The current chapter attempts to introduce an innovative perspective on the concept of stress, the cause, and the healing. The ideas presented are based on the practice and experience of the author with years of psychotherapeutic practice and independent research. The novelty of this model lies in the understanding of self-constructed stress through the creative conscious analysis (CCA) and intentional awareness (IA), then the invitation for mental freedom using the 3Rs—reach, reflect, and release—are elaborated on.
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Stress in general and occupational stress, in particular, has been a topic of research since the early 1900s (Tan & Yip, 2018; Vaananen, et al., 2012). To understand the formulation of first, what is the concept of stress and second, what is the cause behind occupational stress, it is valuable to look at how the human mind manifests such ideas in its vast comprehensive potential. In addition, this chapter aims to present novel concepts based on the practice and experience of the author with years of psychotherapeutic practice and independent research.
The laws of universal existence explain that the manifestation of dualism was ignited at the moment of mental analysis (Murray,1896; Angha, 2012). Although Neil’s Bohr, a physics Noble laureate, pioneered the complementarity principle, which explained the conjugation of what was previously considered dualistic, (Basu & Sengupta, 1994) meaning all that seem particular and sperate, are actually in unity. In addition, unity of the universe has been the subject of all relevant sciences, from quantum physics to philosophy and from astronomy to theosophy. (El-Mongy, 2022; Sciama, 2009; Capra, 1975) In the words of the acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us.” (Bingham, et al., 2006) However, when a conscious mind starts analyzing a situation, that mind sees itself as separate from the noted “situation,” and thus, the relentless mental storytelling is initiated, subsequently the separation and detachment appear real. Dualism is the idea of a divide, so, in other words, it could be called “two-ism” also known as the “us” versus “them” factor.
The other relevant universal law is the law of creation which is creativity. The etymological history of the word creates travels back to ancient Greeks and Romans and it means to grow as well as to expand (Shipley,1984). Creativity has the same root as the words creatures, Creole, and increase (Skeat, 1995; Ayto, 1991). Therefore, the universal law of creation is creativity or expansion (Ferreira & Ferreira, 2017; Hartnett, 2011). Accordingly, humans, as part of that creation, create the constitution of their world externally and within their mind. The theory of creativity was initiated by Teresa Amabile in 1983, describing the mechanics of creative possibility as the amalgamation of four components, including domain-relevant skill, creativity-relevant process, intrinsic task motivation, and the preceding social environment (Amabile, 2012). However not all creative innovations are done consciously, appropriately. the more conscious an individual becomes, the more they can understand their life’s manifestations and open the path of clear analysis, hence introducing creative conscious analysis (CCA). Every thought, sermon, deposition, and song written ventures into the creative nature of creation, but then, so does suffering and agonizing, they are both by definition, created in creation by the mind. There are distinct differences between pain and suffering. The origin or the etymology of the word pain is punishment (Nourai, 2013), essentially a reaction to adverse action. The etymology of the word suffering is to carry (Watkins, 2011).