Abstract. This article explores the intertwining of mental health and spirituality from each perspective. In the postmodern era, human beings must be understood holistically and non-dichotomously through an interdisciplinary academic approach. Mental health can no longer be viewed as a purely psychological dimension that appears unrelated to the spiritual dimension, or conversely, that a...
Abstract. This paper was aimed to explore the meaning of pleasing God as a form of transcendental motivation through an integrative approach combining Christian theology, transpersonal psychology, and biopsychology. This study used a library research method. Findings showed that this motivation is linked to spiritual direction, the heart as the center of moral discernment, and surrender as a...
Abstract. This article focuses on the dialectical encounter of the cataphatic and apophatic spirituality paths which are by psalmist based on “why” and Meister Eckhart on “without why” in responding to the reality of life, especially amid suffering. For the psalmist, the where, why, and when questions arise not from doubt but from Yahweh’s steadfast love (ḥesed). Even though the psalmist and...