ABSTRACT

At the heart of psychology is the process of change. Change is that process that ferries people from one stable period to the next in their lives. During these occasions, it may seem perplexing, if not impossible, to attain self-knowledge or to clearly identify the direction one’s life is taking. Indeed, this is an age-old dilemma that people through­ out the world have struggled with since time immemorial. In many cultures, change has historically been dealt with through myths and stories. Here in the West, the focus has been different. Science has largely replaced myth and story here in the West, and the dilemma of change from a more rational stance is one of keeping things the same, as in the dialogue above. Notwithstanding these differences in world view, change has come to be portrayed today by the word chaos, as it was long ago.