Dacher (2006) makes the statement "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself”. An example of how this would not work in a positive way would be a severely depressed practitioner trying to guide a severely depressed patient to wellness. On the other hand, a practitioner that practices integral healing, on a personal level and acquires those skills of attainment can view all beings as the jewels that they already are while enhancing awareness of their own personal transformation which is empowering to them. For those practitioners who truly care about their work and the people they give service to, believe their own personal integral journey becomes abundantly beneficial to themselves and everyone else. Every life can benefit from integral health, including me. It is my intention to continue with my meditations and exercises, and further explorations on integral health to aid in my own transformation into flourishing.
References
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publishing, Inc.
5 comments:
I agree with your post that a depressed severely practitioner cannot be of service to a severely depressed client. However, the key is to have triumphed, to have overcome an adversity not be wallowing in the midst of it. A practitioner who has experienced severe depression and conquered it is a much better practitioner than one who has only read about it in a text book.
Greetings Julie,
You have a brilliant idea that those who wish to give service to others would be well able to do so after they have healed themselves from what was causing any dis-ease. I used the example only as a way to explain the phrase "one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself". Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Barb,
I agree with you that a practitioner that is depressed can't help someone who is depressed. Unless the practitioner gets over the depression and clears their mind of it, then they could help the depressed person, because they had been there done that. If someone hasn't experienced something that someone else has, it's hard to tell them what to do. We can give an opinion, but we really don't know what we would do if e were in their shoes. Nice post. Daria
Yes, we cannot have the blind leading the blind. It would take a practitioner of site to be able to shed light on and lead the client who is new to the healing experience. To be effective we must truly engage one another and share our wisdom through experience.
Barb,
You definitely make a valid point when you are talking about the depressed practitioner. I remember when I was really overweight and I went to my primary physician and told him that I was considering undergoing the LapBand procedure. He sat there and talked with me for almost an hour about how important it was to eat right and exercise and that this surgery was just a waste of time. I did agree with the diet and exercise portion, but the fact that my physician is 5'7" and weighs almost 300 pounds, I have a hard time taking his advice about being healthy. I had to explain to him that it wasn't right that he was trying to promote health yet he was extremely unhealthy. Needless to say I had the surgery and I am very happy with my choice.
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