Psychology Theories of Limited Survival Value

Psychology theories hold that humans exist in a reality defined by the four types of survival need. Although the brain receives 100 million impulses a second, mundane consciousness is limited to signals which have been conditioned to one of these levels of need.

These popular psychology theories indicate that others have no interest in you, you do not exist, unless you can hook into their limited "reality-island", transmit on their narrow mind-band, unless your behavior offers meaning in terms of possible benefit or threat to their:


1. Physical needs or cellular well being

2. Safety, security, desire for stability and emotional-hierarchical status

3. Need for mastery, acceptance, to give and receive love and affection, to have a partner, friends and to belong to organizations and gain colleagues' acceptance; need for support and acceptance... artifact manipulation game.

4. Socio-sexual security; domestic reassurance, self-esteem, to build up our sense of personal worth through reputation, recognition, respect and self-confidence based on our achievements. Also the need for self-acceptance on a realistic basis.

According to these psychology theories, all human interactions are instrumental to one of these four survival attitudes.

Humans are comfortably adapted to this limited four-channel communication, scan automatically for the survival meaning of each stimulus and scuttle by each other like ants, each intent on their own "reality" - reacting automatically to relevant cues from others.

Communication occurs in terms of four systems, some of which are comprehensible to the entire species, some of which are limited to members of the same cultural-imprint group. The basic sperm-egg invitations to orgasm are, of course, global.

Humans (in this larval state) do not like to receive information unless the facts fit into their 3rd Circuit reality net and immediately reward their emotional status.

Larvals submit themselves to learn new symbols only under special motivational circumstances where the new connections build on and confirm established systems or give promise of future emotional rewards of which the teacher is model.

Larvals fervently resist new symbols which require a change in their network of associations. This resistance to learning is not psychological; it is neurological and biochemical.

New ideas require a change in the wiring of associations and literally cause a "headache."


Communicating with a larval involves building onto their net of associations. You must literally wire each new idea to an existing neural connection.

Larvals learn almost no new symbol systems after childhood. They simply add on or translate into symbols closely connected to the imprint. This accounts for the fact that it takes at least one generation for a new idea to be understood.

It is especially important in communicating with larvals to remember that few symbols now exist for higher self improvement processes.

"You cannot use butterfly language to communicate with caterpillars."

The greatest caution is required on the part of those using cutting edge psychology theories when communicating with yokels (as Tim Leary calls larval humans).

And constant reassurance is required to maintain the feeling of being socially approved. Most larvals live in terror of being seen as sinful or "bad."

In communicating with larvals about sexual, philosophic, or ethical matters, one enters very dangerous terrain. It is almost impossible to discuss philosophy with yokels.

Hypocrisy, unconscious motivation, irrational paradox, need for approval and fear-of-shame dominate every discussion of philosophy-religion.

Adherents to and developers of "next level" psychology theories must be careful not to wound the sensibilities of mortals.

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