Learning Compassion from a Hippie Woman
Most of us like to think we’re loving. But are we compassionate? What is compassion and how do we learn it? This interview offers some important insights.
Most of us like to think we’re loving. But are we compassionate? What is compassion and how do we learn it? This interview offers some important insights.
We are locked inside our present perspective, and when it clashes with those we love, drama is usually the result. What can we do to minimize it?
Sharon grew up with a molesting stepfather and a mother that looked the other way and has blamed her for not forgetting about it. This has caused years of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and drama. But there are parts of Sharon and you, that were never damaged by childhood injustices.
Can cancer cells be reasoned with? We don’t know, but we do know that it is possible to reason with our mental representations of our cancer cells. How much do our mental representations of things create our health and sickness? Again, we do not know, but the following interview, the fifth in this series with Sarah, who is in the final segment of Stage IV stomach cancer, implies that we have a lot to learn from undertaking such a dialogue.
Could a misunderstanding of who you basically are be causing much of the suffering in your life? If you were able to discover a more accurate sense of who you are, what difference would it make? In the case of this lady, it makes the difference between lifelong depression and a joyful life.
Sarah is much more at peace with her condition, whether she lives or dies.
Someday it will be normal to include self-aspects in Tumor Conferences in cancer wards at hospitals. After all, where does healing come from? How important is a patient’s communication with their body to the healing process? How important is communication among the different players in the disease and healing process to recovery?
“If you don’t hold on to things you don’t have to let go!”
The self-aspects that you interview were never born, so they do not fear death. Many never had the life experiences that taught you to fear or give up hope. If you listen to them, they will teach you how to live.
When we play the role of rescuer instead of allowing others to learn to take care of themselves we get caught in the drama triangle and burn out. Learning to love yourself means learning to recognize and stay out of drama.