Events in life change based on our psychological expectations of them?

Is there any kind of philosophy which supports the idea that the outcome of events in life may shift based on combined psychological expectations (the collective mind)?





For instance, we send a team of astronauts into space. The last mission there happened to be a close call and we almost lost someone to an accident. Our level of expectation that NASA will succeed in the next mission seems to slightly diminish in the public's eye. If you went and surveyed everyone their general expectation may be on the low side. After some time, NASA improves their program and lets the media know this. Soon the public regains faith in NASA. It may seem obvious that the psychological is a result of all physical events, however, what if you believe that the overall psychological collective is what pre-determines the outcome of any event. Is there a name for this belief? Would simply the word "psychosomatic" describe it best or is there an entire philosophy based on this kind of thinking?

Events in life change based on our psychological expectations of them?
why do you think "spin doctors" are paid so much by so many different kinds of organizations? but i don't really think our "expectations" or "beliefs" about something completely out of our control physically can determine the outcome. different story if the person with the expectations or beliefs has some physical control. what if the NASA guy expects a bad outcome, and is therefore careless in his choice of buttons to push? or psychosomatically causes the error? the mind is a terrible thing.................to f____around with, i mean.
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Reply:Well of course there is a connection. Our minds tell our bodies HOW to REACT and WHEN.
Reply:This is not really "philosophical" because you do not describe any particular way of reasoning that happens within a persons mind, but its surroundings.
Reply:You think too much.





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Reply:there is a philosophy based on this idea, most of it is focused into Buddhism, although their is many different separate beliefs and groups in this organization, most feel that our thoughts generate our environment so that what you mention here is completely acceptable, and reasonable.
Reply:I believe that our psychological expectations matter a lot in events of our life. The mind rules. We get what we want and loose what we do not want. Even the strategy for this is determined by the mind. If we want something but our strategy is wrong then of course we will not get it. Maybe my view is from a different angle than yours. Good luck!
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Reply:Yes check out The Secret at http://www.thesecret.tv or check out Ask and it is Given www.abraham-hicks.com. Or What the Bleep do We Know...don't have their website off hand but if you do a search it should come up for you.





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