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Table of Contents
Forward (The
Gathering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW 1
A Vignette . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Building a Foundation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 14
CHAPTER 2: REDEFINING HUMANITY
27
Splitting,
Segmentation and Partial Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 37
Making Room for
Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 41
Introducing a Model
for Redefining Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 45
Source Song ( A
Meditation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Touch the Moment ( A
Meditation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 53
CHAPTER 3: REDEFINING HUMANITY:
THE BODY, PERSON AND SPIRIT
LIVING AS ONE 55
The Psycho-Physical
Fundus (p. Fundus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 58
The Physical Qualities
of Personal Beingness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 58
Human Beingness . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 61
Personal, Social and
Psychological Synthesis (p. Synthesis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 64
Area I: The
Utilization of Intellectual Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 66
II: Emotions,
Motivation and Mobilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 66
III: Physical
Awareness and Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 68
IV: Social Ease and
Appropriateness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 69
V: Personal Values,
Esteem and Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 70
VI: Artistry and the
Aesthetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 72
VII: Imagination and
Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .74
VIII: Life
Appreciation, Inspiration, Environmental Awareness . . . . . . . .
. . . 76
Summary . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Notes On Feminizing
the Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 80
CHAPTER 4: DIAGNOSING SPIRITUAL
DISORDERS 85
By Gregory Sims Ph.D.
and Lisanne Bzoskie M.D.
Starting With the
Doctor (with Narrations and Case Histories) . . . . . . . . . . .
. 85
On to the Patient . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
The Treatment of
Sensory and Motoric System Dominance as
a Spiritual Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Spiritual Qualities
Within Physical Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 101
Diagnostic Criteria
For Disorders of the Human Spirit (Spiritual
Disorders—So-Called) . .. . . . 109
I. Spiritual Disorder
Resulting From the Psycho-Physical Fundus . . . . . . . . . 109
II. Spiritual Disorder
Resulting From the Relational Syntheses . . . . . . . . . . . .
110
Spiritual Disorders
Not Otherwise Specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 111
Explication of the
Diagnostic Criteria for Disorders of the Human Spirit . . . 112
Possible Treatment
Approaches: Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 113
Spiritual Disorders
Resulting from the Relational Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 116
CHAPTER 5: PAIN MANAGEMENT,
TREATMENT AND SPIRITUAL
CONSIDERATIONS — SPIRITUAL AWARENESS AND
PAINFUL EXPERIENCE 121
By Thomas Bzoskie,
M.D., Gregory Sims, Ph.D. and
Richard Weiner, Ph.D.
Discussion . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Depth of Spirituality
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 123
Clarity . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Time Out . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Contingency Management
Treatment Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
129
Additional Behavioral
Experiential Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 132
How Does One Deal with
the Plasticity of the Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
Conclusion . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Trophy and Chronic
Living: A Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 142
CHAPTER 6: HEALING IN NATURE
145
By Ginny Dupraw
Anderson, Ph.D.
Pain Calls Attention
to Itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 146
Allowing Nature to
Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 146
Intending Nature to
Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 147
Seeking Out Places of
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 148
A Case in Point . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Perspective . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
PART II: FACILITATING SPIRITUAL
HEALTH 165
Introduction to Part
II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 167
The Etchings . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 170
CHAPTER 7: THE APPROACHES 203
Use of the Procedures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 205
Approaches to
Treatment (An Overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 207
Fifteen Contemplative
Approaches to Spiritual Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
CHAPTER 8: ORGANIZING THE
APPROACHES:
A MATRIX FOR CONTEMPLATION 223
Contemplative
Approaches to Spiritual Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 225
Developmental Areas of
Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 226
The Matrix Itself . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Contemplations . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 229
1. Utilization of
Intellectual Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 229
2. Emotion, Motivation
and Mobilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
235
3. Physical Awareness
and Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 239
4. Social Ease and
Appropriateness: Sociability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 244
5. Personal Values,
Esteem and Identity: Personability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
6. Artistry and
Aesthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 254
7. Healthy Imagination
and Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 259
8. Life Appreciation
and Inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 264
CHAPTER 9: PREPARATION 269
A Contemplative
Meditation: Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 270
A Contemplative
Narrative (The Spirit Named Adash) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 278
The First Approach:
Contemplating as a Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 279
A Contemplative
Meditation: Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 282
The Second Approach:
Unifying Self and Spirit as Witnessing
with Favor. Spiritual Self as Selflessness . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 296
A Contemplative
Meditation: Dear One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 299
The Third Approach:
Realizing Our Sources. Sourcing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
327
A Contemplative
Meditation: Drawing From the Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 330
CHAPTER 10: BUILDING THE
FOUNDATION 345
Narrative . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Presenting Problem . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 347
Analysis . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
The Fourth Approach:
Learning That Reflective Integrative
Interweaving (Refining) Occurs Within Internal
and External Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
A Contemplative
Meditation: Learning To Be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 353
The Fifth Approach:
Utilizing Reflection, We Experience Life
Within the Context of Process. . . 361
A Contemplative
Meditation: Absence Within the Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 362
The Sixth Approach:
Self-Centering: Discovering Stasis,
Stillness and
Variability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
A Contemplative
Meditation: A Song of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 371
CHAPTER 11: ENGAGING THE
PROCESS 383
Case History . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Comments . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 389
The Seventh Approach:
Moving About Within and Between Our
External and Internal Processes So
as to Live a Continuum of Reality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
A Contemplative
Meditation: The Blending Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 395
The Eighth Approach:
Clearing Our Own Personal Environment
From Disorder, Violence and Harm in the
Form of Actions, Images, Sensations, Thoughts and
Memories . . .. 407
A Contemplative
Meditation: Cleansing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 411
CHAPTER 12: LIVING WHO WE
REALLY ARE 419
Pushing the Edge In
Relational Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 420
Refining Exercise . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 423
The Rabbi Nachman
Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 427
Narrative . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
The Ninth Approach:
Recognizing Our Own Specific Life Process. . . . . . . . . 430
A Contemplative
Meditation: Seeing as From Afar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 436
CHAPTER 13: COMING OUT TO STAY
443
Reflections . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Finding the Flaw in
the Ointment of Humanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 452
Uniting Our Faith From
Within—An Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
452
The Tenth Approach:
Discovering Anew That Externally
Defining Circumstances, Standards and Frames
of Reference Can Be Sources of Health and Integration. . . . . . .
. . . . .454
Case History . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 459
A Contemplative
Meditation: Coming Out to Stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 464
CHAPTER 14: THE LIGHT OF LIFE
— IN HARM’S WAY — 473
A Narrative . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .473
Authors’ Note . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Observations and
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 474
The Eleventh Approach:
Becoming Aware of Contextual Strands
of Associations, Connections, Confluent Blends and
Mosaics Which Form Our Basic Fabric of Beingness. . . . . 477
A Contemplative
Meditation: Upon the Waters of Confluence . . . . . . . . . . . .
481
The Twelfth Approach:
Growing Beyond Language and Thought. . . . . . . . . . 485
A Contemplative
Meditation: Naked in Eden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 489
The Thirteenth
Approach: Feeling and Exploring Strands of
Association That Are Replete With Embedded Symbols Reflective
of the Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
497
A Contemplative
Meditation: The Cave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 502
CHAPTER 15: PEACE BEYOND OUR
UNDERSTANDING 511
A Contemplative
Narrative: The River and the Pond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 512
On Valentine’s Day .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 516
The Fourteenth
Approach: Actualizing Continuance,
Continuity and
Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 524
A Contemplative
Meditation: Unfolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 527
The Fifteenth
Approach: Living Ascendancy Through Love. . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 534
A Contemplative
Meditation: Loving and Ascending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 538
Epilogue . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
APPENDIX I: AN EXPLICATION OF
THE DIAGNOSTIC 551
I. Spiritual Disorder
Resulting from the Psycho-Physical Fundus . . . . . . . . . . 552
II. Spiritual Disorder
Resulting from the Pelational Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . .
557
Spiritual Disorders
not Otherwise Specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 563
Spiritual Disorders,
Streams of Consiousness,
Behavior and
Xxperience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
The Fifteenth
Approach: Living Ascendancy Through Love. . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 534
A Contemplative
Meditation: Loving and Ascending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 538
Epilogue . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
APPENDIX II: MEDITATION PRAYERS
569
APPENDIX III: SYMBOLS OF THE
APPROACHES 578 |
