"The Present"

What to write about? This day was bound to happen. Pretty slow day, much of the same. Did some continuing education courses to keep my license up to date. Positive Psychology was the subject in which it was important to keep a positive attitude while facing life's difficulties. Seligman believed we cemented into our brains the way we looked at life. If we were gloomy, our gut reaction was to look at life in a gloomy way. He believed we can train ourselves to view the world in a positive light. Every problem this way can be seen as an opportunity.

This reminds me of Assioli, a student of Sigmund Freud's. He was the first student that broke away from the pleasure principle / penis envy shit and believed differently. According to Assiloi man was motivated by spiritual reasons - a longing to be whole. Psychosynthesis then resulted. This approach is still practiced today. They believe that man, being created in God's image, has a perfect blueprint of wholeness and wellbeing within. For optimum mental health, people need to connect to this inner blueprint. What pulls people out of this centered place is past or future thinking. How often are you thinking about what you have to do, or the stupid things you did in the past?

"The past is history, the future a mystery, but now is a gift and that's why it is called the present."

In order for us to be happy, we need to be centered in our loving hearts in the here and now. However this is more difficult than it sounds. What pulls us away from the here and now is unfinished business - according to the Gestalt Therapy folks. If we've experienced a shock to our system in the past, there is a part of us still hiding way back there. It is imperative for us to scoop this part up, interact with it in a caring and considerate way, and in the process complete what is unfinished. This is an artform and well worth the effort! In "working through" our issues, it is easier to stay in the present.

Something created over a hundred years ago still rings true to this day. There are things created thousands of years ago that also do the trick. What might you say is that? We according to Spiritual Psychology - God does all the healing. Then if God is the ultimate healer, wouldn't it follow to create more of an intimate relationship with Our Creator? How is this done? The Bible maintains pray is the main avenue. I think everything we do can strengthen a relationship with God. Drawing, dancing, singing, music, letter writing, you name it. If the intention is for us to create more intimacy with God, we are then centered in our blueprint.