Spiritual engineering – a disciplineIntroducingSpiritualengineering involves the development and use of nonmaterial tools to affect an individual’s worldview, or working understanding of self ‘s relationship with the rest of the universe . Many such tools are critical component of religious ritual that are also employed outside the religious context.
The engineer: •Individual refreshes or seeks changes to self:•Other assists individual to change self with informed consent:•Other seeks to influence or change the individual without informed consent.•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
PersuasionPersuasion or persuasion arts is an umbrella term of influence. Persuasion can attempt to influence a person’s beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivations, or behaviors.
[1]In business, persuasion is a process aimed at changing a person’s (or a group’s) attitude or behaviour toward some event, idea, object, or other person(s), by using written, spoken words or visual tools to convey information, feelings, or reasoning, or a combination thereof.
[2]Persuasion is also an often used tool in the pursuit of personal gain, such as election campaigning, giving a sales pitch,
[3] or in trial advocacy.
Persuasion can also be interpreted as using one’s personal or positional resources to change people’s behaviors or attitudes. Systematic persuasion is the process through which attitudes or beliefs are leveraged by appeals to logic and reason. Heuristic persuasion on the other hand is the process through which attitudes or beliefs are leveraged by appeals to habit or emotion.
[4]RE:spiritualityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiritualityNOTE: this is the Wikipedia topic description:The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various connotations can be found alongside each other.[1][2][3][note 1] Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which “aims to recover the original shape of man”,[note 2]oriented at “the image of God”[4][5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world. The term was used within early Christianity to refer to a life oriented toward the Holy Spirit[6] and broadened during the Late Middle Ages to include mental aspectsof life.[7] In modern times, the term both spread to other religious traditions[8] and broadened to refer to a wider range of experience, including a range of esoteric traditions and religious traditions. Modern usages tend to refer to a subjective experience of a sacred dimension[9] and the “deepest values and meanings by which people live”,[10][11] often in a context separate from organized religious institutions,[12] such as a belief in a supernatural (beyond the known and observable) realm,[13]personal growth,[14] a quest for an ultimate or sacred meaning,[15]religious experience,[16] or an encounter with one’s own “inner dimension”.[17]
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RE:spiritualityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:SpiritualityNOTE: this is the Wikipedia categorydefinition, where the above article is the primary:Spirituality appears to be associated with finding purpose and meaning in life, personal growth, or blissful experience. Traditionally, spirituality refers to a process of re-formation of the personality but there is no single, agreed-upon definition of spirituality.
The main article for this category is Spirituality.RE:spiritualityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_spirituality
NOTE: this is the Wikipedia structural layout under the definition: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to spirituality: Spirituality may refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality,[1][need quotation to verify] an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being, or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.”[2][need quotation to verify] Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual’s inner life; spiritual experience includes that of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self; with other individuals or the humancommunity; with nature or the cosmos; or with the divine realm.[3]RE:engineeringhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering#PracticeSEE: Other fieldsADD:“underlies work developing rituals and practice in spirituality, religion” RE:engineerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer
NOTE: performing a spiritual engineering role would be doing the work of spiritual engineering within some other role or occupation; not currently recognized (but maybe should be, and should be examined in light of the disciplines of engineering)Description RE: tool SEE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool
A tool is an object used to extend the ability of an individual to modify features of the surrounding environment. Although many animals use simple tools, only human beings, whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, have been observed using tools to make other tools. The set of tools required to perform different tasks that are part of the same activity is called gear or equipment. While one may apply the term tool loosely to many things that are means to an end (e.g., a fork), strictly speaking an object is a tool only if, besides being constructed to be held, it is also made of a material that allows its user to apply to it various degrees of force. If repeated use wears part of the tool down (like a knife blade), it may be possible to restore it; if it wears the tool out or breaks it, the tool must be replaced. Thus tool falls under the taxonomic category implement, and is on the same taxonomic rank as instrument, utensil, device, or ware. RE: tool SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool#Tool_metaphors
A telephone is a communication tool that interfaces between two people engaged in conversation at one level. It also interfaces between each user and the communication network at another level. It is in the domain of media and communications technology that a counter-intuitive aspect of our relationships with our tools first began to gain popular recognition.
Marshall McLuhan famously said “We shape our tools. And then our tools shape us.” McLuhan was referring to the fact that our social practices co-evolve with our use of new tools and the refinements we make to existing tools.
RE:nonmaterial tool SEE:https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/nonmaterialnonmaterialadjective
•1Not having a physical or material form.‘while e-texts are non-material, they must be read through a material object’
•‘The forms taken by kinetic art are, unsurprisingly, very diverse, given that the nature of the artis non-material.’
•‘These two approaches are not exclusive, but unite material and non-material resources into new types of museum property.’
•‘Alternatives include reusing bags and boxes, and giving nonmaterial gifts – event tickets, lessons, donations to favorite cause – that need no packaging.’
•‘Sarraute did in fact state over and over again that her chief preoccupation in writing was to reveal to the reader a previously hidden reality, using the imperfect and distinctly unreal, or at least nonmaterial, tool that is language.’ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Sarraute ]
•‘Non-material infrastructures are required: human capital, research, technology.’
•‘Information is a nonmaterial entity and this is the first time that a law of nature has been formulated for a mental concept.’
1.1.1Involving or concerned with the needs of the mind, spirit, or intellect.‘a public realm upholding non-material values’
•‘He attacked the prevailing consensus about progress on the grounds that it failed to respect individuality, promote ethical behaviour or preserve non-material values.’
•‘Thus, physical possessions (e.g., wealth) were seen as a means of attaining nonmaterial desires (e.g., helping others).’
•‘In both cases large, impersonal, bureaucratic structures proved incapable of responding to the needs of a more diverse population and their non-material aspirations.’
•‘”At no time in western history has any nation totally ignored the importance of national recognition of, and support for, non-material values.”’
•‘At its most idealistic, adoption indicated that struggles for material survival had renewed people’s faith in the non-material qualities that children and home ideally represented.’
•‘And even if its not material goods you want, you will still want to substiture leisure for labor, so as to pursue your non-material spiritual ends.’
•‘Having too many things makes time for non-material pleasure shrink; an overabundance of options can easily diminish full satisfaction.’
HistoryRe: New Age → Body Mind Spirit: SEE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age
Current usageRe: available now https://spiritualengineering.us/ Spiritual Engineering: The Book“The Harmony of Science and Spirituality. For the first time, the groundbreaking Spiritual Engineering process merges science, psychology, engineering tools and spirituality to find real solutions, answers to problems that wreak havoc in lives.”https://spiritual.engineering/about “Spiritual Engineering Mission —So much of the design world is shrouded in mystery and exclusionary tactics. Overpriced software and hoarding of information make it difficult for many to have the same access to create. This site is designed for open information sharing regarding these tools and practices. The Spiritual Engineering Institute exists to level the playing field.This site is running on Are.na which allows for open contribution. If you have a tool, PDF, or technique, feel free to add to the most recent issue of SE.”https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Engineering-Happiness-Extraordinary-Relationships/dp/0984483896 “A Spiritual Self-Help book. Most of us want to find some happiness and enjoy fulfilling relationships, but… WHAT WE’RE DOING IS NOT WORKING!48% first-time marriages split apart! 67% second unions dissolve! 73% third ones disintegrate! Spiritual Engineering harmonizes spirituality, science and psychology to systematically access the awesome spiritual power residing within each person. This breakthrough approach to self-knowledge and emotional maturity offers specific techniques to develop a healthy self-love and a new model for all relationships. THESE LOGICAL, EASY-TO-USE METHODS GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO: Achieve self-acceptance and healthy self-love. Release the past; avoid fear of the future; live in the moment Build extraordinary relationships Avoid anger, guilt, worry, resentments and other miseries Learn to see those annoying people as teachers Experience a pragmatic, spiritually-based life that enhances physical, health, mental clarity and even sexual enjoyment.”https://veritaspub.com/2020/09/17/spiritual-engineering/ “Veritas Publishing produces and publishes the works of Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally renowned spiritual teacher, psychiatrist, physician, researcher, lecturer and developer of the widely-knownMap of Consciousness®. This Map is both copyrighted and trademarked. It may not be copied,reproduced, duplicated or distributed partially or in full in any form. Veritas Publishing is located in Sedona, Arizona.”https://timeforprovidence.com/2020/01/08/spiritual-engineering/ “ January 8, 2020 Nathan Dooley
When I worked as an engineer was required to understand machinery and their systems of programming to maintain operation. It is very important to do routine maintenance and have an ability to discern your environment of operation to prevent malfunction of your machinery. It is a very personal experience, possibly, even…relationship, an engineer has with his “duty of service” to provide the right measure of care for harmony.” [following section is ‘Salvation Engineering’]
Why me? Why now?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual
So, what do I want to say about Ritual?Ritual is a tool we humans use to reorder our minds. We use it all the time – it’s a pretty basic tool. Ritual is a learning and teaching tool employed from small kid time forward.We use it so often, we don’t always recognized it for such, and usually we don’t know how it works; but it does.It has been fascinating for me to learn something about it, experience it in action, and figure out a lot more about it. I would like to share what I have learned, and learn more.It is often used to influence the minds of people without their consent or knowledge – or with partial consent and partial knowledge.It is used to influence minds to the extent of modifying behavior.I do not trust random people to attempt to reorder my mind without my knowledge or consent. I seek to identify such attempts.I seek to identify the effects of such reordering in my own mind and do my own reordering.I am willing enter into ritual that can be expected to expose my mind to reordering when I can do so with informed consent and with adequate trust.I am interested in identifying a wide range of common rituals by category for more nuanced evaluation.I enjoy and benefit from ritual appropriate to my self.I am interested in identifying the variety of tools of ritual by category.I am fascinating by how the mind works.
Observed tools
Wikipedia samplingSEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual from which this list was extractedSpiritual is the adjective for spirit.
Spiritual may also refer to: Religion
•Spirituality a concern with matters of the spirit •Spiritual but not religious, a religious categorization
•Spiritual bypass, a “tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks”
•Spiritual crisis, a form of identity crisis where an individual experiences drastic changes to their meaning system typically because of a spontaneous spiritual experience •Spiritual death, absence of spirituality
•Spiritual development, the development of the personality towards a religious or spiritual desired better personality
•Spiritual direction, the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their own personal spirituality
•Spiritual distress, a disturbance in a person’s belief system
•Spiritual ecology, a field in religion and environmentalism
•Spiritual energy, a form of energy in spirituality and alternative medicine •Spiritual enlightenment, the “full comprehension of a situation”
•Spiritual evolution, the philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings evolve
•Spiritual experience, a subjective experience in religion
•Spiritual formation, the process and practices by which a person may progress in one’s spiritual or religious life or to a movement in Protestantism
•Spiritual gift, a supernatural power given by God
•Spiritual healing, a form of alternative medicine
•Spiritual intelligence, a term used by some philosophers, psychologists, and developmental theorists to indicate spiritual parallels with intelligence quotient and emotional quotient
•Spiritual literature, a genre of literature, in which usually involves the personal spiritual experience of the author
•Spiritual materialism, a Tibetan Buddhist concept
•Spiritual naturalism, a naturalist approach to spiritual ways of looking at the world
•Spiritual opportunism, the exploitation of spiritual ideas for personal gain, partisan interests or selfish motives
•Spiritual philosophy, a philosophy pertaining to spirituality
•Spiritual possession, a concept of many religions, where it is believed that a spirit may take temporary control of a human body Spirit possession is the supposed control of a human body by spirits, aliens, demons or gods. The concept of spirit possession exists in many religions, including Christianity,[1]Buddhism, Haitian Vodou, Wicca, Hinduism, Islamand Southeast Asian and African traditions.
In a 1969 study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, spirit possession beliefs were found to exist in 74 percent of a sample of 488 societies in all parts of the world.[2]
Depending on the cultural context in which it is found, possession may be considered voluntary or involuntary and may be considered to have beneficial or detrimental effects on the host. Within possession cults, the belief that one is possessed by spirits is more common among women than men.[3][4]
•Spiritual practice, a way of exercising spirituality A spiritual practice or spiritual discipline (often including spiritual exercises) is the regular or full-time performance of actions and activities undertaken for the purpose of inducing spiritual experiences and cultivating spiritual development.
A common metaphor used in the spiritual traditions of the world’s great religions is that of walking a path.[1] Therefore, a spiritual practice moves a person along a path towards a goal. The goal is variously referred to as salvation, liberation or union (with God). A person who walks such a path is sometimes referred to as a wayfarer or a pilgrim.
•Spiritual psychology, a school of psychology that integrates the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology
•Spiritual reading, a practice of reading books and articles about spirituality with the purpose of growing in holiness
•Spiritual retreat, a place or state dedicated to spirituality
•Spiritual test, a life situation, provided by God, to evaluate man’s individual moral character and obedience to his laws
•Spiritual transformation, a fundamental change in a person’s sacred or spiritual life
•Spiritual warfare, the Christian concept of fighting against the work of preternatural evil forces
•Spiritual warrior, a term used in Tibetan Buddhism for one who combats the ignorance (avidyā)
Re: tool kit See: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-31737-3_19-1
This paper introduces a basic tool kit derived from “systematic reviews” in clinical research and from “genetic epistemology.” The purpose of this tool kit is to establish a bird’s-eye view of some fundamental landmarks and grounding notions, directly related to the subject of “anticipation” in neuroscience. This tool kit is particularly aimed at helping scholars orient within the plethora of published literature in neuroscience and to facilitate the identification and analysis of notions underpinning the subject of “anticipation.” The methodological and epistemological foundations for the tool kit are scrutinized and condensed in two sequential procedures: a “scouting systematic review” and a “fast-track epistemological analysis.” To examine the performance of this tool kit, an example of its application is provided. As a result, important landmarks and grounding notions, within the subject of “cognitive anticipation,” have been identified. Despite this method’s value, it is concluded that it should be used with caution, for it is not meant to replace a full systematic review, and it does not give an exhaustive epistemological analysis.
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List of Tools
Ritualhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiturgySymbolPerformancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaninghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programmingaltered state of consciousnesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_state_of_consciousnesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experiencehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarly_approaches_to_mysticism#Mystical_experiencehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_convergence_theoryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Transpersonal_psychologyIssues considered in transpersonal psychology include spiritual self-development,self beyond the ego, peak experiences, mystical experiences, systemic trance, spiritual crises, spiritual evolution, religious conversion, altered states of consciousness, spiritual practices, and other sublime and/or unusually expanded experiences of living. The discipline attempts to describe and integrate spiritual experience within modern psychological theory and to formulate new theory to encompass such experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement [has Maslow’s pyramid]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpersonalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_psychologyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_crisishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_spirithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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