Soulagogy: to lead the soul with Dobeing

Soulagogy: to lead the soul with Dobeing

Humanity is required to make moral choices and solve moral dilemmas. Soulagogy is to lead the soul to its moral decisions. It is a new term by Nir Golan. "Education is that process, by which thought is opened out of the soul, and, associated with outward . . . things, is reflected back upon itself, and thus made conscious of its reality and shape."/ Amos Bronson Alcott.

Soul or psyche (Greek: "psyühē", of "psychein", "to breathe") are the mental abilities of a living being: reason, character, feeling, consciousness, memory, perception, thinking, etc. Agogy (Greek: ἄγω ágō), "I lead", to lead. Soulagogy: to lead the soul, means: Educating the soul. “It is Self-Realization. As a means, therefore, of educating the soul out of itself, and mirroring forth its ideas, the external world offers the materials." / Amos Bronson Alcott.

Dobeing is based on the originally term introduced by the organismic theorist Kurt Goldstein for the motive to realize one's full potential: self-actualization. Self-realization is to know oneself. The term can be traced to Advaita Vedanta which means to realize the truth of one's existence. Nir Golan, Educational & Leadership expert, suggests using Dobeing instead of these two terms.

Dobeing is the heart of three cycles diagram: Passion, Capabilities and Uniqueness.

Self-realization is identifying Passion, Capabilities and Uniqueness.

·        Passion: The things I like to do most and excite me.

·        Capabilities: Skills I'm good at and I do the best.

·        Uniqueness: My significant behavior and added value to those around me.

Soulagogy is to lead the soul to its moral decisions, educating the soul. "A language is to be instituted between [the child’s] spirit and the surrounding scene of things in which he dwells. . .  He who is seeking to know himself, should be ever seeking himself in external things, and by so doing will he be best able to find, and explore his inmost light.” / Amos Bronson Alcott.  

Dobeing according to Soulagogy is realizing one's full potential according to these three cycles. Dobeing is a combination between Self-realization and self-actualization. After I have found the balance that satisfies my needs without ignoring the needs of my fellow man, then what value is all of that if I do not act, if I postpone action to some later time, doesn't that show that the whole exercise was bogus and there was neither a real need for myself nor concern for my fellow man?

In Goldstein's view, it is the organism's master motive, the only real motive: "the tendency to actualize itself as fully as possible is the basic drive... the drive of self-actualization." The only way to "actualize itself" is by using the passion that you have to do what you do best, and spread your uniqueness all around. Carl Rogers similarly wrote of "the curative force in psychotherapy - man's tendency to actualize himself, to become his potentialities... to express and activate all the capacities of the organism."

Soulagogy is to lead the soul with Dobeing. Golan assumes that Education is all about helping the soul to Dobeing its self. Education is that process, by which thought is opened out of the soul and Dobeing is to express and activate all the passion, Capabilities and Uniqueness of the organism.