So while I am supervising the time out room at my work, I've come to the realization that I have had this blog set up for about a year and still never posted anything. So I'm here to introduce my goal with this endeavor.
First, let me begin by expressing my fascination with the human mind, the greatest force of reason in all of creation. A supercomputer of such intricacy that even with the combined reasoning and understanding of thousands of minds at work over thousands of years have still left us wandering, in regards to understanding its processes. We all live. We all observe. We all reason. And yet in a lifetime, none of us will ever fully understand the deepest workings of our own mind's inner processes, let alone even dream of understanding the minds of others. Yet still we try. We never stop seeking. Another fascinating aspect of the magnificence of this entity: its unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding, not only of the world it interacts with, but also of itself. It is this thirst which has led me to this journey, this quest for self consciousness, and consequently sharing of my increase with others. If I can do my part to assist in the learning of others while on my own journey of "self-discover" then perhaps I will help others to someday be able to more fully understand their own thought process, through the sharing of mine. Though our understanding will never be complete while we remain in this mortal life, the more we know, the better we can become.
So now, an introduction to the content of this blog. The main focus of this blog will be my own personal experiences and observations. I know there is all kinds of stuff I could say about what others have said on psychology, but if I fill my blog with other people's ideas then it wouldn't be my blog, nor would I be contributing anything new to my sphere of influence. So while I will occasionally reference other people's philosophies, it will usually be in relation to my own thought process. Most of my observations will be examples from my own personal psychological revelations relating to why I think and act the way that I do. These will often be tied to experiences I have had with other people, so I will be sharing a lot of stories from my personal interactions with others. In order to preserve relationships and anonymity I will of course be changing details of these stories, often to the point that if the person I am speaking of is reading this blog, they won't know the story is about them. My goal here is not to call others to change, but rather to help them to make informed reasoning about themselves so that they can find greater joy in their own existence.
Now for a little bit of background on myself. I was adopted at birth. I was informed of this since before I can remember, my parents made it no secret. I was happy as a child and still am, but I have come to recognize, as I have grown older, that this was very likely a large factor in the way that I thought and felt emotionally. I have open contact with my birth mother and siblings now and am very close to them, though I have yet to meet my father. I currently work at an equine therapy ranch for at risk youth. Due to my job I am exposed to psychological material quite regularly, and have discussions with coworkers about the behaviors of certain boys, their psychiatric evaluations, and their background stories and what factors could have led them to be the way that they are. It is the best job I have ever had. Truly an eye opener to myself, and to the world around me. I love the kids that i work with beyond measure. So naturally, there will be much material in this blog related to them. Due to privacy and legal reasons, names of boys and other details will be changed or omitted. At the ranch, we teach a philosophy called Arbinger. If I were to attempt to explain Arbinger in this blog, it would take a very long post with lots of words and pictures and stuff, so maybe I will do that someday, but it is more likely I will just sort of explain it as I go along. I really enjoy reading, but in recent years I have grown to have little taste for fiction, and now read mostly psychology or philosophy books. I find them much more enjoyable and applicable then fiction. I find more entertainment in reading by being enlightened than by being entertained.
So now that you and my blog have been properly introduced, hopefully I will be able to come up with some decent material in the near future...
First, let me begin by expressing my fascination with the human mind, the greatest force of reason in all of creation. A supercomputer of such intricacy that even with the combined reasoning and understanding of thousands of minds at work over thousands of years have still left us wandering, in regards to understanding its processes. We all live. We all observe. We all reason. And yet in a lifetime, none of us will ever fully understand the deepest workings of our own mind's inner processes, let alone even dream of understanding the minds of others. Yet still we try. We never stop seeking. Another fascinating aspect of the magnificence of this entity: its unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding, not only of the world it interacts with, but also of itself. It is this thirst which has led me to this journey, this quest for self consciousness, and consequently sharing of my increase with others. If I can do my part to assist in the learning of others while on my own journey of "self-discover" then perhaps I will help others to someday be able to more fully understand their own thought process, through the sharing of mine. Though our understanding will never be complete while we remain in this mortal life, the more we know, the better we can become.
So now, an introduction to the content of this blog. The main focus of this blog will be my own personal experiences and observations. I know there is all kinds of stuff I could say about what others have said on psychology, but if I fill my blog with other people's ideas then it wouldn't be my blog, nor would I be contributing anything new to my sphere of influence. So while I will occasionally reference other people's philosophies, it will usually be in relation to my own thought process. Most of my observations will be examples from my own personal psychological revelations relating to why I think and act the way that I do. These will often be tied to experiences I have had with other people, so I will be sharing a lot of stories from my personal interactions with others. In order to preserve relationships and anonymity I will of course be changing details of these stories, often to the point that if the person I am speaking of is reading this blog, they won't know the story is about them. My goal here is not to call others to change, but rather to help them to make informed reasoning about themselves so that they can find greater joy in their own existence.
Now for a little bit of background on myself. I was adopted at birth. I was informed of this since before I can remember, my parents made it no secret. I was happy as a child and still am, but I have come to recognize, as I have grown older, that this was very likely a large factor in the way that I thought and felt emotionally. I have open contact with my birth mother and siblings now and am very close to them, though I have yet to meet my father. I currently work at an equine therapy ranch for at risk youth. Due to my job I am exposed to psychological material quite regularly, and have discussions with coworkers about the behaviors of certain boys, their psychiatric evaluations, and their background stories and what factors could have led them to be the way that they are. It is the best job I have ever had. Truly an eye opener to myself, and to the world around me. I love the kids that i work with beyond measure. So naturally, there will be much material in this blog related to them. Due to privacy and legal reasons, names of boys and other details will be changed or omitted. At the ranch, we teach a philosophy called Arbinger. If I were to attempt to explain Arbinger in this blog, it would take a very long post with lots of words and pictures and stuff, so maybe I will do that someday, but it is more likely I will just sort of explain it as I go along. I really enjoy reading, but in recent years I have grown to have little taste for fiction, and now read mostly psychology or philosophy books. I find them much more enjoyable and applicable then fiction. I find more entertainment in reading by being enlightened than by being entertained.
So now that you and my blog have been properly introduced, hopefully I will be able to come up with some decent material in the near future...
