Standards ??

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Hi Colleagues - PEACE!

I have learnt that written words do not often convey the emotions and
sentiments of the writer unless they are extremely skilled.

One of the things my dear departed mum taught me was that the end result of
:

Kindly take a seat, or
Sit Down, or
GET YOUR *** DOWN

is that the person sits, but the emotions and feelings generated in them are
quite different.

So words MUST be used carefully if we wish to influence people to the max.

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One of the things I appreciate about Minutus is the international flavour
but good homoeopathy that results from it.

I have found it an invaluable brotherhood and sisterhood of colleagues who
are willing to help with almost anything to do with homoeopathy - 24 hours a
day! There seems to be some one on tap all the time!

It is a superb classroom where from time to time each of us can be at the
front of the class talking to the whole or almost to an individual - making
a point or answering or asking a question and share experiences.

I do realise that people are taking offence - and don't forget that this
works both ways. If people are offended by something that is said, then
some thought needs to go in to the point as to what was it that produced
that kind of response.

It has concerned me that a lot of colleagues have not read the Organon and
or Chronic Diseases 'cover to cover'.
[Akin to a 'Christian' who has not read the Bible.]

However, if you read and study the Organon closely you will note that when
Hn starts to attack allopathy he does not mince his words and the anger and
upset is very clear.
Anger and intolerance are VALID human responses - in fact if you study the
lives of all of God's prophets you will note that although over-whelmingly
there is a lot of love and caring coming out, there are expressions of anger
and intolerance.
But this anger and intolerance must be solidly based (on love) and not the
result of a deranged vital force.

We can all exclude someone by not reading their mail or by pressing the
delete button when we want to. But before we discuss the exclusion of anyone
from Minutus, it must be clearly shown that the person is malicious and what
they say is not correct. One needs to take in the broader picture.

As far as Homoeopathy is concerned, the practises Hn left for us form a
standard.
If any one criticises others on this site and can back their points of view
with the teachings of philosophy or the practical aspects
of homoeopathy based on the works of Hn and other masters, then I will
defend strongly the fact that they should remain. After all, that is why
Minutus is here.

I do realise that the understanding and experiences and skills that we have
and present are all different. This does not mean that we are all right!
Homoeopathy is a 'science' that was born out of experiments. So what works
is valid! However, practising polypharmacy also works, but to what degree
and end result. So not everything that 'works' is good or valid! We need a
standard to judge it by.

We therefore need to have arguments presented on both sides so that we can
decide for ourselves.
So much the better, if this can be done in a civil manner.

I have found that if the point is put in form of a question, then the least
upset is caused!
The person at the receiving end of the question will know immediately if
they have made a mistake or not, but have no cause for taking offence. The
enquirer is merely asking a question.
How can any one take offence at: "How does your point marry up with Aph xyz
of the Organon which states ..."?
If you have made mis-understood a point and ask a question about it, still
no worries, you were merely asking a question. No face is lost and no
feeling are hurt anywhere.

Homoeopathy is being attacked from all quarters - please let us not fight
amongst ourselves. Please also let us not write in a way that we would NOT
address the person if they were with us in a real classroom.

Good healing (Homoeopath heal thyself!) & Blessings
Soroush
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[Tanya Marquette]

Soroush,
Some interesting thoughts but a bit contradictory it seems. On one hand you seem to hail Hn who was very sharp tongued and confrotative with allopaths, and on the other you call for cohesiveness and respect amongst us, as a community of healers trying to survive in a hostile medical world.

I can agree with your call for mutual respect. The in-fighting of egotistical practitioners was the greatest cause of the demise of homeopathy in the earlier part of the 20th century (at least in the usa). Group dynamics since then have become a major study and thus we have a large body of information and experience to draw on for learning. Kindness, mutual respect and acceptance are the guiding principles for healthy survival for any group. The only other alternative is some autocratic, hierarchal, controlling system. Since we are not structured for the latter, we need to learn to live by the former. From experience I can say that hierarchically controlled groups are horrible and and hang together based on some concrete need such as one's income (job). Voluntary groups survive and work only through kindness and respect for differences that exist.

As for criticism, I would like to note something that we taught our collective children: Never answer a criticism with a criticism! We believed that if someone criticized you, it was necessary to stop and reflect and respond with openess to what was being said. Name calling was never acceptable--even professional name calling (we do get more sophisticated in our expressions of hositlity). Apologies were considered an act of strength of character, not weakness.

I still believe in these teachings and would support them as a standare in our profession

tanya