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

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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

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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

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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

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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.