Eight Constructs of Spirituality

How does an individual create honest advantages for himself or herself? You create honest advantages for yourself by integrating philosophy, psychology, and physiology.  The constructs of spirituality listed below represents that integration through a philosophy of self-interest, a psychology of self-respect, and the physiology of self-preservation.

The eight constructs of spirituality are:

1. Spiritual
2. Mental
3. Emotional
4. Chemical
5. Nutritional
6. Physical
7. Thermal
8. Electromagnetic

Each of these can become a source of toxic stress when not integrated properly. This causes a breakdown of energy into futile cycles and blocks the production of energy needed to maintain the life processes of the cell.  Here are some thoughts on integrating these areas:

Spiritual (Consciousness):  Focus on your allegiance to existence.

1. Be true to whatever will continue your existence.
2. Think, feel, judge, and act as an unbound individual. Have the courage to proclaim and defend what you believe and have the daring to do what you want to do most. Love and guard your independence. Do not lose it to nature or to another human being.
3. Set your standards and remain loyal to those standards. Learn about your body’s goal to maintain balance and be loyal to those self-regulating mechanisms.
4. Promote justice by making moral judgments.  Seek out and cherish the virtuous traits you need in others. Practice the good by choosing actions that purposely benefit human beings and society. Love and support the thoughts, actions, character, and works of those who promote life. Produce the material values you need to need to sustain your life by contributing to making human life more secure, prolonged, and pleasurable. Acquire the values of character that enable you ro sustain your life and that makes your life worth living
5. Strengthen and maintain your four basic abilities: the ability to continue learning, the ability to govern or rule yourself, the ability to keep your promises to yourself and others, and the ability to refrain from dominating other men,

Mental

Be loyal to truth regardless of the views, opinions, and beliefs of others. Maintain your freedom to choose. Do not accept things blindly by relying on hearsay or what is accepted by the masses.

Emotional

Do and say whatever will build and strengthen your self-respect.

Chemical

Do not defile your body.

Nutritional

Eat and drink to continue your existence.

Physical

Work and breathe in such a manner that the blood and lymph flow remains normal and in balance.

Thermal

Schedule activities so that they do not conflict with the regenerative and nutritive processes. Live in harmony with your body’s life temperature.

Electromagnetic

Reduce exposure to the disruptors of your body’s electromagnetic field.