The Spiritual Self Schema (3-S) Development Program

pattern, such as victim, aggressor, failure, addict, critic.
Then, using the Self-Schema Check-In Log (available as a
Worksheet at the end of this text), enter the name you gave this selfschema
in the space provided on the Log, and rate (from 0% to 100%)
the extent to which you were able to experience and express your
Spiritual nature while this particular self-schema was being accessed.
If you find that you forget to do your self-schema check-ins
three times each day, examine and modify your cues-to-action, and
try again. Do not proceed to the next step until you have been able to
conduct Self-Schema Check-Ins three times a day for at least one
week.
Step 6: Week-End Review
Reflect. At the end of the week, review your Self-Schema Check-
In Log and reflect on the following:
1. what self-schema was most frequently activated during the week?
2. what self-schema was most incompatible with the experience and
expression of your Spiritual nature?
When you reflect on the self-schema that was most incompatible
with the experience and expression of your Spiritual nature, try to
identify those daydreams (patterns of mind wandering), cognitive
scripts, and behavioral action sequences that were associated with this
self-schema during the week, together with the internal or external cues
that activated them [for example, perhaps a habitual emotional
response pattern, such as anger (an internal cue) activated a particular
cognitive script (e.g., angry thoughts) as well as potentially harmful
verbal or behavioral action sequences (e.g., angry words or actions].
Rehearse (visualization). Visualize the screen once again, this
time imagine that you are viewing the actor enacting the self-schema
that was most incompatible with the experience and expression of your
Spiritual nature last week. As you watch the performance, imagine
picking up the remote control device and rewinding the tape, stopping
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