Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli

An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin.

The severest trial of oppression is the constant outrage which one suffers at the thought of the oppressor. What Jesus discovered was how to avoid the inner devastations. His technique was to practice the opposite emotion... a man may not get his freedom or possessions back, but he's less miserable. It's a difficult lesson.

Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools?

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.