Scrooge did not transform his life by talking about his problems or working on his “issues.” His transformation occurred while he slept and dreamed of four ghostly visitors.  These ghosts are metaphors for what happens in real life.

The psychological insights expressed in A Christmas Carol correspond to the insights into personal growth provided by quantum psychology, which is a combination of Eastern philosophy and Western science.  Perhaps the most revolutionary insight is that talking about problems does not bring about transformation but hinders it. Dreams are produced solely by the unconscious mind and just as we dream in pictures, fundamental change emerges from communicating with the unconscious mind in the language it prefers – pictures. When we do, the brain responds immediately.

Another shared insight is the connection between personal growth and higher consciousness. Scrooge’s first ghost, Jacob Marley, who is Scrooge’s diseased business partner, introduces the subject of higher consciousness.  He warns Scrooge that success in business is not enough: “Man was my business, charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business.” So also the changes that emerge with the practice of quantum techniques both improve our ordinary lives and bring about higher consciousness. For example we become courageous, enjoy life and have satisfying relationships; we also become compassionate, spiritual beings, which are characteristics of higher consciousness.

Ghost #2, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows Scrooge the negative aspects of his present life. So also Quantum Technique #1uses the “negative feedback” of our current problems, such as job stress, to stimulate rapid personal growth.

Shades of Sigmund Freud, Ghost #3, the Ghost of Christmas Past, shows Scrooge scenes from his youth. So also quantum techniques free us from the past, both our traumatic personal experiences and the beliefs and concepts about life we acquired from our cultural indoctrination, which is a form of brain washing.

The last ghost is the Ghost of Christmas Future, who gives Scrooge a preview of what his future will look like – if nothing changes. Based on the basic principle that we only get what we ask for, although not always, quantum techniques require us to look to the future and choose what changes we want to make in ourselves and our lives.

Scrooge and quantum psychology reveal that the secret of your happiness lies within you, specifically within your unconscious mind, which contains a personal-growth learning program that knows how to transform your life– with a little help from you.

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Benjamin Disraeli

People seek personal growth for many reasons, such as: self-esteem, spirituality, success, and individual power. We want to feel good, find the meaning of life, become free of the past, and have good relationships.  The difficulty has long been how to achieve these goals. The good news is that our bodies are way smarter than we thought they were; our brains are hard wired with a brilliant learning program that gives us a simple (not easy) way to achieve these goals.  The instruction manual for this DNA- based learning program comes from quantum psychology, which is a synthesis of Eastern philosophy and Western science, especially quantum mechanics. Like using jumper cables to start a stalled engine, quantum psychology tells us how to jump start our psychological evolution.

Many of us have tried a variety of ways to achieve personal growth, such as yoga, meditation, and talking therapy.   Interestingly enough, both in theory and practice, quantum psychology incorporates   the fundamentals of these practices.

For example, mediation teaches us how to observe our thoughts. When you practice quantum techniques, you will utilize a psychological function of pure awareness, a personal Observer, who is free of beliefs, emotions or desires.  Like a television camera, your Observer simply observes – what is. As Einstein explained, the presence of the observer influences change. When you put your Observer to work observing your thoughts, feelings, and behavior, your Observer influences changes in you, at the level of transformation.

Yoga bridges the gap between mind and body; quantum techniques bridge this gap using our emotional responses, which originate in the body. The evolutionary process gave us emotions for a good reason: they constitute a crucial, information- generating feedback system, which includes guiding personal growth. Negative emotional responses, such as anger, tell us that we have a problem; positive emotional responses, such as feeling good, tell us when we have solved it. Your neutral Observer notices your emotional responses to events in your everyday life and responds: “Hmm, that’s interesting. “

As far as talking therapy goes, when you practice quantum techniques, you will have a conversation with – yourself.  You will establish a dialogue between your conscious and unconscious mind, using the language your unconscious mind prefers – pictures. When you do, your brain responds immediately and produces immediate, positive changes. Your Observer notices the pictures that emerge from your unconscious mind, notices the new abilities you acquire as you progress, and responds: “Hmm, that’s interesting.”

The work consists of two fundamental techniques. Quantum Technique #1 will free you from your personal past, in particular the effects of your traumatic experiences. Whether we call it repression or bad karma, traumatic experiences cause us to repeat the past and impede normal progression to self-actualization, which is both the beginning of a mentally healthy, adult consciousness and the beginning of higher consciousness. Quantum Technique #2 frees you from another aspect of your past, your cultural indoctrination, which is essentially a form of brain washing.  Until you let go of the beliefs and concepts about yourself and life that you learned as a child, you are unable to think for yourself, have an open mind, or be your true self.

Without any help from us, our bodies know how to digest food and kill germs; they also know how to bring about the physical and psychological changes we experience as we mature from infancy to old age.   When our progression to a normal adult consciousness is obstructed, they know how to get us back on track – with a little help from us.

Whatever you seek from personal growth already exists – inside you.   Also within, are the means to access your higher potential and the new abilities that emerge as you evolve to increasing higher levels of consciousness. When you learn how to operate your internal learning program, you become your own best therapist, who can do what nobody else has the power to do. With feedback from your emotional responses to keep you on tract, and your Observer to track your progress, you will soon realize that personal growth is something you allow your body to do. Your biggest obstacle to transforming your life will be your resistance to change.

You will find more information about how you can become your own therapist and jump start your psychological evolution at:  www.quantumboyd.com

By Jean Boyd

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As a child, you may have played with a puzzle, the pieces of which consist of the individual states that make up the United States. As you put each piece in its proper place, a picture of the whole country gradually emerges.  So also, a new psychology has emerged, Quantum Psychology,  which puts together “puzzle pieces” from philosopy and science, in particular quantum mechanics. From this synthesis emerges  new insights into our behavior and our ability to transform ourselves, our society and our planet. For example:  

Zen Buddhism teaches us that, living in a universe that ultimately consists of enery and information,  being able to perceive reality, “just as it is,” requires a mind that is free of preconceived ideas and emotions. Einstein tells us that in the realm of energy, the realm of photons, atoms and subatomic particles, the presence of an observer influences the event being observed. Quantum Psychology tells us that in the realm of enery that exists inside our heads, we have a psychological function of pure awarness, an Observer, who is as objective as a TV camera. As your go about your daily life, your Observer, who is free of all preconceived ideas, beliefs and desires, observes you, and influences  immediate changes in you,  at the level of transformation. 

Our bodies are a lot smarter than we have previously imagined and our expectations of what is possible have been way too low. Encoded in our DNA, and hard-wired into our brains, is a brilliant learning program that knows how to produce rapid change — with  a little help from us. This program gives us a simple way to heal our psychological wounds, free ourselves from the past, enjoy life, have satisfying personal relationships and evolve to higher levels of consciousness, including achieving spiritual enlightenment.

What has long been known in the East as the Tao, with the addition of Western science, has become the Quantum Path of personal growth. Following the Quantum Path involves the practice of two techniques that are simple, but not always easy.  Quantum Technique #1 frees us from the past, not by talking about problems, but by communicating with our unconscious mind in the language it understands – pictures. When we do, the brain responds immediately. Quantum Technique #2 gives us the open mind we need to accommodate an expanding consciousness by freeing us from the preconceived ideas we acquired from our cultural indoctrination, which is really a form of brain washing. Both techniques wake up Observer.

If you should choose to follow the Quantum Path, after you get over your initial surprise that rapid personal growth is possible, you would soon come to accept the new abilities that emerge as normal - which of course they are. Quantum psychology views such abilities as courageousness, individual power, creativity and  thinking for yourself  as characteristics of a healthy, mature, adult consciousness. Equally normal is that you would transcend the illusion of separation that characterizes everyday life and experience your connection to all things. At  some point, you experience the tree in your back yard, the bird in the tree and the person who stands in front of you as being both you and not you. When your awareness expands to include the whole, holistic, holy realm that exists just underneath the surface of our ordinary lives, you would discover how you are a piece of the biggest puzzle of all – the universe.