One the fundamental goals of Psychosynthesis is to allow people to regain a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives so that they can not only adapt with ever increasing awareness and flexibility to inevitable changes and transitions, but also feel empowered to be agents of change, steering their own development in their chosen direction. The table below offers a summary of this process:
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Stage |
Task |
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Know yourself |
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Master yourself |
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Transform yourself |
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It is, however, very important to highlight that these three stages should not be considered as a rigid chronological sequence. They refer to ideal steppingstones, distinct but not separate, along the Psychosynthesis path. We can imagine such a path as circular or cyclic: we get to know a part of ourselves, master it, transform it and move on to another part of ourselves and so on. Psychosynthesis is often thought of as a process that never ends.
Nick Field Counselling, Central/South West London 