I have been having company all weekend, as we’ve
been selling puppies for a few days, and sadly, I wasn’t able to complete the
meditation exercise until today. I was
pleasantly surprised by the experience.
I chose a person as my wise one, mentor, someone who had been in my life
throughout childhood (like a sort of
grandma). She has passed on, and remains special to me. I definitely felt the essence of
those parts described in the meditation: the crown, throat, and heart. It gave me an awareness that I can incorporate those gifts into my own life, so that I am able to give to
others. I have a friend who is seriously ill, in the
hospital right now, and I will be praying and meditating with this subtle mind
for her, today.
As our text mentions, if practitioners do not
work on their own spiritual evolution, they will be less equipped to help
others do so. “Having a map of Hawaii is
not like actually being there”, (Schlitz,
Amorok, Micozzi, 2005, p. 477). If you
are a practitioner, and you also work on your own wellness through integral
practices, you will build the trust of your patients, through your
experience. We are not meant to be on a
pedestal, but to practice what we preach, so to speak.
Laurie
Reference
Schlitz,
M., Amorok, T., Micozzi, M. (2005). Consciousness and Healing: Integral
Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine. Elsevier, Churchill, Livingstone.
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