Thesis
The structure of human awareness emerges
directly out of man's temporal situation and his relation to being.
Both his seven-dimensional human predicament (Guilt, Anxiety, Boredom,
Idolatry, Despair, Alienation, and Desecration) and his seven-fold possibility
for authenticity (Forgiveness, Trust, Respons-ability, Faith, New Identity,
Love, Consecration) develop as an expression of his sevenfold existential
relation to Time and Being.
The work that is frequently referenced
in this grid is, "The
Structure of Awareness," by Thomas C. Oden, 1969 (henceforth,
TSOA). In fact, my "Thesis" draws largely from Oden's work
and attempts to extend it to other studies.
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Topics
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Past |
Future |
Present |
God |
Self |
Others |
World |
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I-You |
I-I |
I-you |
I-it |
| Relationships |
remembered |
anticipated |
experiencing |
trans-personal |
intra-personal |
inter-personal |
sub-personal |
| Access
to Awareness |
Memory |
Imagination |
Experience |
Valuational Consciousness |
Self-Consciousness |
Social-Consciousness |
Spacio-physical Consciousness |
| Man's
Predicament |
Guilt |
Anxiety |
Boredom |
Idolatry |
Despair |
Alienation |
Desecration |
| Man's
Promise |
Forgiveness |
Trust |
Respons-ability |
Faith |
New Identity |
Love |
Consecration |
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| God |
before time |
forever |
now |
honor (authority) |
blessing (majesty) |
glory |
power |
| Christ's
Kingdom |
Mourn |
Hunger and thirst
for righteousness |
Poor in spirit |
Peacemaker |
Pure in heart |
Merciful |
Meek |
| Christ's
Resurrection |
Truth over falsehood |
Good over evil |
Love over hate |
Life over death |
Identity preserved |
Victorious life |
My resurrection assured |
| Character
Qualities |
Conscience (Responsibility) |
Meditation (Success)
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Design |
Authority |
Morality (Freedom) |
Service (Suffering) |
Ownership (Rights) |
| Love
your neighbor as yourself |
not lie |
not covet |
Sabbath (do good)
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honor parents |
not kill |
not adultery |
not steal |
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