Humanology

Humanology is the scientific study of human potential. The objective of Humanology is to give students tools they can apply to improve their lives in 8 major categories of their lives: Health, Spiritual, Relationships, Goals, Discipline, Knowledge, Fun and Money. Throughout the process self assessments are utilized to ensure that balance is maintained and not allowing one facet to be strengthened at the expense of all the others. The study of Humanology was developed as a culmination of studies including psychology, sociology, physiology, Neuro-linguistic programming. Students of Humanology experience two products of their education: The ability to see within themselves to recognize what operant conditioning they have experienced and how it continues to effect every action they take. The second product of humanology is the ability to see in others the conditioning they have and therefore understand what their habits and tendencies will be in a particular situation. Humanology utilizes “Breakthroughs” to highlight how the mind works to either empower or sabotage our endeavors. Graduates of the programs are able to read an individual’s body language, observe pauses, tone fluctuations, twitches, breathing patterns, and word choice to determine what decision someone is about make sometimes before they even know themselves.

Humans by nature are creatures of habit. The tendency is to follow what is known, familiar and brings us immediate comfort. The comfort people experience is due to being conditioned to a particular outcome, even if not a positive one. An example is someone that was raised in an abusive home that unknowingly searches for similar characteristics in a mate. The before mentioned is an extreme example, but students understand how their conditioning affects not only their emotions but their reasoning, decisions, and reflex responses. By understanding how the human mind works and what influences it, students become more aware of what their tendencies are, participants are able to assess the emotions, decisions, reactions, reflexes, comforts, fears, expectations, belief systems, and conditioning they experience on a daily basis. In lieu of Humanology, participants are able to intentionally and actively shift the outcome of their lives by avoiding the pitfalls they have repeatedly succumb to.

Using the concept of the ripple effect, it becomes easier to understand how to use this technology in life and business. Every action has a result and the result travels out over time, therefore a decision made or action taken today will continue to have a result years in the future. By understanding this concept, Humanology allows us to work backwards to understand what conditioning someone experienced that resulted in their actions today.

Fear and self doubt are two of the largest factors of inaction and failure. In order to combat these “dream stealers”, Breakthroughs were incorporated into Humanology. Society and the media implies that before you achieve great success you first have to hit rock bottom (ie: have a breakdown), Humanology teaches that this is not true. It is possible to have a breakthrough without a breakdown, so feats such as walking on glass, eating fire, bending steel with your throat simulate the fear, pressure, and pain that people experience in life. The mind will tell participants: “the breakthrough is impossible, and painful so don’t even attempt it”. By creating certainty in one’s abilities, silencing or ignoring fear, and focusing on the final objective, participants can complete the breakthrough and experience the accomplishment of completing something that was before that moment “impossible”. The affects of experiencing a breakthrough include: confidence, courage, certainty, hope, happiness, and drive… all of which motivate the individual to investigate what other aspects of his or her life has been neglected because of fears and false expectations.

The success of Humanology rests in its ability to illuminate what lies beyond the perceived limitations a person sets for him or herself. Students are finally able to see beyond their current predicaments and get a grasp on what they are capable of, which lies just beyond their comfort zone. By stretching past what they think is their limit into the uncertain they consequently obtain a sense of certainty. Bert Oliva, the founder of Humanology began his endeavor in 1994. He internalized the importance of balance because he had experienced the instability and turbulence associated with being consumed by work and not nourishing his relationships, spirituality, or fun. He also lived through a time at the other extreme where he valued spiritual enlightenment and family as a greater priority than his financial success, resulting in the loss of a significant fortune and very successful business. Using the techniques in Humanology Bert Oliva realized that these events were pivotal in breaking the conditioning he had and allowed him to grow beyond his plateau. Students experience similar growth via awareness and assessment while avoiding the first hand the trauma’s that would otherwise accompany such growth.

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