In the realm of psychology, I'm afraid that some of the schools of psychology are still back in Newtonian times, or Darwinian times, trying to explain things in terms of causes. The same thing is true in biology. So the pull of the future is at least as strong as the push of the past and perhaps even stronger. Therefore, the new paradigm is introducing purposefulness into our way of thinking instead of causality alone. In the realm of psychology, it's very true that many of the complexes and psychological traumas that people have were initiated in childhood.
Causality has a part to play in our psychological makeup.
But there's another factor, purposefulness, which can offset the influence of causality. This is important to know, particularly in the realm of psychology. But the future offers endless possibilities, whereas the past represents a limitation. In the realm of psychology, your whole being can be totally transfigured, in one moment, from one state to another. It's wonderful because it makes us realize there is nothing we cannot be.