I did not care for the “Meeting Aesculapius” as much as I do Kelly Howells-Faith meditation. Link provided below. I have enjoyed the learning and expanding I have accomplished in this class. I should report that I don’t meditate twice a day but rather once. It was nice at first but then became overkill. I can say that the meditating has helped me to be calmer. Mostly I do not give in to and encourage other people’s gossip. I now just let them rant on and don’t say a thing. By me not saying anything they usually stop and realize that they shouldn’t be talking in this manner. I plan to continue meditation. ~ I just got a new job this week and I have talked my boss into creating a meditation room for us as well as the patients ~
As for the phrase, “One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself,” I believe it means that one cannot truly help another unless they themselves have sought out the same help. An example of what I mean by this is: you would not seek out someone who has never done yoga before to teach you how to do yoga. Many of the great healers have to go through and experience a great deal of unpleasantries before they are considered worthy of being a healer. It is because they have to travel the path first so they can lead others down it later. I believe this is very important for all wellness professionals. I do not think they should be obligated but it is better for the patient (client) as well as the practitioner that they have a close personal experience to relate to the situation.
I enjoy reading your blogs and find similarities in your words. Since this class, I too become silent when listening to others talk about meaningless subjects, I do not here too much gossip as my peers are similar to me in that respect. However, if I do I let them just talk. I never use to be like this, I would want to converse and get my point across as I am overly passionate. The feeling is naturally strange but most importantly completely calming. Great to hear you are asking your boss for a quite spot/meditation room, that will be a plus :)
ReplyDeleteI also loved that you stated 'many of the great healers have to experience unpleasantness before they are considered worthy of being a healer' It is similar to life and following ones career, we will undoubtedly experience mistakes and not get everything correct, that is the joy of being human. It is a way of learning and perfecting our passion for what we love the most.
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ReplyDeleteI found it interesting when you said you're silent so people "get the message they shouldn't talk that way" lol. I happen to not be a big fan of gossip or meaningless talk either. Sometimes I talk meaninglessly unfortunately though I try not to.
I agree that a lot of healers probably have their own traumas they've worked through. Important though to find the gold through the adversity.