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The American Heritage College Dictionary defines Holism as the theory that living matter or reality is made up of organic unified wholes that are greater than the sum of their parts. What does all of that essentially mean though? Well, first Holistic is not synonymous with anything religious or New Age, which is what a lot of people fear. Holistic simply put, means to take all parts---all components of a system, person, place, thing or situation into consideration hopefully for the good of the whole ssystem, person, place or situation. When we apply holism to you it indicates the fact that you are Body, you are Mind & you are Spirit. These 3 parts, though whole in and of themselves come together to form your Whole being---all that is YOU. For instance, Student, Teacher & Knowledge are 3 separate entities that when combined form a whole. What is that whole? It is the university. Body, Mind & Spirit combine to form the individual and ultimately the Universe. Becoming aware of this Divine conncetion and oneness of Body,Mind,Spirit, empowers you as a human being to self-actualize and become ALL that you came here to this university and ultimately this universe to be. Each of us who is able to do that models it and teaches it to others by our example. We heal & teach simply by living effectively in the world.