The Precious Pearl Byond Price
The “Precious Pearl Beyond Price” is a compelling spiritual concept encapsulating the invaluable essence of personhood and what it means to be a real person. Serving as a focal point in the quest for embodiment of self-realization in the world of man. The Precious Pearl represents the irreplaceable core of individuality that each person brings into the world. Teachers like A. H. Almaas have deeply explored this concept within the framework of the Diamond Approach.
The pearl is not a static entity; it is realized through a dynamic developmental process. Latent within the depths of the soul, it requires interaction with the world to manifest and mature its inherent qualities. This maturation is not merely an evolution of the ego but a transformation, ripening into a “real person” who embodies their unique qualities and potential. The pearl serves as the true maturation and ripening of the ego into a genuine person. Thus, the Precious Pearl Beyond Price is not just a spiritual ideal but a lived experience, a journey of becoming that each soul undertakes.
The Pearl beyond Price: Integration of Personality into Being: An Object-Relations Approach
Book One – The Nature of the Pearl Beyond Price
- The Personal Essence: The Man of Spirit and the Man of the World; Being and Ego
- The Discovery of Personal Essence: Autonomy; Beingness; The Personal Element; Contact
- The Essential Person: Personal Essence and the Man of the World; Personal Essence in Legends and Fairy Tales; Personal Essence and the Man of Spirit; Personal Essence in Spiritual Traditions
- Personal Essence and Ego Development: Maturity, Ego and Personal Essence; Being and Functioning; Personal Essence and Object Relations Theory; The Metabolism of Experience; Personal Essence and Ego Functions
Book Two – The Realization of the Pearl Beyond Price
- Inner Evolution: Enlightenment; The Diamond Approach
- Personal Essence and the Process of Separation-Individuation: Separation; Merging; Negative Merging; Identity; Personalization; Rapprochment; Autonomic Regulation; The Will Essence
- Personal Essence and Essential Aspects: The Mother Aspects of Essence; The Father Aspects of Essence
Book Three – The Development of the Pearl Beyond Price
- Identity: Ego Versus Being; The Personalization of Essence; The Actualization of Being; Cultural Values
- The Objective Dimensions of Essence: Being and Ego Deficiency; Origins of Ego Deficiency; Resolution of Ego Deficiency; The Complete Person; Personal Essence and Ego Boundaries; Aloneness
- The Formless Dimensions of Being: The Impersonal Versus the Personal; Cosmic Consciousness and Individuation; Universal Love and Ego Identity; Oneness and the Person; Transcendence and Embodiment; Nonconceptual Reality and Functioning; Absence; The Nameless; The Absolute