There is a branch of psychology called Cognitive Psychology according to which our thoughts, feelings and behaviour are interconnected. In other words, our thinking is clouded by our feelings and/or attitudes, and our behaviour is determined by that cloud. Let us take an example. A real one. Smiley, please. A religious leader with a big fan (devotee) following declares openly that he would have beheaded those people who refused to pay homage to Bharata Mata, if the law would not have punished him. How would cognitive psychology assess the godman? The godman is suffering from a serious cognitive disorder, the cognitive psychologist would say immediately. His thinking is terribly faulty. His feelings and attitudes seem to be crude. And hence his resultant behaviour (making the murderous statement from a public platform knowing that there are thousands of people listening to him with devotion) is neurotic. Bharat Mata is a...
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