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known as “mystical" or “esoteric”. This awareness integration, which is the main focus of esotericism and mysticism, decreases this dualistic sense of disconnection and the ever-pervasive tension it produces. While mystical spiritualities aim to develop a non- dualistic consciousness, they do not harness the therapeutic skills needed for teaching how to integrate dualistic life-experiences into healing wisdom, something that psychology attempts to do. On the other hand, therapies like psychology, which are rooted in the dualistic paradigm, actually reinforce the client’s dualistic perception. To overcome these inherent limitations of both conventional dualistic therapies and non- dualistic esoteric spiritualities, I realized that a "spiritual development therapy" that utilized the best of both was needed.
Who are You?
I believe that a person's True Self is a part of the fabric of conscious, non-dual or undivided continuum of energy that makes up everything, including ourselves. I believe this continuum is made of conscious, living energy. As such, it is the foundational, abiding consciousness of all things... indeed a True-Self or Higher Consciousness that is shared with all forms of existence. Being Undivided, meaning Whole or “Holy”, I call this foundational Consciousness the “Great” or “Holy” Spirit. Since all things abide in it, I see it as everyone’s True Self or Spirit-within. Thereby, I believe that all people, and all of life, share in a common True Self, meaning that nothing is separate from the greater, Whole/Holy Spirit that fills the earth, all animals, the sky, mountains, ocean, rivers, and all the green things that live. Esoteric Wisdom TherapyTM, or Esotherapy, explains that it is in re-connecting our awareness with this common True Self that all healing lies. This transpersonal view is considered “esoteric".
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