The Missed Psychology of Social Distancing and Human Touch.
(Human Touch in Heaven)
As human beings we all desire love and affection. One of the ways humans show love is through physical contact. As we are growing up the way we nurture relationships is through handshakes, kisses, and hugs. It almost goes against human nature to say that we have to refrain from touching because it's the law. Part of our psychology as humans for survival is learning behaviours that keeps us alive, but also part of human psychology is doing things that give us pleasure. Human touch can be healthy and healing and it is part of our make up as humans to touch one another. When we are denied that part of our human psychology that creates pleasure, and was created for people in bodies to express love, we become a very confused species.
Not only do our souls need assurance, but sometimes we need physical assurance too. But what happens to a society that bans social touch? Number one, we will still feel less loved and assured by our friends and family, and we might find that we are beginning to entertain feelings of self hatred rather than self-love, therefore our confidence in ourselves will lower. We will not feel as loved, or in control of ourselves and we might even forget that the purpose of life was to experience love in ourselves, from the natural world and from other people. The same things will happen in a hyper technological world, where we abuse sex, and relationships for the thrill of experiencing something virtually. The part of human psychology that experiences human touch, between a husband and a wife, a boyfriend and a girlfriend etc. has a direct effect on our own sense of self-worth and our ability to foster the mind qualities that ultimately make us happy human beings!
When we have to do without human touch for a long time, we tend to lose touch with our essential nature as human beings. We can feel more isolated even when connected to other people virtually or in person. This is why we can't ultimately thrive in a virtual reality, because we can't ultimately live and find our purpose in life, without any human physical touch and interaction. When human beings share physical contact, a psychological transaction occurs which affirms our reality as human beings. That is why Heaven will not be a purely spiritual world for some human beings. There will be clean and healthy physical contact, and touch for some humans beings there, which implies we will have resurrected human bodies at the resurrection, because in the big picture, physical touch is an "essential human need" in God's higher plan. This is Mike.
(Human Touch in Heaven)
As human beings we all desire love and affection. One of the ways humans show love is through physical contact. As we are growing up the way we nurture relationships is through handshakes, kisses, and hugs. It almost goes against human nature to say that we have to refrain from touching because it's the law. Part of our psychology as humans for survival is learning behaviours that keeps us alive, but also part of human psychology is doing things that give us pleasure. Human touch can be healthy and healing and it is part of our make up as humans to touch one another. When we are denied that part of our human psychology that creates pleasure, and was created for people in bodies to express love, we become a very confused species.
Not only do our souls need assurance, but sometimes we need physical assurance too. But what happens to a society that bans social touch? Number one, we will still feel less loved and assured by our friends and family, and we might find that we are beginning to entertain feelings of self hatred rather than self-love, therefore our confidence in ourselves will lower. We will not feel as loved, or in control of ourselves and we might even forget that the purpose of life was to experience love in ourselves, from the natural world and from other people. The same things will happen in a hyper technological world, where we abuse sex, and relationships for the thrill of experiencing something virtually. The part of human psychology that experiences human touch, between a husband and a wife, a boyfriend and a girlfriend etc. has a direct effect on our own sense of self-worth and our ability to foster the mind qualities that ultimately make us happy human beings!
When we have to do without human touch for a long time, we tend to lose touch with our essential nature as human beings. We can feel more isolated even when connected to other people virtually or in person. This is why we can't ultimately thrive in a virtual reality, because we can't ultimately live and find our purpose in life, without any human physical touch and interaction. When human beings share physical contact, a psychological transaction occurs which affirms our reality as human beings. That is why Heaven will not be a purely spiritual world for some human beings. There will be clean and healthy physical contact, and touch for some humans beings there, which implies we will have resurrected human bodies at the resurrection, because in the big picture, physical touch is an "essential human need" in God's higher plan. This is Mike.
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