| No.70 some thoughts from George (10/08/2008) |
| Dear Rin, There are a group of thought images that keep coming back to me. Each time they have developed a little more. When someone visits the doctor, the doctor after the examination and prognosis, may write a prescription for medicines, but also she may say “it would be good for you to get out in the morning and walk. Be sure breath deeply. You live near the ocean? So much the better, the salt air will be good for you.” She does not need to write a prescription. It is more or less a suggestion but because the patient is coming to the doctor for their health and the doctor has wisdom, they do go to the beach in the morning and walk in the sand, saying to themselves as they throw a pebble into the crashing waves, “That doctor is really smart, I feel better already.” I have this thought (not original to me) that like walking on the beach or other things that not only give exercise but also enjoyment, are healthy and what I am thinking about. Specifically (which will not surprise you) is color. People may not draw the connection to health and immersing ones senses in color so easily as they would walk on the beach simply because it is not so common. Dr. may have a little library of such booklets of colors. Mary comes to visit the doctor. She has been feeling blue. Mary and the doctor talk about her condition and the doctor prepares medicine and the says “ Maybe you would like to look at this and shows her a booklet with warm golden yellows. (You see, not a cure but a companion to the cure. Not a prescription but a suggestion. Mary is free to do what she likes.) Yes, there are a variety of art therapies and color therapies but I am not thinking exactly along those lines (you may have noticed that is just my problem, George does not think along the lines.) For a few years I had a part time job at the school taking care of children after school was out. I did gardening in the morning and the after school program in the afternoon. I found after sometime that I did not have the right set of nerves for such work but I learned a lot about children and therefore about people. Some children you never need to tell them what to do to have fun. They just use their imagination. Others are bored. What are they bored about? They are children. For some reason they don’t know what to do. ‘Hey, you’re the child. You show me how to have fun.’ (Of course I did not say that) Children who play easily, who have fun in themselves, are healthy children. Color is a pleasure. There is joy in it. Also drama, feelings, imagination---play. It is medicine without needing to be medicine. It’s like: “What shall I do doctor?” Doctor:” Go have some fun” Maybe—Joy Therapy. But doesn’t need to be called therapy. I think maybe there is something that needs to be free about it in order to reap full enjoyment (This is right brain thought) If a person thinks “doctor says I must look at these yellow pictures now every day for five minutes for ten days straight, or maybe I do, or maybe I don’t, what am I suppose to feel anyway?” So Rin, you see, these are some right brain thoughts that are developing-not limited to what I have said-only spark of idea. A person needs to be accredited to practice Medicine. That is a protection. We want to feel safe when we visit the doctor. We want to know that we are consulting a qualified practitioner. This is necessary. But healing is not limited to this qualification. Artists do not need to be qualified because there is no specific claim. The artist merely presents the work. People make of it what they like. (Unformed thought) maybe good combination. Qualified practitioner=(form), Artist= (freedom) for more holistic approach to healing. Naturally, practitioner must have freedom in himself (or herself) and artist must have sense of form in himself (herself) but as working combination…(right brain cannot finish sentence) More broad and creative. (Thank you left brain) I leave these developing thoughts with you. I don’t want to finish them off but you can see, not a passing whim. This is the first time I can put into words. If you like these thoughts maybe they will develop further in you? Love and Peace, George P.S. You have healing in you. I always feel that after talking with you and especially in person. I feel so much better. So much joy. |