IJSP Number 3, 2021

43 understanding being, and this is only the first step of a long and continuous transformation. However, for qualifying to the position of a supervisor, the individual should take a leap of faith, and a leap to a higher level that is, one situated well beyond the level of a psychotherapist. However, who nowadays has the time, the disposition, the knowhow, the expertise or the calling for such a provocative and at the same time perilous endeavour? As we all know, we live in a very time-and-energy-consuming society, constantly exposed to an omnipresent social pressure to present the best smiling face we can display every morning. Furthermore, one has to provide the means for that nice ‘mask’, to enhance one’s own image and profile, to work hard for status, fame, fortune and glory. However, in order to accomplish all these things and requirements, one has to get involved 150%, or more in life as it is designed by a monopolizing, ailing and corrupt system. Every day begins and concludes with endless problem solving, issues that tend to become entrenched in our way of life and in our mental system. Even the weekends are mere variations on the same general monopolization, and nobody is free to do what they want. On weekends, vacations, or holydays, one has to have a schedule, to make reservations, if one wishes to go somewhere, to establish appointments to meet people or friends, or to think ahead, or to make schedules in order to be happy or merely to have a good time. Therefore, it seems, it is all about time – as a visible and quantifiable dimension –, and energy – as a concealed and qualitative dimension. However, in order to implement changes, profound and serious ones, one needs time, energy, and a certain disposition, in addition to knowledge, expertise, and probably some profound life principles, combined with well-reflected ethical outlines. Unfortunately, such qualities are not on offer at the supermarket, they do not come with the best job one could find and are not for sale on the beach of any vacation resort. Such qualities and requirements are not to be found everywhere, but only in deep introspection combined maybe with the fringes of some disturbing depression or any other life or status-threatening situation, for example, the midlife crisis. On the other hand, let us not forget that, ultimately: “Wishful thinking is incompatible with serious thinking, and anyone who goes in for it is refusing to take part in the pursuit of truth.” [3] If there is no profound existential questioning, the individual cannot have a conflict or a split with those old habits and entrenched stereotypes, in order to raise the question concerning the idea of change, and the possibility of it. Moreover, that question is merely the first stage; thenceforth one has to implement real changes, because learning is just a preliminary step towards implementing behavioural changes. Furthermore, it appears that even that is not enough because, as Rolf Dobelli affirms: “The most common misunderstanding I encounter is that the good life is a stable state or condition. Wrong. The good life is only achieved through constant readjustment.” [4] ( author’s italics ). The modern, or should we say, the postmodern individual, drowned in a consumer’s life which is entirely consuming her/him, has no time or disposition to