Chapter 6: The Spiritual Person Flashcards
Spirituality
Relates to the persons search for a sense of meaning and morally fulfilling relationships between oneself and the universe.
Religion
Involves the patterning of spiritual beliefs and practices into social institutions with community support and traditions maintained over time.
First force therapies
Based on dynamic theories of human behavior. The prime concern of these therapies is dealing with repression and resolving instinctual conflicts by developing insight.
Second force theories
Evolved from behavioral theories. These therapies focus on learned habits and seek to remove symptoms through various processes or direct learning.
Third force therapies
Rooted in experimental/humanistic/existential theories. They help the person deal with existential despair and seek the actualization of the persons potential through techniques grounded in immediate experiencing.
Fourth force therapies
Based on transpersonal theories, specifically target the spiritual dimension. They focus on helping the person let go of ego attachments and transcend the self through various spiritual based practices.
Transpersonal approach
Some states of human consciousness and potential go beyond our traditional views of health and normalcy.
Ultimate environment
The highest level of reality.
Development of interior individual consciousness:
Levels of consciousness
Refer to various developmental milestones that unfold within human psyche.
Development of interior individual consciousness:
Lines of consciousness
Flow through the basic levels of consciousness.
Areas for which we have empirical evidence
ie: morals, self identity, psycho sexuality.
Development of interior individual consciousness:
State of consciousness
Ordinary (walking, sleeping) and nonordinary (religious experiences, altered states).
Development of interior individual consciousness:
Self-system
What navigates the levels, lines, states of consciousness.
Fulcrum
Switch point
