Springtime Greetings from Arizona !
In response to Giselle's understandable discomfort, I am reminded of Bert's
early teachings which still resonate for me, which involves, simply "
Acknowledging What Is " and he wrote a book with that title. And so for me,
what is that Bert and Sophie have often physically, emotionally,and
spiritually abused, re-traumatized and publicly humiliated more than a few
trusting people in pain, who have appealed to them for help. For me, as a
trauma specialist, this has everything to do with power over and not much to
offer in the genuine interest of healing. As a result I have taken some
distance for many years now, and Bert's early teachings remain a profound
source of inspiration for me, still.
Watching this video, my heart hurt for many reasons. I find it quite
remarkable that thousands will travel far and pay good money to subject
themselves to such abuse and then passively sit, in unexamined,complicit,
silence,for years of top down arrogance and exploitation. In this case, the one
brave voice of protest was excluded. Is this not fascism? Human nature, I
sadly suppose...along with a persistent belief is that there has to be some
bon-bon somewhere deep within such blatant ca-.ca.
Individual discernment is so desperately needed...within what has become
a cult of iconic personalities, and it is also important to not give up on
the wealth of teachings that Bert's philosophical perspective has offered
for so many of us in profound, and for me, life changing ways. I so hope
that no one will ever take any licence to physically, emotionally or
spiritually abuse anyone ever, in blind loyal imitation of such clueless
behavior as
we see on this video and many other instances, as well. Please bear in
mind that one of the most important tenets of trauma work is to never
overwhelm an already overwhelmed client and many, if not most, who come to SCW
have
some history of trauma. And for me, after working for many decades, with
traumatized people in pain,my heart has come to understand that it is
often more important to be kind, than to be right.
All for now,
Anngwyn St.just Ph.D
_www.acst-international.com_ (http://www.acst-international.com)
http://anngwyn.wisrville.org
