Unitar ian Universal ist member of the Graduate Theological Union Down to Earth Spirituality

During the awakening time of the 1960s, many of us then coming of age began searching for a unifying perspective on human life, one that would enable us to grow as both psychological and spiritual beings. My personal search led me to discover psychosynthesis, and this spiritual psychol-ogy became the center of my both my personal and professional life. During the 1990s, another period of searching brought me to the twin disciplines of deep ecology and ecopsychology, both of which expanded and enhanced the understandings and skills I had developed in my psychosynthesis work. Altogether psychosynthesis, deep ecology and ecopsychology form a unifying and dynamic basis for a down-to-earth spirituality in the 21st century. Psychosynthesis Roberto Assagioli, an Italian psychiatrist and mystic, began to articulate psychosynthesis early in the 20th century, believing that a complete psychology needed to include all dimensions of human beings, including the spiritual dimension. He focused on how human beings move toward increasing wholeness, integrating or synthesizing all the parts of the personality to work harmoniously together, so each person can respond creatively, even joyfully, to the psychological and spiritual demands of life. Psychosynthesis incorporates principles and practices from Buddhism, Yoga and other Easter