I loved reading this and it resonates greatly with my own experience. I also recommend the work of Gabor Mate. I also believe we are born whole, and that the healing work of adults who are brave enough to embark upon it, is largely trying to bring into awareness the subconscious programming that has led us away from that wholeness. Not so much that we are broken or unwhole as people as we go about this work, but that we are not yet all that we have the potential to become in gaining that awareness and meeting our shadows in acceptance.
Why can't we consider our selves whole with our shadowy and injured (not broken) parts? Are we not born whole? And learn lack and unworthiness through the trauma and conditioning we encounter? Acknowledging that both small traumas and major, capital-T Traumas provide enough impact, paired with conditioning.
Also, are you familiar with the works of Bessel van der Kolk, MD or Gabor Maté, MD? They've both greatly contributed to the explorations of mind-body-societal connections in their own ways. If you have not explored their works, I would humbly recommend van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" and Maté's most recent work "The Myth of Normal". But all of Maté's works I've explored have resonated and may with you as well. Perhaps your intuition can lead you where to begin.
You raise a good point. I do like the idea that we are born with an innate wisdom and wholeness and we spend our lives trying to get back to that place. I also think that it's okay to be broken (or injured, as you put it), and perhaps trying to become completely whole is unrealistic. "The crack is where the light gets in" and all that.
I've read The Body Keeps the Score and loved it. I've heard of Gabor Maté but haven't looked into his work beyond video clips of him speaking. I'll look deeper into his work because I really like what I've heard from him. Thanks so much for your engagement!
I loved reading this and it resonates greatly with my own experience. I also recommend the work of Gabor Mate. I also believe we are born whole, and that the healing work of adults who are brave enough to embark upon it, is largely trying to bring into awareness the subconscious programming that has led us away from that wholeness. Not so much that we are broken or unwhole as people as we go about this work, but that we are not yet all that we have the potential to become in gaining that awareness and meeting our shadows in acceptance.
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!
Why can't we consider our selves whole with our shadowy and injured (not broken) parts? Are we not born whole? And learn lack and unworthiness through the trauma and conditioning we encounter? Acknowledging that both small traumas and major, capital-T Traumas provide enough impact, paired with conditioning.
Also, are you familiar with the works of Bessel van der Kolk, MD or Gabor Maté, MD? They've both greatly contributed to the explorations of mind-body-societal connections in their own ways. If you have not explored their works, I would humbly recommend van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" and Maté's most recent work "The Myth of Normal". But all of Maté's works I've explored have resonated and may with you as well. Perhaps your intuition can lead you where to begin.
You raise a good point. I do like the idea that we are born with an innate wisdom and wholeness and we spend our lives trying to get back to that place. I also think that it's okay to be broken (or injured, as you put it), and perhaps trying to become completely whole is unrealistic. "The crack is where the light gets in" and all that.
I've read The Body Keeps the Score and loved it. I've heard of Gabor Maté but haven't looked into his work beyond video clips of him speaking. I'll look deeper into his work because I really like what I've heard from him. Thanks so much for your engagement!
I appreciate your openness to confer and explore. Looking forward to your future posts!