CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS

Foursquare Conversations' publications, programs, and seminars are based on three conceptual frameworks:1. The Four-Fold Human Being, and 2. The Three-Fold Soul and 3.The Four Listenings.

These frameworks are explained in Ground Zero and The Human Soul and in the Study Guide.


THE FOUR-FOLD HUMAN BEING


BODY


A gathering and
holding of substance
into unique functional form




DOMAIN

The realm where the
body expresses
its existence




SUBSTANCE


The components and evidence of each body




RESPONSE


Relationship to inner and outer influences




DEVELOPMENT


The process of human development





PHYSICAL


I embody


Space


The corpse
or earthly remains
after death

Imitation and heredity
Birth to 7 year old
LIFE

I live
I have a life

Time


Biology,
Biography,
Emotions


Identification
and Heredity
7 - 14 years old
SOUL

I think
I feel
I will


Relativity

Instinct
and Ideals
expressed in
thinking,
feeling,
and willing

Independence
and a sense of self
14 - 21 years old
SPIRIT


I Am


Eternity

Kernal of
the divine
experienced in
individuality
and universality

Freedom
and selfhood
21 years old
to death

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