| Humanity is faced with a number of global crises (terrorism, global warming, systemic poverty, etc.). There is an identified need for individuals with a developed global identity that supports global leadership. Interconnectedness is a construct in both transpersonal psychology and global identity development theory. This dissertation is a qualitative inquiry into the intersections between cross-cultural transpersonal experiences of interconnectedness and how those experiences intersect with global identity development. The findings imply that consciousness development is a more integral and useful construct than global identity, and that cosmic identity leads to action and processes based in holism and empathetic human consideration. The study identified a need in the field of international psychology for consideration of the reality of holism in the consciousness of practitioners and research practices. |
