Unit 7: Mind Body Spirit Development

Listening to the ocean waves of the Aesclepius mp3 helped me to ease my mind a little bit. Prior to listening to the mp3, I was thinking about my budget for bills and Christmas. So I entered this in a stressful state. Then I thought about a wise significant person in my life. I thought of my father who passed 5 years ago. I thought of all the wise things he used to tell me about how to be financially smart especially during hard times. I kept thinking about how much I missed my father and wished he was alive. I was not sad, I was just wondering what it would be like if he was still around. Although he was sick most of my life, in this exercise I saw him as a strong and healthy person. I think these exercises have the capacity to trigger hidden memories or unresolved problems in our lives. Once we find these hidden messages, we can continue to use meditation as a source of finding inner peace and replenishing our soul.

When Wilbur stated "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself," he was referring to the roles and evolution of a healer. He is informing healers and practitioners to go through the process of learning and developing their own spiritual health. He believes that in order for a practitioner to heal someone, they must first understand how to heal and must also be healed as well. Wilbur is someone referring to spiritual enlightenment that must be experienced before teaching it to others. This in return also applies to mental and physical development. I believe that all professionals owe it to their clients to constantly work on strengthening their own mind body and soul. Without personal development, not only is a practitioner cheating his clients but he is also cheating himself. Patients will then be able to see first-hand that the practitioner, practices what he preach. The best way to implement psychological and spiritual growth in my own personal life is through contemplative practices, meditation, and reading. Much of what I have accomplished this term is through reading and understanding different mind body training techniques, and then applying them to my life, slowly.