Prometheum Institute
Our Philosophy
1st Consideration
2nd Consideration
The second consideration is that mental function is a non-physical process and, therefore, not endangered by the impositions of change from the material world, but can be energized by them. It is embryonic at birth and must be awakened and developed to its fullest potential. Until it is awakened and developed to its fullest, it will function at a deficit. That deficit, therefore, is neither an illness nor a loss. It is an insufficiency waiting to be energized.

When that balance is off, other responses may be used just to gain temporary reprieve. These may not be logical and may take the form of the fight, flight, fright method of reducing the reality to be balanced with knowledge, separating the self from the reality, or surrendering to the impact of the reality. These can be the unhealthy behaviors that can become the mainstay (addiction) of the person.
Unhealthy Behaviors
These considerations allow us to see that it is the mandate of the human being to stimulate and develop this deeper asset of mental power and acuity. Thus, when it is not the primary attribute driving performance, instinctual responses can become the most reliable or perhaps only strength out of choice or necessity. It is the reliance on these natural, instinctual responses as the mainstay of behavior that is revealed as improper or unhealthy behavior. Because this is driven by a lack rather than a determination, it is more expedient to build what is not there while we fix what is malfunctioning from strain on its design limitations. Filling the deficit can then give a person the strength to go forward with self-determination and self-actualization, not a chronically fragile existent needing to be sheltered from the ravages of life just to survive.
Information, Discipline, & Encouragement
We see that, when the strengths these convey are lacking, defensive or instinctual behaviors come into play and reveal an erratic or inappropriate response that seems to define impropriety in the person. But they are only stand-ins, substitutes that back up the flailing or insufficiently energized psycho/social/spiritual values and understanding.