9. The Spiritual Science
of Everyday Life – Unit 10 –
Growing Up
- Part Three -
♣ Evolution and metamorphosis –
in our life
in the life of humanity
♣ Preparing to explore from within
10. The whirling interplay of our four body streams moulds
our individual being but we are ordinarily only conscious
of what we see in the mirror, feel in our heart
and recall in memory.
enduring
“I”
The capacity for judging enters our soul as a
force with our “I”. As it meets with our
formative stream, which carries our memory,
our self-image of who we are is formed.
intuition
soul
judging
memory
past Formative body stream
Inspirational body stream future
deep
yearning
senses
physical
body
11. Our enduring “I” made From our late teens/early
its presence felt when „me 20‟s, the stream of our
became I‟. Memories enduring “I” works and
wove into our personality, weaves within these
coloured by our qualities, permeating our
temperament and given entire being, and gradually
contrast by qualities of transforms our life of soul.
soul emerging with our
Inspirational stream Bio-psychology describes
during adolescence. phases of adulthood as:
… a dream like … a need to
notion of who achieve intimacy
we are and we without losing
periodically identity…
restructure that
notion… … a constant search for autonomy and
musing whether freedom is an illusion...
12. Play -
♣ The Ageing Game (1 & 2)
Object of the Game:
To observe biosocio-psychological age
phases and their relation to phases of
consciousness
13. 12-18: finding/
trying to be 21-27: 1st adulthood -
myself, finding finding a structure,
loyalties testing job choice,
18-22: transition from partner, friends. Do I
imagining adulthood to have a „home‟ or remain
being an adult. Modify „lost‟?
relationships. Do I have
an identity or am I lost?
40-45: transition – life
is changing. Absorbed
in care of others or self
absorbed. “Time‟s
running out.”
27-33: transition –
“Now I‟m on my
own.” Choice of
partner, job, values
33-40: 2nd adulthood – organising for affirmed or
work, family, whatever – a secure discarded. Can be a
„place‟, to develop or be stuck. time of disruption.
14. 45-54: 3rd adulthood - 54-57: transition – “So
offspring leave, ageing this is who I am.” Some
parents. Resolving relationships go, others
choices. “I‟m my own nurtured. Life routine –
authority.” or planning for tomorrow.
56-70: 4th adulthood
– renewed growth or
failure to adapt.
Time for partner,
grandchildren.
70-80: 5th adulthood –
inner activity strong or
80-90+: temporal matters
weakened by lack of
forgotten or transcended.
interest. Loss of friends
Activity dependent on
and family.
others reciprocation.
15. Our Inspirational Body brings an Our soul ripens in its
awareness of what we sense. sentience of what we feel –
Imagine something of this quality an impulse to give
filling our „dream‟ consciousness expression (Mars) to our
in long ages past… feelings (Venus).
Mood – we are as Our Inspirational Body
begins to
one. The unconscious illuminate our
impulse of equality Sentient Soul.
beats in the heart of
humanity.
We feel an impulse to find organisation
More conscious of
(Mercury) to our thinking (Jupiter).
the reflection The transformation of our
(Moon) of our Formative stream ripens our
everyday self… Intellectual-Mind
our “I” Soul.
awakens…
Mood – we are one of many.
Harmonious inter-dependence with
others feels the impulse of fraternity.
16. To be free of the sympathies and To recognise
antipathies of our Sentient Soul spiritual
is to germinate our Spiritual Self. light in
thinking…
…our Spiritual Soul
and our willing to
remember (Saturn)
Mood – to be as one.
The unimpeded flow of our …is to glimpse our
enduring “I” lives with the future Life Spirit
impulse of freedom.
Releasing the energy of
willing for Saturnian
remembrance, we may
rumble the future quality of
Spiritman.
17. Mood – we are as
one. The unconscious
impulse of equality
beats in the heart of
humanity.
Mood – we are one of many.
Harmonious inter-dependence with
others feels the impulse of fraternity.
18. Mood – to be as one.
The unimpeded flow of our
enduring “I” lives with the
impulse of freedom.
19. How we learn and remember
– the bio-psychology path
Psycho-
motor
Domain
Cognitive Affective
Domain Domain
20. “…it‟s a plum tree, it looks like apple blossom but it‟s white,
and looking at it, instead of saying “Oh that‟s nice
blossom”…I see it is the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom
that there ever could be, and I see it.”
Dennis Potter (playwright), 1994, shortly before his death.
willing
feeling
thinking
How we learn and
remember –
the spiritual
science path
