The Journey
The following is a very brief description of the progression of the Work of Unfoldment over several years from the perspective of the Diamond Approach®. This is not a linear progression through neatly defined levels or stages but rather a process of deepening and unfoldment which reflects individual capacities and needs.
One way to describe the process is that the Diamond Approach orients around specific threads of inquiry. Some of these threads include:
The Nature of Personality and Essential Aspects of Being
This work is the foundation of the theory and practice of the Diamond Approach. Using inquiry, meditation and other spiritual practices we work with the lataif (subtle centers), releasing specific barriers to the aspects of Compassion, Strength, Will, Love, Peace and Joy. The precise methods of the Diamond Approach are used to open the Soul and its inner Essence. The enneagram of the personality, the 'theory of holes', and other techniques are used to address psychological processes and patterns, and the inner critic.
Soul
We recognize, experience and free the living presence that is the Soul, the individual consciousness that undergoes essential development.
Deeper Essential Aspects
These aspects of Being are those most closely aligned to parental influences. Associated with mother are Personal Love, Merging, Nourishment, and Universal Love. We work with the Basic Trust that is needed for loosening the identity from ego. Then, the aspects of Being commonly associated with father are explored. These include Essential Intelligence, Universal Will, Impeccability, and Existence. We also explore the Diamond Body and Diamond Guidance.
The Pearl Beyond Price
The development of the Soul to the point of essential individuation, is the realization of the Personal Essence. Real autonomy, personal contact and integration of one's external life with one's inner development are all characteristics of the Pearl.
The Point
There can be a tendency to identify with our ego self, even when we know our true nature. Examining psychodynamic and existential barriers in depth, enables the transition from ego identity to identity with Being, which opens us to the boundless dimensions.
Beyond work on these issues, Diamond Approach groups continue to explore deeper dimensions of Being depending on the unfolding process of inquiry in each group.
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