Meeting Aesclepius

Complete the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 (located in the Doc Sharing area). Describe your meditative practices for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?

I prepare for the week and have a relaxing and reflecting period of the previous hours of chaos after the evening.  I find a balancing beam to walk with and look at things with a level head. Observation of my choices, my decisions, and my previous meditation practices allow me to grow upon faded sessions. The inner self is constantly changing whether I tap into it with these sessions or if I do not at all. My body is a vessel that carries perspectives, and all sorts of energy and is guided by the conscious mind in every choice that is made. It is up to me and me alone ultimately whether I chose a positive path or different.

Aesclepius is the god of medicine, a healer of Ancient Greek religion, and I believe was imaginable to have great healing power. When I let the person I chose (during the meditation) to enter my vessel I felt a tingle throughout my body and really accepted the positive energy. I visioned a well to be the entrance to my inner health and while I was calm I let all that positive energy poor into the well with a light at the end of the tunnel. It is up to each individual to find a unique plan towards integral health. I can say I am ready for this session, yet I still feel there is room for calm-abiding. I feel I understand these practices but I want them to grow.

As Schlitz explains we cannot confuse the map with the territory he means just because we have a map of Hawaii does not mean we know what it’s like to be there. Schlitz also describes that providers must work on their own spiritual evolution to actually experience what the model represents. To truly understand the integral approach you must be a firm believer and do practice yourself. I think a strong professional and successful one has been through the motion and has understood and felt the experiences necessary to know what the best is for their clients. It is a personal journey and unique for each and every one of us. So the idea is to want to be like your professional because they are full of positive energy and practice integral health successfully.