The Shikoku Henro is a pilgrimage around eighty eight temples in Shikoku, which is based on the faith of Kobo Daishi (Kukai).　Kukai arranged the Pilgrimage route connecting the four Shikoku prefectures, as a “Taizokai-Mandala” of Esoteric Buddhism, a Buddhist training ground, embodying the“ fourfold transformation theory”. The four prefectures represent four dojos: Tokushima Prefecture a dojo of“ religious awakening”, Kochi Prefecture a dojo of“ Discipline”, Ehime Prefecture, one of“ Bodhi”, and finally Kagawa Prefecture a dojo of“ Nirvana”. To participate in the Shikoku pilgrimage is to stay in a non-everyday mode, walking a long time to denature the consciousness, and push up into the holy dimension. The author completed the Shikoku pilgrimage and experienced this for himself between 2008 and 2009. Participants’ experiences are similar to those undergoing the psychotherapy process.　For the holy dimension is described with reference to the“ Ego and self axis” of Jung, and the“ Theory of the spectrum of consciousness”of Wilber.

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This study was conducted to examine influences of the life and death lecture in different conditions to one’s sense of spiritual values. The life and death lecture ie, the spiritual lecture was conducted under the two different conditions those were the urban and the forest environments. Subjects were 17 male 27 female university students. In this study, the Purpose In Life test, the views on life and death test developed by authors and the Forgiveness of others Scale were adopted as psychological indicators that reflect the one’s sense of spiritual values. Results of this study showed that the spiritual lecture which was conducted under the forest environment had a larger impact on the spiritual values of the subject than that was conducted under the urban environment. Therefore, it was suggested that the forest environment is likely to affect to spiritual values of human beings to some extent.

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A female nurse patient in her thirties developed type1 diabetes mellitus, X-5 year. She gradually decline accepting her diabetes and accompanied depression and eating disorder (BN-NP). As her glycemic control exacerbated to about HbA1c 10%, she was introduced to the author in February, X year. The author put the insulin management into the diabetic specialist’s hands and focused on supporting her by monthly interviews utilizing Solution Focused Approach that guided to establish strong ego state in surface consciousness and Process Work that prompted the awareness of relationship in deep consciousness. Because the patient was convinced that the resources including her own strength and social support existed and established new aims to acquire a license of diabetes educator and delivery of a baby, care of diabetes was reframed from problem to solution. Consequently, she accepted diabetes, improved glycemic control to HbA1c6% and gave birth safely.

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