HUMAN'S TRAILS E-Book

Kyösti Waris

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 93

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

The original edition of this book was called Human Predators (2016). Since then, the book has been reprinted under different names, until the final name of the book became Human Trails. The book consists of several articles of the author on the different topics. Some of them are topical, while others are more principled reflections on the existence of man. The writer is a social scientist and psychologist by training, and this is reflected in his writings. His critical internal view is that many of the factors affecting the life of modern man are harmful to human health and should be changed. The writings do not contain direct life instructions for the reader, but by reading them, he can gain useful stimuli for independent thinking and surviving in his own life.

Leseprobe

To Human – with Friendship

Author

Contents

For the Reader

The True Face of Mental Disorders

Weak ‘lunatics’

Strong lunatics

Mass lunatics

Luck of Lord – Is There Such?

Pandemic or Panic?

The Purpose of Life, Whose?

Ghost Train

Human for Sale

Criticism on Science

Experimental Research, the Core Area of the Science

Time Management Problems

The Scientific Community as a Social Phenomenon

Humans Squeezed by Robots

A Robot Is Genuinely Inhumane

Appearance Might Deceive, Action Reveals

Separate Species, or the Result of a Process?

Finland: A Pawn of the West’s Political Power Game

Wars Ruin Humanity

More Power by “Vatulointi”?

Greater Freedom Might Help in Difficulties

Anticipation Increases the Freedom of Choice

Restrictive Behavior Patterns Can Be Modified

Self-Care

Open-Mindedness in Place of Communal Restrictions

Increasing Control on Humans

The Universe: A Living Organism?

A Healthy Self-Esteem Will Have a Future

A Goal for a Happy Human’s Workplace

The European Union: A Strange Guarantor of Peace

Democracy, Instead of Gangs

Religion: Whose Mission, Where Going?

On Behalf of the Child

A Better Perception, a Better Life?

The Relationship to One’s Own Life Is Significant

Daily Violence: “An Obligatory Bun”?

Invalid Currency or –Policy?

Afterword

Know yourself (“Gnōthi seauton”)

A famous aphorism in ancient Greece

Anyone is nothing

An aphorism by farmer Antti Rannanjärvi

Southern Ostrobothnia Finland, 19th century

In human relationships, love and truth are important.

However, the truth is not always love,

honesty towards oneself is.

Autor

I felt a breath of an eternal wind, the whisper: "Write now if you think you know something". – I did, and came to know the weaknesses and limitations of mine: the neglect and violations of the human's soul (the child).

When a human causes harm to others, he or she understands to have done wrong, and is sincerely sorry about that. He or she wants to repair the mistake and the damage as well as to behave better - like human. A fake human (imitator, robot, superman) has not this kind of understanding. He or she will continue to destroy, furiously looking for his or her own benefit until forced to stop.

Author

For the Reader

Iwrote in this book some of my publications of the past few years. They were published on my website and some of them in a local city magazine. The dates of the writings refer mainly to the publications on the internet. The writings are arranged from the newest to the oldest one. I have made some changes to this edition.

In the writings I tell my opinion, not only on everyday topics, but also on philosophical questions relating to people, society and life. My idea has been to take advantage of my knowledge and skills, observations and life experiences that I have got over the years.

One of the remarkable experiences for me was to participate in a discussion concerning different perceptions of human in a meeting that was held at the Vesala Course Center in Central Finland in the mid- 1970 s. I am particularly grateful for that opportunity to my deceased colleagues and friends, hospital pastor Kyösti Lähteenmäki and psychiatrist Kalle Kestilä. I worked with them in the city of Seinäjoki in the 1970 s. ̶ I will continue that discussion from my own perspective in this book.

During the Vesala event, lectures were given by psychoanalyst Pirkko Siltala on the understanding of human being acording to psychoanalysis, psychologist Antero Toskala on a human concept based on the theory of learning, and pastor Kyösti Lähteenmäki on the human being by the Christian view. Theologian Martti Lindqvist also participated in the discussions.

Human biological development phases and ancient behaviors seem to have left primitive traces in people. They are shown as very strong and deep rooted brutal, selfish desires and acts. –The characteristics that are often left in the subconscious mind, and where they can be activated especially in certain stressful situations. Those behavior patterns can be controlled gradually, if a person knows himself sufficiently, really wants it, and if he gets expert support, when needed.

However, it is wrong to believe that all people are the same kind: there are huge differences between them. Some are inherently more human and take better care of other people than some others. The differences between people are especially highlighted in interaction.

Also, an expert of human relations may be very blind about his or her own behavior: it is difficult to see oneself as such you are really. Professionals can be very unfriendly to each other in their work place and harm each other. Self-awareness can be improved by assessing others’ behavior in relation to one's own behavior. When you see yourself through others' eyes, you might become a real human being.

The famous French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) is known for the phrase, "Cogito ergo sum", or as the sentence is usually translated, “I am thinking, consequently I am”. That Latin language sentence can be translated more clearly in this way: I am thinking; therefore, I exist. As he thought, things should always be questioned.

That idea is especially important today, because a huge number of information is available, into which one might be easily drowned and lose one’s identity. There are a lot of fanatic people who try to persuade people to come on their side. There is not always available reliable information about their intentions. Therefore, it is good to trust in one's own ability to assess.

My hope is that the visions presented in the book could give the reader some food for thought and help him or her to perceive his or her own life so that it will be of help. I hope that this small book can for its part contribute in building a better world for the future generations.

In this edition, I have clarified the relationship of Constantine I to Christianity on the page 96.

September 2022

Author

The True Face of Mental Disorders

7.3.2022

Mental disorders are classified as diseases. This means that they are also treated with medication. It is thought that a right medicine cures the disease. At least the pharmaceutical companies are putting forward this and are still developing new medicines, because this is a profitable business. It is true that drugs can alleviate the symptoms that people suffer from. The pain of the mind no longer feels so bad when a person receives a mitigating drug for it. Drugs help you survive in everyday life, but they do not cure mental disorders and illnesses. On the other hand, they can be addictive in the same way as other pain relievers.

Hardly any orthodox and serious doctor will accept the idea that diseases are cured by talking. However, this is what happens in the treatment of mental disorders. Various treatments based on speech and interaction cure or mitigate many mental disorders.

Why can the "diseases" of mind be cured only by talking? Because these disorders are usually caused by the interaction between people. And therefore, mental disorders are not diseases comparable to physical diseases. In my previous job and later in life, I have encountered basically only three types of mentally sick people, "madmen", as they are often unfortunately called with contempt.

Weak “lunatics”

I've previously worked in mental health offices as a psychologist. In that job, I did psychiatric determinations (diagnoses) of clients and treated people with mental health ailments. In my work, I mainly encountered clients whose minds were shaken. Their souls (minds) bled. This manifested itself, among other things, as fear, anxiety, hopelessness, powerlessness, complete exhaustion, depression, etc. By each of my clients, the "disease" manifested itself in its own individual way. The bleeding of my clients' souls was the result of the abuse and mistreatment they had experienced. They had experienced, among other things, violence, segregation, isolation, abandonment and unconcern, and strain that had gone beyond their power.

This group includes the above mentioned, often sensitive and creative people. The classification of diseases mainly concerns them. These people are diagnosed and treated, often also incorrectly. Even the patients with schizophrenia, who are considered the most seriously ill and are often treated with medication alone, seem to be nothing more than particularly sensitive, intelligent people. They can hear or see something that other 'thick-skinned', so-called 'normal' people do not experience. These suffering people can actually carry the burden of other people, their illness. They are often vicarious victims: They are the weakest link in the sick social environment in which they live. An example of this is the so-called 'black sheep' of the family.

Strong lunatics

The second group is formed by those who cause mental disorders to the ordinary, sensitive people described above, with their own violent behavior. They are hardly mentioned in the classifications of diseases, with perhaps some exceptions. They are the ones who are strong enough so that they can behave in an organized manner in the eyes of people, 'normally', although they are actually sick. These people usually do not understand their own condition, as they have no sense of disease; they do not feel sick. That's why they can be considered seriously ill. They do not seek treatment themselves, and they are difficult to cure, even by talking, let alone by medication.

Mass lunatics

There is also a third group of mentally shaken, the so-called" mass lunatics." They are people who, without criticism, have adopted the bad habits of their social environment. They behave mindlessly and destructively as a group or even as a nation, without understanding it themselves at all. In their opinion, it can be quite normal for people who think differently to be mocked, persecuted, killed or even burned at the stake and in the crematorium simply because they think differently or are otherwise different. This species of madness is not usually classified as a disease, even if there is a real reason for it. These people often cause the most serious damages by their behavior to people who do not belong to their group. In their opinion (as "normal") they do not understand their own condition, and therefore their disease is difficult to cure. If the leader of such a group is sensible, he may help others to come to their senses. But if he is not, the only means against this community that will remain to be used by others, is force. Wars often start in this way.

Mental disorders can be cured by talking and interacting in a good way, like a human being, with the sufferer. The 'diseases' of the mind can be prevented and cured by ensuring that everyone receives love and care. And by ensuring that no one is discriminated against, intimidated or despised or is placed in situations where the demands of life go beyond his or her forces. This is the responsibility of