Transpersonal Tidbits: a simple Spiritual Development Indicator – by Frances Vaughan, Ph.D. |
Leave a commentFebruary 28 by The Running Son
Spiritual Development:
Outcomes and Indicators
by Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.Aug. 1998
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Copyright © 1998 by Frances Vaughan. All rights reserved. Used by the Council on Spiritual Practices with permission.
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Spiritual Development
- Stages of spiritual development
- Traditional
- Christian – Fowler’s six stages of faith
- Buddhist – Ten ox-herding pictures
- Hindu – seven chakras
- Sufi – seven levels of self
- Psychological
- Egocentric
- Sociocentric
- Worldcentric
- Transpersonal
- Traditional
- Markers
- Presence
- Self-awareness
- awareness of others
- awareness of relationships
- authenticity
- Emotional transformation
- Compassion replacing judgment
- Forgiveness replacing anger
- Expanding circle of empathic identification
- Motivation
- inner peace: from fear to love
- cultivation of wisdom: from ignorance to understanding
- liberation: from bondage to freedom
- Process
- belief-faith-experience-identification
- effort and surrender
- attention and intention
- setting a sacred intention
- self-improvement and self-acceptance
- from mystical experience to becoming a mystic
- Purpose
- relieve suffering
- awaken new perceptions of reality
- self-realization and self-transcendence
- enlightenment
- connecting life of mind and spirit with action in the world
- Presence
- Evolution
- The spiritual path – aspiring to enlightenment
- Involution
- Experience-gnosis-manifestation-transmission
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For further reading on topics outlined above see:
Vaughan, F. Shadows of the Sacred: Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions. Wheaton, Ill.: Quest Books, 1995. Also Author’s Guild Back-in-Print series, http://www.iUniverse.com.
Vaughan, F. The Inward Arc: Healing in Psychotherapy and Spirituality. 2nd edition. Nevada City, CA.: Blue Dolphin, 1995 Also Author’s Guild Back-in-Print series, http://www.iUniverse.com.
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