A cure or a catalyst

[Mary-anne Black]

Hello Hugh,
What a lovely and elegant description of healing! Thank you for sharing
your thoughts!
My thinking is also that I am not there to 'judge' nor to 'fix' nor to give
any 'advice'. But rather to be just a silent witness (although I like your
terminology better ' holding a sacred space'.)
I also know that from my own experience, that listening to any advice from
others obscures my ability to hear the answer that I have come to know
resides inside myself. I'm re-reading "Lord of the Rings" and this time to
my son. There is a paragraph that that echos my feelings about advice.
The main character Frodo (the hobbit) is asking Gildor (the elf) for advice:
"And it is said' said Frodo 'Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will
say both no and yes'.
'Is it indeed' laughed Gildor. 'Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for
advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses
may run ill. But what would you? You have not told me all concerning
yourself; and how then shall I choose better than you?"

Indeed! Who better than the client to tell me what remedy they need?
All I have to do is be the 'objective observer'. Albeit an observer with
some good questions at the right moments. I also read something recently
that resonated with me about 'The best teacher asks good questions, but
rarely gives advice'.
And so, just as I need space to hear the 'small voice' inside myself to gain
insights and understanding about the real me, so my focus is to afford
others the same.
Because to me, it is not just about removing symptoms, but the process of
growth and discovery that having symptoms affords.
For without them (symptoms), how could there be any growth?
Thanks for listening!

Namaste,
Mary-anne Black

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

I see our job as having many folds.

Apart from the problems of getting to the right remedy etc, we often have to
deal with maintaining cause.

The patient needs to be made aware of the 'maintaining cause' causing the
symptoms to remain or not to respond to the remedy as well as expected.

Will our silence lead the patient to deal with the maintaining cause? Are
we ever right in asking them searching questions so that they start to even
think about it (What would life be with out ....?/ what is stopping you from
achieving ..../ etc)

Soroush