Enlightenment Beyond Self-Actualization

Christopher J. Kazanjian, Ph.D., is a Professor of Educational Psychology at El Paso Community College, USA. He is author of Empowering Children (2021), Creating Meaning in Young Adulthood (2023), The Social-Emotional Learning Upgrade (2024), Essentials of Social and Emotional Intelligences (2025), and is program director of the award winning after-school program Kidz n' Coaches-El Paso.

'This book offers theory and a transcendental lens for educators and policymakers committed to sustaining meaningful change and cultivating empathetic, kind learning environments that honor learners' spiritual well-being.' Josephine Marsh, Arizona State University

• Introduction; 1. Conceptualizing a place beyond the self: Maslow, Rogers, Moustakas, and Jung; 2. Atop a pyramid: self-actualization; 3. Reaching beyond through self-transcendence; 4. The beat of the stream; 5. Cor Meum Perpetuum; 6. Cor Meum Perpetuum and the social and emotional intelligences; 7. Spiritually responsive pedagogy for emergent bilinguals; 8. Cultivating holistic well-being through spiritual relationships; 9. Play as a path toward Cor Meum Perpetuum; 10. The natural environment of transcendence; 11. The enlightened heart without fear; Concluding thoughts: the enlightened heart.