Been a while

I have written elsewhere on my laptop. I have a co-share with my facebook. Most of my friends look at my facebook but I suppose I need to just transpose all of my posts and ideas.

The main brunt of my studies have been psychology lately. I have been looking into the two different processes of the brain, automatic and reflective. There have been some interesting writing from Haidt and his Happiness Hypothesis. One point he stressed over and over is the ability to control our automatic nature that causes us to do things against our long-term interest (He takes the more Socratic approach of Akrsia which means lack of command of oneself). He draws the distinction that this most likely is the sinful and natural side of humans, Haidt quotes Paul from the Bible. He suggests that people meditate on something else to change the direction of the automatic process. It is weird how secular scientists come to the same conclusion scripture teaches.

Joshua 1:6-8 (English Standard Version)

⁶ Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success^] wherever you go. ⁸This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

The way to oppose our flesh is to think about Christ and the Word. Do not focus on what our flesh is saying. This is exactly what Haidt says to do.

All knowledge is the reflection of Christ.