We Are Derivators
We at Derivative Psychology are 'Derivators'. We're special in that we have had an idea for quite some time although I, your administrator, have failed horribly at expressing that idea. For that, I'm sorry and I'd like to correct the mistake, but first, let me put our theory into context:
1. The Constants
Possibility: Stephen Hawking described the 5th and 6th dimensions as alternate time-lines that branch off of our own, where a single choice can drastically change our future (5th dimension) and steer us toward an entirely new set of possibilities inherent within those alternate time-lines (6th dimension). So, as we make choices, the possibilities in our future shuffle and change and we adapt to those new possibilities ad infinitum. Positive action rather than positive thought brings about positive results.
The Static: Usually, a casual decision mixes up the same ingredients in different ways, such as waking up late, insisting on stopping to get a cup of coffee and being late to work. When events that make up a routine change, the end result will usually be pretty similar to what we would have expected and that's a dangerous rut to accept. It's causation, but with minimal consequence.
A Signal: Every now and then an event punctuates our life in such a way that how we chose to respond to it will have an affect on us for the rest of our lives. We can choose to be logical, emotional, submissive, aggressive or any number of other strategies that have proven effective at some point in our lives, but those are the methods of a pre-industrial psychological dictum. What we need to look for within the mystery is a signal. Your brain knows to look, but we too often drown out the signal with our own 'chatter'.
2. The Variables
The Operator: We shift levers in the belly of some great machine we call life and run to and fro fixing the leaks and repairing springs damaged by the very environment and situations we fail to anticipate. We fall victim to our own limited vision and end up scraping along boulders and revving the engine trying to make things work. We believe that fixing the paint of a moving machine is more important than steering it. Unfortunately to many of us, maintenance implies direction and we're happy fooling others into thinking as much. Egomaniacs, all of us.
The Vehicle: Your brain is the apex of the universe and we treat it with less respect than our cell phones. It processes 11 million bits of information per second(1) but only needs about 2,000 for normal cognitive function (references below). That's a remainder of 10,998,000 bits of information that we've never needed yet the evolutionary process has deemed worthwhile. The brain, your brain, is looking for patterns and signals in the swirl of information going on around us. Take a second to think about that.
The Features: We have an imagination, a subconscious and intuition, but we tend to use them incorrectly because that's what everybody else is doing. We apply them to a system of thought that we haven't tinkered around with enough yet to make assumptions and end up yelling to each other over grinding gears what we think is going on. Sometime along the way, somebody in our life passes around oil stained notes taken from their own machines and we take it as applicable to our own. Go figure.
3. The Controls
Imagination: The ability to adapt to situations and see alternative paths instead of barreling through obstacles that we only seem to react to when we're on top of them. It's not the light attribute of artists, it's a highly functioning result of millions of years of evolution that lifts our vision off the ground. It let's us see signals from a much higher perspective. If you can imagine it, you can prepare for it and if you can prepare for it, you can pursue it.
Subconscious: Our subconscious is different from the unconscious. We at Derivative Psychology believe that the subconscious operates as a manufacturer for a portion of the remaining 10.99 million bits of raw information our brains are believed to dispose of. It is processed and used, only, not how you might think. The brain, as wonderful as it is, extracts patterns from the extra data and distills from it an ability all of us recognize, but few acknowledge, intuition, which bubbles up to the surface when our conscious thought process could use a little boost.
Intuition: From what we've found, intuition can be trained. It can be honed and focused to instinctively look out for signals 'programmed' in the mind and to a certain degree, already does. We already see faces in random patterns when we're not looking and can have 'gut feeling' about something we consciously know nothing about. We can take the same principles of a neutral function like facial recognition and reprogram or add to it so that our subconscious has a multitude of ways to communicate with our conscious mind.
Maybe more exciting is the idea that we believe we can test it...
Conclusion: So there you have it. We are Derivators. Our paths change as our sensory input does and we are open to new direction at a moments notice. We have trained ourselves to see things in a special way and without blowing our own horn, it's working. Some of us are finding ourselves in those 'right place at the right time' moments more frequently, solving personal problems by observing simple metaphors in the environment and others are making fantastic discoveries about themselves and others by quieting their minds and trusting their instincts. Not to mention that one can overlay their subconscious with cuturally and spiritually appropriate cues and even operate within the boundaries of their own spirituality. I feel like i have so much more to say but will leave you for now.
References:
(1) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/287907/information-theory/214958/Physiology
