Are You a Person of Spirit? Six Capacities of Our Human Spirits

parkx032 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:21:59 +0000

ARE YOU A PERSON OF SPIRIT?
SIX CAPACITIES OF OUR HUMAN SPIRITS

Name of facilitator:

James Park

E-mail:

PARKx032@UMN.EDU
(612) 871-7275

course description:

Shorter and longer course descriptions will be found here:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/D-SPIRIT.html

Being together with other persons of spirit can help us to tune-in to our higher capacities.
In the first meeting we will attempt to define and distinguish these four dimensions of our selves:

(1) our physical dimension
(given by our genes);

(2) our emotional-psychological dimension
(learned since birth);

(3) our intellectual dimension
(characterized by words, verbal learning);

(4) our spiritual dimension
(beyond body, heart, and mind; manifest in the following 6 capacities).

Our human spirits show themselves in these six phenomena:

(1) self-transcendence, self-criticism, and altruism;

(2) freedom—our ability to shape our own lives;

(3) creativity—our ability to bring something new into being;

(4) love—which opens us to encountering others as Thou;

(5) anxiety—which puts us in touch with our underlying Malaise;

(6) joy and fulfillment—opening to living beyond angst and despair.

Because the life of our spirits is so fragile, it is very easy to ignore the budding of our spirits,
so that our spiritual life dries up and disappears.
If we want our spirits to grow, we must prize and nurture whatever inkling of spirit we have
rather than dismissing and forgetting these capacities because they lack immediate practical value.

Facilitator email(s):

PARKx032@UMN.EDU

Location

Lofts on Arts Avenue

1829 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH, APT. 218

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55404

United States

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Facilitator's experience:

James Park is the author of the small book called Spirituality for Humanists: Six Capacities of our Human Spirits, which is the basis of this seminar.

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