The Self of a person
is neither his/her body nor his/her mind, neither his/her physical health nor his/her
mental health, neither his/her intrinsic characteristics nor his/her extrinsic
conduct, but a sum total of all such things forcing him/her to think and lead his/her
life maintaining his/her social relationships. Thus, 'The self' is the overall
constitution of the person under consideration. It is even more individualistic
than the person appears to be for the external world for each of the
constituents of the self is individualistic too. If we want to pinpoint one
thing that is the closest to the self is the individuality of the person that
isolates him/her from all others yet makes him/her part of the society and
environment surrounding him/her.
Psychology is the
study of a human-being the way he/she thinks and relates him/herself with the external
world through his/her speech and actions. Thinking of a person is most often
different from his/her conduct, but still depending on it. This proves that the
person intentionally creates this difference between this thoughts, words and
actions. The psychology takes care of this fact of human life and incorporates
in itself reasons of this differentiation.
This makes 'Psychology
of the Self' a study of the wholesomeness of a person, leaving nothing to be
discovered, to be developed, or to be deployed. Hence the study has to be vast,
exhaustive and detailed and go through the minutest information on the person.
This is possible only when an individual is specifically studied. Therefore,
the eBook 'Psychology of The Self' doesn't deal with the specific information
of any individual but paves way for reaching that information when the concepts
provided in the volume are applied to a specific individual.
Such a vast study
can't be carried out or written about in specific time-frame but goes on for a
long period with new frontiers coming to light. The Author had been working on
this project for 14 years and writing articles every now-and-then. The eBook is
the collection of such articles of the Author written by him on the subject.
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