By George A. Boyd © 2002 When we examine the professions that
provide counseling, we find the following array based on the seven chakras
of the Planetary Man:
Chakra |
Psychological Model |
Professional Titles |
Primary counseling activities |
7th |
Transpersonal |
Guru, Spiritual Master |
Transmits wisdom from the state of spiritual
enlightenment and empowerment, counsels the ensouling entity |
6th |
Transpersonal |
Spiritual Guide, Meditation
Teacher |
Guides the attentional principle and/or
the spirit on the inner Planes. Reveals the ensouling entity and
the inner vehicles. Coaches in meditation. |
5th |
Transpersonal |
Channel, Trance Medium |
Transmits guidance from a spiritual source
of wisdom in the Superconscious mind. |
4th |
Transpersonal, Psychodynamic,
Humanistic |
Pastoral Counselor |
Uses scriptures to give guidance and
comfort |
Transpersonal |
Metaphysical Counselor |
Uses metaphysical teaching, affirmations
to give guidance. May also do structured or unstructured psychic
readings to give counsel. |
3rd |
Humanistic, Educational Counseling |
Career Counselor |
Guides individuals in career-related
issues |
School/Academic Counselor |
Guides students in personal social adjustment
and class selection |
Vocational Rehabilitation
Counselor |
Assists workers to return to gainful
employment after injury or disability |
Humanistic |
Employee Assistance Counselor |
Assists employees on-the-job by giving
referrals for treatment for substance abuse issues, to find childcare,
and help for financial issues, and other personal problems |
Financial counselor |
Assists individuals and families get
out of debt, may give financial guidance |
2nd |
Existential, Humanistic, Psychodynamic,
Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral |
Psychotherapist, Marriage
Family Therapy, Clinical Social Worker, Psychologist |
Provides psychotherapy to individuals,
groups and families to overcome developmental and traumatic issues,
difficulties in interpersonal relationships, emotional and behavioral
problems |
Social Worker |
Assists individuals and families access
community resources to care for their housing, health care, and
survival needs, and to obtain employment |
Chemical Dependency Counselor |
Assists individuals to overcome dependency
on drugs and alcohol and maintain a stable recovery |
1st |
Existential, Humanistic, Psychodynamic,
Medical model, Cognitive Behavioral |
Psychiatrist |
Gives medication to treat mental illness,
diagnoses the condition, and may also do some psychotherapy |
Not applicable |
Psychometrist |
Provides tests to determine educational
and clinical status of clients, may advise client what test results
mean |
Humanistic, behavioral modification |
Residential counselor,
camp counselor |
Organizes activities, makes sure students
or residents know the rules, handles interpersonal difficulties
and personal adjustment issues. May work with the mentally ill or
developmentally disabled residents to shape socially appropriate
behavior. |
Humanistic |
Crisis counselor, help
line counselor |
Assists individuals in crisis by listening
and giving appropriate referrals |
The mystic adept uses the three
highest octaves of counseling; pastoral and metaphysical counselors, the
fourth; and the secular, professional disciplines of counseling, the lowest
three octaves. As you proceed on the path of spiritual unfoldment, the
capabilities of the higher centers become accessible to you, and new possibilities
of counseling open to you also.
Chakra one counseling deals with
orientation to the environment, promoting socially appropriate behavior,
amelioration of symptoms, testing and measurement, and learning the
rules of getting along with other people.
Chakra two counseling accesses
the personal unconscious, which includes a person's experiences through
their entire developmental history, and the nexus of interpersonal
and social relationships in which a person is embedded. It deals with
difficulties in coping with interpersonal and social situations in
the family and with the social network, and overcoming the sequelae
of traumatic or abusive situations. It recognizes motivation, perception,
learning, and choice as powerful modifiers of affect and behavior.
By working through issues both intrapsychically and interpersonally,
an individual can overcome self-defeating patterns of behavior and
function more adequately. Psychotherapy is a key modality at this
level.
Chakra three counseling deals
with issues of livelihood, professional and career advancement, and
education. Academic, financial and vocational counseling is particularly
germane to this level.
Chakra four counseling works
with individuals who are opening to their spirituality. It may give
guidance based on metaphysical or religious teachings, to help an
individual find connection to their essence and sources of spiritual
solace and strength. Pastoral counseling extends human relationships
into a relationship with a personal God. It admits a spiritual dimension
to human experience, and responds to the deeper quest for meaning,
understanding and unity with the transcendent.
Counseling of chakras five through
seven works with individuals who are "on the path." This form of counseling
guides them to cross the great ocean of the higher unconscious to
actualize their full spiritual potentials. While channeling may address
personal concerns, it typically addresses spiritual questions and
gives guidance about making progress on the path. Spiritual guidance
and transmission of the enlightened mind work directly with the attentional
principle, the spirit and ensouling entity to accelerate the spiritual
evolution. This type of counseling is geared towards sincere aspirants
and disciples.
We offer varieties of this higher
octave counseling from the four highest chakras through our meditation
teaching and metavisional services. Here are some examples.
Chakra |
Services |
7th |
Light Sitting, Soul Attunement |
6th |
Meditation teaching: The Mudrashram® Master
Course in Meditation, The Mudrashram® Advanced Course in Meditation,
Meditation Consultations, meditation workshops |
5th |
Guidance channeling (usually coupled with Soul
Attunement) |
4th |
Metaphysical counseling through a series of
readings, including the Foot reading, Tarot card reading, a variety
of Soul readings, and Past Life readings; training in the Psychic
arts such as the How to Read Your Own Past Lives Workshop and Tarot
Card Reading Workshop |
If you have a calling for Counseling,
we encourage you to explore it in each of its forms.
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