Well, this has been a rough week for me so the Meeting Aesclepius meditation was hard for me. I lost a very good friend on Thursday, so when doing this exercise I found it hard to empty my mind of thoughts of him. As a result, he kind of mixed in with my visualization of a great healer. I was able to picture his smiling face alongside my other healing guide (just what I had in my head, no one specific). I think this ended up being successful though, because I was really able to visualize the light beams from each person's head, throat, and heart combining in with my own. I just kept seeing his side send me love and the healers side sending understanding, if that makes sense. Learning about how to meditate and stillness of mind is going to help me get through this and other life situations that may arise. I think it was at least able to relax me a little bit thinking of him in this way.
I think the saying "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is basically another way of saying to practice what you preach. It is much easier to lead the way if you actually know where you're going (from experience). As a professional, I think clients would respect your opinions more if they see the success you have achieved through the same process you are suggesting to them. This could also help a first time client/skeptic to be more open-minded about trying an alternative approach to healing.
Erin
Erin-
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your loss. I am glad that this weeks exercise was able to give you some comfort in this hard time.
-Rachel Harris
I'm sorry for your loss, I hope you can pull through it though and find some comfort. I like what you say about using your personal experience to encourage a patient to try a new technique that they may have never heard of before and because we already tried it, whether successfully or not, are able to guide and instruct them how to benefit from it.
ReplyDelete"A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam.
ReplyDeleteAnd for a brief moment its glory and beauty
belong to our world.
But then it flies on again,
and though we wish it could have stayed,
we feel so lucky to have seen it."
This is a poem that has helped me through the deaths of family & friends.
Hope it helps you :)
~Allison
This poem is beautiful. Thank you for that, I really appreciate it. <3
DeleteErin,
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry you lost your friend this week. There is nothing that can be said to make the pain less. I understand the pain of losing close friends and family and all I can say is that your friend is no longer bound by this world's chains. I hope you can find peace and I am so glad this meditation helped you. A very good friend of mine passed away from cancer on 5/3, two years ago. It still seems like yesterday and I miss her so much everyday. Unfortunately death is a part of life. Ugh. So much of life is beautiful, and yet so much is painful. I'll be thinking of you!
Thanks girl, I appreciate your kind words, and I agree....death is an unfortunate part of life that I wish no one ever had to experience. :( Thank you for your thoughts!
DeleteErin,
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry for your loss. Glad that you felt some relief from pain from this meditation exercise. Losing a loved one is never easy. I wish you strength to carry through this rough time.
Thank you Kari! I appreciate it!
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