A three-fold, holistic model of the human being best illustrates the concept of spiritual healing. In this model each individual can be said to have three spheres of being: mind, body, and spirit. In cases of spiritual healing the cultivation of the third realm, spirit, has a healing effect on the mind and the body. Using medical terminology this can described in terms of the internal versus the external locus of control. With the external locus of control, individuals look outside of themselves for healing, to medical advice or to medication. Using the internal locus of control, individuals look within themselves for healing through self-reflective tools such as stress management, meditation or prayer. In the case study presented, David utilized the internal locus of control. He dealt with his sickness by first looking within and then reflecting on his concept of God and healing. This seems to have had a calming effect on his thought, and ultimately lead to a healing of his flu symptoms. David's testimonial illustrates that healing can be stimulated within the spiritual realm of an individual, and can then manifest itself in the mind and the physical body.
Spiritual healing is very broad topic because there are infinite ways that the spiritual component of the individual can be cultivated. These approaches span all cultures, ethnicities and religious affiliations. Specific approaches to spiritual healing present in diverse forms including: faith healing; healing liturgies; anointing with oil; music; meditation; and the laying on of hands. Because of these complex and diverse presentations, spiritual healing pervades into many different disciplines including the arts, theology, psychology, biology, neurology, and s...
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[19] Eddy, 591.
[20] Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology Vol. II (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1957) 92.
[21] Tillich, Systematic Vol. II, 166.
[22] Ibid., 92.
[23] Paul Tillich, The New Being (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955) 37.
[24] Tillich, New Being, 36.
[25] Ibid., 37.
[26] Ibid., 45.
[27] Ibid., 38.
[28] Ibid., 39.
[29] Ibid., 44.
[30] Tillich, Systematic Theology Vol. I (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1951) 116.
[31] Ibid., 117.
[32] Ibid.
[33] Karl Lehmann and Albert Raffelt, ed. and Harvey D. Egan trans. , The Content of Faith: The Best of Karl Rahner's Writings (New York: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1993) 73.
[34] Ibid., 142.
[35] Ibid., 143.
[36] Ibid., 142.
[37] Ibid., 74.
[38] Ibid., 81.
[39] Ibid., 275.
[40] Tillich, New Being, 37.
Peterson, Michael - Hasker, Reichenbach and Basinger. Philosophy of Religion - Selected Readings, Fourth Edition. 2010. Oxford University Press, NY.
Many traditional Native medicines and healing practices were discouraged with the advent of Western medicine, but now there is a movement to return to traditional ways (Zubek, 1994, p. 1924). Modern Western medicine treats the symptoms to cure a diseased state when the body is out of homeostasis. Native American healing traditions do this as well with herbs and plants suited to the purpose. These Native healing traditions also include sacred rituals, chants, and purification rites to help bring the spirit and mind of the afflicted back into balance. In effect, treating the whole person, not only the disease. A blending of these two healing practices could bring about better prognoses for today's patients. The purpose of this paper is to show the views of practicing physicians and their patients in regards to Native American healing traditions. It also discusses a hot spring in Alaska, where participants go to experience holistic healing in the mineral springs and the success they have experienced using this form of healing process.
Buddhism descend from ancient India, the creator is Sakyamuni. Historically, the Buddhism is established around the 700 Before Christ era. Sakyamuni gives speeches to the local people. Gradually, Buddhism is spread to all around the world. As author illustrates in his writings," The history of Buddhism spans almost 2,500 years from its origin in India wi...
With this in mind whatever method is chosen, modern medicine or alternative, spiritual healing is a crucial part of the whole process of healing.
"EXPLORING THEOLOGY 1 & 2." EXPLORING THEOLOGY 1 2. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2014.
In several occasions, conflict occurs in the communication of one or two people. Several people have thought of conflict as cases involving pouring of furious anger in a communication process. Nonetheless, conflict is the misinterpretation of an individual’s words or values (Huan & YAzdanifard, 2012). Conflict can also be due to limited resources in an organization (Riaz & Junaid, 2010). Conflict may as well arise due to poor communication or the use of inappropriate communication channel of transmission of information between the involved parties. Management of conflict has various conflict management styles that include avoidance style, forcing style, passive-aggressive style, accommodating style, collaborating style and compromising style. Workplace conflict comes in two different kinds: task involving conflict, which focuses on the approaches used in resolving the problem and blaming conflict that has the aspects of blame and never brings element of resolving problems between the conflicting parties. In the perception of several individuals, relationship conflict is negative.
Paul Tillich. “What Faith Is”. The Human Experience: Who Am I?. 8th ed. Winthrop University: Rock Hill SC, 2012. 269-273. Print.
Erik Erikson developed eight psychosocial stages that occur through life. These stages help parents of younger children understand what the child is thinking and why they are acting the way that they do. For a person to become a well-rounded adult they need to succeed in each level. This essay will discuss the first six stages into young adulthood.
Multiculturalism is a significant fabric of Canadian society that defines its unique identity among the rest of the world. Enactment of the Canadian multicultural policy (1971) affirmed government position and recognition of multiculturalism as a vital element of Canada. It is imperative to understand that multiculturalism is a static concept that keeps changing overtime and has a multidimensional entity. Canadians have always and will continue to revise the concept of multiculturalism to suit the ever expanding needs of Canadian society. In this paper, I will evaluate the reasons behind Canada’s adoption of multicultural policy and assess whether the policy should be maintained or not. I will defend the thesis that Canada’s multiculturalism
In conclusion, Erickson has taught us that we all at some point in life go through 8 different psychosocial stages of life. Each step has to be completed in order to have gained knowledge and to be able to be successful in the next stage of development. Researching this topic has taught me that we can’t skip over skills and expect to have success or live happily ever after. I now realize how important learning from my mistakes can be. Childhood becomes the remembered past and adulthood the anticipated future (McAdams, 2001).
Paley, William. “Natural Theology,” in Introduction to Philosophy. 6th edition. Perry, Bratman, and Fischer. Oxford University Press. 2013, pp. 47-51.
...s distributed in Theology 101 at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle on 22 April 2008.
...eing a role model or a leader is such an important position. I have learned a lot of things about myself while writing this paper. I have learned that I am not very vocal and bossy towards others. I am the type of person that does not like to be in charge because I do not like the pressure of having to lead other people. However, throughout this paper and class I have learned that I can still be a leader even if I am not in your face about things. I can still make a change and make an impact on people through different ways. This paper taught me a lot about what leadership means to me.
Since Canada did not start off as a multicultural nation, how was its identity shaped and molded to the way it is today? We must first understand how Canada differs from other countries in terms of multiculturalism and what the current situation is. Eva Mackey explains that one of the key features that differentiate Canada from the US in terms of national identity and multiculturalism, is a dual process “entailing the management of population and the creation of national identity” (Mackey 2010:1). What Bannerji would add onto the fact that Canada’s nation-building process is different from the US’s is that multiculturalism is “a state-initiated enterprise in Canada, with a legal and a governing apparatus consisting of legislation and official policies with appropriate administrative bureaus” (Bannerji 2000:538). Canada’s policy on multiculturalism was announced in 1971 and the goal of it was to “improve the quality of intercultural relations” (Berry
The last stage of Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, which I have no personal experience with, is the crisis between integrity and despair. Swartwood (2014, p. 86) states that at this stage individuals “struggle [with] the acceptance of impending death and the fact that our lives are primarily historical, rather than in the future.” When the elderly look back on their lives and realize that they lived their life with purpose, they are filled with a sense of integrity. On the other hand, individuals who fail to view their life in this positive light tend to fall into despair.