What is this?

Soulmaking is a concept that acknowledges the importance of transformation and growth in human life. It is a practice of intentionally engaging with the challenges of life in order to build resilience, develop our skills, clarify our deeper values and understandings, and come to fuller expressions of our being. The process of soulmaking is gradual and ongoing, as growth and learning expand our horizons and set us on new paths of exploration. As an intention, soulmaking speaks to the recognition of how our internal processes and embodied encounters interact and are necessary parts of the journey. Soulmaking is potentially the work of a lifetime, a deep exploration of the self and of what it means to be in a body and a world with others.

See also: dependent origination, phenomenological approach, developmental psychology, mystical experience, compassion practice

The Fifth Jhana (The Realm of Infinite Space) - (Practising the Jhānas) 16 mentions

The Image of Ethics (Part 2) - (In Psyche's Orchard) 16 mentions

The Energy Body (A Little Bit of What, Why, and How) - (Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma) 16 mentions

Towards the Imaginal - (Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma) 16 mentions

Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 5) - (The Mirrored Gates) 15 mentions

Sensing with Soul (Part 5) - (The Mirrored Gates) 15 mentions

Dharma(s) Discovered and Created (Part 1) - (Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light) 14 mentions

Sensing with Soul (Part 4) - (The Mirrored Gates) 14 mentions

Eros and Desire (Q & A) - (Roots into the Ground of Soul) 14 mentions

Mindfulness and Myth - (Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception) 14 mentions