Developmental authenticity - underlying dynamics of inner work processes.

An emerging body of research attends to grasp the concept of authenticity. Nonetheless, a view on the developmental part with its underlying facets of Inner Work processes, is rare. In this paper, we aim to take a deeper look into the dynamics of inner work processes, that define certain authenticity developmental stages. Building upon our recently proposed "4C-view" of authenticity, we approach this developmental perspective from two different angles: from a process characteristic angle and a developmental level angle. Using vignettes of authentic client personality coaching processes, we propose that the interwoven dynamic between those two aspects yields several combinations of maturity levels within the individual. Continuity as an overarching concept thus contains various developmental authenticity stages that could be identified through different markers and vary in particular contexts.

From ego to eco: re-orienting for processual ontology in the "Dao-Field".

The planet Earth has become increasingly susceptible to human-induced (anthropogenic) ecological disasters. The currently raging COVID-19 pandemic adds to the vast scale of destruction and suffering that humanity and the planet are experiencing. In this paper we explicate the meaning of 'human-induced' destruction in the terms of the damaging and hurting metaphysics (beyond the physical or material) that modern humanity has been entertaining in their conceptual and emotional minds and materially projecting onto the world. In turn, the damaging and hurting metaphysics is explicated in the terms of atomism that conceives all existents as self-existing and independent, necessarily engaged in competition against each other for survival. We propose to replace such metaphysics with one of the processual ontologies, such as that of Alfred North Whitehead, in which humans see themselves and each other as continuously interfusing and co-creatively re/e/merging relata of complete interdependence. This way, all of us, all the time, become "one with The Ten Thousand Things."-an expression in Chinese for the phenomenal world of thriving diversity and conviviality. We further explore self-cultivation of inner work that aids the shift from ego self to eco self, such as meditative and arts-based practices.

地球は、人為的(人間の活動による)生態学的大惨事の影響をますます受けやすくなっている。 現在、猛威をふるっている新型コロナウイルス感染症の世界的流行は、人類と地球が陥っている大々的な破壊と被害をもたらしている。この論文で私たちは「人為的」 破壊について詳説する。本来の意味を見失いつつある形而上学の(物理的・物質的なものを超越した)観点から見て、現人類は概念的・感情的な心の中で物質的に世界に投影している。同様に、その形而上学は、すべての存在を自己存在と独立しているものとして必然的に生存のために互いに競争していると考える原子論の観点から詳説される。私たちは、このような形而上学をアルフレッド・ノース・ホワイトヘッドも提唱したプロセス存在論のひとつに代替することを提案する。それは、人間が自身と他のものは絶えず綯い混じり、完全な相互依存の共創的な出現、再出現、融合だと見ることである。これによって私たちはみな、常に「万物とともにあるひとつ」となる。 これは、多様性と共生の現象界を示す中国語の表現のひとつでもある。私たちはさらに、エゴセルフ (ego self ) からエコセルフ (eco self) へのシフトを促すため瞑想やアートベースの包括的な省察を用いて内面的な自己修養を探求する。.