The Schism

What is unavoidable is that modern notions of human evolution and the advancement of mankind impose a view of the psychological makeup of the person to the exclusion of the metaphysical and the spiritual component of man essentially as a non entity. It  devalues existential questions as concessions that the psychology professional or theory much indulge because of the backwardness of clients.  I have had quite enough, as has many, this  criticism of the holy fathers without  an understanding of  the application of  their teachings.  This modern intellectualism which is readily outspoken dismissing and discounting the teachings found in our patristic treasures can hardly claim to have a conversant grasp of the wisdom neither in theory or in practice.

Modern man is torn between what he knows is at the core of his being what he experienced from before his birth perhaps that his relationship to his creator is wholly personal and unique. Many of the those experiences in which the person was focused primarily on the more inward experiences and eventually as during the person’s awakening in early childhood are imprinted on the soul which never forgets.  The self has bore witness to the Creator and this forward thinking society wishes to discount and deny such realities. As growing individuals our pre linguistic memory or visceral memory gets usurped and re-framed in more culturally acceptable norms.  The young child during their formative and years is told to put away childish things and is co opted to see ones relationship to God and creation akin to fairy tales of Brothers Grimm.  This new and improved self concept is cemented to the psyche with a linguistic prowess and the birth of the implicit memory begins a new era for the individual. The schism within the self between what is known in the subconscious of the person and the indoctrination and reprogramming of the youth is fertile ground for the fractured state of the human condition. This is further compounded by sociological and scientific claims which demean any inclination toward the unseen or any faith based initiative.  Many psychology services wish to extinguish magical thinking of their clients to a more independent and mechanized view of himself and the cosmos.