Interpersonal relations and transcendence
pp. 177-200
in: , Intimacy, transcendence, and psychology, Berlin, Springer, 2008Abstract
As I was beginning this chapter, I looked through some of the descriptions of transformations in relationships that I had collected over the years. One in particular caught my attention. It is a story with the same theme as those presented in the first chapter, but like any deeply human and personal story, it also stands by itself. Because it was written by a former student whom I have gotten to know quite well over the years, it is especially meaningful to me. As I use it to discuss the connection between the interpersonal and transcendence, I will also focus on two other stories from earlier chapters, one from Chapter 2, on disillusionment, and one from Chapter 3, on forgiveness.