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 |
| Love
your neighbor as yourself |
not lie |
not covet |
Sabbath (do good)
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honor parents |
not kill |
not adultery |
not steal |
| Character
Qualities |
Conscience (Responsibility) |
Meditation (Success)
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Design |
Authority |
Morality (Freedom) |
Service (Suffering) |
Ownership (Rights) |
| 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 |
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