19 January, 08:04
We know that physical and mental health are linked. But what I am (a bit late in life) finding is that both flow from spiritual health. This has beauty, gratitude, acceptance on the upside, and grace, mercy, forgiveness on the downside. The spirit of each behaviour needs understanding, and we have to stop making friends with our demons.
If I can describe the problem well, it is due to being pretty fallen, so don’t mistake wisdom for virtue. Indeed, the more fallen you are, the more the sky paradoxically fills the view. My sky is enormous. I still struggle with undesirable spirits, including wanting death when everything feels too much.
But rather than flail myself for the behaviour that follows, I am slowly acquiring the skill of focusing on the holy spirit, which is the only path to peace and reconciliation. It seems mental health professionals will do everything mind and body, and nothing in spirit, trapping you as a permanent customer.
If I can describe the problem well, it is due to being pretty fallen, so don’t mistake wisdom for virtue. Indeed, the more fallen you are, the more the sky paradoxically fills the view. My sky is enormous. I still struggle with undesirable spirits, including wanting death when everything feels too much.
But rather than flail myself for the behaviour that follows, I am slowly acquiring the skill of focusing on the holy spirit, which is the only path to peace and reconciliation. It seems mental health professionals will do everything mind and body, and nothing in spirit, trapping you as a permanent customer.
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Not me as a psychologist - I tried to do my dissertation on spirituality and its role in therapy but I realized that was going to be an unwinnable battle - so I focused on something else. In my practice I ALWAYS asked - what guided the person's life - what was their "philosophy" - this left it open to religion, something more vague, etc but opened the door. I had many a client who would've NEVER disclosed certain things who felt free to open to me - they knew I was accepting and like to integrate that piece into whatever work we were doing. I ALWAYS felt that the persons' spirituality was a very important aspect that needed to be discussed - now that is with longer, more insightful clients. For those who wanted more problem-solving stuff I could facilitate that as well. More of an EAP model. Sometimes I miss my career. Other times I feel like i'm still at it, just not "on the clock".
02:19 AM - Jan 24, 2023
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