The spiritual regeneration process is set into motion by the divine call. A specific life event induces the awakening to higher spiritual dimensions, the lifting of the veil of existence and the setting off on a mystic journey of personal transformation, healing and complete regeneration of body and soul. This journey is referred to as "The Hero's Journey" in comparative mythology and "The Way of the Cross" in mystical theology. This course features the various states encountered on the way to divine union. It starts with the call to adventure and the entering of the unknown, leading through tests and the supreme ordeal, to end in the mastery of the two worlds and the restoration of divine order. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mystic-journey-spiritual-rebirth-dr-christiane-kirsch/

1. The Hero’s
Journey
Christiane Kirsch, Ph.D.
Academy for Creativity and
Higher Consciousness

2. OVERVIE
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Jewish Science
Psychology
Comparative Mythology

3. COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY
THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES (CAMPBELL, 1949)
The ordinary world
The call to adventure
Refusal of the quest Accepting the call
Entering the unknown
•Supernatural aid
•Talisman
•Allies
Tests and the supreme
ordeal
Reward and the journey
home
Master of two
worlds/Restoring the
world

4. MYSTICAL THEOLOGY
DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL (ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS)
The dark night [of
the soul] - Purgation
Illumination Divine Union

5. MYSTICAL THEOLOGY
THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Pilate
condemns Jesus
to die
Jesus accepts
his cross
Jesus falls for
the first time
Jesus meets his
mother, Mary
Simon of
Cyrene helps
carry the cross
Veronica wipes
the face of
Jesus
Jesus falls for
the second time
Jesus meets the
women of
Jerusalem
Jesus falls for
the third time
Jesus is
stripped of his
clothes
Jesus is nailed
to the cross
Jesus dies on
the cross
Jesus is taken
down from the
cross
Jesus is placed
in the tomb

6. MYSTICAL THEOLOGY
THE INTERIOR CASTLE (ST. TERESA OF AVILA)
The first mansions: a soul's state of grace.
The second mansions: Mansions of the practice of prayer.
The third mansions: Mansions of exemplary life, love for God.
The fourth mansions: God increases his role.
The fifth mansions: Engagement/promise, preparation for receiving gifts.
The sixth mansions: Lovers.
The seventh mansions: Clarity in prayer, spiritual marriage with God.

7. JEWISH MYSTICISM
KABBALAH REVEALED

8. PSYCHOLOGY
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

9. PSYCHOLOGY
THE 4 STAGES OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS (KAUFMAN)

10. JEWISH MYSTICISM
KABBALAH

11. KABBALAH DEFINITION
KABBALAH IS A WISDOM/SCIENCE
THAT ENABLES A PERSON TO FEEL
AND KNOW UPPER REALITY.

12. ASHLAG RESEARCH INSTITUTE
BY REALIZING OUR TRUE PURPOSE IN LIFE MAN
ATTAINS PERFECTION, TRANQUILITY,
UNBOUNDED ENJOYMENT AND THE ABILITY TO
TRANSCEND TIME AND SPACE WHILE STILL
LIVING IN THIS WORLD.

13. KABBALAH
Kabbalah ≠ Mysticism ≠ Magic ≠ Religion
Kabbalah is a science that considers what is hidden and what is revealed.
It is a way of studying, thinking and feeling.
It transmits the capacity to transcend time and space while still living in this
world.
It is a practical method of attaining the Upper World and the Source of our
Existence.
Attainment in Kabbalah is a matter of inner transformation.
Without inner transformation, this contact to the upper world cannot be
established.
It offers tools for identifying our true purpose in life and the meaning of our
existence.
It offers tools for attaining tranquility, perfection and unbounded enjoyment.

14. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KABBALAH AND RELIGION
• KABBALAH PREDATES RELIGION.
• RELIGION APPEARED BECAUSE OF THE DISCONNECTION WITH HIGHER
REALITY.

15. KABBALAH REVEALED
Perception of reality
The path of pain and
the path of Torah
and Mitzvot
The force of
development and the
meaning of suffering
The four phases of
direct light
The screen Equivalence of form
There’s none else
beside Him
Free will
The difference
between Kabbalah
and Religion
Defining the goal
Revelation and
concealment
Inanimate vegetative
and animate human
Correcting the world

16. KABBALAH REVEALED

17. THE QABALAH

18. THE 10 SEPHIROTH

19. MYSTERIES OF QABALAH

20. THE 22 CREATIVE FORCES

21. Kabbalah Revealed Episode 1 to 16
Kabbalah Info

22. III. PSYCHOLOGY

23. Maslow’s Hierarchy

24. MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

25. The Creative Process

26. THE 4 STAGES OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS (KAUFMAN)

27. ODYSSEY OF CREATION

28. UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL

29. FLOW (MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI)
“THE BEST MOMENTS USUALLY
OCCUR IF A PERSON’S BODY OR
MIND IS STRETCHED TO ITS LIMITS
IN A VOLUNTARY EFFORT TO
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING DIFFICULT
AND WORTHWHILE.”

30. FLOW
• MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI (2013) SAID THAT
THE HIGHEST INTRINSIC MOTIVATION IS “FLOW”
WHERE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IS LOST, ONE
SURRENDERS COMPLETELY TO THE MOMENT AND
TIME MEANS NOTHING.

31. THE 8 CHARACTERISTICS OF FLOW
Complete
concentration on the
task.
Clarity of goals and
reward in mind and
immediate feedback.
Transformation of
time (speeding
up/slowing down of
time).
The experience is
intrinsically
rewarding.
Effortlessness and
ease.
There is a balance
between challenge
and skills.
Actions and
awareness are
merged, losing self-
conscious rumination.
There is a feeling of
control over the task.

32. WHO EXPERIENCES FLOW?
• ‘’AUTOTELIC PERSONALITIES’’ TEND TO EXPERIENCE
MORE FLOW.
• THEY TEND TO DO THINGS FOR THEIR OWN SAKE
RATHER THAN CHASING SOME DISTANT EXTERNAL GOAL.
• IN A RECENT STUDY INVESTIGATING ASSOCIATIONS
BETWEEN FLOW AND THE 5-PERSONALITY TYPES, THEY
FOUND A NEGATIVE CORRELATION WITH NEUROTICISM
AND A POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS WITH THE STATE OF FLOW.
• CONSCIENTIOUS INDIVIDUALS ARE MORE LIKELY TO
SPEND TIME ON MASTERING CHALLENGING TASKS,
WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTICS IMPORTANT FOR FLOW
EXPERIENCE.

33. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN DURING FLOW?
• ACCORDING TO DIETRICH, IT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH DECREASED ACTIVITY IN THE PREFRONTAL
CORTEX.
• THIS TEMPORARY INACTIVATION OF THE PREFRONTAL
AREA MAY TRIGGER THE FEELING OF DISTORTION OF
TIME, LOSS OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, AND LOSS OF
INNER-CRITIC.
• MOREOVER, THE INHIBITION OF THE PREFRONTAL
LOBE MAY ENABLE THE IMPLICIT MIND TO TAKE OVER,
RESULTING IN MORE BRAIN AREAS TO COMMUNICATE
FREELY AND ENGAGE IN A CREATIVE PROCESS.

34. HOW TO GET INTO THE FLOW?
• A FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO DUMP YOUR SMARTPHONE.
• “INDUCING FLOW IS ABOUT THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF SKILL
AND THE SIZE OF THE CHALLENGE AT HAND.”
• THE EXPERIENCE OF FLOW IN EVERYDAY LIFE IS AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT OF CREATIVITY AND WELL-BEING.
• IT CAN BE PRESCRIBED AS A KEY ASPECT OF ‘’EUDAIMONIA’’ OR SELF-
ACTUALIZATION IN AN INDIVIDUAL, A CONTRADICTORY TERM TO
“HEDONIA” OR PLEASURE.

35. MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ON FLOW

36. RESOURCES

37. Personality Development

38. THEORY OF POSITIVE DISINTEGRATION (DABROWSKI)

39. UNILEVEL DISINTEGRATION
• UNILEVEL DISINTEGRATION OCCURS DURING
DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES SUCH AS PUBERTY
OR MENOPAUSE, IN PERIODS OF DIFFICULTY
IN HANDLING SOME STRESSFUL EXTERNAL
EVENT, OR UNDER PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUCH
AS NERVOUSNESS AND PSYCHONEUROSIS.

40. MULTILEVEL DISINTEGRATION
• IN MULTILEVEL DISINTEGRATION THERE IS A
COMPLICATION OF THE UNILEVEL PROCESS BY
THE INVOLVEMENT OF ADDITIONAL
HIERARCHICAL LEVELS, WHICH MOVE THE
INDIVIDUAL IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS
PERSONALITY IDEAL.
• “THE ACTIONS OF MULTILEVEL
DISINTEGRATION ARE LARGELY CONSCIOUS,
INDEPENDENT, AND INFLUENTIAL IN
DETERMINING PERSONALITY STRUCTURE”
(DĄBROWSKI, 1964, P. 8).

41. SECONDARY INTEGRATION
• AS SECONDARY INTEGRATION INCREASES,
INTERNAL PSYCHIC TENSION DECREASES, AS
DOES MOVEMENT UPWARD OR DOWNWARD
OF THE DISPOSING AND DIRECTING CENTER,
WITH THE CONSERVATION, NEVERTHELESS, OF
ABILITY TO REACT FLEXIBLY TO DANGER.
• “THE DISINTEGRATION PROCESS, AS IT TAKES
PLACE POSITIVELY, TRANSFORMS ITSELF INTO
AN ORDERED SEQUENCE ACCOMPANIED BY AN
INCREASING DEGREE OF CONSCIOUSNESS”
(DĄBROWSKI, 1964, P. 21).

42. DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL
• DABROWSKI'S "OE" THEORY IS THAT PEOPLE BORN
WITH OVEREXCITABILITIES HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF
"DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL" THAN OTHERS AND THAT
OVEREXCITABILITIES FEED, ENRICH, EMPOWER AND
AMPLIFY THEIR TALENTS.
• THE DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL,
DEFINED BY DABROWSKI (1964) AS THE, “ORIGINAL
ENDOWMENT DETERMINING THE LEVEL TO WHICH AN
INDIVIDUAL CAN DEVELOP, IF HIS PHYSICAL AND
SOCIAL CONDITIONS ARE OPTIMAL...”

43. 5 LEVELS OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

44. DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL AND
OVEREXCITABILITY
• PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IS LARGELY THE RESULT OF THE IMPACT OF
FORMS OF DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL (DP), NOTABLY, OVEREXCITABILITY
(OE).
• THIS OVEREXCITABILITY MAY LEAD TO A LONG COURSE OF DEVELOPMENTAL
CRISES (POSITIVE DISINTEGRATIONS) AND CHALLENGES THAT CULMINATE IN
THE EMERGENCE OF AN AUTONOMOUS, SELF CRAFTED PERSONALITY.
• DĄBROWSKI OBSERVED THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH STRONG OE EXPERIENCE
CRISES IN A STRONGER, DEEPER AND MORE PERSONAL MANNER.
• THE INTENSE EXPERIENCE OF CRISES CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
CONSCIOUS AND VOLITIONAL REARRANGEMENT OF THE SELF INCLUDING A
REFORMULATION AND REPRIORITIZATION OF ONE'S VALUES AND BELIEFS.
• THE INDIVIDUAL FORMS A NEW IMAGE OF HIS OR HER IDEAL PERSONALITY.
• WITH THIS IDEAL AS A GUIDE, THE LOWER ASPECTS OF THE SELF ARE
INHIBITED AND HIGHER GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS EMPHASIZED.

45. 5 OVEREXCITABILITIES FROM DABROWSKI
Psychomotor
Sensual
Intellectual
Imaginational
Emotional

46. 5 OVEREXCITABILITIES FROM DABROWSKI
1) THE PSYCHOMOTOR OVEREXCITABILITY IS COMMON IN GIFTED
CHILDREN.
• IT IS CHARACTERIZED PRIMARILY BY HIGH LEVELS OF
ENERGY.
• CHILDREN WITH THIS OE ALSO MAY BE MISDIAGNOSED AS
ADHD.
2) THE PRIMARY SIGN OF SENSUAL INTENSITY IS A HEIGHTENED
AWARENESS OF ALL FIVE SENSES.
• SIGHT, SMELL, TASTE, TOUCH, HEARING.
3) INTELLECTUAL INTENSITY IS THE ONE MOST RECOGNIZED IN
GIFTED CHILDREN.
4) THE PRIMARY SIGN OF IMAGINATIONAL INTENSITY IS THE FREE
PLAY OF THE IMAGINATION.
5) THE PRIMARY SIGN OF EMOTIONAL INTENSITY IS EXCEPTIONAL
EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY.

47. INDICATORS OF PSYCHOMOTOR
OVEREXCITABILITY
• RAPID SPEECH
• IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR
• COMPETITIVENESS
• COMPULSIVE TALKING
• COMPULSIVE ORGANIZING
• NERVOUS HABITS AND TICS
• PREFERENCE FOR FAST ACTION AND SPORTS
• PHYSICAL EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS
• SLEEPLESSNESS

48. INDICATORS OF SENSUAL
OVEREXCITABILITY
• APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY, WHETHER IN
WRITING, MUSIC, ART OR NATURE, INCLUDING
THE LOVE OF OBJECTS LIKE JEWELRY.
• SENSITIVE TO SMELLS, TASTES, OR TEXTURES OF
FOODS.
• SENSITIVITY TO POLLUTION.
• TACTILE SENSITIVITY (BOTHERED BY FEEL OF
SOME MATERIALS ON THE SKIN, CLOTHING
TAGS).
• CRAVING FOR PLEASURE.
• NEED OR DESIRE FOR COMFORT.

49. INDICATORS OF INTELLECTUAL
OVEREXCITABILITY
• DEEP CURIOSITY
• LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
• LOVE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING
• AVID READING
• ASKING PROBING QUESTIONS
• THEORETICAL THINKING
• ANALYTICAL THINKING
• INDEPENDENT THINKING
• CONCENTRATION, ABILITY TO MAINTAIN
INTELLECTUAL EFFORT

50. INDICATORS OF IMAGINATIONAL
OVEREXCITABILITY
• VIVID DREAMS
• FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
• GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR
• MAGICAL THINKING
• LOVE OF POETRY, MUSIC, AND DRAMA
• LOVE OF FANTASY
• DAYDREAMING
• IMAGINARY FRIENDS
• DETAILED VISUALIZATION

51. INDICATORS OF EMOTIONAL
OVEREXCITABILITY
• EXTREMES OF EMOTION
• ANXIETY
• FEELINGS OF GUILT AND SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY
• FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY AND INFERIORITY
• TIMIDITY AND SHYNESS
• LONELINESS

52. INDICATORS OF EMOTIONAL
OVEREXCITABILITY
• CONCERN FOR OTHERS
• A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG OR
INJUSTICE AND HYPOCRISY
• STRONG MEMORY OF FEELINGS
• PROBLEMS ADJUSTING TO CHANGE
• DEPRESSION
• NEED FOR SECURITY
• PHYSICAL RESPONSE TO EMOTIONS (STOMACH ACHES
CAUSED BY ANXIETY, FOR EXAMPLE)

53. TAKE THE OE TEST
HTTPS://WWW.POWERWOOD.ORG.UK/CHILDREN-
WITH-OVEREXCITABILITIES/OVEREXCITABILITIES-
FORM/

54. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND POSTTRAUMATIC
GROWTH
• DĄBROWSKI PRESENTS A THEORY OF
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT BASED ON AN
INTERPLAY OF POTENTIALS,
DISINTEGRATIONS OF LOWER FUNCTIONS
AND RE-INTEGRATIONS OF HIGHER FEATURES
MARKED BY A MULTILEVEL, HIERARCHICAL
VIEW OF LIFE.
• THE THEORY IS A FORERUNNER OF WHAT
TODAY IS CALLED POST-TRAUMATIC
GROWTH.

55. POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH
• POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH (PTG) OR BENEFIT FINDING IS
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF
ADVERSITY AND OTHER CHALLENGES IN ORDER TO RISE TO A
HIGHER LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING.
• THESE CIRCUMSTANCES REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO
THE ADAPTIVE RESOURCES OF THE INDIVIDUAL, AND POSE
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO THEIR WAY OF UNDERSTANDING
THE WORLD AND THEIR PLACE IN IT.
• POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH INVOLVES "LIFE-CHANGING"
PSYCHOLOGICAL SHIFTS IN THINKING AND RELATING TO THE
WORLD, THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A PERSONAL PROCESS OF
CHANGE, THAT IS DEEPLY MEANINGFUL.

56. POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH

57. RESOURCES

58. The Highly Gifted Person

59. HIGHLY GIFTED PEOPLE (JOAN
FREEMAN)
• 2% OF THE POPULATION IS IDENTIFIED AS HIGHLY GIFTED.
• PIECHOWSKI (2003) STATES THAT “GIFTEDNESS IN NOT A
MATTER OF DEGREE BUT OF A DIFFERENT QUALITY OF
EXPERIENCING...”.
• A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEFINITIVE RESEARCH HAS LED TO
THE BELIEF THAT INTENSITY, SENSITIVITY AND
OVEREXCITABILITY ARE PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
HIGHLY GIFTED.
• IT IS PROBABLY NOT INCORRECT TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH
NOT ALL HIGHLY SENSITIVE PEOPLE ARE GIFTED, ALL
GIFTED PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY SENSITIVE.

60. OVEREXCITABILITIES IN GIFTED PEOPLE
• OVEREXCITABILITY IS A HEIGHTENED PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE OF
STIMULI RESULTING FROM INCREASED NEURONAL SENSITIVITIES.
• THE GREATER THE OE, THE MORE INTENSE ARE THE DAY-TO-DAY
EXPERIENCES OF LIFE.
• “AN INDIVIDUAL WITH STRONG OVEREXCITABILITIES WILL EXPERIENCE
LIFE MORE RICHLY AND PROCESS IT MORE COMPLEXLY THAN OTHERS
WITH LESS OR NO OVEREXCITABILITY AND WHO ARE EXPOSED TO THE
SAME LIFE EXPERIENCES” (BOUCHARD, 2004, P. 340).
• OVEREXCITABILITIES ARE NOT ABILITIES; RATHER, THEY ARE MODES
OF EXPERIENCING THE WORLD (PIECHOWSKI & COLANGELO, 1984).
• PERSONALITY DETERMINES THE SUCCESS OF GIFTED PEOPLE (TAKING
THE OPPORTUNITIES).

61. CREATIVITY AND INTELLIGENCE

62. RESOURCES

63. The Highly Sensitive Person

64. GIFT OF HIGH SENSITIVITY
“IT IS NO MEASURE OF HEALTH TO BE WELL
ADJUSTED TO A PROFOUNDLY SICK SOCIETY”
(KRISHNA).
“ LOVE AND COMPASSION ARE NECESSITIES
NOT LUXURIES” (GANDHI).

65. SENSORY PROCESSING
SENSITIVITY
2 KINDS OF BEINGS EXIST IN EVERY SPECIES:
• HIGH
RESPONSIVENESS/REACTIVITY/ALERTNESS/AWARENE
SS
• LOW
RESPONSIVENESS/REACTIVITY/ALERTNESS/AWARENE
SS
• SEROTONIN GENE (SENSORY PROCESSING SENSITIVITY OF THE
NS).

66. ARE YOU AN HSP?
• ARE YOU "TOO SHY" OR "TOO SENSITIVE" ACCORDING TO
OTHERS?
• DO YOU HAVE A KEEN IMAGINATION AND VIVID DREAMS?
• IS TIME ALONE EACH DAY AS ESSENTIAL TO YOU AS FOOD AND
WATER?
• DO NOISE AND CONFUSION QUICKLY OVERWHELM YOU?
• DID YOU HAVE MELTDOWNS AND TANTRUMS AS A CHILD?
• IF YOUR ANSWERS ARE YES, YOU MAY BE A HIGHLY SENSITIVE
PERSON (HSP).

67. HIGH SENSITIVITY TRAIT
• ABOUT 1 IN 5 PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY SENSITIVE - AND
MOST DON'T KNOW IT.
• NOR DO THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM.
• THEY JUST KNOW THAT THEIR LOVED ONE CAN CRY
EASILY, REACT TO SITUATIONS THAT OTHERS JUST
SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS AT, AND OTHERWISE TAKE
THINGS JUST TOO PERSONALLY.
• MOST OF US FEEL OVERSTIMULATED OCCASIONALLY, BUT
FOR THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON, IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.

68. HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON PROFILE
• 20% OF PEOPLE WERE BORN HIGHLY SENSITIVE (1% OF
POPULATION WITH AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM –
SMART, CREATIVE, EMPATHETIC BUT ALSO ANXIOUS).
• THEY THINK MORE DEEPLY ABOUT EVERYTHING, THEY ARE MORE
EASILY OVERSTIMULATED, HAVE MORE EMPATHY FOR OTHERS
AND THEY SENSE MORE OF THE SUBTLETIES IN ANYTHING.
• HIGHLY SENSITIVE PEOPLE'S SYSTEMS ARE VERY POROUS,
MEANING THAT EXTERNAL STIMULI SEEMS TO BE MORE DIRECTLY
ABSORBED INTO THEIR BODIES.
• HSP’S ARE EVEN CREATIVE DURING THEIR DREAMTIME WHEN
THEY DO NOT FEEL JUDGED BY OTHERS AND THEY ARE VERY
PSYCHIC.

69. HSP AND DOES
• D: DEPTH OF PROCESSING
• O: EASILY OVERSTIMULATED
• E: EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS – MORE
EMPATHY
• INSULA ACTIVATION – SENSORY INPUT.
• HIGHER ACTIVITY OF MIRROR NEURONS.
• DEEPER INFORMATION PROCESSING.
• S: SUBTLE STIMULI

70. HSP’S AND THE 5 SENSES
• HSP’S HAVE HEIGHTENED REACTIVITY TO THEIR
SENSES AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
• THEY SENSE MORE DEEPLY (TASTE, SMELL, SIGHT,
HEARING, TOUCH) AND FEEL STRONGER
EMOTIONS.

71. HIGH SENSITIVITY AND TALENTS
• HSP’S ARE RATHER COOPERATIVE THAN
COMPETITIVE.
• HSP’S ARE MORE CREATIVE AND EMPATHETIC,
CONSCIENTIOUS, INTROSPECTIVE, INTUITIVE
AND HIGHLY SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHIC.
• HSP’S ARE VERY GOOD LEADERS,
COUNSELORS, PRIESTLY ADVISORS, HEALERS.

72. HIGH SENSITIVITY AND OVERSTIMULATION
• HSP’S ARE MORE PRAWN TO BURNOUT AND SLEEPING
PROBLEMS. A LOT OF MIGRAINE PATIENTS ARE ALSO HSP BUT
NOT ALL HSP HAVE MIGRAINES.
• HSP’S HAVE LOWER THRESHOLDS FOR STRESS AND TOXIC
RELATIONSHIPS.
• INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH SENSORY-PROCESSING
SENSITIVITY HAVE LOW STIMULUS SENSITIVITY
THRESHOLDS.
• HSP’S NEED MORE DOWNTIME THAN OTHERS (MEDITATION,
PRAYER, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, LONG SLEEP, FREQUENT
VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS).
• MEDITATION HAS AN EFFECT 200 MILES AROUND US.
STUDY HIGH CRIME ZONE VERSUS LOW CRIME ZONE.

73. HIGHLY SENSITIVE MEN

74. THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE CHILD (ELAINE ARON)
• HS CHILDREN NOTICE QUITE EARLY THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER CHILDREN.
• IN ADOLESCENCE THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT SO OBVIOUS BUT IN
THEIR LATE 20’S AND EARLY 30’S THEY CLEARLY NOTICE THAT
THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
• HS CHILDREN PERFORM BETTER IN A CALM ENVIRONMENT
WHEREAS ADHD CHILDREN PERFORM WORSE. THEY NEED A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STIMULATION.
• HS CHILDREN WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE AT HOME TO HAVE THEIR
EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS.
• HS CHILDREN NEED A LOT OF CALM PLAY, A LOT OF TIME IN
NATURE, A LOT OF REST AND AN ABSTINENCE FROM ELECTRONIC
DEVICES.

75. HIGH SENSITIVITY AND PERSONALITY
• HSP ≠ INTROVERSION: 30% OF HSP’S ARE EXTROVERTS, 70%
ARE INTROVERTS.
• HSP ≠ NEUROTICISM – TENDENCY TOWARDS ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION
• HIGHER FOR HSP’S WITH TROUBLED CHILDHOODS.
• HSP’S WITHOUT A DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD ARE LESS
LIKELY THAN THE NORM TO DEVELOP ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION.
• CHILDHOOD HEALING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HSP’S.
• HSP’S ARE VERY REACTIVE TO THERAPY AND SELF-HELP.
50% OF PEOPLE WHO SEEK THERAPY ARE HSP.

76. HIGH SENSITIVITY AND PERSONALITY
• ALTHOUGH MANY HIGHLY SENSITIVE PEOPLE ARE INTROVERTS AND
INTUITS (MBTI), RESERVED, QUIET OR SHY, THERE IS A PERCENTAGE
THAT ARE HIGH SENSATION SEEKERS, OR EXTROVERTS.
• ALTHOUGH THEY SEEK ADVENTURE THEY ALSO GET OVERLOADED
AND BECOME OVER STIMULATED WITH THE SAME RESULTS AS THE
REST OF THE HSP.
• THEY ARE EASILY BORED BUT EASILY OVERWHELMED AS WELL.
• THEY HAVE ONE FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND ONE ON THE
BREAK.
• THEY ADORE SOCIALIZING WITH LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE BUT NEED
THEIR DOWNTIME AS WELL.
• BEING HS, EXTRAVERTED AND A SENSATION SEEKER IS THE PERFECT
MIXTURE.
• THEY MAKE VERY GOOD LEADERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

77. TAKE THE HIGH SENSITIVITY TEST (ELAINE
ARON)
HTTP://HSPERSON.COM/TEST/HIGHLY-SENSITIVE-
TEST/

78. TAKE THE HIGH SENSATION-SEEKING TEST (ELAINE
ARON)
HTTPS://HSPERSON.COM/TEST/HIGH-
SENSATION-SEEKING-TEST/

79. THE POWER OF INTROVERTS
Shyness
Fear of social judgment.
1
Introversion
Heavy reaction to stimulation,
including social stimulation.
2
High Sensitivity
Depth of thought
Overexcitabilities
Empathy
Awareness of subtleties
3
Creative Personality
Can switch between
introversion and extroversion
(Fidelman, 2008).
4

80. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
(SALOVEY & MAYER, 2001)
Perceiving
emotions
01
Using
emotions
02
Understanding
emotions
03
Managing
emotions
04

81. SENSITIVE – THE UNTOLD STORY (ELAINE
ARON)

82. NEW GENERATIONS OF
HIGHLY SENSITIVE YOUNG
PEOPLE
(DOREEN VIRTUE)

83. INDIGO, CRYSTAL AND RAINBOW
CHILDREN
(DOREEN VIRTUE)
• THE TERMS “INDIGO,” “CRYSTAL” AND “RAINBOW” WERE GIVEN TO THESE THREE GENERATIONS, BECAUSE THEY MOST ACCURATELY
DESCRIBE THEIR AURA COLORS AND ENERGY PATTERNS.
• INDIGOS SHARE SOME CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE CRYSTAL CHILDREN.
• BOTH GENERATIONS ARE HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND PSYCHIC, AND HAVE IMPORTANT LIFE PURPOSES.
• THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THEIR TEMPERAMENT.
• THE CRYSTALS ARE THE GENERATION WHO BENEFIT FROM THE INDIGOS’ TRAILBLAZING.
• FIRST, THE INDIGO CHILDREN LEAD WITH A MACHETE, CUTTING DOWN ANYTHING THAT LACKS INTEGRITY.
• THEN THE CRYSTAL CHILDREN FOLLOW THE CLEARED PATH, INTO A SAFER AND MORE SECURE WORLD. AND NOW, THE FEARLESS
RAINBOW CHILDREN ARE PURE GIVERS READY TO FULFILL OUR NEEDS.
• THE RAINBOW CHILDREN ARE NOW BEING BORN AS THE CRYSTAL CHILDREN BECOME ADULTS.

84. INDIGO CHILDREN (DOREEN VIRTUE)
• THE INDIGO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INCARNATING ON
THE EARTH FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS.
• THE EARLY INDIGOS WERE PIONEERS AND WAY-
SHOWERS.
• AFTER WORLD WAR II, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER WERE
BORN, AND THESE ARE THE INDIGO ADULTS OF
TODAY.
• HOWEVER, IN THE 1970S A MAJOR WAVE OF INDIGOS
WAS BORN, AND SO WE HAVE A WHOLE GENERATION
OF INDIGOS WHO ARE NOW IN THEIR LATE TWENTIES
AND EARLY THIRTIES WHO ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THEIR
PLACE AS LEADERS IN THE WORLD.
• INDIGOS CONTINUED TO BE BORN UP TO ABOUT 2000,
WITH INCREASING ABILITIES AND DEGREES OF
TECHNOLOGICAL AND CREATIVE SOPHISTICATION.

85. INDIGO CHILDREN (DOREEN
VIRTUE)
• MANY OF THE INDIGO CHILDREN ARE CLAIRVOYANT.
• SINCE THEIR COLLECTIVE PURPOSE IS TO USHER US INTO A
NEW WORLD OF INTEGRITY, THE INDIGOS’ INNER LIE
DETECTORS ARE INTEGRAL.
• INDIGOS KNOW WHEN THEY’RE BEING LIED TO, PATRONIZED,
OR MANIPULATED.
• INDIGOS HAVE A WARRIOR SPIRIT, BECAUSE THEIR
COLLECTIVE PURPOSE IS TO MASH DOWN OLD SYSTEMS THAT
NO LONGER SERVE US.
• THEY ARE HERE TO QUASH GOVERNMENT, EDUCATIONAL
AND LEGAL SYSTEMS THAT LACK INTEGRITY. TO ACCOMPLISH
THIS END, THEY NEED TEMPERS AND FIERY DETERMINATION.

86. INDIGO CHILDREN (DOREEN VIRTUE)
• INDIGOS ARE UNABLE TO CONFORM TO
DYSFUNCTIONAL SITUATIONS AT HOME, WORK, OR
SCHOOL.
• THOSE ADULTS WHO RESIST CHANGE AND WHO
VALUE CONFORMITY MAY MISUNDERSTAND THE
INDIGOS.
• THEY ARE OFTEN MISLABELED WITH THE
PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES OF ATTENTION DEFICIT
WITH HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) OR
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD).
• SADLY, WHEN THEY’RE MEDICATED, THE INDIGOS
OFTEN LOSE THEIR BEAUTIFUL SENSITIVITY,
SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND WARRIOR ENERGY.

87. CRYSTAL CHILDREN (DOREEN VIRTUE)
• THE CRYSTAL CHILDREN BEGAN TO APPEAR ON
THE PLANET FROM ABOUT 2000, ALTHOUGH SOME
DATE THEM SLIGHTLY EARLIER.
• THE FIRST ONE’S WERE BORN IN THE 1980’S.
• THESE ARE EXTREMELY POWERFUL CHILDREN,
WHOSE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO TAKE US TO THE NEXT
LEVEL IN OUR EVOLUTION, AND REVEAL TO US OUR
INNER POWER AND DIVINITY.
• THEY FUNCTION AS A GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
RATHER THAN AS INDIVIDUALS.
• THEY ARE A POWERFUL FORCE FOR LOVE AND
PEACE ON THE PLANET.

88. CRYSTAL CHILDREN (DOREEN VIRTUE)
• THEY’RE AMONG THE MOST CONNECTED, COMMUNICATIVE, CARING AND CUDDLY OF
ANY GENERATION.
• THEY DISPLAY AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF KINDNESS AND SENSITIVITY TO THIS
WORLD.
• CRYSTAL CHILDREN SPONTANEOUSLY HUG AND CARE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED.
• THEY ARE HAPPY, DELIGHTFUL, FORGIVING, BLISSFUL AND EVEN-TEMPERED.
• IDEAL IN MANY WAYS, CRYSTAL CHILDREN ARE THE POINTERS FOR WHERE HUMANITY IS
HEADED . . . AND IT’S A GOOD DIRECTION!
• GOD WOULDN’T HAVE SENT THIS SPECIAL BREED OF HUMANS TO EARTH, WERE WE ON
OUR LAST LEG AS A CIVILIZATION OR PLANET.
• PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AROUND THE GLOBE DESCRIBE THEIR CRYSTAL AS “AN
ANGEL”.
• THEY DESCRIBE THEIR CRYSTAL CHILD AS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL TEACHER, WHO
TAUGHT PARENTS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT BEING AN EXCEPTIONALLY LOVING AND KIND
PERSON.

89. CRYSTAL CHILDREN (DOREEN VIRTUE)
• THE FIRST THING THAT MOST PEOPLE NOTICE ABOUT THEM IS THEIR
EYES - LARGE, PENETRATING AND WISE BEYOND THEIR YEARS.
• THE CRYSTAL CHILDREN’S EYES LOCK ON AND HYPNOTIZE YOU, WHILE
YOU REALIZE YOUR SOUL IS BEING LAID BARE FOR THESE CHILDREN TO
SEE.
• THEY ARE QUITE PHILOSOPHICAL AND SPIRITUALLY GIFTED.
• THIS GENERATION ALSO SHOWS A FASCINATION FOR CRYSTALS AND
ROCKS.
• CRYSTAL CHILDREN’S INNATE SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE ALSO
MISUNDERSTOOD.
• SPECIFICALLY, CRYSTAL CHILDREN HAVE TELEPATHIC ABILITIES THAT
LEAD THEM TO TALK LATER IN LIFE.
• THE PARENTS ENGAGE IN MIND-TO-MIND COMMUNICATION WITH
THEIR CRYSTAL CHILDREN.
• NOT ONLY ARE THE CRYSTAL CHILDREN HIGHLY SPIRITUALLY
SENSITIVE, BUT SO ARE THEIR PARENTS.

90. RAINBOW CHILDREN (DOREEN VIRTUE)
• THEY ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF OUR DIVINITY AND
THE EXAMPLE OF OUR POTENTIAL.
• THEY’RE LITTLE AVATARS WHO ARE ALL ABOUT
SERVICE.
• THESE ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE ONLY HERE TO
GIVE.
• RAINBOW CHILDREN ARE ALREADY AT THEIR
SPIRITUAL PEAK.
• THE RAINBOW CHILDREN RADIATE RAINBOW
ENERGY, THE KIND THAT WE WERE CREATED WITH,
TO INSTILL WITHIN US HEALTH AND BALANCE.
• RAINBOW CHILDREN ARE COMING ABOUT BECAUSE
THE FULL SPECTRUM OF LIGHT THAT WE NEED TO
ASSIMILATE SEROTONIN IN OUR BODY HAS BEEN
REDUCED.

91. ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

92. RESOURCES

93. Resources

94. COMPARATIVE
MYTHOLOGY

95. THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES (CAMPBELL,
1949)
The ordinary world
The call to adventure
Refusal of the quest Accepting the call
Entering the unknown
•Supernatural aid
•Talisman
•Allies
Tests and the supreme
ordeal
Reward and the journey
home
Master of two
worlds/Restoring the
world

96. 1) The Ordinary World
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:
Dorothy in Kansas
• The Hobbit: Bilbo Baggins in
Hobbiton
• Star Wars: Luke Skywalker on
Tatooine
• The Lion King: Simba at Pride Rock

97. 2) The Call to
Adventure
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The tornado
• The Hobbit: Gandalf the wizard arrives
• Star Wars: R2D2’s cryptic message

98. 3) Refusal of the Quest
• Star Wars: Luke refuses the quest until
he learns his aunt and uncle are dead
• The Lion King: Simba refuses to return
to Pride Rock and accept his destiny
• Groundhog Day: Example of the
negative cycle caused by refusing the
call

99. 4) Accepting the
Call
Once the adventure is accepted, the heroes
advance into the next stage of their journey.

100. 5) Entering the
Unknown
• The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy must
learn the rules of Oz
• The Matrix: Neo must come to grips
with the realities and unrealities of
the Matrix

101. Supernatural
Aid
• The Hobbit: Gandalf
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Cinderella: Fairy Godmother

102. Talisman
• The Wizard of Oz: Ruby
Slippers
• The Hobbit: The Ring
• Star Wars: Lightsaber

103. Allies/Helpers
• Lord of the Rings: Samwise Gamgee
• The Wizard of Oz: The Tin Woodsman,
Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion

104. 6) Tests and the
Supreme Ordeal
• Star Wars: Blowing up the Death Star
• Lord of the Rings: Mount Doom
• The Wizard of Oz: Defeating the Wicked
Witch

105. 7) Reward and the
Journey Home
• The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies
• The Lord of the Rings: Return to Hobbiton

106. 8) Master of Two
Worlds/Restoring the World
• Lord of the Rings: Frodo saves the Shire
• The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy rids Oz of the
Wicked Witch

107. ARCHETYPE
S
HEROES
SHADOWS
MENTORS
HERALD
THRESHOLD GUARDIANS
SHAPESHIFTERS
TRICKSTERS
ALLIES
WOMAN AS TEMPTRESS

108. Heroes
Central figures in stories.
Everyone is the hero of his or
her own myth.

109. Shadows
Villains, enemies, or perhaps
the enemy within. This could
be the repressed possibilities of
the hero, his or her potential
for evil.

110. Mentors
The hero’s guide or guiding
principles.

111. Herald
The one who brings the Call to Adventure. This could be a person or an event.

112. Threshold
Guardians
The forces that stand in the way at
important turning points,
including jealous enemies,
professional gatekeepers, or even
the hero’s own fears and doubts.

113. Shapeshifters
In stories, creatures like vampires or
werewolves who change shape. In life,
the shapeshifter represents change.

114. Tricksters
Clowns and mischief-makers.

115. Allies
Characters who help the hero throughout
the quest.

116. Woman as
Temptress
Sometimes a female character offers danger
to the hero (a femme fatale).

117. RESOURCES

118. SPIRITUAL REBIRTHING
SWEDENBORD AND LIFE