Thursday, October 17, 2002

The Irish Affair

We don't get much media coverage about Europe, here in the States. Did you know there is a very Major vote taking place this weekend, one that will affect the future of the European Union? And that it takes place, in a tiny island off of the mainland, called Ireland? Read about it here.

9:20:03 PM    

Tending to Wakefulness

Counseling, Coaching, and Tending to Wakefulness. That is what I enjoy doing. Dostoevski said "If one has only one good memory left in one's heart, that may be the means of saving us." It is a fascinating field, and for me a good way to be of service. In the past , cultures may of had shamans, or wise men or women, village elders, or priests/rabbis to carry the role of mentoring. Now, often it is the therapists and coaches that fulfill this role. I love the gaelic word 'Anam Cara'. It translates to 'Soul Friend'. It carrys the energy for the type of relationship I offer to my clients. Perhaps one day we can learn to be soul Friends to each other....

"As a Psychotherapist (one language) I was helping people to get back to their Source (another language), and because of this I began to use a variety of energy-based techniques (again another language). I was seeking in this way to integrate within myself and within my work, the psychological language of Freud, Jung, and Fritz Perls with the esoteric language of the gnostics, alchemists, and the mystics and the 'energy language' of Wilhelm Reich and Alexander Lowen. This fusion meant an enormous increase in the breadth and depth of each one of the separate 'languages' but I too experienced the tremendous difficulties of creating a synthesis, and the inner stresses that accompany such a task often left me wondering where I belonged, and if the task was one that could be accomplished in practical terms....What is healing really about, how is it caused - if indeed it is possible to use the word caused in respect to healing - and by what means is it served?

...In reality little or nothing is accomplished by the rituals, the sessions, the working on complex mother and father images or dreams. These are the forms we need to believe we can change, that by manipulating them we can let the Light into our existence. In reality the Light is there, it simply requires recognition. As we realize this we begin to abandon the 'importance' of the technique, we let go of the apparatus to participate in the Unity. As a personality I heal nobody, healing does not take place from me to the client in the consulting room. It happens when I let the Spirit move me, in this manner I need less and less external apparatus and ritual because I become more and more of an instrument through my service to others".
- Hans Korteweg, Foreword to Chakras-Rays and Radionics by David Tansley

There is haven here, there is Sanctuary.

In here, we are out of the wind.

In here, we will rest our backs against the sun-warmed stone.
In here, we will close our eyes, just for a moment.

Let us take a breath, once, together.

If you need it, there is a shoulder to
lean on, a finger to hold.

This is a special time - it is for you.

Use it. Take it. Eat it.

In the Dark Mirror, we will watch for
the glinting reflections of your Essential Self.

In silence and dialogue, we will listen for
the deepest sounds of your Soul's Voice.

We may hold your sorrows in the light
so that healing my begin,
We may hold your joys in the air
so that they may expand, and be known.

Come, I lend you my dexterity,
so that slowly, and with great care,
the knots of the heart may be untied.

Come, sit down for awhile, and
tell me about your Journey:
for it is worthy.

6:20:36 PM