SPIRITUAL SELF

• Spiritual Self


  The subjective and most intimate dimension of the self, experienced and understood by the person themselves, difficult to explain to others
• Soul


  The non-physical aspect of the person that manifests consciousness, thought, feeling, and will
• Spirituality


  A way of seeking and expressing the meaning and purpose of one's life, embracing all faiths and ideologies, reflecting refinement and personal connection with the Divine or Sacred
• Religion


  The belief in and worship of a personal God or gods, a set of beliefs, feelings, dogmas, and practices that define the relationship between human beings and the Sacred
• Viktor Emil Frankl


  • Pioneer of Existentialism, stressed that meaning is something to discover rather than to invent
• Existential Vacuum


  Explains how one may find that life is empty, meaningless, or aimless, leading to destructive attempts to fill it with pleasure
• Ways of discovering meaning in life (Frankl)


  1. Experiential Values - experiencing something or someone we value

  2. Attitudinal Values - practicing virtues and values

  3. Creative Values - becoming involved in projects and creativity
• Collective Unconscious (Jung)


  A structural layer of the human psyche containing inherited elements, the whole spiritual heritage of mankind's evolution
• Archetypes (Jung)


  • Anima and Animus
  • Hero
  • Shadow
  • Persona
  • Wise Old Man/Woman
  • The Good Mother
• Individuation (Jung)


  The process through which a person achieves a sense of individuality separate from the identities of others and begins to exist as a human in the world consciously, the synthesis of the self