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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