Meeting Asclepius is a guided meditation exercise that focuses in visualizing an inner healer and a spiritual guide. The exercise starts by sitting in a comfortable position. Closing your eyes and begin visualizing a person who is wise and has a kind heart, it can be someone you know or you can make someone up. I was able to visualize a Buddhist monk who has previously advised me in the past which I have met in the Buddhist temple that I frequently visit. His head is shaved and he wears an orange robe. He became my wise spiritual adviser and inner healer. Once I was able to focus and visualized my healer the exercise was internalized. I visualized a white beam of light shinning from the crown of his head, and then I was able to visualized shining white light from his head to my forehead, then to my throat. This light was purifying my thoughts and speech and full of loving kindness and peace. The final visualization was visualizing the white light shinning from his heart to my heart and penetrating and infusing my soul with love, respect, bliss, kindness, health and peace.
Meditation has fostered an increase in my psychological or spiritual wellness. As a result to daily meditation practice, I am able to increase my holistic focus and detach from negative emotions and enjoy wholeness, love, peace and kindness more often than before.
The statement “one cannot lead another where one has not
gone himself ( Dasher, 2006). Means to me, that you lead others by example. I
do believe in this concept 100% in everything you do in life. We have an
obligation to our patients or clients to be developed in health
psychologically, physically, and spiritually Incorporating integral health into
our life is essential in order to heal or teach others integral health. In
order to really be able to assist advice or help our patients, we have to be educated
and experienced in integral health and well-being. Also have personal experience
in from loving-kindness, calm-abiding and the subtle mind exercises. As
healers we need to constantly incorporate contemplative practice into our life
in order to advise and heal others.
Leading by example should be the way of life. In my opinion, there is nothing worse then a hypocrite. Some people seem to think that if the practitioner can do it then so can I. Some people need to be lead and if they see their doctor doing unhealthy things then people may begin to wonder why they should listen to the advice that was given to them.
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DeleteI have seen many doctors that blame their unhealthy patterns like being overweight or smoking on stress and they are telling their patients to be on a diet and not to smoke. I think that dealing and controlling stress is one of the hardest concepts for any professional out there. Thank God more people are becoming aware of contemplative practices.
Ivonne
I think we should have some life experience when we are sharing something with someone. I remember once I told my doctor that I thought I was overweight and wanted to know if he could suggest anything. His response to me was I'm the last one to say if you weigh to much. I was taken back by this comment, because he was a doctor but I understood why he said it. He was extremely over weight himself. So because he wasn't fit it enable and otherwise capable doctor from helping me.
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