponding emotions (emotional experiences).
If our emotions become unpleasant under the influence of external causes (hunger, danger, injustice, etc.) then we should solve external issues (ours and other people’s existential needs, need for safety and social justice). And if our emotions become unpleasant due to the influence of inner causes (inner dissatisfaction, nervousness, tension, guilt), then we should solve our inner problems which are under the domain of our spirituality (the question of meaning of our motives and actions). Emotions exist to direct our attention towards a need for responsible actions of our will, irrespective of whether their source is external or inside of us. Emotions also enable our system for action that is purposeful towards our life needs, by starting an adequate hormonal activity. Regardless of whether our mental notions about reality and our emotions are pleasant or not, they provide us with a cause to respond to our needs in a reasonable and purposeful manner. 
Awareness of what is beautiful, good, and just, arouses pleasant emotions and incites our will to expressions of gratitude. Awareness of danger and the corresponding emotion of fear force us to eliminate the source of that danger. Awareness of injustice and the feeling of anger make us prevent and eliminate the injustice. Awareness of trouble leads us into taking action which will solve our problems and therefore eliminate the trouble. Therefore, the purpose of our senses, mind and emotions is to make us aware of the needs of life, so that we could answer them by a purposeful action of our own will and therefore secure our own existence. As we are endowed with various psychophysical abilities, we can realize these actions and, in doing so, respond to life’s needs. Different mental notions and emotions increase or reduce levels of various types of hormones which aid activation of the required psychophysical abilities of our system needed for an adequate response to the needs of life.
Our abilities by far exceed the abilities of all other beings on this planet. Our scientific abilities, discoveries and achievements made our life easier, and our artistic abilities made it more beautiful. Our powers enabled us to go much further than our existential needs, and allowed us to master the world around us to a great extent, fathom the secrets of matter structure and its sources of energy which have been undreamed of until recently, and to start conquering the universe. Since our abilities by far exceed the needs of our existence, it appears to us that happiness and welfare of humanity should not be brought into question. However, human life is so inundated with destruction and calamity that we can only state that we possess high existential abilities and contentedly bring this deliberation to a closure. In order to respond to life’s needs properly, it is not enough to simply understand these needs and to have psychophysical abilities to fulfill them. To respond to them, we need to possess good will, that is, a motive to fulfill these needs. If we did not have driving motives, our abilities would have no function, our existence would be endangered, and the meaning of our life could not be fulfilled. H  owever, even though our abilities by far exceed the sheer requirements of our existence, our nature is characterized by a tendency towards behavioral motives that are not purposeful to our existence. We show a tendency to endanger our existence for our mental (proud), emotional or fleshly pleasures. For example, a vain person will sacrifice their life due to loss of honor, as much as a person of vice will jeopardize their life with their harmful bad habits, immoderation and perversion. Also, we express tendencies towards destructive motives and actions – hatred, violence and aggression, which affect other people, and may lead to our own self-destruction. Our irrational behavior is not caused by life circumstances, but by our own inner discontent, whereas various life circumstances, fortunate or unfortunate events only lead to its manifestation.
I  nner discontent changes the function of our sensual, mental and emotional experiences, so instead of making us aware of life’s needs, they become the source of elimination of our inner discontent. We attempt to suffocate the awareness of our inner discontent, and this need results in the distortion of the function of our experiences. The same inner discontent which results in seeking satisfaction through selfish behavioral motives (via the pursuit of sensual, mental and emotional pleasures), also results in the need to express it through destruction (antagonism, hatred, aggressiveness, etc.) or perhaps a more subtle form of psychic release (abuse of music, sports, meditation, etc.).
Of course, if a person is essentially content, they have neither a need to search for happiness (because they already have it), nor a need to relax psychically, because there is no need for expressing discontent (since it does not exist in their essence). Thus, liberated of various manifestations of their inner discontent, they are free to commit themselves to solving the real (existential and creative) needs of life. Reason, conscience and will protect us from submission to the motives that are the fruit of the inner discontent and, as such, detrimental to our actual existential needs. Our reason analyzes the purpose of our motives and actions, and our conscience asks of us to use our will to fight against the motives and actions that were unmasked as senseless and harmful to our own welfare and the welfare of others. If a person still submits their will to irrational motives, the person’s conscience burdens them with guilt, and adds a moral dimension to the irrational motives, declaring them sinful. Due to their ability to create reasonable insights into the meaning of their acts, and due to their ability to rule over themselves, the adults are considered responsible for their actions. Directory: eng eng -> Chaos equipment included eng -> Protecting the rights of the child in the context of migration eng -> United Nations E/C. 12/Esp/5 eng -> The petition and case system eng -> Form a-122 File No. Retirement homes act, 2010 application under section 116 of the act eng -> The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine eng -> Title: Associate Professor eng -> Chief Patron Shri Avinash Dikshit Commissioner Patron eng -> 1. 2 Extraction of exposure and others parameters eng -> 【Education&Working Experience】 Download 5.04 Mb. Share with your friends:
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