Human Wholeness: A Spirituality of Relationship

Imagine a rope braided out of seven strands of twine forming a circle so that even the ends of the rope are woven together. That is an image of human wholeness. This book proposes seven aspects to human wholeness: intellectual psychological emotional physical sexual spiritual and aesthetic. After examining each of these aspects this work presents a spirituality of relationship. It also explores how human wholeness is a basis for relationship. Two people relating to each other out of each persons wholeness provide the occasion for an experience of the divine. All relationships begin with some connectivity to an aspect of human wholeness. As both parties enter more deeply into their relationship more connectivity is achieved. By reflecting on the experiences of ones life in dialogue with a trusted friend a person discovers the freedom to be who he or she is in the presence of the other and receives back the gift he or she offers to the other in total freedom. This transcendent aspect of a relationship can enable friends to discover God in each other as each other. Jesus serves as a model for human relating; in him all aspects are woven together into a whole human being.