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'You are what you think': American self-help and the myth of unlimited human potential.

机译：“您就是您的想法”：美国自助和人类潜能无限的神话。

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"You are what you think" is a popular self-help philosophy, outlined in books written by Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Shakti Gawain, and others. In a mutable, responsive, quantum universe, the energetic vibrations of thoughts and feelings determine one's life circumstances. Wealth, love, happiness, health, even physical immortality can be obtained by anyone who understands the "Law of Attraction"---that positive vibrations reliably generate positive results. These claims are presented as literal truth, buttressed by developments in modern physics and the insights of Eastern spiritual practitioners. But "you are what you think" is best understood as a myth, a contemporary manifestation of archetypal patterns. I call this self-help philosophy "the myth of unlimited human potential.";In this study, I undertake an archetypal analysis of the central images or ideas in the myth of unlimited human potential as it appears in bestselling self-help books. For example, "energy" and "abundance," the "higher self," and the prescribed "evolution" to a "higher consciousness" in the myth are powerful variations of the archetypal Hero, the Child, and Paradise, the lost state of blissful innocence and security. These come together in the image of the "unlimited," a free, expansive human being in an infinite cosmos, capable of endless transformation, that is the heart of the myth. The image of the unlimited, as New World, frontier, and the Land of Opportunity for the self-made man, is also an essential component of the American Dream.;The myth of unlimited human potential is relentlessly optimistic about the natural goodness and creative role that individuals play in the world, and this dogmatism creates an unacknowledged shadow. The mythic or archetypal perspective opens up this fundamentalist philosophy of optimism to reveal the psychological fantasies of power, divinity, immortality, and innocence that fuel the myth, along with their less desirable and difficult aspects. What are the implications of the American attachment to the unlimited and to belief in abundance as birthright and singular proof of the well-lived life? What must be denied to participate in the literal enactment of these fantasies? I attempt to shed some light on these questions and problems.
机译：“您就是您所想的”是一种流行的自助哲学，在Deepak Chopra，Wayne Dyer，Shakti Gawain等人撰写的书中都有概述。在一个可变的，反应灵敏的量子宇宙中，思想和情感的剧烈振动决定了一个人的生活状况。理解“吸引力法则”的任何人都可以获得财富，爱情，幸福，健康，甚至是不朽的东西-积极的振动可靠地产生积极的结果。这些主张被陈述为字面事实，受到现代物理学的发展和东方精神实践者的见识的支持。但是“您就是您所想的”最好理解为神话，即原型模式的当代体现。我称这种自助哲学为“无限人类潜能的神话。”；在本研究中，我对畅销书籍自助书中出现的无限人类潜能的神话中的中心意象或观念进行了原型分析。例如，神话中的“能量”和“丰度”，“更高的自我”以及规定的“进化”到“更高意识”是原型英雄，儿童和天堂的强大变体，它们失去了幸福纯真和安全。这些以“无限”的形象汇聚在一起，这是一个自由，广阔的人类，处于无限的宇宙中，能够无休止的转变，这就是神话的核心。无限的形象，如白手起家的新世界，边境和机遇之地，也是美国梦的重要组成部分；无限的人类潜能神话是对自然善良和创造力的不懈乐观。个人在世界上扮演的角色，这种教条主义造成了一个未被承认的阴影。神话或原型的观点打开了这种原教旨主义的乐观哲学，揭示了助长神话的力量，神性，永生和天真的心理幻想，以及它们不那么理想和困难的方面。美国人对无限制和对丰富的信仰作为出生权利和过着美好生活的唯一证明的含义是什么？要参与这些幻想的字面体现，必须拒绝什么？我试图阐明这些问题。

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    Svehla, Catherine Ann.;

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    Pacifica Graduate Institute.;

  • 授予单位 Pacifica Graduate Institute.;
  • 学科 American Studies.;Psychology General.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2008
  • 页码 307 p.
  • 总页数 307
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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