Monday, November 5, 2007
Healing and Wholeness
John Sanford, who was a Jungian analyst and Episcopal priest, believed that sometimes our illness is an integral part of our individuation (becoming whole). He thought that some illnesses persisted until we have been led to a spiritual destination or goal. Then, they are alleviated in such a way that, as a result OF OUR SEARCH FOR HEALING, we become entirely new and more whole people. He did not say that we would be in perfect health-that we would not need new knees or medical intervention but that we would be more whole. I think that we sometimes have a narrow view of what wholeness means and what healing means. Does curing mean wholeness? I would like to know what you think.
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Wholess to me is a state of mind, not a physiologcal identity. We identify to physical wholeness because we do not feel whole with our mental illness. If our diseased minds see wholeness at all, it is in others, not ourselves. I strive to take my spirituality, physical body and mindfullness into meditation each day. Medication is great but mediation brings your "Self" into focus to "hear" the learning you need that day.
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