Minutus

Nice thoughts Shannon but just not true enough. People are not as open as they think and when

confronted with someone who challenges their belief system; ie, prejudices, their reactions are not

as pure as you think. I deal with people all the time who think they are being open and non-judgmental.

However, that is often not true at all. And depending on the depth of the cognitive dissonance you will

find the reactions equally severe even when the person is not conscious. And in homeopathy I have seen

some really despicable prejudice in practitioners and students to the detriment of patients and practitioners.
One tell tale moment for me is when such behavior is pointed out instead of the person listening and trying

to understand for their and everyone's growth, they get defensive and refuse to entertain any reality. We are

seeing that right here on minutus. And when it comes to issues such as racism the reactions are always the

same--denial, avoidance, ad hominems, etc, but rarely any openess to try and understand more deeply. We

have had a couple of people here who have positively responded but most not. Very sad in my opinion.
In your case, the in-law was not someone who challenged your belief systems in a way that threatened you

and you were able to get him to respond openly.

t

Points ponder
"… will lead us to the second principle, which is the "Unity of Mankind". All men are servants of the One God. One God reigns over all the nations of the world and has pleasure in all His children. All men are of one family; the crown of humanity rests on the head of every human being.

"In the eyes of the Creator all His children are equal; His goodness is poured forth on all. He does not favour this nation nor that nation, all alike are His creatures. This being so, why should we make divisions, separating one race from another? Why should we create barriers of superstition and tradition bringing discord and hatred among the people?

"The only difference between members of the human family is that of degree. Some are like children who are ignorant, and must be educated until they arrive at maturity. Some are like the sick and must be treated with tenderness and care. None are bad or evil! We must not be repelled by these poor children. We must treat them with great kindness, teaching the ignorant and tenderly nursing the sick.

"Consider: Unity is necessary to existence. Love is the very cause of life; on the other hand, separation brings death. In the world of material creation, for instance, all things owe their actual life to unity. The elements which compose wood, mineral, or stone, are held together by the law of attraction. If this law should cease for one moment to operate these elements would not hold together, they would fall apart, and the object would in that particular form cease to exist. The law of attraction has brought together certain elements in the form of this beautiful flower, but when that attraction is withdrawn from this centre the flower will decompose, and, as a flower, cease to exist.

"So it is with the great body of humanity. The wonderful Law of Attraction, Harmony and Unity, holds together this marvellous Creation.

"As with the whole, so with the parts; whether a flower or a human body, when the attracting principle is withdrawn from it, the flower or the man dies. It is therefore clear that attraction, harmony, unity and Love, are the cause of life, whereas repulsion, discord, hatred and separation bring death.

"We have seen that whatever brings division into the world of existence causes death. Likewise in the world of the spirit does the same law operate.

"Therefore should every servant of the One God be obedient to the law of love, avoiding all hatred, discord, and strife. We find when we observe nature, that the gentler animals group themselves together into flocks and herds, whereas the savage, ferocious creatures, such as the lion, the tiger, and the wolf, live in wild forests, apart from civilization. Two wolves, or two lions, may live amicably together; but a thousand lambs may share the same fold and a large number of deer can form one herd. Two eagles can dwell in the same place, but a thousand doves can gather into one habitation.

"Man should, at least, be numbered among the gentler animals; but when he becomes ferocious he is more cruel and malicious than the most savage of the animal creation!
… All peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and should be to one another as brothers and sisters! I hope that you will endeavour in your lives to show forth and spread this teaching…"

Hi,

I am in agreement with Shannon and Elham. But, I do not have a separate homeopath self and outside self. I am a very consistent person.

I believe love and compassion begin with me. Hate does not promote health for either the mind or the body. Hatred is easy to see in others and harder to see in ourselves. Unseen hatred does a lot of damage both to me and to others.

Hate is like a virus. It is easy to catch.

So, if I see a trace of that direction of negativity, I take care of myself first. Work on it. Recognize it and try to digest its roots. I ask myself, does it come from fear, ego..? What's behind this self-damaging emotion. Like building an immune system. I want to nurture my spiritual immune system by taking in the hate virus, recognize it and breath it out in a purified form. Easier said than done.

When we take care of this virus in ourselves, we are more able to express love and compassion to other. I am sure that patients can sense when I am sick with this virus. We are all born with good defense systems. It is difficult to do good homeopathy when we are sick ourselves.

Best,
Ellen Madono

If we are not a healer in the outside world, in all of our life - then we are not a healer in the consulting room. We are simply going through the motions of giving a homeopathic medicine, or whatever our modality is.
There is so much more to healing than dispensing the therapeutic agent.
And the world needs healers now more than it ever has.

Carol B

Good adage to promote!

t

Lovely, Elham! What’s this from?

From writings of the Baha'i Faith

Thank you!!
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