PURPOSEFUL SELF - ACCESSING SENSORY MOTIFS AS EMPOWERMENT IN FLOW STATES AND CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS

The idea is presented that each human being has an inherent life purpo se operating as a basic guide. As we live true to this purpose, we exp erience harmony, joy, and empowerment. To access and experience life p urpose, we need to attend to our sensory systems (i.e., visual, audito ry, and kinesthetic) as manifest in flow states. An individual's purpo se is primarily expressed in what may be called a sensory motif, a uni que way of combining and organizing his or her senses manifesting that person's unique character. Sensory motifs are highly visible in flow states. Use of sensory motifs as clinical interventions is illustrated in five clinical cases. It is concluded that to live with purpose and meaning in one's life involves discovering and gaining access to one' s sensory motif.