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The Questing Self and the Four Horizons: Exploring Transcendental Humanism

This session delves into the multifaceted identity of individuals, discussing physiological, social, and existential influences. It explores the balance needed for a healthy life system and the evolution of our relationships with different life systems through various stages of life. Discover the significance of caring for all eight dimensions of the whole person and how Western and Eastern perspectives on mind and self can shape our experiences. Join us in reflecting on the meaning of persons and the importance of nurturing life systems for well-being and fulfillment.

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The Questing Self and the Four Horizons: Exploring Transcendental Humanism

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  1. Session 6The Whole Person & The Life Systems

  2. Interlude:The Questing Self and the Four Horizons Transcendental Horizon Transcendental Humanism Transcendental Technocracy The Questing Self Humanistic Horizon Technological Horizon Naturalistic Horizon Naturalistic Humanism Naturalistic Technocracy

  3. Who Am I?Towards a Polymorphic Identity • Why I am an Ancient & Contemporary, Eastern & Western, Classical & Romantic, Existential & Pragmatic, Ironic & Paradoxical, Embodied & Mindful, Soulful & Spirited, Questing & Unfinished, Spiritual-But-Not-Religious, Natural-But-Not-Reductive, Biologically Determined Yet Existentially Free…Child of the Cosmos, Sojourner on Earth, Traveler through Time, Moving through Space, Encompassed by Mystery

  4. The Meaning of PersonsPhysical-Social Determinism and Existential-Spiritual Freedom • Persons as Determined by Physiology: Health, Looks, IQ • Persons as Determined by Gender & Sexual Orientation • Persons as Determined by Ethnicity, Family, Clan& Tribe • Persons as Determined by Class, Status, Wealth & Power • Persons as Determined by Geography, Culture & Nationality • Persons as Determined by Generation: Youth, Adult & Aging • Persons as Unique, Imaginative, Creative & Free Individuals

  5. Session 6AEight Dimensions of the Whole Person

  6. Caring for the Whole Person Which of the eight dimensions of the whole person receive the most and least care and attention in today’s Modern Western society? Why do some people fixate on one or two of these dimensions while either neglecting or rejecting other dimension? Caring for the Whole Person

  7. The Whole Brain & the Integral Self

  8. Western Mind & Eastern Mind:Dualist and Non-Dualist Perspectives

  9. Right and Left Brain Hemispheres How would you describe the left brain as a way of life? How would you describe the right brain as a way of life?

  10. Session 6BThe Life Systems in Healthy Balance Superstitious Clinging Narcissistic Work Leisure Driven Indulgent Savage Flitting Effete

  11. Nurturing the Life Systems During Our Changing Life-Stages • Q. How does our relationship to the various life systems change during the different seasons or stages of our lives, including childhood, youth, early adulthood, mid-life, and the senior years? • Q. Which life systems are of greatest importance to you during this season or stage of you life? Why? How do you nurture them?

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