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BASIC CONCERNS
WHY The Labyrinth of the Spirit grew from a business failure. Why the name? A labyrinth has a no dead ends like a maze, but a specific goal. The spirit of a positive attitude is essential to any venture. So, "Labyrinth of the Spirit."(LOS) is the name. In our case, The positive attitude driving two of the business founders made them blind to clear negative signals from the third. When cash was needed to survive, lies, wasted resources, and deceptive financial obligations triggered failure. In a sense, naivete won.
WHAT What began a a learning process for my own blindness proved to have broad application. Each discipline operated in its own way, with its own vocabulary, and because of each's uniqueness, was subject to its own 'typical' error. 25 years of research and cross-checking disclosed that LOS's problem-solving structure applied to many disciplines. Some sources were the standard business model, communication and relationship principles, social and philosophical categories, the Myers-Briggs occupational method, and the learning process described in the Manual for Teachers of A Course in Miracles. This last reference describes the Learning Process in spiritual terms.

A person in good spirits perceives differently than one depressed. The attitude held at that moment is the "spirit of the moment," which affects doing and thinking.
HOW The Labyrinth was built on the Will's conviction first, then a mindful problem-solving procedure complete enough to uncover blindnesses. Then it was applied to Relationships, Communications, and Involvement models. It became apparent that each "model" had its own vocabulary, and can go 'off-track,' that is, err at different stages of its procedure.

Development was strongly influenced by the writings of psychologist Robert Sternberg, readings about Edgar Cayce, various practical, social, philosophic, and mathematics works, plus the writings of Helen Shucman and Emanuel Swedenborg.
WHICH A procedure, once learned, becomes automatic, almost instinctive. Stopping to think takes longer than doing.

When developing the Communications procedure, the three part Sender-Message-Receiver (SMR) communications model helped to define the structure of them all. It seems as though every human endeavor is a form of the communications procedure.

To honor the Will and its Willpower, SMR is now called the SWE (Stimulus-Willpower-Effect). Same sequence, different terms, and universally satisfactory.

When the Will repeatedly does things the same way, it is called Force of Habit Though actually a way to conserve personal energy, it has ironically been called a 'force'.

Force of Habit is willful behavior, sometimes delivering errorful results. Conscientious Will thinks about correcting the error. Will has to decide: 'stay the course' and justify error, or slow down to think, learn, and correct it.

The Communications sequence SMR became SWE to satisfy the Will.
Now SWE becomes SDE (Stimulus-Decision-Effect) to satisfy the Mind.
In learning, Decision replaces Willpower.
WHEN When does awareness reveal perceptions that expose a blindness? When and how does this perception get an insight that opens the opportunity for possibility of exposure?. Insight can come suddenly or subtly. What was unconscious can become conscious. Very subtle: things are naturally and unconsciously done differently. Awareness changed.
When awareness accepts what had once seemed impossible, belief is probable.
Correct errors:
    When unsatisfied.
    When getting unwanted results.
    When time permits.
WHERE On line, go to website lifedecision.info (or spiritwill.info)
Anywhere, with printed pages from the website lifedecision.info (or spiritwill.info)
A comfortable space used for meditation, contemplation, and/or analysis.
CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For Basics, go to Basic Concerns
For personal and system benefits, go to Benefits
For Keys to life's decisions, go to Key Reasons
To avoid error, go to Errors
To consider Habits, Learning, and Development, go to Start
For Purpose, Author info, and Motive, go to About
For definitions, go to Terms
To make contact and/or be a donor, go to Contact
For Habits, Go to Habit and Willpower
To enter the learning process, Go to Trust
For Table of Contents, Go to Table of Contents
For validation, go to Development
For concern theory, go to Concern Opens the Door
For Why? theory, go to Purpose
For error theory, go to Fallacy
For learning theory and personal values, go to Process
For choice guidance and theory, go to Choice
To use the Three Formats, go to the Labyrinth
Disclaimer The Labyrinth of the Spirit tries to describe the human condition, succeeding only when helpful.
Please feel free to discuss and argue its points with skepticism.
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