Meeting
Aesclepius was an extremely enlightening meditation exercise for me personally.
Aesclepius is the wise healer that lives inside all of us which can be realized
through meditation and revisited through daily meditation. My Aesclepius is
myself in the future when I have fully mastered loving kindness and unity
consciousness. My future self looks like a gypsy bojo hippie with grey long
hair. When I preformed this exercise I felt as if I truly was blessed with her
ultimate acceptance and loving kindness. With her/myself ultimately accepting
my life for what it has been and what it is, I felt a huge weight lifted off my
shoulders. I finally gave myself the courage to say that everything that has happened
in my life has not hurt me but has made me the strong person I currently am and
will continue to be. I will continue to accept the strength of my Aesclepius
through calming meditation and mindfulness. I have always been a caring and compassionate
person toward others but now I can harness that love and project it back to
myself.
Others
look to me for guidance because they know I have overcome what they are going
through. I not only have the knowledge but the experience as well to help
others in their life’s journey. Had I never struggled than how would I know
what others are going through or what they need to move on? Like, in our reading
for this unit it states that, one cannot lead another where one has not gone
himself (Marylin Schlitz, 2005). This means that
just because you possess the knowledge does not mean you possess the experience
to apply it to others life’s successfully. As healers, one has the obligation
to experience their own remedies or teachings before they can apply them to
their patients. An individual who does not practice mental fitness will have no
experience to influence others with. I know that would not trust an individual
who has never been in my shoes before to know how to fix my problems.
References
Marylin Schlitz, T. A. (2005). Consciousness
& Healing. St. Louis: Elsevier.
Steps to meeting Aesclepius.
Steps to meeting Aesclepius.
O my goodness Niki, I how beautiful your words are. I contently missed the boat on this meditation. I love the image of a gypsy bojo hippie with grey long hair. Thank you so much for the different perspective on this meditation.
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ReplyDeleteThe biggest advantage I believe is the fact that we all take away different results from meditation. No two people are the same and most the time my meditation varies immensely from day to day. I think we take away different influences depending on our influence in our daily life at that moment and time.
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Hi Niki. Interesting that you picked yourself. I can not see myself yet as elderly and have no idea what I will look like. You are right that it is difficult to give advice if the person has never experienced it.
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