tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
814
Ātmap and Mokşa
faction in various other forms or disguises which are not prohibited, which are not objectionable, and which are socially recognised. The redirection of the original urges and desires into other forms and getting satisfaction under other socially approved forms is known as the "Psychological Sublimation. The repression of urges or desires causes psychological 'tension in the individual, and he suffers from mental abnormalities. Sublimation usually takes place in those ways of behaviour which have been socially recognised and approved as 'good'. The motivations of many socially good acts are quite manifold and they happen to be the unconscious psychological sublimations of the individual. A woman who has failed to beget a child for herself takes to such a profession as that of nursing and derives satisfaction of her maternal instinct by nursing the children of other people with great care and affection. Or a person who has failed in some aspects of his life miserably, wins fame either as an artist, or a social reformer or a political agitator and so on. Thus, as Freud lays down his thesis, every individual's thoughts and actions are influenced by the subconscious forces of his mind of which he remains unconscious. He sublimates them in different forms and thus secures a psychological relief from the tension from which he was suffering.
The Metaphysical concepts of the Reality and of the Self of the different philosophers may thus, be properly understood, in terms of their unconscious psychological sublimations. The Vedic thinkers depicted
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