One cannot lead another where one where one has not gone himself is simply saying that a person that has not traveled down the path to Integral health to Human Flourishing can't possibly lead someone else down the path. In order to teach we must first learn and experience for ourselves.
By becoming "integrally informed" (Dacher, 2006) and bringing what we have learned into the medical practice we can help to change the relationship between patient and medical community back to the kind of relationship it once was as opposed to the distrustful, frustration laden relationship that it has become. In order to offer this change we must first work on our own Integral Health. Only then can we share and teach. We need to e living examples of Human Flourishing not just conveyors of information.
This course is a good beginning to implementing psychological and spiritual growth in my life. Continuing to seek information and practice will make this a natural part of my everyday life, and with time I expect to see a transformation within myself. Walking in loving-kindness and remembering to be grateful everyday is the first step for me, and I remind myself to make sure I do this through out the day, in every situation.
Reference:
Dacher, E. (2006). Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Basic Health. Laguna Beach
NOTE: I did not answer the question regarding the Meditation because my disks skips so badly I cant hear it. I tried cleaning it but it didn't help.
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Patricia, you are absolutley right about us experiencing human flourishing before we can teach it. We can know the information, but if we have not experienced it's affects on our own lives, then how much do we really know. Like you, this course is also heading me in direction of integral health by implementing psychological and spiritual practices into my life. I think that as long as we continue to implement these practices into our life, we will continue to move towards human flourishing.
ReplyDeletePatricia,
ReplyDeleteYou are right about having to experience human flourishing before we teach it. Anybody can be book smart and quote directly out of books but our clients and patients will sense that. The people we work with will sense whether we are passionate about the work we do or if we are basically holding a job title. If we are not practicing what we preach how do we expect for our patients to follow through with what we are trying to teach them. We have to enjoy and love what we do and know what to expect so that we can give that imformation to our clients.
Wendy