MAJOR CONCEPT

Relationship of Principles, Concepts and Theoretical Structures

Structuring Meaning Multidimensionally is Co-creating reality the Languaging of Valuing and Imaging

     Many universes exist for a person at any time. Reality is the harmony between these universes reached through a person’s choice. Personal reality includes all that a person is and will become. Constructing reality is giving meaning to unique experience. Structuring meaning is done through imaging, valuing and languaging.

Imaging

An individual's view of reality.

"Shaping of personal knowledge explicitly-tacitly"

An infertile couple believes there are many children in need of loving homes and plan to adopt.

Valuing

"Confirming-not confirming of cherished beliefs in light of a personal worldview

An older woman begins to exercise and watch her diet as she is concerned about her health.

Languaging

It relates to how human beings symbolize and express their imaged realities and their value priorities.

A man diagnosed with terminal cancer finds the words and the strength to talk to his family about it.

Cocreating Rhythmical Patterns of Relating is Living the Paradoxical Unity of revealing-concealing and enabling-limiting while connecting-separating 

     The human & the universe, including the people in one’s life are cocreating a rhythmical pattern of energies. As people grow they form and simultaneously break bonds with different elements. Other persons and element in the universe are moving towards & away from each other, revealing aspects of them while concealing others in their continuous interrelationship.

Revealing-Concealing

Disclosing-not disclosing all-at-once.

A pregnant youth must reveal her secret to her parents.

Enabling-Limiting

Represents the freedoms and opportunities that surface with the restrictions and obstacles of everyday living.

A patient chooses to refuse a treatment.

Cotranscending with the possibles is powering unique ways of originating in the process of transforming 

     Going beyond the actual in interrelationship with others. Another person may help you grow beyond perceived limits even though the person must do the moving their self. The energy for moving on is called powering.

Powering

Conveys the meaning about struggle and life and the will to go on despite hardship and threat.

Parents learn to be strong and move on with life after losing their youngest child in an accident.

Originating

Concept about human uniqueness.

A woman raises money for breast cancer research to honour her grandmother.

Transforming

It is about change and the shifting views that people have about their lives.

An elderly man finally accepts outside help as he is no longer able to care for his wife.