The Architect (Matrix) – “Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.”
Nihilism is the absence of hope.
Why do some people seemed to have more hope than others? Are they more naive? Are they aware of something that others are not? Or are they happy in their ignorance? “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.” – Oscar Levant
The more you know and understand, the crazier the world becomes.
Is there a level or how far you can extend hope where hope becomes irresponsible?
Quote- Viktor Frankl – For people who lose hope and purpose toward their future, their present becomes unmanageable.”
Despair- loss of hope.
Hope – is there a difference between how different people define it, etc NT vs. Aspergers, Different cultures and or regions of the world?
4 different types of hope-
1. Realistic Hope: Realistic hope is hope for an outcome that is reasonable or probable.
2. Utopian Hope: This way of hoping is a collectively oriented hope that collaborative action can lead to a better future for all.
3. Chosen Hope: In the palliative care context, for instance, chosen hope is critical to the management of despair and its accompanying paralysis of action.
4. Transcendent Hope: According to Eaves, Nichter, and Ritenbaugh (2016), transcendent hope encompasses three types of hope, namely:
- Patient Hope – a hope that everything will work out well in the end.
- Generalized Hope – hope not directed toward a specific outcome.
- Universal Hope – a general belief in the future and a defense against despair in the face of challenges.
Also referred to as existential hope, transcendent hope describes a stance of general hopefulness not tied to a specific outcome or goal; put simply, it is the hope that something good can happen. (Ref:https://positivepsychology.com/hope-therapy/#examples)
8 Benefits of Having Hope
1. Hope is significantly correlated with superior academic and athletic performance, greater physical and psychological wellbeing, improved self-esteem, and enhanced interpersonal relationships (Rand & Cheavens, 2012).
2. Hope has the potential to enhance wellbeing over time. Erez and Isen (2002) found that individuals who are more hopeful and expect to be successful in achieving goals are more likely to experience a state of wellbeing.
3. Individuals with high hope are more likely to view stressful situations as challenging rather than threatening, thereby reducing the intensity and hindering the proliferation of stress (Lazarus & Launier, 1978).
4. Hope can be perceived as a protective factor against the development of chronic anxiety. Michael (2000) found that hope correlates significantly and negatively with anxiety, while also protecting against perceptions of vulnerability, uncontrollability, and unpredictability.
5. Hope is a motivational factor that helps initiate and sustain action toward long-term goals, including the flexible management of obstacles that get in the way of goal attainment. High-hope individuals can conceptualize their goals clearly; establishing goals based on their own previous performances. In this way, hopeful individuals have greater control over how they will pursue goals and are intrinsically motivated to find multiple pathways to successful goal attainment (Conti, 2000).
6. Snyder et al. (2002) found that high hope college students were more likely to graduate than their low hope counterparts. Their findings indicated that students with low hope graduated at an overall 40.27% rate as compared with 56.50% of high-hope students. Additionally, low hope students were also at greater risk of being dismissed (25%) relative to their high hope peers (7.1%).
7. Hope is positively related to overall life satisfaction (Roesch & Vaughn, 2006).
8. Hope, with its in-built orientation towards the future, motivates individuals to maintain their positive involvement in life regardless of any limitations imposed upon them (Rideout & Montemuro, 1986).
Does hope require action?
How does your brain react to hope? Neuroscience
Does religious hope affect the brain differently? Are all religious versions hope cause the same change in a person’s brain?
Epigenetics of hope.
Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Unlike genetic changes, epigenetic changes are reversible and do not change your DNA sequence, but they can change how your body reads a DNA sequence.
Slaves epigenetics of hope or despair? The next generation, or the next?
Science of hope. (https://research.asu.edu/science-hope-more-wishful-thinking) In psychology, hope is a cognitive practice that involves the intentional act of setting goals and working toward them with purpose.