Heal yourself Heal the world
Melissa Osborne
There is something to be said about the energy that arises from a genuine interpersonal encounter. It is the most ordinary thing, and it is the most important thing that we can experience and participate in.
Genuine honesty and contact is the key. Rather than trying to "cure" an illness or "fix" a problem, when a group of people, a community can come together with genuine contact and work with that intelligence, there is no way that a solution cannot be found.
We should not become too focused on the FORMS. Just be in the authenticity and let the forms become defined as they come defined.
The beginning of any endeavor us the most exciting, and spontaneous phase. There is a lot of not knowing, there is a lot of demand, a lot of trying to find our own way, trying to do the best you can.
We need to be mindful to make sure we are emphasizing description more than interpretation. Let’s find our way back to the primary experience. Experience before thought. Experiment with this idea in your life every day.
We need to realize that we are all a community. A circle of friends, no heads or tails, no one is in charge.
The circle of friends, team, or community, will only work if the tone of the circle is committed to honesty. In the context of genuine honesty, you will always know what to do.
The unfortunate truth of the world today is that many of us have to overcome a conditioned "disconnect" with our bodies. There is an influx of information, ideas and mania which we experience on a daily basis. It is important to take the time to process this internally.
Without the time to process experience with quiet mind, it is more difficult to connect our experiences with the rhythms of our bodies. Our bodies contain innate wisdom.
Calming of the nervous system is the only way to tap into this wisdom and fully process our thoughts into manifestation. It helps to stay focused on the journey, to stay focused on what really matters.
Calming of the nervous system is the only way to tap into this wisdom and fully process our thoughts into manifestation. It helps to stay focused on the journey, to stay focused on what really matters.
Let’s look at this from a psychoanalytic view.
In the meditation tradition, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (who founded the Naropa institute, is a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Shambhala vision.) began to connect the tradition of meditation and the tradition of psychotherapy. When working with people who are experiencing highly disturbed states of mind (for occupy Northampton’s sake: certain government officials, Monsanto, IMF, Federal Reserve shareholders, etc.), we must first calm and clarify our consciousness, and then take it further to begin to open up.
Only when we begin to exchange self with other can there be cultivation of compassion. Allowing ourselves to resonate with people in the highly disturbed states is necessary.
When we are participating together, we become unsure of whether it is your madness, their madness or some other madness taking hold. (Have you ever been with someone experiencing a manic episode and there is something so seductive about the high energy that it literally starts to transmit into your own psyche, this is the same idea with the way commercialism and government systems work) When we can resonate with this person or system, we can better transmit back the feelings that we have already begun to cultivate within ourselves.
Transmission - To be shown what you are already discovering, and plant the seed for further discovery.
It is an inherent part of being human to feel what is hurtful and what is full of love when making a decision. The nervous system reacts and processes long before the brain does. It is disconnect from the nervous system that allows for a chain reaction of hurtful choices. When we connect with our own rhythms, it becomes easier to transmit feelings, ideas and experience to those who have disconnected, and allow for them to have support re-inhabiting their body fully. This support does not need to be verbal, in fact, it is almost all energetic.
When we are participating together, we become unsure of whether it is your madness, their madness or some other madness taking hold. (Have you ever been with someone experiencing a manic episode and there is something so seductive about the high energy that it literally starts to transmit into your own psyche, this is the same idea with the way commercialism and government systems work) When we can resonate with this person or system, we can better transmit back the feelings that we have already begun to cultivate within ourselves.
Transmission - To be shown what you are already discovering, and plant the seed for further discovery.
It is an inherent part of being human to feel what is hurtful and what is full of love when making a decision. The nervous system reacts and processes long before the brain does. It is disconnect from the nervous system that allows for a chain reaction of hurtful choices. When we connect with our own rhythms, it becomes easier to transmit feelings, ideas and experience to those who have disconnected, and allow for them to have support re-inhabiting their body fully. This support does not need to be verbal, in fact, it is almost all energetic.
you can visualize these models in the shape of triangles, symbolizing the importance of equal balance energy. As anonymous uses "assemble, organize, and mobilize" here are other models:
1) this is currently the model used for Network Spinal Analysis and Re-organizational healing. It is framed as a way for the individual to assess our current state and more fully understand the areas of our life which need more attention.
Structure - literally the structure of your body, what you eat, the environment in which you live, organization, etc.
Perception - how we view the big picture, how we perceive the world, ego, how you view yourself, spirituality, how connected we feel to the universe, etc.
Behavior- the action we take. The way we manifest our reality.
2) This is the current unofficial model for the Windhorse approach to psychotherapy. Windhorse is an Integrative Mental Health, non profit, organization located in
Body - Precision, Domestic, How we care for our bodies, the structure around us.
Speech- compassionate relationships, interpersonal connection, circle of friends.
Mind- basic openness of mind, freedom, connection of the mind to body, connection to the human experience, group contemplative practice. Basic attendance to a situation.
3) This is my personal model for change, particularly for organizing and sustaining action and ideas in the community.
Foundation- human beings, support for change, environmental basic needs met
Platform- genuine honesty, compassionate speech, freedom of information, democratic decision making, motivation
Action- compassionate action, community support, contemplative practice, mind/body connection, peaceful protest.
We are all healers. And right now we are attempting to heal the world. This can only be done if we actively participate in our own healing and the healing of those around us.
This is not an easy path. In fact, taking the time to sit with ourselves one of the most courageous actions/non-action that one can take. To come face to face with the decisions we have made, facilitate realization of self. Sometimes it can seem overwhelming to take on the indescribable mind we all share. Think of it as courageous aloneness rather than loneliness, when sitting with yourself and connecting. Be gentle with yourself. Everyone has done things that they are not proud of; everyone has hurt, been hurt and been hypocritical. The difference is that if you participate in your healing, you will no longer be stagnant. Rise up through yourself, move your life-force energy through and unblock the "stuck" places you may feel in your body and life.
Only then can we begin to make a difference.
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The game of love is to identify with the infinity, not the individual.
