¿Qué significa ser transpersonal?

El término Transpersonal se refiere a un estado de consciencia ampliado que va más allá del nivel habitual en el que nos vivimos, al tiempo que abarca e integra a este último. La partícula “trans” significa a través de, y viene a señalar que lo transpersonal atraviesa, incluye y trasciende al nivel “personal”. Lo transpersonal es el estado de conciencia que va más allá de tales contenidos y procesos; un ámbito de mayor evolución que, trascendiendo el pensamiento, manifiesta capacidades que el nivel “yo persona”, por sí mismo, todavía no ha expandido. En los primeros pasos de la dimensión transpersonal se despliega la capacidad de atestiguar los procesos internos desde el “yo observador” o conciencia testigo; es decir, uno se torna capaz de establecer distancia con los “contenidos” del yo personal (sensaciones, emociones y pensamientos), y observarlos desde una total neutralidad. En dicho estado transpersonal se despliega, como consecuencia, el acceso a lo que podemos llamar como Lo Real, es decir, una realidad con mayúsculas nombrada de formas distintas a lo largo de la historia de la Humanidad. La evolución de la consciencia hacia la Unidad supraconsciente transita por los tres escalones fundamentales que van de lo prepersonal a lo personal, y de lo personal a lo transpersonal. Quiere esto decir que en el comienzo de los tiempos somos preconscientes. Más tarde, paralelamente a la maduración, nos tornamos progresivamente conscientes; conforme seguimos evolucionando, desplegamos el estado supramental o supraconsciente.

El término transpersonal fue propuesto en 1969 por Maslow para poder designar una nueva Psicología, la cual él consideraba la “Cuarta Fuerza”, tras el conductismo, el psicoanálisis y la psicología humanista. Ciñéndonos al significado, «transpersonal» significa «más allá de lo personal», y ese es precisamente el principal objetivo de esta terapia. Se busca explorar el crecimiento humano, así como ayudar a las personas a descubrir una forma de ser más profunda y duradera. El objetivo principal de esta Psicología es que trascendamos el sentido de ellos mismos, para lograr identificarnos con una conciencia mayor. En este sentido, el psicólogo estadounidense Ken Wilber distingue tres niveles en el desarrollo de esta conciencia: Nivel pre-personal, Nivel personal y Nivel transpersonal. El terapeuta transpersonal considera que el yo esencial es una combinación de nuestra parte transpersonal, nuestra parte autotrascendente y de aspectos espirituales de la experiencia humana. El objetivo en el desarrollo individual en la Psicología Transpersonal es asegurar el cultivo efectivo de la manera intuitiva de saber que complementa el bienestar psicológico y espiritual único de una persona.

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Trans-personal se compone de dos términos: «trans» y «personal». El prefijo «Trans» tiene 3 significados: más allá, a través de, y cambio. «Personal» se refiere al individuo, a la personalidad, a lo que denominamos habitualmente «yo». Transpersonal es lo que está más allá de la personalidad. Transpersonal es la transformación sustancial de la personalidad a través del «Yo». Si desde que nacemos vamos adquiriendo un carácter, una individualidad, una personalidad, un «yo»… lo transpersonal apunta a la trascendencia de ese «yo» o «ego», a descubrir lo que hay detrás de esa identidad formada, es decir, a conocer nuestra verdadera naturaleza. Aunque hoy parezca nuevo, lo Transpersonal podría decirse que se ha llamado siempre espiritualidad. Es el interrogante del ser humano: conocer su existencia. La novedad radica en que la Psicología integra por primera vez la espiritualidad en sus estudios. SERMASYO es SER TRANSPERSONAL. SERMASYO es una clara alusión a lo Transpersonal: ser más yo es ubicarse en ese lugar donde realmente soy YO, más allá de la idea que tengo de mí.