Process of vocation and creation of a new self image. Analysis of St. Francis’ of Assisi vocation according to Franciscan sources

Abstract

This text analyses the developing process of self image. The analysis is based on the experience of St. Francis’ of Assisi process of vocation according to Franciscan sources and starts from
the psychological and human experience of one’s self. Discerning the basic elements of this process the analysis does not
dwell only on humanistic approach. Namely, the confinement of humanistic psychology to the relation to the self – it often confines itself only to the needs of the self – goes beyond and opens
to the Infinite, which is not a simple dimension of the self, but an ontological openness to God. In that process of growing in openness to God all human
abilities and capabilities are being involved. Growth helps not only to go beyond one’s personal psychological boundaries, but to change and create new life possibilities and new self image.
The text takes into account the positive experience of vocation as a global phenomenon: vocation is characterized by the fact that it takes into account the integrity of the person and the response
to the calling that does not ignore the good of the person. In fact, the analysis of Francis’ vocation reveals a dynamic process
which directs the person to a gradual change of the relationship with oneself and God, which leads to the maximal self-realization, not to the loss of the self. That process, through which all
dimensions of the person and life goals are being revealed and crystallized, clearly points to the change of the self image, which is important for a clearer image of one’s vocation and relation
to God.
Key words: Francis of Assisi, process of vocation, ability to discern, creating self image

U ovom se tekstu analizira proces rasta slike o sebi. Analiza
se temelji na iskustvu procesa zvanja svetog Franje Asiškoga u
Franjevačkim izvorima te polazi od psihološkog i ljudskog iskustva
sebstva/jastva. U iščitavanju osnovnih elemenata ovog procesa
analiza teksta ne zadržava se samo na humanističkom pristupu. Naime, ograničnost humanističke psihologije na odnos sa sebstvom – često se ograničava samo na potrebe sebstva – nadilazi
se u otvaranju Beskonačnom, koje nije jednostavna dimenzija sebstva, nego ontološka otvorenost Bogu.
U taj proces rasta otvorenosti Bogu bivaju uključene sve ljudske sposobnosti i mogućnosti. Rast pomaže ne samo u nadilaženju
osobnih psiholoških granica, nego i u promjeni i stvaranju novih
životnih mogućnosti kao i nove slike o sebi. Tekst ima u vidu pozitivno iskustvo zvanja kao globalnog fenomena: zvanje karakterizira činjenica da ima u vidu cjelovitost osobe i odgovor na poziv koji ne zanemaruje dobro osobe. Naime, analiza Franjina zvanja otkriva dinamičan proces koji upućuje osobu na postupnu promjenu odnosa sa sobom i s Bogom koji vodi maksimalnom samoostvarenju, a ne gubitku sebe. Taj proces, kroz koji se otkrivaju i kristaliziraju sve dimenzije osobnosti i životni ciljevi, jasno ukazuje i na promjenu slike o sebi važne za jasniju sliku vlastitog zvanja i odnosa s Bogom.

Keywords
Franjo Asiški; proces zvanja; sposobnost razlučivanja; stvaranje slike o sebi;