Sunday, 23 September 2012

Empathy, Healing Connections, Civilization

     All human beings are on a lifelong maturation journey:
     • from stuck in the past & future toward dynamic presence
     • from rigidity & cynicism toward psychological flexibility, acceptance, humor & joy
     • from self-centered reactivity toward altruistic response to others’ needs
     • from “I can’t handle this” toward increasing abilities to manage complexity, ambiguity & difficulty with competence & composure


     For health-care professionals, this journey should be an intentional practice, since we can only effectively form healing connections with our patients, others, and ourselves, at an elevated level of consciousness - towards which this ageless human journey leads.

     “Much of our daily interaction with our fellow human beings is empathic because that is our core nature. 

     … the extraordinary evolution of empathic consciousness is the quintessential underlying story of human history.”   Jeremy Rifkin


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