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They say they are "Certified Facilitators" of Byron Katie...
We need to ask an attorney whether, in the eyes of the law, there is a difference between 'licensed' vs 'certified'.
Why say facilitators are 'certified"?
Why not say the facilitators are 'licensed'?
I am not aware that licensed professionals have to fret about their own licenses this way.
So long as you keep up with your continuing education classes, carry your malpractice insurance, and no one complains to the medical society or licensing board about your work, you're fine.
My mother's internist voluntarily re-took the board exams, after being in practice for 20 years. No one required him to do it. No one told him his license to practice was due for 're-certification'.
Dr X voluntarily re-took the board exams for his speciality, on his own initiative.
So you dont hear MDs, attorneys, dentists or therapists saying, 'Oh gee I cant attend your party--I have to study tonight because I'm facing my three year due date for re-certification.'
You dont hear 'em talking about that.
You hear them talking about taking Continuing Education classes to keep their licenses active.
**And theyre not required to take classes from just one individual look to just one individual to decide whether they can be 're-certified'.
(note:to keep her license up to date a friend who is an LCSW took a 2 month long class on countertransferance issues at a local center for psychoanalysis. Countertransferance is when the person in the powerholder/healer role projects his or her unconscious material onto the client.
A real therapist makes sure he or she can recognize when this is going on. Its not all a matter of a client projecting his or her stuff onto the healer. Healers project thier own stuff unto clients--unless the healers make very sure to become conscious and remain conscious in relation to thier own inner drama.
THat is what BK and other types neglect--the reality of countertransferance--being in a healing role, going unconscious and projecting personal stuff onto one's customers or clients. It isnt just a bunch of deluded clients projecting their stuff onto the healer.
It literally goes both ways and the person in the powerholder role, collecting the MONEY has a greater share of the responsiblity in making sure to keep things conscious.
And that means going through a training analysis.
And regarding the Husband story:
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Quoted from A Cry in the Desert:
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In her first forty-three years, she had known wealth and power, lost and regained more than once, but she was bitter and self-destructive, and her family watched helplessly as she raged against life and her own being.
Her second husband, Paul, suffered four heart attacks as he struggled to keep the family together and look after his wife, who clung to him in her despair and yet could offer him nothing but further distress.
The path was far from easy. Sometimes she felt steeped in a kind of agony that she had never known before.
Paul was always there, supporting her, holding her.
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According to the above account, BK's ex husband Paul appears to have been crucial in caring for his wife during her ordeal.
Awakening self lacks balance unless accompanied by awakening gratitude and a stable sense of loyalty.
They say that Ramana Maharshi grew ill a number of times when living in his cave in Arunchala, South India. He was cared for and watched over by a man in the neighborhood who brought him food.
Ramana Maharshi is famous today and his tomb is much visited a pilgrimage site.
But we can hope that someone has taken care to honor the memory of and bring an extra flower garland and stick of incense for the memory of the householder who fed Maharshi in his cave during the days when Ramana was young and obscure.
In honor of the anonymous, never famous, care providers who are lost in the fame of those who could not have survived without them, here are a few lines from a poem Samuel Johnson wrote in honor of his family doctor Robert Levet MD:
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On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet
Condemned to Hope’s delusive mine,
As on we toil from day to day,
By sudden blasts, or slow decline,
Our social comforts drop away.
Well tried through many a varying year,
See Levet to the grave descend;
Officious*, innocent, sincere,
Of every friendless name the friend.
(*Old-fashioned usage--means 'diligent')
When fainting Nature called for aid,
And hovering Death prepared the blow,
His vigorous remedy displayed
The power of art without the show.
In Misery’s darkest cavern known,
His useful care was ever nigh,
Where hopeless Anguish poured his groan,
And lonely Want retired to die.
No summons mocked by chill delay,
No petty gain disdained by pride,
The modest wants of every day
The toil of every day supplied.
His virtues walked their narrow round,
Nor made a pause, nor left a void;
And sure the Eternal Master found
The single talent* well employed.
(Dr Johnson refers to the Parable of the Servants each given a share of the household wealth to safeguard in the absence of their chief.(in the form of 'talents' an ancient monetary unit. 'Talent' later came to mean 'abilities or aptitude'. )
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/21/2009 10:42PM by corboy.