Material & Spiritual Self

A Harvard psychologist in the late 19th century. Wrote a book entitled “ The Principles of Psychology” 1890.

• William James

• Victor Frankl

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

This refers to the tangible elements of the self. (body, clothes, immediate family and home). .

• Physical Self

• Social Self

• Spiritual Self

• Material Self

This encompasses our interaction with our self and other people.

• Spiritual Self

• Spiritual Self

• Social Self

• Physical Self

This refers to the cultural and economic system that promotes the continuous acquisition of goods and services. It emphasizes buying and consuming as key to personal happiness and economic growth.

• Consumerism

• Materialism

• Materialist

• Individualist

This is a value system that places a high importance on material possessions. It reflects a belief that owning and acquiring physical items is central to achieving happiness, status, or fulfillment in life.

• Consumerism

• Materialism

• Individualism

• Collectivism

This is the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being, that which confers individuality and humanity, often considered to be synonymous with the mind or the self.

• Spirit

• Soul

• Body

• Divinity

It is a ceremony or action performed in a customary way. Means “conforming or religious rites”, which are the sacred, customary ways of celebrating a religion or culture.

• Religion

• Cult

• Ritual

• Witchcraft

It is a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or by its common interest in a particular personality, object.

• Magic

• Religion

• Cult

• Witchcraft

In Buddhism they practice two types of meditation practices. These two are:

• Dharma and Budda

• Samatha and Vipassana

• Metta and Bhavana

• Christianity

This covers a wide range of traditional beliefs and religious groups; thus, there is no single founder or leader.

• Vedas

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Diwali