This is my most comprehensive discussion about principles of psychology - what they are, how self-deception is just one of them, and how different psychological principles interact and counteract each other to produce the actual outcome of human behavior, just as they do in the physical world.



The tendency of most theorists, it seems, is to try to use their one principle to explain all of human behavior, or more of it than their little principle can actually explain on its own. I haven't seen a good effort to organize them and put them in their place. I'd love to see that happen one day.

We get to the root of human problems like anxiety and depression and relationship issues by unpacking the idea of self-deception, an integral mechanism of life.  There is a light of truth to which we have constant access, which when we act against we necessarily blind ourselves to the truth and suffer the consequences, even when we're not aware of what we're doing and are uncondemned by God.  That's the idea.  I believe it has great potential to unlock our ability to recover from powerful human problems and direct our efforts in this way.  Join me on this journey!