The human psyche is an eight-dimensional mechanism
The psyche is a systemic property of highly organized matter, which consists in the active reflection of the objective world by the subject, in the construction of a picture of the world that is inalienable from him and self-regulation on this basis of his behavior and activity.
The psyche is the strings of our soul
There are a lot of definitions of the concept of "psyche". Medicine, philosophy, psychology and even religion give their own definition of the psyche, explaining in their own way the mechanisms of the inner world of a person.
The most common definition is A. N. Leontiev:
The psyche is a systemic property of highly organized matter, which consists in the active reflection of the objective world by the subject, in the construction of a picture of the world that is inalienable from him and self-regulation on this basis of his behavior and activity.
Like any property, the psyche manifests itself only in the process of interaction of this "highly organized matter" with other similar matters, that is, the human psyche manifests itself in society, in the midst of their own kind.
Each of us builds his own picture of the world and the image of ourselves in it and on the basis of this changes his behavior, makes decisions and performs certain actions to satisfy his own needs.
If the psyche is a reflection of reality, then why are there so many variants of this reflection? We can look at the same object and see completely different things. Understand absolutely different life situations and actions of other people, draw diametrically opposite conclusions and perform inexplicable, sometimes even for oneself, actions.
What bricks do we use to build our pictures of the world? What do we bring to the fore and what do we leave for the background? And why do we do this and not otherwise? What drives us in making decisions?
Through the octahedral prism of systems thinking, the mechanisms of the functioning of the human psyche become visible.
Yuri Burlan at the training "System-vector psychology" describes the principles according to which we reflect the objective reality and build our picture of the world, determine our place in the existing society and regulate our behavior and actions.
Any mental processes of a person are determined by its vectors. Each vector means at the same time the presence of a complex of desires, aspirations, goals and, at the same time, the presence of properties necessary for their realization. Each action is conditioned by a corresponding desire and provided with a specific property. We simply cannot desire what we cannot accomplish. All our desires and possibilities completely coincide with each other.
In the days of the primitive human flock, everything was simple - everyone, with rare exceptions, had one vector, one specific species role, in which a person felt pleasure, received satisfaction from his life. The species role was a separate part of the overall survival task of the entire flock. Only that flock, where all species roles were fulfilled, had the opportunity to survive and continue themselves in time.
Today, the development of mankind has reached such a level that every modern individual has, on average, 3-5 vectors or more, in this regard, the human psyche has become much more complex, and mental processes have accelerated significantly. Despite this, each vector contains all the old desires, just like at the dawn of mankind, only the ways of their realization have changed.
The one who previously guarded the cave and taught the boys about war and hunting is now teaching at the university or doing analytics. The one who hunted and stockpiled food designs and improves technology. Anyone who admired the sunset and looked out for dangerous predators in the savannah is engaged in art or medicine.
However, we are all united by one common principle, one desire inherent in all people, regardless of the vector set.
The pleasure principle
What do we want? All without exception!
Love, wealth, respect, fame, attention, peace?.. The answer is simple: absolutely everything - we want pleasure. We strive to enjoy our life, all our actions are aimed only at this.
Each of us has an innate set of vectors - a set of psychological properties that determine our desires, values, priorities. Realizing our desires, we receive pleasure as a result of balanced biochemistry of the brain, we feel the fullness of life, satisfaction from our own actions, happiness.
The lack of realization of natural needs leads to the accumulation of deficiencies, an imbalance in the biochemistry of the brain and the emergence of negative mental states - apathy, depression, fears, phobias, resentment, irritability, aggressiveness, and the like. Such negative states force us to fill in any way, even archetypal, just to relieve the growing tension.
We all strive for pleasure, but not for suffering - this is what pushes us to action. And we can get the greatest pleasure by realizing our qualities as much as possible at the highest level of their development in accordance with the temperament of a modern person. Each of the eight vectors has their own desires, and, accordingly, people with different vectors get pleasure from different types of activities.
The psyche of the skinner is such that he will gladly save time by doing several things at the same time. An anal person, on the contrary, will strictly consistently bring his work to the ideal, without regard to the time and effort spent. The urethral is always in the forefront moving his flock into the future, no matter what it costs him, and for the muscle, the concepts of space and time merge in his favorite state of monotony, in the joy of physical labor.
We are born for pleasure, which we can receive only by realizing our own qualities, that is, fulfilling a specific role. Thus, we bring benefits to society and make our contribution to the development of all mankind.
The private enjoyment of each of us is actually much larger and more significant than just the personal joy of a job well done.
Doubling principle
Realization of vector properties is a constant process. It is impossible to fill up once and for all, just as it is impossible to fill up for several days in advance. However, performing the same actions, realizing our desire at the same level, over time we find that the feeling of fullness decreases. What's the matter?
The conquest of the same peak no longer brings the climber that heady feeling of joy, as it was for the first time. Now you need a higher rock.
“Better than mountains can only be mountains, which have not yet been…” - as always, Vladimir Vysotsky just noted.
Each desire in each vector requires its own satisfaction. Partial fulfillment gives rise to a thirst for more complete realization, and a fully realized desire gives rise to a double one. After the full realization of one need, a new one arises, twice as large and requiring double efforts to fill, but also giving in the end double pleasure.
Life is movement: efforts on oneself, work of thought, creative search, creative activity, a kind of self-improvement, spiritual growth without stopping along the way.
Someone is rapidly moving up the career ladder, someone becomes an extra-class professional, and someone, being a top model, creates a charitable foundation to help children. This is the filling of the growing desire in the visual vector - from the modeling business, where, for complete satisfaction, it is enough to see “yourself beautiful” on the cover of a magazine, to charity, in which only giving away everything is possible - your time and energy, emotions, love and compassion, and the pleasure from such realization is many times more complete.
Of course, such growth is only possible with an initially highly developed vector. Implementation directly depends on the level of development of vector properties. The higher the level of development, the more complex and voluminous the realization and the more pleasure a person can receive.
Desire "in oneself", desire "outward"
Filling vectors is possible in two ways: inward, which means receiving satisfaction directly into oneself, this happens at a low level of vector development, and outward, that is, for the good of all mankind, society, the collective, and then oneself as a member of this society. Giving for the sake of receiving, creating for the sake of gain and enjoyment.
Realization inwardly, for oneself beloved, is the archetypal elementary level of the psyche, at which our desires can be satisfied. It gives a small short-term pleasure, which means that it requires constant repetition in order to fill the lack at least partially.
The archetypal realization of the skin earner is theft, that is, extraction at any cost, enrichment of oneself at the expense of others, while a highly developed skin vector is filled by engineering or lawmaking: this is obtaining the same property and social superiority, only by increasing one's own value as a specialist, increasing their contribution to the development of society, creating social benefits.
The complex psyche of a modern person is much more than a small filling from the implementation of a primitive program. An adult will not get as much pleasure from playing with dolls as from working on a complex project in a team.
The power of desire in each vector (or temperament) of modern people grows with each new generation, therefore, the decisive factor in a person's life scenario is the answer to the question: how high the properties of vectors can develop before puberty. The two poles of the skin vector are either a notorious swindler, a thief and a crook, or a talented design engineer, organizer, and economist.
Any of the eight vectors is just a set of properties, desires, values and priorities, and how we implement them depends on our place in society and the amount of pleasure from realization.
Realization outside requires more effort, but at the same time it gives the most complete satisfaction from life, since this filling is at the highest level, which, in fact, corresponds to the level of temperament of a modern person.
Happy reflection in the mirror
We can create a picture of the objective world based on our own vision of reality, understanding what is most important and valuable for each of us, and what is of secondary importance. Our view of the world and our place in it are determined by our vectors. The tools of the modern human psyche are innate temperament, the level of development and the degree of realization of natural qualities. And the mechanisms of the functioning of the psyche are the principle of pleasure, the doubling of desire and the realization inward or outward.
The psyche is the most complex and multifaceted property of a modern person, and the more you know about the principles of the functioning of the psyche, the more you understand yourself, your desires and capabilities, the more chances you have to make yourself happy, and not by a third or a half, but 100 %.
