This paper aims to provide an understanding on the meaning of transpersonal psychology. It first examines the current definition of transpersonal psychology and its inherent problems and challenges. It then offers a new insight on the definition by drawing a parallel metaphor from the Taoist perspective and concludes that the nature of transpersonal psychology is fluid like water which is...
This paper critically examines the organisational practice that relates to transpersonal psychology. Drawing upon major theories and findings in the broad area of transpersonal applications from a literature review, we argue that the values of the transpersonal are being communicated indirectly at work. They are subsumed in ‘spirituality’, which in turn is subsumed by the term ‘value’. We...
This paper reviews a broad range of literature on the transpersonal and spirituality in the workplace. It aims to critically examine the organisational practice that relates to transpersonal psychology by drawing on major theories and findings in the broad area of transpersonal applications. In this paper, we argue that the values of the transpersonal are being communicated indirectly at work....
This paper represents a reflective account that is based on my personal experience from attending the 10th Annual Section Conference of the Transpersonal Psychology Section. In particular, the reflection has singled out Jessica Bockler’s workshop – Celebrating Our Story ... 100 Years of Transpersonal Psychology – as a significant moment in space for exploration. In doing so, some common threads...