CHAPTER THREE

I AM WHOLE AND STEADY-WHOLENESS

AND BALANCE IN LIFE
Are thoughts, feelings,
and
body interrelated?
 MAN AS A WHOLE BEING
MAN
A
MULTIFACETED
BEING!
 WHAT IS WHOLENESS?
 INTEGRAL SENSE OF INTEGRATION
 ASPECTS: MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL,
SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL
 FEELING OF BALANCE OR HARMONY IS
IMPORTANT FOR SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-
ACTUALIZATION
 TRANSCENDENTAL LIFE GOAL.
 A LIFELONG PURSUIT.
 CARL JUNG
 CLASSICAL THINKER AND
PSYCHOLOGIST
 RECOGNIZED MAN IS
ESSENTIALLY WHOLE
 CARL JUNG
 VIEWED LIFE AS FULL OF
OPPOSITES
-DAY AND NIGHT
-HAPPINESS AND SADNESS
-BIRTH AND DEATH
 CARL JUNG
MAN’S STRIVING TOWARD SELF-
REALIZATION, AWARENESS OF
ONE’S POTENTIALS, AND
RECOGNITION OF PERSONAL
UNIQUENESS ARE WAYS TO
BECOMING WHOLE.
 GESTALT THEORY
-PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS OR
MENTAL PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED
SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE SPLIT SELF.
-BODILY ORIENTATION (PHYSICAL
SELF)
 GESTALT THEORY
-SOMA (BODY)
-PSYCHE ( MIND)
-MAN IS A WHOLE BEING AND
FUNCTIONING UNIT.
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DEVELOPMENT
1. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
 Watch what you eat
 Keep yourself fit and strong
 Avoid abuse of your body
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2. Cognitive Development
• Patterns of thinking
Three important skills you need to develop:
1. Remembering
2. Critical thinking
3. Problem-solving
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Three important skills you need to develop:
1. Remembering

-repetition
-organization
-mnemonics
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Three important skills you need to develop:
2. Critical Thinking
Kritikos - discernement, judgement
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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

1. What is the beginning of eternity, the end of

time and space, the beginning of every and end of
the race?
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DEVELOPMENT
Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

1. What is the beginning of eternity, the end of

time and space, the beginning of every and end
of the race?
Answer: Letter E
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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

2. What belongs to you, but is used by others?

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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

2. What belongs to you, but is used by others?

Answer: Letter O
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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

3. When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a

train?
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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

3. When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a

train?

Answer: When it’s two to two

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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

4. Tear one off and scratch my head; what was

once red is black instead.
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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

4. Tear one off and scratch my head; what was

once red is black instead.
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DEVELOPMENT
Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

4. Tear one off and scratch my head; what was

once red is black instead.

Answer: Match
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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

5. If you look at the numbers on my face, you

won’t find thirteen any place.
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Three important skills you need to develop:
Riddles:

5. If you look at the numbers on my face, you

won’t find thirteen any place.

Answer: Clock
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Three important skills you need to develop:
3. Problem-solving
Steps:
I - Identify the problem and set priorities ( Step 1)
D - Determine relevant information and deepen understanding ( Step 2)
E - Enumerate options and anticipate consequences ( Step 3)
A - Assess the situation and make a preliminary decisions (Step 4)
S - Scrutinize the process and self-correct as needed (Step 5)
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3. Socio-Emotional Development
Motus Anima- latin description of emotions
-means the “spirit that moves us”
-Emotions and Feelings-color the world
around us
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What is emotion?
 a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from
one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with
others.
 instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished
from reasoning or knowledge.
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Component that makes up emotion:
1. Physiological Component
*Emotions involve bodily arousal
Example:
Eyes : dilated
Mouth : Dry
Skin : goose bumps
Palms : sweaty
Heart : increased rate
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Component that makes up emotion:
1. Cognitive Component

*Subjected conscious experience of the person.

*how you interpret a situation affects your emotions

Thus emotional reaction may vary from others depending on how they
see and understand an event.
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Component that makes up emotion:
2. Behavioral Component

*outward expression of emotions as seen in your facial expressions,

body language, and manner of speaking.
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Component that makes up emotion:
2. Behavioral Component

*outward expression of emotions as seen in your facial expressions,

body language, and manner of speaking.
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What Emotion is being express?
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What Emotion is being express?
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What Emotion is being express?
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What Emotion is being express?
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What Emotion is being express?
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What Emotion is being express?
 Emotions affect your state of being, and they are
very important in dealing with people and events,
you will need to enhance your ability to manage
them well.

You need to develop healthy ways of interaction with

others.
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Component that makes up emotion:
3. Spiritual Development

Spiritual development can mean many things to many people in the secular and
pluralistic environment we inhabit in our terrestrial world. Spiritual development, in
essence, is to believe in something beyond the material universe and to develop an
awareness of realities beyond the confines of time and space.

It starts with knowing, believing and accepting JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR!
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Component that makes up emotion:
3. Spiritual Development
What does spiritual development mean for the Christ follower?

Acts 17:28 answers the question well: “For in him we live and move and have
our being.”

Our essence, belonging, search for meaning, and purpose originate from
the Lord as transformed through the person of Jesus Christ and God’s
infallible and unchanging Word.
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Component that makes up emotion:
3. Spiritual Development

As Christians, our purpose is to strive for the prize of righteousness in Christ Jesus
because God promises spiritual fulfillment through an eternal relationship with Him.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled”
(Matthew 5:6).

Satisfaction in God’s righteousness and His desires for creation is the ultimate purpose
and mission of Christ followers.
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DEVELOPMENT
1. Know Your Priorities
2. Take Care of You
3. Expect the Unexpected
4. Maintain a Positive Attitude
5. Organize Your Day
6. Do what you Love
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Key Concepts:

1.Man is a whole being.

2.Thoughts, feelings, and the body are connected.
3.There are different aspects of sell that make up
a whole person and need to be developed.
4.A balanced life requires that the body, mind,
heart, and soul are taken care of and nourished.
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APPLICATION

JESUS ALONE CAN MAKE YOU

WHOLE!
John 15:5 ESV
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in
him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do
nothing.