I rarely fail to find something and, wouldn't you know, once I handle my own stuff, the other person's role barely registers a bleep on my "you are making me crazy and now I have to kill you-o-meter."
The end result for myself has been that I have become an unusually calm woman for an oldest daughter of fiery Greek heritage who was formerly known for her sharp tongue and super fine Evil Eye. It almost ain't natural and yet, it's very genuine.
What intrigues me about Dr. Len's work is that while looking at others as a reflection of our own potential states, and that doing internal work can be healing for oneself, I never considered whether this work might have an actual healing influence on others as well.
I have long recognized that as humans, we are all capable of many acts both beautiful and compassionate and amazingly selfish and hurtful. Under the right circumstances (or maybe the wrong ones), I think anyone could be pushed to murder.
I don't know that purely evil people exist any more than purely good people do. When we recognize the capacities for "good and evil" within ourselves, it becomes easier to understand one another.
With understanding comes a greater chance for peace. With self-understanding comes a greater chance for inner peace. But this piece about self-love and forgiveness literally bringing healing to someone else — it's going to take a while for me to really wrap my mind around that.
It's interesting for me, on another level, as well. As a student of Dahn Yoga, this practice, as Dr. Len describes it in the quote above, is one we engage in also, although we direct it toward ourselves rather than externally (at least at this point; maybe the instructors are laying the groundwork for this to extend outward).
Guess I'll take that practice a little more to heart. I don't know how fully I buy into this yet, but what could it possibly hurt?
Article comments
1 - Al
I met Joe Vitale at a Ho 'oponopono workshop by Dr Len last November, it was an awesome experience!!!
2 - Al Diaz
Hi
Dr Joe Vitale did the Foreword to my book "The Titus Concept Money For My Best and Highest Good" and Dr Hew Len also endorsed it.
They are both great individuals!
Their new book together is going to be an awesome book!!
Al Diaz