Psychosynthesis Exercise: Evocative Words

• Select one of the transpersonal values that you wish to activitate in yourself or bring into your organization.
• Write the word down on a three by five card.
• Look at the word and allow thoughts and images to emerge which represent the word. Write them down.
• Allow feelings to emerge regarding the inspirational and positive nature of the value. Write them down.
• Act as if you or your organization had this value fully developed. Write anything else that occurs to you regarding this.
• Share your word and thoughts and feelings about it with someone close to you or someone in your organization.
• Place the card in a place where you can see it.

TRANSPERSONAL QUALITIES

ADMIRATION APPRECIATION BEAUTY BLISS BROTHERHOOD CALM COMPASSION COMPREHENSION COOPERATION COURAGE CREATIVITY DETACHMENT ENERGY ENTHUSIASM

ETERNITY FAITH FORGIVENESS FREEDOM FRIENDSHIP GENEROSITY GOODNESS GOODWILL GRATITUDE HARMONY INCLUSIVENESS INFINITY JOY LIBERATION

LIGHT LOVE ORDER PATIENCE PEACE POSITIVENESS POWER PROSPERITY QUIET REALITY RENEWAL TRUST TRUTH SERENITY

SERVICE SILENCE SIMPLICITY SYNTHESIS UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSALITY VITALITY WELLNESS WHOLENESS WILL WISDOM WONDER

An extension of this exercise is to work with a symbol of the value.

• Center yourself and adopt an attitude of receptivity.
• Think about the value, and as you imagine your mind opening up like a flower bud, allow a symbol to emerge which represents this value.
• Draw it and share your symbol with others.
• Again place the symbol in a location where you can see it.

Keep a journal reflecting how you can and did manifest this value in yourself and/or in your organization. Also note in your journal difficulties you may have contacting the value. Sometimes when you start with an evocative word or symbol, you are reminded of how little of that value is present, or how hard it has been to contact it. You may have the word JOY visible and feel the frustration or unhappiness more acutely because of it. You may have the word, PROSPERITY, and thus be reminded of the lack of financial success or progress in yourself or the organization.

Note: this exercise was originally recieved through contact with John Cullen.

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Last revised: November 18, 2004.