Elder's Meditation - April 12 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

**Ann** · 04-12-2006, 03:16 AM

"Dissimilar things were fitted together to make something beautiful and whole."
--Nippawanock, ARAPAHOE

Sometimes we look at something close up and it appears to be ugly; but then we drop back and look at it as a whole and it is beautiful. If we look at an insect close up, it may be ugly, but if we drop back and look at the whole insect it becomes beautiful. We can drop back even more and observe what its role and purpose is, and the insect becomes even more beautiful and whole. How are we looking at ourselves? Are we focused on something ugly about ourselves, or are we dropping back and looking at ourselves as a whole? We all have purpose, and we are all beautiful.

Grandfather, today, let me see the beauty of the whole.

equus · 04-12-2006, 01:21 PM

Gestalt - the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. That was what our first counsellor said to me and D, we pulled together instead of tearing apart.

Gestalt is a beautiful word and a wonderful thing to muse, from the strength of community to our own strength when we give recognition to all of our parts.

04-12-2006, 03:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Elder's Meditation - April 12 "Dissimilar things were fitted together to make something beautiful and whole." --Nippawanock, ARAPAHOE Sometimes we look at something close up and it appears to be ugly; but then we drop back and look at it as a whole and it is beautiful. If we look at an insect close up, it may be ugly, but if we drop back and look at the whole insect it becomes beautiful. We can drop back even more and observe what its role and purpose is, and the insect becomes even more beautiful and whole. How are we looking at ourselves? Are we focused on something ugly about ourselves, or are we dropping back and looking at ourselves as a whole? We all have purpose, and we are all beautiful. Grandfather, today, let me see the beauty of the whole. __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

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equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,056	Gestalt - the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. That was what our first counsellor said to me and D, we pulled together instead of tearing apart. Gestalt is a beautiful word and a wonderful thing to muse, from the strength of community to our own strength when we give recognition to all of our parts.

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