How Deep is the Wound? How Deep is the Healing?

     Young clinicians hope to see very simple problems so as to be able to quickly, precisely diagnose and cure. Open & shut problem, case closed, next!
     Fear of complexity, ambiguity, liminality & therefore avoidance of the depths of the human condition is very common in youth, and remains too common even when we should be maturing into wise elders.
     As we gain clinical & life experience, we realize that all people, even those with easily curable, trivial presenting problems, come with a complex context. Our ability to appreciate the depth & complexity of our patients' suffering & woundedness, is directly proportional to our ability to see, accept & appreciate the depth & complexity of our own suffering & woundedness.
     There are many important, direct parallels between the relationship of healers-to-patients and that of meditation teachers-to-students. A more mindful healer should be a more effective healer.
     See: http://www.johnlovas.com/2014/03/meditation-teachers-students-both.html