High-Level Wellness for Man and Society

Abstract

Wellness is not a single amorphous condition, but rather a complex state made up of overlapping levels of wellness. There is need today for a major axis of interest directed to its study because this is a shrinking, crowded, older world, full of mounting tensions. Man needs to be understood as a whole, living within a total environment, without fragmentation of his powers and without neglect of his spirit, as expressed, for example, in love, altruism, and creative expression. Levels of wellness should be quantified, for individuals and for social groups, by techniques analogous to those used for measuring disease. More self-knowledge is conducive to wellness, as are exposure to wisdom and maturity and greater willingness to adventure into the unknown.