دانلود کتاب ESSENTIAL WHOLENESS - Integral Psychotherapy, Spiritual Awakening, and the Enneagram

Astrophysicists tell us the universe has been expanding at an accelerating
pace ever since the Big Bang. Biologists tell a long and convoluted story of
the evolution of life in which humans finally enter the scene on the last page
of the last chapter. Buddhists say that although our essential nature is eternal,
our relative nature is impermanent. Change in modern society is faster than
ever before and it is accelerating. Never before has it been so imperative for
people to know how to ride the waves of change.
As a psychotherapist, I see my role as an agent of change, as much of
human suffering comes from the inability to cope with change. My aim is to
help those suffering to cope with change and proactively make the changes
they are ready for. When I began teaching psychotherapy a little over twenty
years ago, I sensed that in order for psychotherapists to be effective agents of
transformation, it was vital to be able to describe how people change. Yet
what were the steps those wanting help needed to take to achieve change, and
how could we guide people through those steps?
My initial strategies included a four-phase model, but it became obvious it
was inadequate; that is, until I went to a weekend seminar on a modality
called the Enneagram. The teacher was giving a brief overview of the nine
personality types, elaborating number by number around a circle, when I
realized the essential qualities of each type were the qualities universally
utilized in nine phases of a cycle of change.
Since humanity is a mere thread in the web of life, the validity of this
pattern depends on it accurately describing not only how humans change, but
all living systems. I had some background in living systems models from my
training in family therapy and Systems Theory. However, these new insights
led to more extensive research into the theories of evolutionary biology. In
addition to the modern powerful scientific stories of evolution and
development, it struck me that people have been telling stories of
transformation since the advent of language.