Meeting Aesclepius - A Meditation Exercise

Hello and welcome to week seven of Creating Wellness..... Integral Health transition is a real experience and I have come face to face with the reality of more change (for the better, but still change).

Part I

After a few attempts of completing the Meeting Asclepius mp3 for this week’s meditative exercise I was finally capable of creating the face of a wise person on which to focus. However, managing to hold the image for the length of time of the exercise was challenging and I found my mind wandering many times. Although I have practiced meditation for a few years now, I am finding the push of the course making it more challenging to stay focused because it feels like more of an assignment than a personal journey. This thought process transition of integral health is a new and changing experience for me, personally.

 I am sure there has been a fostering of some type in regard to my psychological and spiritual wellness because I am having thoughts of transition, albeit they are frightening. I realize the change will be for the better, but as this transformation takes place, the fact remains there are other transformations of my personal human experience taking place at the same time. All of these changes are bringing on emotional and physical responses requiring attention I am not strong enough to handle at this point in my life and schooling. As a definite eye opener, I have a long way to go before I am going to be one of the wise ones sharing the knowledge of greater human flourishing. Much practice is yet to be done! The best I can do is continue to practice as much as possible, keeping in mind the end result is the ultimate goal of optimal human flourishing at some level.

 Part II

The saying, “One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself (Schlitz, Amorok, & Micozzi, 2005, p477)” simply states it is not possible for one to take another to a place they, themselves, have not yet traveled. To have simply read about the skills and pathways to integral health does not make any one of us an integral health healer. There is still much practice to be done, possibly years and years; along with the hopes of finding a teacher or mentor to help with the progression and transition of the thought process to create a greater wellness of the inner self to transcend from body to mind to spirit; only to gain the ability to share the same with others.

Respectfully,

Marcella Gracer