I am just loving this class so much. This week I did a meditation called “meeting Aesclepius” and it was definitely something very new to me. During the meditation we are told to envision someone that is very wise and has all the attributes that we admire. We are then taken through several steps where we are basically absorbing this person’s wisdom and love and kindness. All of these meditations have increased my psychological and spiritual wellness, and I can feel it in my daily life. I am much more calm, contemplative and aware.
The saying “one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” is similar to what we used to say in the Marine Corps. Basically you can’t ask a person to trust in your advice or take their time to do something that you yourself have not done or will not do. We do have an obligation to our clients to be developing our health psychologically, physically and spiritually if that is what we are asking and expecting from them. If a client were to have a health care provider who is over weight tell them that they need to lose weight, or tell them that they need to quit smoking right before they leave for their smoke break, I doubt this advice will be taken very seriously.
Jo,
ReplyDeleteWho was it that you envisioned during the visualization assignment? I am curious, because you talk about the increases in your psychological and spiritual awareness, and so I wondered what the being looked like that inspired you so. As for the saying about leading where you haven't gone, I didn't even think of the Corps, because even if I haven't taken the same step my friend is about to take, I'll be right there to take the step with them. But you're right, and I was on the same page; we can't ask folks to do stuff that we really have no idea of. And lastly, I got a good laugh from your last paragraph, because it seems to me that every dietician in the hospitals, is overweight (no offense meant to any dieticians). Cheers!