Connection

Being in the presence of the Divine, Spiritual Mentor on a metaphysical level can be evoked with Chanting Name of God

1. Nita chanted AUM first thing in the morning before she went to bed and started & end of every activity.
2. Deep would chant the name of God as and whenever it was possible.
3. Anu did not believe but chanted anyway.

Migration

The process, of settling or moving in new place temporary or permanently to live or work; migration can also be the process of making use of a new computer system.

1. Milkasingh moved & settled in Australia to fulfill his potential and provide better for his family.
2. John whined with changes that came with migration.

Impulse

A sudden strong & unreflective urge or desire to act.

1. Kriya regulated the urge to act and showed patience in her response.
2. Priya showed her fondness in public without being ashamed.

Solitude

State of being alone without being lonely. A joyous state of being with SELF.

1. Amit loved opportunities when he was alone; he thought that helped him to be creative.
2. Jim hated being alone & liked to talk.

Dreams

Images, ideas, emotions & sensations that occur involuntarily in mind during sleep.

1. Zia kept a dream diary and gained insight from his dreams.
2. Lee was scared to sleep because of her recurring dreams.

Expression

An expression is an action taken, or emotion showed on the face to make one’s thoughts or feelings known.

1. Shri walked out of the room instead of shouting.
2. Maya stomped her feet & yelled to voice her opposition.

Freedom

Ability to act, speak and think independently; Power of self-determination; state of not being enslaved; state of non-restriction; state of not being affected by (something or someone).

1. Dina feels free while he works for his family and community..
2. Sigmund believes that going away from his family, city or country would give him the freedom.

Communication

Conveying meaning or information.

1. Sam delivers a message with clarity and in simple language.
2. Peter’s body-language does not match his words.

Culture

Customs and social behaviour of people collectively.

1. Dinesh honors customs that keep him and the people around him happy.
2. Rohan breaks traditions to spite his family.

Travel

Movement between distant locations by any modes of transport.

1. Ann traveled across five continents to understand different customs.
2. Maya enjoyed traveling as it gave her sense of adventure.
3. Monica loved her yearly pilgrimage to the mountains.

Mentor

Words are unable to define Spiritual Mentor. Spiritual Mentor helps, Mentee to establish a connection with something bigger than ourselves or find connection with personal God, the Divine, Nature. Develop Faith and role model surrendering so that Mentee becomes Kind, Peaceful, Content.

1. For Amod word of his Guru was the command.
2. Kane had doubts about his Spiritual Mentor and was unable to learn.

Education

Process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values beliefs & habits; Process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university

1. Rita believed that learning is a lifelong process and educated herself through regular professional development.
2. Siya followed instructions given by her mentor.
3. Ben was postgraduate in Computer Programming but was unable to apply his education to community use.
4. Ken believed that intuitional education is best.

Career

Life journey through, learning, work & profession or occupation;

1. Jabbar is well-known for his lifelong service in politics.
2. Saraswati changed her career from Information Technology to Social work.
3. Alex changed his occupation every couple of years feeling unsatisfied.
4. Riyaz unhappy in his work yet continued in the same profession as money was good.

Interests

Is feeling of wanting to give more attention, be involved with or discover more about something (activities, person, subjects).

1. Uday was interested in Well-being, so he spent his time on being mindful.
2. Frank was excessively interested in soccer that he missed school to watch the world cup matches.

Mindset

Series of self-perceptions or beliefs people have about themselves.

1. Sumit accepted his failure & learned from it to do better in the future.
2. Simran was able to form strategies to grow in her business.
3. Tina believed that she was stupid & failure because her children misbehaved.
4. Yana was proud of her smartness as her children passed in merit test.

Language

A structured way of communication in either spoken or written way; A non-verbal way of expression or communication.

1. Nila, in an assertive language, told her boss that it was the end of the day and would prioritize new work for the next morning.
2. Jignesh uses patronizing language while talking with his peers.

Trauma

Damage to the mind that occurs due to a distressing event. Overwhelming stress that exceeds one ability to cope may cause trauma.

1. Nick refused to go into the specifics of a traumatic event, yet Nick was ready to tell how the trauma event made him feel.
2. Carl repeated the story and re-lived the pain again.

Death

Cessation of all biological functions of a living being.

1. Gayatri accepts that death is natural & all living beings die one day.
2. Sima is scared that she would die untimely.

Parenting

Process of promoting & supporting the physical, emotional, social, intellectual & spiritual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.

1. Tina & Tom made time to hear how their children feel.
2. Rob believes that children must be seen and not heard.

Entertainment

Pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement received from something or someone (TV, Drama, Person, Sport, Music).

1. Alex listens to Beethoven to calm himself.
2. Harry was glued to the TV and did not do his daily chores / duties.

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Faith

Complete trust, strong belief & confidence in the spiritual conviction.

1. Kris had no doubts whatsoever about the scripture he read.
2. Trish’s doubts made her skeptic about her education.

Work

An activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for money.

1. Megan gets paid to nothing, but she enjoys her work..
2. Jessica feels torn between her work and family.
3. Tim works as it pays the bills.

Meditation

An undefined state of being in consciousness.

1. Dina meditated regularly so that his mind got to rest.
2. Shila gave up meditation when dark thoughts started invading her mind when she sat down.

Personal Boundaries

Guidelines, rules, or limits that a person creates to identify reasonable, safe & permissible ways for other people to behave towards them and their response.

1. Anita had flexible boundaries when she is with her best friends.
2. Mia provided strong boundaries for her children to follow.
3. Phil let his in-laws decide what is best for him and then he got angry.
4. Tina let her partner tell her that she is unsuitable for being in mother’s role.

Creativity

Ability to transform “inner resources – knowledge, insights, information & inspiration” into reality.

1. Devi changed her career, where she was able to display her creativity.
2. Rob imagined creating new designs but was not committed to his ideas.

Memories

Information that is stored & retrieved; Memories can influence future actions; Memories help to learn & develop language, relationship, or personal identities.

1. Lisa focused on creating good memories rather than dwelling on past hurt.
2. Kiran, when idle, entertained memories of pain and hate.

Meaning of Life

Reason for Life’s existence.

1. John studies scriptures from many cultures to know the reason for Life’s existence.
2. Harry believes that there is no meaning to his life.

Relationship

The way two or more people are connected and their behaviour towards each other.

1. Eric was respectful well with his peers.
2. Erica & Eric were open & communicated their longings for each other.
3. Nick dominated the conversation.
4. Nicole hoped that she found her voice.
5. Alex cheated on his partner.

Resilience

Ability to recover quickly from difficult situations.

1. Sam can perform his duties and take care of his family & himself after a death in the family.
2. Gillian’s grief over separation with her ex-husband affected her job performance, and ultimately, she lost her job.

Conditioning

Involuntary behaviour associated with the stimulus. Conditioning is a voluntary behaviour associated with outcome or consequence .

1. Nimmi does her homework to gain a treat.
2. Nima does her homework as she loves studying.
3. Yana runs into her room when her drunk father walks into the house.
4. Mia nags her mother to gain what she wants.

Sleep

Naturally recurring state of mind and body. In sleep, consciousness is altered, reducing muscle and sensory activities. Sleeps restores immune, nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems maintaining mood, memory, and cognitive behavior.

1. Sam suffered from insomnia and felt depressed.
2. Chou slept for little time and worked with different time zones.
3. Chandra sleep pattern was disturbed as he worked at night and slept in the day.

Spiritual Surrender

Accepting “What is” as is. Letting go of own will, thoughts, ideas, beliefs & intellect, i.e., let go the control on life and accepting totality of life.

1. Shree faced all the challenges life threw at him cheerfully, knowing that God took care of him.
2. Alex found it very hard to let go of his individuality and experience that world had taught him.

Material Possessions

Property, belongings, holdings (Land, houses, Boat, Cars, etc.).

1. Phil’s pursuit was for spiritual wisdom & not material passion.
2. Tom regarded his success with assets he possessed.

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Self-Esteem

Self-evaluation about owns worth; Beliefs about oneself; Self-concept about the Self.

1. Ravi regarded himself as an honest & trustworthy man.
2. Harry believed that no one could pull him out of the hole that he created himself.

Response Ability

Ability to respond rather than react; Awareness to thoughts & feelings that we experience as a result of internal or external stimuli.

1. Tom agreed in his calm & collected response to what an angry customer had to say.
2. Tina, unable to negotiate with her child, shouted and asked the child to be quiet.

Emotional intelligence

Capability to recognize emotions, distinguish between different feelings, labeling them & using emotional information to guide behavior and thinking.

1. Tom is quick to notice emotional turbulence between children & their mother and was able to diffuse the situation.
2. Tina did not notice her employee’s frustration, gave her three more jobs to finish before the end of the day.

Motivation

Reason for willingness, action, or goal.

1. Joseph serves the community as it helps him to stay positive.
2. Trent works day & night to become a senior partner in his firm and neglects his friends & family.

Passion

Strong & uncontrollable desire to act.

1. Kent trained hard for the sport he loved.
2. Harry visited clubs to satisfy his lust.

Attachment

Affection, fondness, or sympathy for someone or something.

1. Tina’s fondness to her son did not prevent her from denying undue demands.
2. Tom affectionately gave many toys to his daughter.

Values

Values provide a standard of behavior and the structure of behavior.

1. Alex is compassionate and volunteers in Red Cross.
2. Alex is unforgiving for any mistakes done by himself or his family.
3. Andrew is in rage (instead – enraged?) as his daughter wants to change her sex to be a man

Beliefs

Acceptance to something or someone as true without any proof.

1. Joseph has faith that God looks after him.
2. Sigmund believed that his intelligence is superior to anyone else’s.
3. Jessica relationship with her daughter is strained as her daughter married outside her religion.

Food

A substance that provides nutritional support for an organism to provide energy maintain life or stimulate growth.

1. Manu enjoyed a variety of cuisines and enjoyed discussing food.
2. Karla likes spicy and hot food.
3. Ben preferred mild and vegetarian food.
4. Sikha was conscious about her eating and believed you are what you eat.

Spirituality

A simultaneous process of rediscovering individuality and establishing a connection with something bigger than ourselves or find connection with personal God, the Divine, Nature. Along the way, people find a sense of purpose. For many spirituality comes into focus when the person faces emotional stress, physical illness, or death.

1. Naomi discovered that she feels better when she meditates.
2. Charles goes for a long walk in nature and feels connected with it.
3. Kiran found a sense of peace when she meditated.
4. Kim was scared of death and wondered what would happen to her after death.

Money

Currency & Value assigned to exchange goods or services.

1. NGO’s free counselling services are priceless & hence no value is assigned, but a donation is accepted.
2. A counsellor charges an appropriate amount for his services.
3. Nathan was unable to sleep as he was losing money along with profit to his rival company.
4. Laxmi was proud of the wealth she possessed.

Awareness

Ability to know & perceive, to feel; State of Being Conscious. Awareness can be internal (Intuitive) or external (Sensory).

1. Nick was alert with raised voices in the office; he quickly mediated between bothNick was alert with raised voices in the office; he quickly mediated between both.
2. Ram being aware of his confusion, sought wisdom from his mentor
3. Tina was so wound-up that she did not perceive her partner’s pain
4. Tony was lost in thoughts unawares that signal had turned green

Respect

Honoring someone or something with a positive feeling or action by conveying a sense of adsmiration.

1. Yuri kept silence in front of his seniors.
2. Mia hated people from other countries & languages and was vocal about it.

Fulfillment

State of mind - when something desired, promised or predicted is achieved; - When doing what you are intended to do in life.

1. Ravi felt satisfied as his life turned around with his dedicated hard work.
2. Virat's hunger for victory made him a restless person.

Habits

A regular way of behaving; tendency or practice that is hard to give up; can be an acquired way of thinking or feeling.

1. Prachi, when aware of her negativity, stops the conversation and stays silent.
2. Harry walks in the house, sits on the lounge, and watches TV every day.

Purpose

Sense of determination or intent.

1. Dina knew the purpose of his life.
2. Harry says that he has a vacuum in his heart and knows not why he exists.

Family

A group of people related by birth, marriage, relationship, or residence.

1. Tina works to provide for her family.
2. Tom works part-time so that he can look after his children.
3. Rita feels that her family limits her.
4. Rob helps his extended family out of obligation.

Mind

Enables thinking, feeling, and being aware of the experiences in this world.

1. Sam is cheerful & enthusiastic about his work environment.
2. Sherry is anxious & thinks that her university was a scary place.

Willpower

Strength of Will (Dedication/Drive) applied to do something or retrain impulse.

1. Gabriella is determined to finish the project in a given time.
2. Steve is committed to quitting but smokes 20 cigarettes in a day.

Human Body

The physical structure, including bones, flesh, and organs with life or without life.

1. Adam worked his entire life, providing comfort for his body.
2. Manu believed that he would use his body to serve others.
3. Sima had a strong conviction that the illness of the body is separate from her spirit.
4. Ben, despite disability, lived a happy life.