The psyche includes the ego, superego and Id, at least according to Freud, but it also contains what I call the Super-Id, or the Spirit-Will-To-Godhood, which activates life inwardly at the zenith of the instincts, and is shaped by outside evolution and selection. The psyche is more than the ego, which manages the other parts of the psyche---without the Super-Id, or Spirit-Will, which is material/supermaterial, the psyche appears meaningless or limited to a selfish sex drive with no longer-term purpose other than reproduction or couple-bonding. The Super-Id is also more than the “Self” of Jung, which for Jung is the destination of the harmonious psyche, and not unlike the desire-free inward state sought by Eastern religions. The Super-Id or Spirit-Will is the activation of life, not the destination of life, and is very much also connected to outer life and evolution. This being the dynamic of the psyche, a new kind of psychotherapy enters the realms of both religion and science, a psychotherapy involving not only the individual but the more holistic evolution of the individual, groups and cultures toward real Godhood, the sacred destination.
© 2006--2014 Kenneth Lloyd Anderson.
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Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic.
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Thanks for the interest. For me this is only mapping out a new kind of religious/philosophical sort therapy, I am not a practicing therapist, more of a philosopher. A problem usually arises when evolution is discussed, that is, genetic changes needed, and cultural changes, as we evolve toward a Godhood in the world, not outside of the world.
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