RT Article
T1 Egocentricity, coenocentrism, and the nature of human fulfillment
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 27
IS 3
SP 177
OP 194
A1 Stark, Michael J.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 1988
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1669110435
AB This essay explores the reasons why human beings suffer unnecessarily and suggests the means by which that suffering may be alleviated. Normal psychological functioning isegocentric, a mode of being that derives from a profound sense of deficiency and proceeds with a quest to prove being and worth in face of the world.Coenocentrism is an awareness of inner commonality and relatedness that relieves a person's feelings of isolation, separateness, and difference from others. Coenocentrism requires a transformation of the self through ecstatic experience and a relinquishing of one's own basic tendencies and understandings of the self and world.
K1 Basic Tendency
K1 Ecstatic Experience
K1 Human Fulfillment
K1 Profound Sense
K1 Psychological Functioning
DO 10.1007/BF01533180