Searching the Spiritual Content in a Personality Using Vedic Wisdom: Possible Modifications in the Theory of Jung

Abstract

Vedic literature does contain a deep rooted wisdom as far as the subjective science of the Self is concerned. The main aim of this ancient wisdom perhaps had been to generate a highly evolved individual and subsequently a human race, who can maintain the world and cosmic orders in a sustainable form in the midst of wars perpetually going on between good and evil at different scales of human existences. Goodness and evil basically correspond respectively to positive and negative thoughts which, in turn, qualify the human attitudes, actions and behaviors. The latter play a dominant role in the maintenance of local, global and cosmic orders in a sustainable form. When the question of setting the standards for and categorizing the ideally integrated (or spiritually evolved) personalities in modern times arises, the Vedic wisdom does offer several clues and intriguing parameters towards the personality traits and dimensions. To this effect, one of the authors (RSK) has already proposed (Int. Jour. Ind. Psych. 3 (2016) 57) some plausible modifications to the theory of Jung on personality development, conventionally taught in the class room. The main aim of this Article is to highlight some further modifications to the theory with a view to exploring its viability in the search of spiritual content in one’s personality. In the process, two new style-matrices in the theory are suggested. It is found that one of these matrices corresponds to the well known trait of ‘emotional intelligence’ and the other one to a newly proposed trait, termed here as ‘sensational conscience’. The studies pursued here will not only encourage one to inculcate spiritual values in his/her own personality but will also guide in the recruitment and reformation processes in various kinds of organizations and institutions.