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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 influ-ences emotions, decisions, and behavior." Normal personalities seem to be com-posed of three functional groups of subselves: Managers, Inner Kids, and their tireless Guardian subselves. Beliefs vary as to whether normal personalities in-clude a spiritual subself who represents a benign, responsive Higher Power - the "still, small voice within." Some Christians label this part "the indwelling Christ" or "the Christ within." Each person chooses whether to believe in spiritual powers and how to in-teract 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 manifest as a personality "subself." Premise - true recovery from false-self wounds from early-childhood neglect and abuse seems to require (a) steady spiritual faith, (b) growing spiritual aware-ness, 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 Manager subself specializes in transmitting the loving guidance from a Higher Power, Angels, and/or Guides to other subselves. Do you believe that all people have a wise spiritual subself who inspires, encour-ages, and guides them if they quiet their other subselves' chatter and listen? more detail 1 > 2 / Q&A / slides / Lesson-1 guidebook and links / close |
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