Physical Health Care
In Western cultures, we have a fairly well developed care of physical illness and injury. The germ-based, industrialized paradigm has produced a wide-spectrum of effective antibacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal medicines.
The machine-based paradigm of the human body has produced a wide-spectrum of effective reparative, replacement, and transplant surgeries.
Mental Health Care
Western approaches to care of mental illness and injury are still very young. They struggle under the social idominance of materialism, "hard science", social stigmata, and religious beliefs. Even so, much has been learned about the human mind and how to care for and heal it.
Care of the Human Spirit
When we consider care of illnesses and injuries of the human spirit, we are in the conceptual phase at best. There are mountainous obstacles to overcome in order to make progress.
We have no general consensus of what the human spirit is or even if it exists. We tend to speak of the human spirit as a metaphor, religious belief, synonym for mind, or concept of metaphysics or spirituality.
We have no list of identified illnesses and injuries of the spirit.
We have no protocols for providing therapeutic care of the ill or injured human spirit.
Neither have we identified what a well and healthy human spirit looks like and what nurtures, strengthens, sustains, and prevents its illness and injury.
More pointedly, we have -
No definition of spirit
No science of spirit
No therapy of spirit
No practices for developing and sustaining a healthy and strong spirit
The Heart of My Work
The heart of my work is to care for the human spirit and lead the way in defining the human spirit, and developing a science, therapy, and spirit-centered way of living.
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