3. The Transhuman Dimension Freedom without responsibility is senseless • ∴ Freedom to question life & its meaning is senseless if such meaning doesn’t exist. Meaning Not created or invented, but found • → ∴ Exists in an objective sense proved by the fact that we feel addressed by our conscience → & called upon to act right Emanates from a transhumant dimension → Have universal and timeless significance → can be discovered by anyone, at any time, under any circumstances. → The vehicle through which we detect meaning • Conscience→ More than just the superego → has transcendent qualities → Faith Unshakeable belief that life has ultimate meaning • → The subjective experience of the objective existence of a Transhuman → dimension of things hoped for, the evidence of things not → “The substance yet seen” 4. A Highly Personalised (Personally Accountable) Way of Being Meaning of life cannot be incorporated by one religion • Dimension of meaning transcends our comprehension of it • Every person has the right & freedom to decide to what he is accountable • Something is meaningful only if it is personally experienced as such • Religion is genuine only when it is existential • p442 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PERSONALITY 1 The Three Dimensions of the Personality Dimensional ontology There are three levels/dimensions of existence • → Physical, psychological and spiritual → Physical Complex biomechanical mechanism • → Similar to a machine → Behaviorist/learning theory → Closed system - no freedom of will → Psychological Needs and drives • → Similar to animals → Psychoanalytic theory → Closed system - no free will → Spiritual Noological • → Unique to human beings →
3. The Transhuman Dimension • Freedom without responsibility is senseless ∴ Freedom to question life & its meaning is senseless if such meaning doesn’t exist. • Meaning → Not created or invented, but found ∴ Exists in an objective sense → proved by the fact that we feel addressed by our conscience & called upon to act right → Emanates from a transhumant dimension → Have universal and timeless significance → can be discovered by anyone, at any time, under any circumstances. • Conscience→ The vehicle through which we detect meaning → More than just the superego → has transcendent qualities • Faith → Unshakeable belief that life has ultimate meaning → The subjective experience of the objective existence of a Transhuman dimension → “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen” 4. A Highly Personalised (Personally Accountable) Way of Being • Meaning of life cannot be incorporated by one religion • Dimension of meaning transcends our comprehension of it • Every person has the right & freedom to decide to what he is accountable • Something is meaningful only if it is personally experienced as such • Religion is genuine only when it is existential p442 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PERSONALITY 1 The Three Dimensions of the Personality • Dimensional ontology → There are three levels/dimensions of existence → Physical, psychological and spiritual • Physical → Complex biomechanical mechanism → Similar to a machine → Behaviorist/learning theory → Closed system - no freedom of will • Psychological → Needs and drives → Similar to animals → Psychoanalytic theory → Closed system - no free will • Spiritual → Noological → Unique to human beings