Foundation Two:
Mastery and Fulfillment of the Human Dimension
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Understanding, empowering, caring for, and fulfilling our human dimension; living a full and joyous life.
This foundation involves the cultivation and mastery of our human dimension; it involves reaching a state of mental and physical well-being (and psychological integrity), understanding ourselves (our values, priorities, desires, etc.), developing an empowered human identity, living a true and noble life, and doing "inner work" to remove deep-seated subconscious blocks and negative tendencies.
Fulfillment
The four areas involved in the fulfillment of the human dimension are as follows:
1. Human work and self-discovery
a) Having the intention to discover our human condition and embodiment (including our deep-seated beliefs and assumptions about ourselves, how this world is supposed to be, and Spirit).
b) Endeavoring to bring our unconscious fears, beliefs, and attitudes into our conscious awareness.
c) Owning, accepting, and working with our current strengths and conditionings.
This area involves “inner work.” It involves examining, and coming to clarity about, a) our core beliefs and subconscious assumptions (about ourselves, life, and Spirit), b) our emotional orientation and response to life, and c) how deeply our actions are motivated by fear (and how we respond to crisis and challenges). It also involves the systematic removal of deep-seated unconscious trauma blocks, extant since childhood; these blocks negatively impact the whole of our subconscious mind and continually usurp our vital life-energy (making less and less of it available to use for personal and spiritual fulfillment).
2. Human play and creative expression
a) Partaking in joyful and fulfilling activities
b) An orientation toward life which is joyful, expansive, and which engenders value.
c) Intimate, supportive, and meaningful connections with others.
d) Self-expression through art, music, sports, celebration, the natural world, animals, etc.
3. Human development and mastery
a) Having a positive orientation toward learning and knowledge.
b) Development of useful skills, talents, creative expressions, etc.
c) Embodiment of divine qualities; living a noble life.
This involves learning, mastery, and the alignment of our human life (and thoughts, feelings, and actions) with Spirit, and its divine qualities (which express themselves as love, aliveness, abundance, righteousness, kindness, etc), and our highest self.
4. Health:
This includes caring for, and enjoying, the body. Health can be understood as a condition where the body is in its natural state—which would impart an overall sense of well-being and aliveness. The body can be seen as a “lower system” in that it condition can be determined by the condition of one’s mind, emotions, and spirit. Hence, true health of the body requires that the “higher systems”also be in order. In terms of one’s mental attitude, a person must be inclined to the positive (and the qualities of his or her higher self) and relatively free of negative emotions such as fear, stress, anxiety, depression, malaise, apathy, etc.) In addition, the body (and mind) are animated and enlivened to the extent that a person is able to “open up to” the influx of Spirit, and the divine states love, joy, aliveness, enthusiasm, contentment, etc.
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