Life is Connected
Life is whole, not fragmented.
This age-old question never seems to leave us.
We are pure energy!
A child grows in an interconnected manner
The physical environment is one!
We constantly balance our various roles
Can a person be healed if the healing distresses?
Life is Connected
Is there any other way to look at life?
It is meaningful only when we take into consideration all its aspects.
Plants, animals, humans: we are linked to each other
and the beautiful planet we live in, the ecosystem -
all a part of Gaia.
The world is changing rapidly:
ecologically, there are fears of planet and climate degradation;
socio-politically, countries are re-forming, alliances breaking and re-shaping;
economically we see rapid rise and fall in stock markets
as the business world forms alliances and is hit by scandals over ethics.
All these outward changes manifest
the deeper changes taking place.
Have you noticed how the word "holistic"
is spreading everywhere?
From holistic health to holistic animal care
Spiritual new age to business solutions.
The turmoil of the
20th-century's scientific and social changes,
gave rise to a widespread feeling in the 21st:The world is one. It is not fragmented.
Actions taken in one part of the world influence the lives of people in another.
Are we going towards doomsday or deliverance?
Towards the end of the 20th century, many thinkers
seemed to agree that the world was fast moving towards some sort
of "conclusion" or crucial landmark.
This feeling may still prevail.
But there is little agreement on what the "end of the world" means.
What shape will this take?
Some are sure the world is worse than it was:
there's more violence, less values; and all this
portends disaster, doomsday, destruction.
And then there are the voices that suggest that
the quickening of negative energies is balanced by
the positive ones; since we are now moving towards
a wonderful state; the end of "kalyug".
The end of the world means a spiritual change-
not necessarily a physical one.
Cataclysmic, possibly but not calamitous.What do you feel?
Physical health influences and is in turn influenced
Viruses respect no physical or political boundaries,
When an individual neglects the environment,
How can we live in a responsible way
At work a person is treated as if there is
How can we make the workplace more human
What is illness?
[Interconnected life]
[Focus and Perspective]
A child grows in an interconnected manner:
by emotional, intellectual, social development. Is there any other way to parent
or teach or treat a child other than in a holistic way?
The physical environment is one!
as recent SARS outbreaks have shown.
The tsunamis in the Indian Ocean in December
have resulted in of destruction, death, misery
for inhabitants and tourists.
The effects are still being felt worldwide and
have given rise to the wonderful counter-tsunami of worldwide relief, donations, prayer.
it is not only the immediate environment that
suffers, but that of people he or she will
never know. It will affect their physical, mental
and emotional environment. Can we reasonably say: "Leave me alone!
I'm only doing this for myself.
One tin can won't pollute the world"!
and yet retain freedom of action?
We constantly balance our various roles
no place for personal needs.
An inflexible working environment can lead to
stresses and illnesses. When the workplace denies
the many demands on an individual, it results in
distress, tension and illness.How well can a person work
in a dehumanised environment?
while increasing productivity?
Can a person be healed
if the healing distresses?
A dis-connect between an immune response and a threat to the body;
A dis-connect between a mental or emotional response
and an event in the person's life.
When the body or mind's natural processes cannot bring health back
a person seeks a healer:
doctor, homeopath, energy healer, shaman, or vaidya
Healing is meant to make a person feel whole again.
If treatment distresses the patient, will the medicine cure?
When doctors understand the patient, and see the person as a whole
their very presence produces a feeling of wellness.
Examples abound of cases where the Can we be healed unless we are seen
as humans: not illnesses?
illness is seen as separate from the patient;
and organs or parts of the body are studied by specialists,
as separate from the whole, rather than as related to each other.
Discomfort,distress, and tragedy result from seeing the patient
as a "problem" rather than a "person with a problem".
[This is not holistic!]What can we do about feeling connected?
Can we --should we-- get involved in the affairs of a neighbor,
whether a person or a nation?
Where does concern turn into interference?
What do you feel about Uncle Sam and the issues in Iraq?
Afghanistan? Israel-Palestinian issue?
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