Ever-Transcending Spirit The Psychology of Human Relationships, Consciousness, and Development Book

This is a powerful book. I learned about how some people "suck" energy from me; how when I get off the phone from talking with them, I feel exhausted, depleted and so tired that I can become depressed. I learned to recognize when that is happening to me which allows me to end the conversation before I am completely exhausted. I also learned that when I talk to certain other people, we share our energy and when the conversation has ended, I feel renewed and ready to take on anything that comes my way.

I learned about internal conflict. The more our basic needs and wants in infancy and early childhood are left unsatisfied, then more internal conflict we experience.

The development of the self-system. Although every response we make is guided by our self-system, every experience including the response and its consequence modifies the self-system as well. I learned why I function the way I do.

The blame game. We blame other people, we blame our circumstances, and we blame certain events in our life to avoid taking responsibility for our behaviors, our development, and our happiness. By blaming other people and things, we are refusing to develop our awareness of how we relate to the world. By blaming others, we escape the responsibility to improve any situation.

This short book is well worth reading.