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10/28/2020HEALING THE HEALERSTHE ART OF LIVING & DYINGUNIT ONEUnderstanding Spiritual Sufferingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingHEALING THE HEALERS SERIESUNIT ONEUnderstandingSpiritual SufferingUNIT THREEResponding toSpiritual SufferingUNIT TWORecognizingSpiritual SufferingUNIT FOURTransformingSpiritual SufferingTHE SACRED ART OF REMEMBERINGwww.sacredartofliving.org 2008 Sacred Art of Living Center & Institute1
10/28/2020SACRED ART OFLIVING CENTER“BOOK OF LIFE”www.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of LivingPRAYERS SENT WORLD WIDE2
10/28/2020Co-Founders Richard & Mary GrovesBend, Oregon in 1996RICHARD F. GROVESHospice ChaplainOrdained Catholic PriestHistory & World Religions ProfessorLanguage ScholarMedical EthicistHealth Care EducatorPublished AuthorPASSING ONMARY’SUNIQUE LEGACY MARY GROVES(1939-2009)Bereavement EducatorProfessional ArtistProgram DesignerMedia Producer3
10/28/2020SACRED ART OF LIVING CENTERMISSIONVISIONHEALING THE HEALERSby connecting our “soul & role”TRANSFORMING SUFFERINGin ourselves and our communitiesThe dying are our teachers in living with deeper meaning and purposeTHE ART OF LIVING & DYINGA World Wide Education Series22,000 Graduates from North America,Europe, India and .org 2008 Sacred Art of Living Center2018 Sacred& InstituteArt of LivingFINDING COMMON GROUNDwww.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of Living4
10/28/2020SACRED ART OF LIVINGSPECIAL MENTORSDame Cicely SaundersRabbi ZalmanParker PalmerCenter for Courage and RenewalRichard Rohr, OFMBrother Roger of TaizeSt Christopher's Hospice51-59 Lawrie Park RoadSydenhamLondon, EnglandSE26 6DZAugust 15, 2004Dear Richard and Mary:It is my privilege once again to commend your superlative programs.Since you visited St. Christopher’s Hospice last year, I have continuallymade efforts to enlighten others both in Europe and North Americaabout these excellent training courses. I indeed share your passion andconviction that the Sacred Art of Living and Dyingis essential because spirituality is the most overlooked factorin relieving pain.Dr. Cicely Saunderswww.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of LivingTOTAL PAIN MODELTOTAL PAINCicely Saunders, MDPHYSICALEMOTIONALSOCIALSPIRITUALCAREGIVER PAINWHOSE PAIN IS IT ANYWAY?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living5
10/28/2020WE ARE THE MEDICINE“The way in which care is givencan touch the most hidden places org 2008 Sacred Art of Living Center2018 Sacred& InstituteArt of LivingDr. Cicely SaundersSESSION ONEHISTORY OF LIFE & DEATHwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWisd m InsightWhen a person is born,we rejoice.When they are married,we celebrate.When they die,we pretend nothinghappened.Margaret Meadwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living6
10/28/2020“Death is psychologicallyas important as birth.Shrinking away from it isboth unhealthy andabnormal because itrobs the second half oflife of its meaning andpurpose.”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“I wonder whetherour Westernso-called civilizedattitude about deathis not a stepbackwards inevolution causing us to livepsychologicallybeyond our means.”Dr. Sigmund FreudThoughts for the Timeson War and Death, 1915www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“Few societies in historyhave managed to createthe illusion that death isan option such isAmerica’s naiveté aboutmortality which is fed byan unqualifiedconfidence in science.”Dr. Carl G. Jungwww.sacredartofliving.orgMemoirs on Visiting America, 1942 2020 Sacred Art of Living7
10/28/2020WHERE WE DIE908080771900706050Present4030201320100%% HomeInstitutionswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingDEATH .org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingREMEMBERING OUR EXPERIENCEwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living8
10/28/2020REMEMBERING OUR EXPERIENCE Recall your first experience of death Who died? Or maybe it was a pet How did your family react? What did death mean to you then? What questions did you have and were they answered?www.sacredartofliving.orgRichard GrovesHenriette A. Klauserwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“Groves’ texts reveal ancient-modernwisdom about living and dying ” 2020 Sacred Art of LivingINTERNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS Ten Speed Presswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living9
10/28/2020ANCIENT BOOKS OF LIVING & DYING e Ars Moriendi.jwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingPREHISTORIC DEATH14,500 BCELascaux Caves:Humanity’s First Hospiceswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingNativeSpiritualities ofDeath & DyingThere is no death in the Circle of Life only Great Changewww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living10
10/28/2020WISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#1 THERE IS A UNIVERSALBELIEF THAT SOME FORMOF CONSCIOUSNESSSURVIVES THE DEATH OFOUR PHYSICAL BODY.Prehistoric Culturewww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingDR. CHARLES TARTU.CAL. DAVIS SCIENTIST & RESEARCHERON NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCESAs a scientist, what do you believe aboutthe survival of consciousness after death?www.sacredartofliving.org1240 BCE“When the eye ofthe body is shut,it opens to aGreater Light”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingEgyptianBook of theDeadTranslated bySir E. A. Wallace Budge 2020 Sacred Art of Living11
10/28/2020LIFE AFTER DEATH“What you find now is whatyou will find later ”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingO Lord of Light, grant that I not enter theplace of destruction may my body never know thedecay of death.Prayer of Ra Recorded in Psalm 116www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#2 IT IS A PRIORITY THATHUMAN BEINGS ASSIST EACHOTHER THROUGH THE MANYSTAGES OF LIVING & DYING.Egyptian Book of the Deadwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living12
10/28/2020ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS4000 YEARS OFSPIRITUAL TRADITIONwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingHEBREW TORAH1240 BCE“I set before youlife and death,blessingand curse.Choose life ”Deuteronomy 30:19www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingCHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES“Blessed are thosewho weep andmourn ”“Whoever loses theirlife will save it ”Gospel of Matthew,1ST Centurywww.sacredartofliving.orgChapters 5 & 16 2020 Sacred Art of Living13
10/28/2020ISLAM & THE QUR’AN7TH cent CE“Die before youdie ”(So that when you die,you will not die).Mohammedwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#3 “THE MOST IMPORTANTLESSONS FOR THE DYINGARE ALSO LESSONS FORTHE LIVING.”From the Gospel according to Mary MagdaleneAbrahamic Traditionswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingTHEANAMCARATRADITION500 — 1000 ADwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living14
10/28/2020MiddleEastern —CelticConnectionswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Livingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Livingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living15
10/28/2020ANAMCARA SOUL artofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingANAMCARA TRADITION“May you havethe commitmentto know whathas hurt you, toallow it to comecloser to you,and, in the end,become onewith you.”Celtic Book of Living & Dyingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#4 THE ONLY CURE FORSPIRITUAL SUFFERING ISTO LEAN INTO THE PAINCeltic Books of Living & Dyingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living16
10/28/2020BARDO THODOLTHEPadmasambhavaTIBETANBOOKOF LIVINGAND DYINGSogyal Rinpoche8th Cent. CEwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingUnbrokenspirituallineage oftwelvecenturieswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#5 A “GOOD DEATH” IS THEABILITY TO MAINTAIN CLEARCONSCIOUSNESS DURING THELIFE-TO-LIFE TRANSITIONTibetan Book of the Deadwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living17
10/28/2020HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED A ‘GOOD DEATH’ ?www.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of LivingIBERIAN BOOKS OF LIVING & DYINGORNAMENT OFTHE WORLDwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingINTERFAITH MELTING POT711-1492 ADwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living18
10/28/2020ARABIC & JEWISH ng.orgSurgery DentistryMorphine 2018 Sacred Art of LivingWISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#6 THERE IS A CLEARRELATIONSHIP BETWEENTHE CAUSES AND HEALINGOF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONALAND SPIRITUAL PAIN.Iberian Books of Living & Dyingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living19
10/28/2020MONASTIC BOOKS OF DYING“Ars Moriendi”1000-1492 ADwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWISDOM FROM THE ARS MORIENDIThe dying areour teachers So we live withgreater meaningand purposeMonastic Books of Dying11th century“Magistri nobis moriendi sunt ”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingPRESCRIPTIVE PRACTICESSPIRITUAL — MEDICAL SCIENCESwww.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of Living20
10/28/2020WISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#7 IT IS NECESSARY FIRSTTO DIAGNOSE SPIRITUALPAIN BEFORE ATTEMPTINGTO RESPOND TO IT Monastic Books of Living & Dying“Ars Moriendi”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWISDOM FROM OUR ANCESTORS#1 A UNIVERSAL BELIEF THAT CONSCIOUSNESS SURVIVES THE DEATH OF OUR BODY#2 PRIORITY THAT HUMAN BEINGS ASSIST EACH OTHER THROUGH THE STAGES OF DYING#3 THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS FOR THE DYING ALSO APPLY TO THE LIVING#4 THE ONLY CURE FOR SPIRITUAL SUFFERING IS TO LEAN INTO THE PAIN#5 A “GOOD DEATH” IS THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS DURING THELIFE-TO-LIFE TRANSITION#6 THERE IS A CLEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CAUSES & HEALING OF PHYSICAL,EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL PAIN#7 FIRST DIAGNOSE SPIRITUAL PAIN BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO RESPOND TO ITwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingPERENNIAL WISDOMDIE BEFORE YOU DIE So that when you die,You will not die.jwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living21
10/28/2020REDISCOVERINGOUR ANCIENT ROOTSProf. Richard GrovesWISDOM OF THE ‘ARS MORIENDI’www.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of LivingBlessed Fintan803-878 ADwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingFintan Travels to Europewww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living22
10/28/2020Anamcara Influences in piritual Manuscriptswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingRheinauStiftsbibliothekSacramentaryof Fintanca. 978 A.D.www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living23
10/28/2020“May you have thecommitment toknow what has hurtyou, to allow it tocome close to youand in the end,become one withyou.”Fintan’s Blessingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingPERENNIAL WISDOMDIE BEFORE YOU DIE So that when you die,You will not die.jwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingCIRCLES OF TRUSTDr. Parker Palmerwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living24
10/28/2020CIRCLES OF TRUST Small group meetings during & between workshop modules A welcoming space for personal work in community A place to connect our “soul and role” Led by a group ‘animator’ who facilitates the processTOUCHSTONESFOR CIRCLES OF TRUST A place of WELCOME and support for EVERYONE Time to be fully PRESENT to each others’ stories Not a ‘share or die’ event but an INVITATION No FIXING, SAVING, ADVISING or CORRECTINGwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingTOUCHSTONESFOR CIRCLES OF TRUST Value CURIOSITY and WONDER over solutions Trust the each person has an INNER TEACHER SILENCE gives the gift of space to listen deeply CONFIDENTIALITY is essential for trustwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living25
10/28/2020A PERSONAL REFLECTION Bring to mind someplace in yourlife where things are not workingwell. Consider how the teaching “diebefore you die” might apply to thissituation. How might any of the sevenwisdom points help with thisissue?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingPERSONAL REFLECTIONRec mmended ResourceCD NOWPLAYINGwww.sacredartofliving.orgMusic fromthe 11th c.Hospice 2020 Sacred Art of Living26
10/28/2020FRANCE’SSPIRITUAL TRIANGLEBeauneTaizéClunywww.sacredartofliving.org 2008 Sacred Art of Living Center & InstituteIN MEMORYBROTHER g.org1915-2005 2008 Sacred Art of Living Center & Institute 2008 Sacred Art of Living Center & Institute27
10/28/2020SESSION TWOSCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY & HEALINGwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY & HEALING SPIRITUALITY VS. RELIGIONQuantum WorldviewHealing and CuringUniversal Spiritual Elementswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of g.orgwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 CenterSacred Artof Living 2008 Sacred Art of Living& Institute28
10/28/2020SPIRITUALITYis a daily thingabout how we live our ordinary lifeIt is how we are – with our spouse– with our children– with the cab driverIT IS WHATEVER GIVES A SENSE OFMEANING TO OUR LIVESRabbi Edwin Friedmanwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“FAITH is our wayof finding coherenceand meaning in themultitude of forcesand relations thatmake up our lives.”Dr. James FowlerEmory Universitywww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“RELIGION is a structure thatprovides persons with aframework for viewing theworld as meaningful.”Dr. James FowlerEmory Universitywww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living29
10/28/2020THOMAS MERTON QUOTING MARTIN LUTHER“The world cannotsurvive without faithbut religionhas made itinaccessible for theaverage person.”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“I BEGTORELIEVE ME OF GOD.”Meister Eckhart,13 century mysticwww.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of LivingPOPE JOHN XXIIII wonder if after allis said and done,whether religionisn’t mankind’sdespair for nothaving found God.www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living30
10/28/2020SPIRITUALITY VS. RELIGIONHUSTON SMITH“Grand Master”of comparative world religions“Perhaps Americans have gonetoo far in divorcing spiritualityfrom religious tradition.”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingPRACTICAL gionwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingMY EXPERIENCE OF “SPIRITUALITY”1.What words or phrases do you associate with theterm “spirituality”? Can you remember the first timethe word began to have a meaning for you?2.What feelings do you have, or do you associatewith spirituality?3.Complete: “For me, spirituality iswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living31
10/28/2020MY EXPERIENCE OF “SPIRITUALITY”1.What words or phrases do you associate with theterm “spirituality”? Can you remember the first timethe word began to have a meaning for you?2.What feelings do you have, or do you associatewith spirituality?3.Complete: “For me, spirituality iswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY & HEALING Spirituality vs. ReligionQUANTUM WORLDVIEWHealing and CuringUniversal Spiritual Elementswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“In the 21st century scientistswill become our theologians.”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living32
10/28/2020CONFLICTING WORLD VIEWS“World is Flat”www.sacredartofliving.orgQuantum Science 2018 Sacred Art of LivingDUALISMGRECO-ROMANWORLD VIEWBody ― MindSelf ― OthersTrue Self― False SelfLife ― DeathDIFFERENT WORLD VIEWSNEWTONIANQUANTUMObservation/analysis ofconcrete data‘Fuzzy logic’ of contradictions andchaos‘Lumps’ of matter banginginto each otherMatter and energy areinterchangeableWhole is sum of partsWhole is greater than sum of partsParticles OR WavesNon-duality of Light & Matterwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living33
10/28/2020DIFFERENT METAPHORSNEWTONIANQUANTUMPredictableStatistical probabilities“Clockwork Universe”“Relational Universe”Assembly line, organizationalcharts, students in rowsTeams, pods, interdisciplinarysystemsDoctor – Patient relationshipImpossible to isolate Observerfrom the Observedwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingMIRRORING: NEUROBIOLOGY OF EMPATHY Mirror neurons: A mirror neuron is a neuron thatfires both when an animal acts and when the animalobserves the same action performed by another. “ these same anterior cingulate neurons thatrespond to my thumb being poked will also fire whenI watch you being poked.”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingTHE “MIND” IS RELATIONAL“The mind can be definedas an embodied processthat regulates the flow ofenergy and information Energy and informationcan flow within one brain,or between brains.”Dan Siegel, MDThe New Science of PersonalTransformationwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living34
10/28/2020Rec mmended Resourceswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingAN INTEGRAL VISION OF HEALTH & HEALINGKen WilberThomas KeatingORTHODOX3 KINDS OF AN EXPERIENCE OF ENERGETIC HEALINGwww.sacredartofliving.org 2018Sacred Art of Living35
10/28/2020LETTING GO: A HOSPICE JOURNEYwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living“ LETTING GO” STORIES 62 year-old Ralph Armstrong, Sonoma, California 46 year-old Anna Turner, Queens, New York 8 year-old Michael Merseal, Missoula, Montana Which story impacted you most? Why? What about this story is reflected inyour own life story?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY & HEALING Spirituality vs. ReligionQuantum WorldviewHEALING AND CURINGUniversal Spiritual Elementswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living36
10/28/2020OUR RELATIONSHIP TO DISEASEHEALINGVS.CURINGwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingDEFINITION OF HEALTH“The state of complete physical, mental, andsocial well-being not merely the absenceof disease or infirmity.”World Health Organizationwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingDISEASE IS A LANGUAGEDIS-EASEOFFERS IMPORTANT DATAWITH THE OPPORTUNITYTO KNOW OUR SPIRITwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living37
10/28/2020DIMENSIONS OF PERSONHOODBODYPAST MEMORIESFAMILY & FRIENDSPERSONALITYCULTURESOCIAL ROLESECRET LIFEPERCEIVED FUTUREUNCONSCIOUS REALMSSENSE OF TRANSCENDENTEric Cassell NEJM 306:11, 1982www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingA NEW DEFINITION FOR HEALINGThe ability to adapt andself manage in the face ofsocial, physical,emotional and spiritualchallengeswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingJOB DESCRIPTION FOR HEALERSPreparing andholding the spacewhere a newrelationship withyour sufferingcan occurwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living38
10/28/2020SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY & HEALING Spirituality vs. ReligionQuantum WorldviewHealing and CuringUNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL ELEMENTSwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSpiritual Element #1AWARENESS OF “THE OTHER”What is valued or “sacred”?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSpiritual Element #2SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITYHow am I responsible for theworld around me?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living39
10/28/2020Spiritual Element #3SENSE OF VOCATIONWhat is my reason for being?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSpiritual Element #4SENSE OF COMMUNITYIs there a sense of caringand being cared for?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSpiritual Element #5SENSE OF REPENTANCEWhat is my capacity forreconciliation with self and others?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living40
10/28/2020Spiritual Element #6ABILITY TO BE PRESENTIs my focus past, presentor future oriented?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSpiritual Element #7FAITHWhat is the relationship betweenmy personal story and a Great Story”?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingHEALING — D.H. LawrenceI am not a mechanism, an assembly of various sections.And it is not because the mechanism is working wrongly,that I am ill.I am ill because of wounds to the soul, to the deepemotional self,And the wounds to the soul take a long, long time,only time can helpand patience, and a certain difficult repentanceA long difficult repentance, realizing life’s mistake, andthe freeing oneselfFrom the endless repetition of the mistakewhich mankind at large has chosen to sanctify.www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living41
10/28/2020WRITING YOUR OWN VIDUI Vidui – A Jewish practice at Yom Kippur –“Day of At-one-ment” and death Statement making peace with God, theOther or the Universe Communal or individual ritual A living spiritual willwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingVIDUI: PRACTICING FOR DEATH We never know when it will be Whether alone or accompanied –we are ultimately alone May it be peaceful A practice at surrenderwww.sacredartofliving.org 2018 Sacred Art of LivingTO WHOM SHOULD I ADDRESS MY VIDUI? To who/what/where am I surrendering myself? What does spirituality/the Divine mean to me? Who would I want to see/read my VIDUI? Imagine if this was a document you might wantto be shared at the time of your passingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living42
10/28/2020FOUR ELEMENTS OF A VIDUIModified for this Workshop MEANING (my accomplishments)Did I do what I came here to do? FORGIVENESSWhat is it time to let go of?Judgments, anger at others/self .? RELATEDNESSGratitude/grief – for others and self HOPEBlessings and wisdom for those left behindwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingA VIDUI CAN BE A NEW BEGINNING Writing a VIDUI takes timeRewrite/revisit your VIDUI regularly/annuallyOpportunity for enormous self compassionStart with your address, then proceed throughthe four dimensions of spiritual sufferingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingARCHANGEL ng.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living43
10/28/2020URIEL: ANGEL OF LIGHT & DEATHwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Livingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2018HEALINGMUSIC OFSacredRABBIARYEH HIRSCHFIELDArt of Living44
10/28/2020Jwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingHEALING THE HEALERSTHE ART OF LIVING & DYINGDAY TWOCD NOWPLAYINGwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingA QUANTUM MORNING OFFERINGI am creating my day.I am infecting the quantum field.If You are watching me while I am doing this,Show me a sign today that you paid attentionto any of the things I have created.And bring them to me in a way that I won’t expect.Let me be surprised at my ability torecognize these thingsAnd make it so that I have no doubt that thesign has come from You. Dr. Joe DispenzaAdapted by Mary Groveswww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living45
10/28/2020MONKS CHANTINGLOURDES SHRINEANGER & POLLUTIONSPIRITUALITY MEETS SCIENCEMasaru Emotowww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWE ARE MOSTLY WATERAQUA THERAPYwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living46
10/28/2020SESSION THREEDIAGNOSING SPIRITUAL PAINwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingTO DIAGNOSE Δια Γνώσις See through Get to the bottom of Know the originwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingVS.VS.www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living47
10/28/2020PAIN IS BIOLOGIC Pain is an unpleasant sensoryand/or emotional experience. Physical pain is a bodyexperience. Emotional pain can beprimary or secondary toanother dimension of totalpain.www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSUFFERING IS LINGUISTICSuffering occurs whenwe assign meaning tothe experience ofphysical or emotionalpain.ORWhen we generate physical or emotionalpain from our thoughts or stories.www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingHUMAN SUFFERINGA unique humancapacityto endure pain‘for the sakeof another’Victor Franklwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living48
10/28/2020Pain is inevitableSuffering is optionalwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingREAL LIFE STORIES OF rewMariaElenawww.sacredartofliving.orgSara 2018Sacred Art of LivingCeltic Tradition“You are healed through your wound ” 2018of LivingLean into the pain Sacredto Arttransformit into sufferingwww.sacredartofliving.org49
10/28/2020Ars MoriendiCreating aSacred Space where someone can suffer the suffering that theyhave always needed to experience.www.sacredartofliving.org 2018Sacred Art theof LivingCarl Jung quotingArs MoriendiTibetanBuddhistParallelsThe value of suffering is that it has the potential to connect us toeach other in this place I am no longer separate from youHOW IS IT THATPAIN & SUFFERING “ HEALS” ?Alleviation of pain is good but not the Ultimate GoodFrom time to time a personexperiences transformationout of tragedywww.sacredartofliving.orgHIPPOCRATES 2020 Sacred Art of Living50
10/28/2020ALLOPATHIC MEDICAL MODELResponsive to interventions of the medical modelPAINSUFFERINGUnresponsive to interventions of the medical modelwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingCARE FOR THE SUFFERING Western Medicine has no model to helpMichael Kearney, MDMedical DirectorAnamcara Projectsomeone live through their suffering Most suffering is not fixable healing isfinding a way through the suffering If the dying person even begins to attend tosoul, the soul responds a thousand-foldwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWisd m InsightIf you get rid of thePAINbefore you answer itsquestion, you get rid ofSELF*along with it.*Self Psyche Soulwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living51
10/28/2020PAIN WHICH ISNOTTRANSFORMEDIS ALWAYSTRANSMITTEDRichard Rohr, OFMwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingINSTRUCTION FOR AN ANAMCARA“May you have thecommitment to knowwhat has hurt you,To allow it to come closerto youAnd in the end, becomeone with you.”Celtic Book of Living & Dyingwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWOUNDED HEALERSCecily SaundersTOTAL PAINPHYSICALHenri NouwenEMOTIONALSOCIALSPIRITUALSTAFF PAINWE ARE THE MEDICINEwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living52
10/28/2020PHYSICAL PAIN SCALEVISUAL ANALOG PAIN10 2020 Sacred Art of LivingEMOTIONAL PAIN SCALEHAPPY FACE - SAD FACEwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSPIRITUAL PAIN SCALEHOW ARE YOU WITHIN org2GENERALWELL-BEING3EXTREMEANXIETY45 2020 Sacred Art of Living53
10/28/2020FOUR QUALITIES OF SPIRITUAL GIVENESSwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingPATTERNS OF SPIRITUAL PAINMEANINGHOPEFORGIVENESSRELATEDNESSBASED ON SELF EVALUATION OF PATIENTSDURING PASTORAL CARE VISITStatistics based on SALC 2850 patient database [2008-12]www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWHY AM I HERE?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living54
10/28/2020WISD M INSIGHT“It is pertinent that concernsabout intimate areas ofrelationship, life and deathdecisions and ultimate humanvalues can be asked, answeredand recorded in the same wayas questions about fluidbalances, bowel functions andbodily chemistry.”Larry Dossey, MDwww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSPIRITUAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTCARE RECEIVERCAREGIVERDATECIRCLE THE FEELINGS THAT MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBE “HOW YOU AREWITHIN YOURSELF” TODAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD A MORE PERSONALCOMMENT AFTER EACH SCALE.MEANING PAIN SCALE12Life is filled with purposeand meaning.3I feel generallymotivated.45Life has becomemeaningless.PERSONAL COMMENTS:www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingBELIEFS ARE BIOLOGYWe are all tattooed in the cradlewith the beliefs of our tribewww.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living55
10/28/2020MeaningfulnessMakes Us WellMeaninglessnessMakes Us SickMEANING OF ILLNESSIF YOU HAVECANCER INA SICK BODYIF YOU HAVECANCER INA WELL RIVE 2020 Sacred Art of LivingWHAT DO I NEEDTO LET GO OF?www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living56
10/28/2020FORGIVENESS THERAPY“Any attempt to access thehuman capacity forforgiveness is guaranteed toenhance the immunesystem thereby enhancinga person’s state of body-mindspirit balance.”Joan Borysenko, PhD“Seventy Times Seven”www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSPIRITUAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTCARE RECEIVERCAREGIVERDATECIRCLE THE FEELINGS THAT MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBE “HOW YOU AREWITHIN YOURSELF” TODAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD A MORE PERSONALCOMMENT AFTER EACH SCALE.FORGIVENESS PAIN SCALE12I feel a deep senseof reconciliationtowards myself andothers.34There are no outstanding areasthat are calling for forgivenessin my life.5I feel a strongsense ofunforgivenesstowardsmyself and/oranother.PERSONAL COMMENTS:www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of LivingSPIRITUAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTCARE RECEIVERCAREGIVERDATECIRCLE THE FEELINGS THAT MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBE “HOW YOU AREWITHIN YOURSELF” TODAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD A MORE PERSONALCOMMENT AFTER EACH SCALE.FORGIVENESS PAIN SCALE1I feel a deep senseof reconciliationtowards myself andothers.234There are no outstanding areasthat are calling for forgivenessin my life.5I feel a strongsense ofunforgivenesstowardsmyself and/oranother.PERSONAL COMMENTS:www.sacredartofliving.org 2020 Sacred Art of Living57
10/28/2020UNIVERSAL LAW OF FORGIVENESS“Forgive us our faults as we forgive those who hurt us.”The Lord’s PrayerDomin
#3 the most important lessons for the dying also apply to the living #4 THE ONLY CURE FOR SPIRITUAL SUFFERING IS TO LEAN INTO THE PAIN #5 A “GOOD DEATH”
