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Can you define spirituality to an average teenager? Here it means "believing in and interacting with one or more invisible powers or beings in a way that influences emotions, decisions, and behavior." Normal personalities seem to be composed of three functional groups of subselves: Regulars or Managers, Vulnerables (Inner Children), and their ever-vigilant Guardian subselves. Beliefs vary as to whether normal personalities include a latent or active spiritual subself who provides the "connection" to a benign, responsive Higher Power - the "still, small voice within." Some Christians label this "the indwelling Christ," or "the Christ within." Each person chooses (a) whether to believe in spiritual power/s, and if so, (b) how to interact with them. Some feel that we each have an immortal Soul who interacts with - or is part of - God, which may or may not be the same as our true Self. Others believe in Guardian Angels, Spirit Councils, Watchers, and Higher Selves, which may or may not manifest as a personality "subself." This site proposes that true recovery from false-self wounds from early-childhood neglect and abuse seems to require (a) steady spiritual faith, (b) growing spiritual awareness, and (c) some way to communicate with a or the responsive Higher Power, Creator, or Supreme Being - e.g. by meditation and/or prayer. Part of full recovery involves evaluating whether a Regular personality subself specializes in transmitting the loving guidance from a Higher Power, Angels, or Guides to the resident Self and other subselves. Do you believe that all people - like you and those you love - have a wise spiritual subself who inspires, encourages, and guides them if they quiet their other subselves' chatter and listen? more detail 1 > 2 / slides / Project-1 guidebook and links / Q&A / close |
About Personality Subselves and