What is human strength, internal, physical and spiritual. Concept of spiritual power

When I first started studying psychology, I realized how strong we humans are internally, but we tend to be unaware of it. I realized what truly lies hidden in a person enormous strength, this is the strength of his spirit. However, since childhood, they have been trying to suppress this power of ours. This is understandable, because depressed, morally weak person, very easy to operate. The human psyche is designed in such a way that he initially feels superior to others. The behavior of children is direct confirmation of this. The child's psyche is geared towards suppression, this is the same as that of animals who are trying to get ahead of their brothers and sisters in the fight for mother's milk.

We don't know who we are and why we are here, we can only guess about it. But we see that for our survival in this world, we have the most necessary qualities for this. But in social environment, humility, humility, and fear have been instilled in us for generations, so that it is deposited at the genetic level. Thus, our inner strength is suppressed for many generations. The word “impossible” is just for such people with a depressed psyche. Ancient rituals, shamanic rituals, all of them were aimed at training the psyche. North American Indians, was finally destroyed only when all the shamans were destroyed. It was the shamans who made the warriors invincible, they pumped up their psyche so much that they were not afraid of anything, and if a person is not afraid of anything, it is impossible to defeat him.

In sports, in business, in any type of activity, strong character and fortitude are needed everywhere. This is everything, a person’s mental state, which can be trained or suppressed. Manipulation of people is the skillful use of psychological knowledge for the purpose of obtaining personal gain. And although I have been convinced more than once that all people can be manipulated, regardless of their mental state, yet people with weak psyches are much more susceptible to this to a greater extent. You can find a key for any person, but a weak-willed person is easy opened door. But a person with a well-pumped psyche is an insurmountable wall. Character needs to be strengthened, the psyche needs to be trained.

Of course, there are people who are okay with this, these are not depressed people who are adjusted to life. They are like uncut stone; nothing is impossible for them. Everything in this life can be trained, and the psyche is no exception. If you were humiliated, suppressed, oppressed as a child, it’s not a problem, believe me. You can become strong man, you can change and move away from your past if you just stop putting up with your weakness and start working on yourself. You can do this yourself or with the help of a good specialist.

If power lies in truth, then whoever is stronger is right.

(Folk bandit wisdom)

What is the psychological strength of a person? How is it determined? The question of power is asked by any person who is interested in managing this world, in influencing people, in changing something around him and in his life in general. Have you ever wondered why it’s so unfair - some have this gift, others don’t, some want to obey, others not so much, some can make an impact, others try to do so - which becomes funny. In childhood, if you remember, all the boys dream of having enormous strength in order to win any fight, scatter any enemies, not be afraid of anyone, achieve everything, and be respected in the team. Personally, I'm in at a young age envied, strange as it may sound, a girl, only a special one, very strong girl, named Pippi Longstocking, who had absolutely unprecedented capabilities and, on occasion, demonstrated miracles that no weightlifter in the world had ever dreamed of. For example, she threw villains onto the tops of trees, held cars by the bumper with her hands, pulled ships out of the sea onto the shore, and performed similar feats. With age comes the understanding that physical strength in this world you can’t solve all the issues - you need another force, internal, personal.

What happens in our communication in life? When we meet a person, we intuitively, subconsciously, evaluate him and compare our personal strength with his strength. And, as a result of this comparison, we build relationships. If our intuition tells us that he is stronger, the relationship is built with the so-called “extension from below.” That is, we recognize the primacy of a person, allow him to teach us life, with respect and listen to his opinion. If we feel that we ourselves are stronger than our partner, the relationship is more likely to be built with the so-called “extension from above.” That is, we ourselves subconsciously feel more important, we express our opinions more, less than value We give his opinion, we allow ourselves to teach him about life and “lead our hands” in his direction. Well, the third one possible variant, when the forces are approximately equal, then the relationship is built “with an extension on equal terms.” It is not clear who controls whom, who controls whom, then you are me, then I am you, the relationship is like “friend - friend”. It is clear that this diagram of three relationship options is somewhat simplified; in life everything can be more complicated, but this is the essence. It is psychological power that makes us subordinate or obey, listen or obey, convince or be convinced. It is this that allows you to win negotiations, psychological fights, conflicts, makes you respect your opinion and achieve success in society. And this strength is more important than the rest of the physical force, because it is precisely this that allows one to work miracles.

The question is what is psychological strength? and how to increase it? When I ask participants this question - what is psychological strength and how to define this concept in one comprehensive phrase, then right away smart people usually a range of answers are found. For example, it is confidence, some say. Yes, confidence good quality, but this is not a synonym for psychological strength, but rather a consequence, an accompanying quality. It is incorrect to equate the concepts of strength and confidence. Confidence is rather a consequence of strength. Another option is determination. Also an accompanying quality, a consequence of strength, but not the same thing. They often call the ability to be happy, not to give up in the face of difficulties, to “take a hit” - these are also wonderful qualities, but they also do not exhaust the concept of strength and do not define it. As a rule, participants receive only consequences and associations on inner strength, but not the definition itself.

You, of course, remember that this sacred question is - what is the strength, brother? - he also tormented Bodrov Jr. in the films “Brother-1”, “Brother-2”. And he went and pestered everyone with him, even foreigners:

- Here you are, German, you say, the city is strength, but what kind of strength is there, everyone here is weak...

- The city is an evil force...

And from there came this anecdote.

Bodrov Jr. is sitting in the office of an American businessman, a murdered American businessman is lying nearby, they drink vodka, play chess, and Bodrov Jr. says:

-Tell me, American, what is strength? Do you think there is power in money? So brother, he says, is in money... But strength, it is in newtons!!!

And in fact, to define this concept scientifically oh, if you want, you need to turn to the origins - where your legs grow from. And they grow from classical physics, I hope there will be excellent students among the readers. Let's first remember the definition of physical strength, and then move on to psychological strength. How was the concept of “physical strength” defined in 7th grade? high school? That's right, with the magical and unforgettable formula “f equals m times a” - force equals mass times acceleration. Remember, in physics textbooks they liked to push cubes together, and so, if one cube pushes another out of place, then by the mass and acceleration of the second one could determine the physical strength of the first, and it was indeed measured in newtons. In human terms, physical strength is the ability of an object to do work on another object. Work means movement in space. I repeat once again, we rely on this definition: “ Physical strength“is the ability of an object to do work on another object.”

And now, based on this definition, let’s transfer it to the world of people. Then, by analogy, what is “psychological strength”? Try to find the definition yourself from here and compare it with the correct answer. For the lazy, the correct answer will follow now. Psychological strength is a person’s ability to do work on people, including himself, since you are also a person. Only work in the world of people refers to all three types of influence. The first type, influence on consciousness - that is, the ability to convince, inspire, change a person’s values, teach, make it clear, “straighten the brain,” finally. The second type, the influence on a person’s emotional world, is the ability to create a new emotion for him, remove an unnecessary old one, shake up feelings, and influence the spiritual, emotional and sensory world of the individual. And third, the influence on a person’s will - the ability to induce action, push him out of inaction, the ability to force a person to move his body and mind, or, conversely, to stop before an abyss.

And, if we take all this into account, we get the following definition.

Psychological power is a person's ability to influence people, including himself.

What does it mean to influence yourself? All three types of influence, on consciousness, on emotions, on will, only in relation to oneself. Someday to straighten your brains and change your values, someday to cope with your feelings, sometime to force yourself to do something that you don’t want to do, but you have to. Self-influence is special case influence on people in general; moreover, without knowing how to manage oneself, it is impossible to adequately manage other people. And by the way a person controls himself, one can judge his strength. The simplest test on personal strength - how long does it take you to get out of bed in the morning? Self-control is closest to the concept of willpower; with the help of volitional qualities, a person influences his lazy nature.

The basis of this ability to influence is high and independent self-esteem of the individual. Those. degree of self-love, degree of self-esteem, degree of self-acceptance. High enough - allowing you to live comfortably among other people and feel worthy, like an equal among equals (and in some ways, even higher). Independent means stable, allowing you not to lose self-respect in the face of negative assessments from others and not falling down in the face of failures. Self-esteem is the core of personal strength; without it, strength, figuratively speaking, loses its backbone and falls apart.

Another very important point. The ability to influence is a certain opportunity, an internal quality, and one must be able to present it, that is, manifest it externally. Otherwise, this power will remain in potential, unmanifested and invisible to the environment. There is always internal and external, and the same applies to force. Strength is the inner core of a person, but making people feel this strength is the second, external task.

Imagine that you are a world boxing champion. You have enormous potential and opportunities for forceful influence on hooligan elements in the night alley. But only you and your surroundings know that you are a cool master. The punks don’t know this yet, and you are forced to show them your strength and skill, to show these inner capabilities in all their glory, and until you bite off the gang leader’s ear, no one in this gang will respect or fear you.

I agree with the statement that people feel power with a kind of sixth sense, but still this is not always the case. You can be a strong person, but new team it won't be noticed yet. Or vice versa, to be weak, but successfully show off, producing strong impression. And this also often happens, history knows such cases, let us at least remember Khlestakov. Therefore, for power to truly work in life for your influence, it is necessary that the external correspond to the internal. It is necessary to learn how to show strength, at some point demonstrate, prove, and even, if necessary, exert active force. And here the already mentioned qualities accompanying strength, through which strength is manifested and with which it is associated, acquire the most important significance. Namely - confidence, demeanor, determination, ability to take a blow, courage, control of the voice, and others. In fact, these are already tools psychological impact, that through which personal power manifests itself in the external world and through which our personality exerts influence. But this is another, next topic.

“If power is in truth, then whoever is stronger is right,” n traditional gangster wisdom.

WhatWhat is the psychological strength of a person? How is it determined? The question of power is asked by any person who is interested in managing this world, in influencing people, in changing something around him and in his life in general. Have you ever wondered why it’s so unfair - some have this gift, others don’t, some want to obey, others not so much, some can make an impact, others try to do so - which becomes funny. In childhood, if you remember, all the boys dream of having enormous strength in order to win any fight, scatter any enemies, not be afraid of anyone, achieve everything, and be respected in the team. Personally, at a young age I envied, strange as it may sound, a girl, only a special, very strong girl named Pippi Longstocking, who had absolutely unprecedented capabilities and, on occasion, demonstrated miracles that no weightlifter in the world had ever dreamed of. For example, she threw villains onto the tops of trees, held cars by the bumper with her hands, pulled ships out of the sea onto the shore, and performed similar feats. With age comes the understanding that you can’t solve all the issues in this world with physical strength—you need another kind of strength, internal, personal.

What happens in our communication in life? When we meet a person, we intuitively, subconsciously, evaluate him and compare our personal strength with his strength. And, as a result of this comparison, we build relationships. If our intuition tells us that he is stronger, the relationship is built with the so-called “extension from below.” That is, we recognize the primacy of a person, allow him to teach us life, with respect and listen to his opinion. If we feel that we ourselves are stronger than our partner, the relationship is more likely to be built with the so-called “extension from above.” That is, we ourselves subconsciously feel more important, we express our opinion more, we attach less importance to his opinion, we allow ourselves to teach him about life and “lead our hands” in his direction. Well, the third possible option is when the forces are approximately equal, then the relationship is built “with an extension on equal terms.” It is not clear who is leading whom, who is managing whom, then you are me, then I am you, the relationship is like “friend - friend”. It is clear that this scheme is from three options relationships is somewhat simplified, in life everything can be more complicated, but that’s the essence. It is psychological power that makes us subordinate or obey, listen or obey, convince or be convinced. It is this that allows you to win negotiations, psychological fights, conflicts, makes you respect your opinion and achieve success in society. And this strength is more important than the rest of the physical force, because it is precisely this that allows one to work miracles.

The question is what is psychological strength? and how to increase it, we study at the training “Winners: Psychology of Influence” and begin with the definition of the concept - what is it? Because if you do not decide on the concept itself, then there is no foundation on which the entire concept is built and it is impossible to move on. When I ask participants this question - what is psychological strength and how to define this concept in one comprehensive phrase, smart people usually come up with a whole range of answers right off the bat. For example, this is confidence, some say. Yes, confidence is a good quality, but it is not a synonym for psychological strength, but rather a consequence, an accompanying quality. It is incorrect to equate the concepts of strength and confidence. Confidence is rather a consequence of strength. Another option is determination. Also an accompanying quality, a consequence of strength, but not the same thing. They often call the ability to be happy, not to give up in the face of difficulties, to “take a hit” - these are also wonderful qualities, but they also do not exhaust the concept of strength and do not define it. As a rule, participants receive only consequences and associations for internal strength, but not the definition itself.

You, of course, remember that this sacred question is what is the strength, brother? - Bodrov Jr. was also tormented in the films "Brother-1", "Brother-2". And he went and pestered everyone with him, even foreigners:

“Here you are, German, you say, the city is strength, but what kind of strength is there, everyone here is weak...

— The city is an evil force...

And from there came this joke: “Bodrov Jr. is sitting in the office of an American businessman, a murdered American businessman is lying next to him, they drink vodka, play chess, and Bodrov Jr. says: “Tell me, American, what is strength? Do you think there is power in money? So, brother, he says, it’s in money... But strength, it’s in newtons!!!""

And in fact, to define this concept scientifically, if you want, you need to turn to the origins - where your legs grow from. And they grow from classical physics, I hope there will be excellent students among the readers. Let's first remember the definition of physical strength, and then move on to psychological strength. How was the concept of “physical strength” defined in the 7th grade of high school? That's right, a magical and unforgettable formula "f equals m times a"— force equals mass times acceleration. Remember, in physics textbooks they liked to push cubes together, and so, if one cube pushes another out of place, then by the mass and acceleration of the second one could determine the physical strength of the first, and it was indeed measured in newtons. In human terms, physical strength is the ability of an object to do work on another object. Work means movement in space. I repeat once again, we rely on this definition: "Physical strength is the ability of an object to do work on another object".

And now, based on this definition, let’s transfer it to the world of people. Then, by analogy, what is “psychological strength”? Try to find the definition yourself from here and compare it with the correct answer. For the lazy, the correct answer will follow now. Psychological strength is a person’s ability to do work on people, including on themselves, since you are also a person. Only work in the world of people refers to all three types of influence. The first type, influence on consciousness - that is, the ability to convince, inspire, change a person’s values, teach, make it clear, “straighten the brain,” finally. The second type, the influence on a person’s emotional world, is the ability to create a new emotion for him, remove an unnecessary old one, shake up feelings, and influence the spiritual, emotional and sensory world of the individual. And third, the influence on a person’s will - the ability to motivate a person to action, to push him out of inaction, the ability to force a person to move his body and mind, or, conversely, to stop before an abyss.

And if we take all this into account, we get the following definition.

Psychological power is a person's ability to influence people, including himself.

What does it mean to influence yourself? All three types of influence, on consciousness, on emotions, on will, only in relation to oneself. Someday to straighten your brains and change your values, someday to cope with your feelings, sometime to force yourself to do something that you don’t want to do, but you have to. Influencing oneself is a special case of influencing people in general; moreover, without knowing how to manage oneself, it is impossible to adequately manage other people. And by the way a person controls himself, one can judge his strength. The simplest test of personal strength is how long does it take you to get out of bed in the morning? Self-control is closest to the concept of willpower; with the help of volitional qualities, a person influences his lazy nature.

The basis of this ability to influence is high and independent self-esteem of the individual. Those. degree of self-love, degree of self-esteem, degree of self-acceptance. High enough - allowing you to live comfortably among other people and feel worthy, like an equal among equals (and in some ways, even higher). Independent means stable, allowing you not to lose self-respect in the face of negative assessments from others and not falling down in the face of failures. Self-esteem is the core of personal strength; without it, strength, figuratively speaking, loses its backbone and falls apart.

Another very important point. The ability to influence is a certain opportunity, an internal quality, and one must be able to present it, that is, manifest it externally. Otherwise, this power will remain in potential, unmanifested and invisible to the environment. There is always internal and external, and the same applies to force. Strength is the inner core of a person, but making people feel this strength is the second, external task.

Imagine that you are a world boxing champion. You have enormous potential and opportunities for forceful influence on hooligan elements in the night alley. But only you and your surroundings know that you are a cool master. The punks don’t know this yet, and you are forced to show them your strength and skill, to show these inner capabilities in all their glory, and until you bite off the gang leader’s ear, no one in this gang will respect or fear you.

I agree with the statement that people feel power with a kind of sixth sense, but still this is not always the case. You can be a strong person, but the new team will not notice it yet. Or vice versa, be weak, but successfully show off, making a strong impression. And this also often happens, history knows such cases, let us at least remember Khlestakov. Therefore, for power to truly work in life for your influence, it is necessary that the external correspond to the internal. It is necessary to learn how to show strength, at some point demonstrate, prove, and even, if necessary, exert active force. And here the already mentioned qualities accompanying strength, through which strength is manifested and with which it is associated, acquire the most important significance. Namely - confidence, demeanor, determination, ability to take a hit, courage, control of the voice, and others. In fact, these are already instruments of psychological influence, something through which personal power manifests itself in the outside world and through which our personality exerts influence. But this is another, next topic.

About education strong personality we remember only when we notice that we ourselves have not developed into a strong personality. Nevertheless, we are full of hope: maybe it will still work out? Or maybe it will come from our children? For there are numerous examples of strong personalities before our eyes - so what is stopping us and our children from becoming just like them? Are there secrets to human spiritual power? And what does this spiritual power consist of?

Strength is the result of effort

Strength is not the first thing that is given to us, as a quality of character or property of the body, it is a consequence or result of our work, our own efforts. Only thanks correct actions either ourselves or our parents in childhood we receive at our disposal, as a gift from above, spiritual power. A strong personality arises as a result of 1) proper upbringing in childhood, 2) the efforts that we consciously undertake in adulthood. This is a common misconception when they believe that a person can be strong by nature, and since you initially do not have this strength, it means that this is not given to you at all and it is useless to strive to become strong. And there is another misconception, which is that you can supposedly convince yourself that you are strong - such self-hypnosis also, of course, does not give anything. On the contrary, it’s better to even think that you are weaker than everyone else and cannot master something that your friends can easily learn, for example foreign language. Then a person’s efforts to take this easy level and become like everyone else really help him gain spiritual strength. Thus, spiritual strength is the result large quantity small victories over yourself and your weakness.

Raising a strong personality from childhood

The first thing that can be done is to help a person become strong in childhood. Very few parents really want this, and if their children grow up strong, it is most often not thanks to the upbringing they received, but in spite of it. They just really don’t want to be equal to their parents, and this resistance, if they don’t break you, sometimes helps you develop your own strength.

What needs to be done to make children grow up strong?

Few people ask this question; usually parents, on the contrary, want to make it easier for their child. life path. They prepare him in advance for some position or profession that will allow him to take a place without much difficulty, having adapted to life already with early age. For example, they teach him music so that he learns to play the guitar, or the violin, or the cello - and thus would always be in demand as a musician who knows how to make money with his skill. Or they try to teach him any other profession: computer programming, construction, modeling, etc. This is all good, but such preparation for any science or professional field prescribed by parents sometimes makes young man not that it is stronger, but on the contrary - weaker. Most of these children grow up completely unfit because their parents forgot about the spirit.

Why is it so important to strengthen a child's free spirit?

Because it is important for a young spirit not to find himself, but to try. Try yourself in mathematics, try yourself in literature, try yourself in painting, etc. Personal strength is given not by the fact that you liked doing something, but by the fact that you try and feel what you receive from the world feedback as an achievement. For example, I tried my hand at blacksmithing and forged a product that you are proud of and admire. Or you tried your hand at embroidery, and you feel joy just by looking at the pattern you embroidered. Or you tried yourself in the 100-meter dash, and you are happy about taking first place. We need to get as much joy as possible from all these attempts and trials! You are free to choose, and the more sciences, crafts, professions and games you try, the better for you, and the more independent and stronger you will be later in adulthood.

Waldorf education.

It gives a growing person the opportunity to try himself in a wide variety of activities and arts. He receives not only an idea about the subject, for example, about philosophy, that there were such and such philosophers who comprehended the truth, but he also receives the experience of what it means to be a philosopher. He receives a wide variety of experiences from school: how to invent, how to travel, how to build, how to cook, how to look after, how to fight, how to compose music, fairy tales, poems, etc. - that is, he gains experience in every vital matter. The important thing is not that he learned or comprehended something well (he ate the dog at something), but that he went through it. And in later life he will continue to go through new professions until he is 25-30 years old.

Time until the age of 28 is allotted to a person for professional experiences: he must experience different areas life, different life roles, as well as ups and downs, successes and failures, the ability or inability to work together with other people, he must expand his entrepreneurial horizons as much as possible in various kinds of affairs. I tried one thing and got the result. I tried something else and got another result. Life begins with the fact that you continue what you started at school, but in a more practical way and now without a teacher: you try the work yourself and draw your own conclusions. This time of conclusions gives a person the necessary vitality, a variety of experiences, as well as employees and friends with whom you will work in the future, when in your 40th or 50th year you really find your favorite thing. This is how far Waldorf pedagogy looks!

Self-education in adulthood

A strong personality does not arise just like that, but only as a result of the fact that the corresponding shoots were laid in childhood or adolescence. Whether she was brought up on negative examples or positive ones does not really matter, but what is important is the life wisdom or maturity that begins to manifest itself in you and requires that some of the sprouts planted in childhood develop into a powerful tree. This can happen at 40, 50, and even 70 years old, and only then will a strong personality be able to fully realize himself. If something has not worked out for her for decades, then this even has a positive value, because previously experienced weakness, inability to find herself, temporary defeat, all kinds of difficulties and illnesses are then the reason why a strong personality begins to manifest itself.

Three principles for developing a strong personality

Man, as the spiritual science anthroposophy teaches us, consists of three systems: 1) the head system or nervous system, 2) the respiratory and circulatory system (the so-called rhythmic system) and 3) the limb and metabolic system. In short, there is a top, middle and bottom person. The body is strong and holistic only when all three of these systems - head, chest and limbs - are equally well developed, and this three-part principle operates not only in the body, but also in society. Social life the same three-membered as organic. And a strong personality will grow into society in three directions at once: 1) in spiritual world, 2) to your immediate environment (family) and 3) to your distant environment, that is, in external world. Here's how to formulate these 3 principles successful development strong personality, starting from the distant:

1. If you want a lot of money, learn to create an outgoing flow from yourself to the external human world.

2. If you want a lot of health and strength, learn to receive energy from your immediate environment.

3. If you want to develop a great desire, will, learn to create an outgoing flow into the spiritual world.

A strong person radiates light in two directions: to the rest of humanity and to the spiritual world. And he takes the power to shine from his immediate environment, for example, a man from a woman, and a woman from a man. Weak people do the opposite - they feed on what they get from their distant environment and from the spiritual world, and they want to feed their immediate environment, relatives and family with this. Everything they have earned and learned in the outside world, they bring into their home. But the truth is that a strong personality finds the strength to turn these flows in the opposite direction. At first, this is as difficult as making a river turn back, and not just one river, but three at once. If earlier two weak streams flowed into you and one flowed out, now you make it so that the first two flow out of you into the outer world (human and spiritual), and the third flows in from your immediate environment, from what you do. By doing what you love, you seem to discover a source within yourself, and this internal source is so strong that it turns the flowing streams into two powerful streams. These are the three pillars on which the world of a strong personality rests—let’s look at them separately:

Outgoing flow into the outer human world

It is important not to hope for help from the outside world, but to give it from your source. Insects flock to the candle flame because the candle is burning. It doesn’t matter how it is constructed, whether it is made of wax or paraffin, what expensive candlestick it stands on, etc., but what matters is the power of light that this source emits into the outside world. People see this light and they are attracted to it. These can be employees, clients, and visitors, and thus our outgoing flow creates, in turn, an incoming flow, which brings more money to the enterprise, the stronger the first outgoing flow. It is important to concentrate on what comes from you outside, and not shine inward. Internal reorganization, any improvements and changes within the enterprise, if the goal is to make it big and strong, do not give as much as strengthening the outgoing flow. Currently, there are no closed communities that get rich on their own. IN modern world, if you want to have money, you need to shine. The stronger the outgoing light, the greater the profit. The point is that you must first give to the outside world - your benefit, your wisdom, your expertise - in order to receive something material in return.

Energy interaction with your neighbor

The relationship between a man and a woman in the family is a topic to which we will devote more than one article. Here is the very root of the development of a strong personality. A man will then be strong when he receives a lot from a woman, and vice versa; we are not talking about sex, but about conscious spiritual work in relation to each other. Strong man And Strong woman unite together to enter a state of development, and then the power invested in their relationship reaches a colossal magnitude. This can be called either a perpetual motion machine, or the secret magic of the masculine and feminine principles. But we won’t talk about this here, and if you have a question, please ask it through our website. Any question you have will be very relevant, and we will try to answer it as quickly as possible in one of the subsequent articles. Paradoxically, when talking about the relationship between husband and wife, people very rarely ask how this relationship can be brought into a state of development so that both he and she receive in abundance the energy necessary for healthy life souls.

Outgoing flow into the spiritual world

This is a fundamental point, without which no leader, no society will be able to achieve great goals. You simply don’t want to put them in place, and if you do put them in, you’ll constantly put off implementing them until later, because your personality doesn’t have enough will (or desire) to take them on. The desire must be passionate and strong, so that nothing can stop you - and in order to develop such a desire, you need to engage in spiritual work, shine into the spiritual world, support your spiritual leaders. This is very important, and we will also talk about this in subsequent articles, because there are many forms of spiritual work - in particular, reading Rudolf Steiner's lectures in a group - but this should be work, not prayers and not the expectation that the spiritual the world will help us. Just as in the case of the outgoing flow into the outer world, we ourselves must create the outgoing flow so that the spiritual world becomes interested in us and enters into our will. The stronger this flow emanating into the spiritual world is, the stronger the will will be - and this is, perhaps, the most important thing on which the spiritual strength of the individual is based.

Here is a brief summary of what spiritual science says about the development of a strong personality, and this topic will be continued in upcoming publications on the Waldorf school website.

The historical development of man occurred under the influence of the same factors biological evolution, as for other species of living nature. However, for anthropogenesis, the action of biological factors——it is also accompanied by social factors.

In the early stages of human evolution, biological driving forces predominated. Of decisive importance was selection for better adaptability to changing environmental conditions, selection of individuals capable of producing primitive tools labor that allows them to get food and protect themselves from enemies. Later (at the Australopithecus stage), gregariousness and the relatively developed forms of communication associated with it become the object of selection. In the struggle for existence, groups of individuals (families) survived, which together could withstand unfavorable environmental factors. Individual selection based on selective elimination (death) shaped the morphophysiological characteristics of the organization human type(upright posture, developed hand, large brain), and group selection improved social orientation, i.e., forms of relationships in the herd.

Home driving force human evolution, starting from the emergence of the most ancient people and until the appearance of modern man, was work activity. F. Engels drew attention to this feature of human evolution in his work “The Role of Labor in the Process of Transformation of Ape into Man.” Freeing the hand from the function of support, according to F. Engels, was a necessary condition its further improvement. The hand has become a completely special organ of defense and attack, acting at a distance with the help of various items. Besides, ancient man gradually began to use his hand to make tools. In the process of making and using tools, the hand improved functionally and morphologically, which had an impact on the entire organism. The result labor activity morphophysiological characteristics of a person, a highly developed central nervous system, separation of functions of the lower and upper extremities, and an unspecialized hand appeared. In addition, labor contributed to the unification of ancient people into groups, that is, the creation of a society to replace the herd.

Social work had a great influence on the development of the brain and senses. In the course of joint work, a vital need arose for the exchange of information. In the process of evolution among ancestors modern man changes occurred in the vocal apparatus and brain that contributed to the appearance of speech.

Labor activity, collective work and the articulate speech associated with it have made the transfer of accumulated experience to subsequent generations a necessary condition for people's lives. An advantage over others was given to tribes that not only supported physically strong individuals, but also retained elderly members of society - keepers of information about methods of survival and activity in various conditions (hunters, craftsmen in tanning skins, making tools, connoisseurs of medicinal plants, etc. .). If the structural and physiological features of a person are inherited on the basis of genetic information, then social information is transmitted through words and learning and determines the spiritual appearance of the individual. Each adult generation passes on experience, knowledge, and spiritual values ​​to the younger generation in the process of upbringing and education.

In modern human society the action of biological factors of evolution has undergone significant changes. In it, the intraspecific struggle for existence is completely excluded, natural selection, which mainly performs a stabilizing function (maintains the characteristics of the Homo sapiens species), has lost its leading significance. Population waves can only affect sparsely populated regions, since the size of the human population is not subject to significant fluctuations. Isolation is also losing its meaning - violation of isolation barriers leads to enrichment of the gene pool of populations.

The mutation process has retained its significance. Mutations change the genotypic composition of the population and, together with combinational variability, provide polymorphism of populations. Weakening effect natural selection can contribute to the accumulation of harmful mutations in populations, leading to a decrease in the viability of individuals. This circumstance must be taken into account in different areas human activity, and above all in environmental protection.

Source : ON THE. Lemeza L.V. Kamlyuk N.D. Lisov "A manual on biology for those entering universities"