We all go though ups and down in our life, feeling high and feeling low, elevatedand depressed. There have been times in my life when I did not know which way to go. The outcomes were beyond my control. The best way for me was to hold space-the liminal space, with non-judgmental mindfulness, and open and tender heartedness. I needed such empathic and compassionate support for me to hold me. It was my responsibility to hold me in that liminal space. I did not feel alone. A deeper loving and compassionate part of myself held me to go through the difficult times of my life. My personal experience has taught me how to provide such liminal space to others when they go through agonizing and painful experiencesin their lives. These are the times when I feel
the other is me. I feel deep empathy for the other.
As a teacher and a counselor, I often encounter such situations when my
students and clients feel stuck in no-exit condition. They feel lost not knowing what to do. These are thee times when thy need someone to hold them and help them go through the difficult times in their lives. These are the times when I help them to hold space, the luminal space, to carve their own path, to find their own internal strength. Such experiences fill my heart with happiness.
I have learned how to fill the cup of my life with loving kindness, loving awareness and loving compassion. It is an ongoing journey of growing in which I hold my hands with self-compassion and extend my helping hands to others as they are going through theirown journey.
Namaste!
JagdishP Dave
Life is not a straight line. As we journey through life, we run into unexpected and unfamiliar curves and corners. We are facing ambiguity. We are at the threshold of not knowing which way to go. It is an interim space of ambiguity and disorientation. We are caughtup between two identities-the one who we once were and the emerging identity,"like the chrysalis stage between caterpillar and butterfly." In such experiences, there is liminal space of openheartedness and our need to be held in that space. For helping others we need to learn how to hold ourselves with empathy, compassion and openheartedness.
As a teacherand a counselor I often run into such situations when a student or a client is in a state of conflict and confusion.They feel stuck. In such situations
I extend my helping hand to them with empathy,openheartedness, compassion and loving kindness.Such a stance helps them to relate to themselves with openness, self -compassion and kindness. Clarity grows within themselves and they learn how to overcome their hurdles-to move from darkness to light.
Life is an ongoing journey. There are times when I need loving kindness and help from others. Such experiences have helped me to take care of my self in difficult and trying times and also to help others who may be going throughhard and stressful times.
Namaste!
Jagdish P Dave
On Feb 14, 2020 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
the other is me. I feel deep empathy for the other.
As a teacher and a counselor, I often encounter such situations when my
students and clients feel stuck in no-exit condition. They feel lost not knowing what to do. These are thee times when thy need someone to hold them and help them go through the difficult times in their lives. These are the times when I help them to hold space, the luminal space, to carve their own path, to find their own internal strength. Such experiences fill my heart with happiness.
I have learned how to fill the cup of my life with loving kindness, loving awareness and loving compassion. It is an ongoing journey of growing in which I hold my hands with self-compassion and extend my helping hands to others as they are going through theirown journey.
Namaste!
JagdishP Dave
Life is not a straight line. As we journey through life, we run into unexpected and unfamiliar curves and corners. We are facing ambiguity. We are at the threshold of not knowing which way to go. It is an interim space of ambiguity and disorientation. We are caughtup between two identities-the one who we once were and the emerging identity,"like the chrysalis stage between caterpillar and butterfly." In such experiences, there is liminal space of openheartedness and our need to be held in that space. For helping others we need to learn how to hold ourselves with empathy, compassion and openheartedness.
As a teacherand a counselor I often run into such situations when a student or a client is in a state of conflict and confusion.They feel stuck. In such situations
I extend my helping hand to them with empathy,openheartedness, compassion and loving kindness.Such a stance helps them to relate to themselves with openness, self -compassion and kindness. Clarity grows within themselves and they learn how to overcome their hurdles-to move from darkness to light.
Life is an ongoing journey. There are times when I need loving kindness and help from others. Such experiences have helped me to take care of my self in difficult and trying times and also to help others who may be going throughhard and stressful times.
Namaste!
Jagdish P Dave