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5 Core capacities - Introduction

 

>> All life wants to grow and develop!

 

We humans develop in five basic areas, the physical, mental, emotional, creative and spiritual areas. This model of five realms shows our versatile talents, experiences, aspirations, skills and our development of consciousness – in other words, our capacities. That is why we call them the five core capacities.

 

A look at our Western world shows that human education is mainly focused on the mental sphere, which is clearly revealed in René Descartes' statement «I think, therefore I am!». The physical realm is also increasingly taken into account in the form of fitness, sport and healthy nutrition, whereas the spiritual realm plays a marginal role in social discourse, because we banish everything spiritual and religious almost exclusively to the private sphere. In between is the creative sphere, which is receiving more attention through stars in literature, film and the music business or in architecture, theatre and dance. That leaves the emotional realm, which we sometimes experience as largely confusing and diffuse, whether in raptures, stirring outbursts of emotion, unconscious fears or by largely ignoring or repressing feelings. – This results in an immense imbalance in the five core capacities, which is easily recognisable and noticeable in all areas of society, such as the health, education and economic systems.

 

Holistic human education, as we also strive for at Caribou Azores, on the other hand, promotes all five core capacities equally. Because everything changes, adapts to changes and thus strives for a new level of development, we consider personal development and inner growth as the basis of life, i.e. life is learning! It is a conscious learning process through joy or unconscious learning, which sometimes happens through joy but often also through painful experiences.

 

For us, holistic human formation means learning to connect consciously: with myself (self-love/self-care and self-reliance) with other people (empathy, hospitality, altruism, tolerance) and to communicate openly with them and to feel uplifting, mental concepts, emotional harmony and balance connected with nature and the «universal/divine». I want to become free, to free myself from everything that hinders this development: constricting mental patterns, emotional hurts and fears, etc. and what promotes this development: uplifting mental concepts, emotional harmony and balance. – On this path of development, I am constantly becoming more consciously open, more alert, more spontaneous, more creative, more curious and more in the moment, i.e. more in the here and now.

 

In each area, a human being deserves support, a framework and structure to help them grow. The following five blog posts (May-September) attempt to bring the five core capacities closer.

 

 

We are glad to enable transformative experiences.

 

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–> All 5 Core Capacities as pdf