Chris, could you please organise to remove my name from constellation talk. I
have tried unsuccessfully many times. my address - mookanthony@xxxxxxxxxxx
Thnkyou, Mark Payne
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Walsh
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Family Constellations and Buddhism
Thanks Dan for your interesting reflections.
Of course there are lots of different types of Buddhism and different
Buddhist practices.
One that seems to fit well with owning your own perpetrator energy is
vajrayana or tantric practice. It is the most advanced of the three "vehicles"
of Tibetan Buddhism and has a lot in common with Zen. In this practice all
energies (eg sex, greed, aggression) are understood as an expression of
"enlightenment" or "Buddha Nature". When we are residing in Buddha nature our
expression of these energies is both compassionate and wise. In this regard it
is interesting to note that in Tibetan iconography, that compassionate deities
are sometimes depicted as wrathful or ferocious.
So for what it is worth, I think constellations help us to relate to
perpetrator energy in ourselves and others in a compassionate and wise way.
This way of relating to perpetrator energy is demonstrated in Thich Nhat Hanh's
poem, "The Door of Compassion"which can be found on my web site at:
http://constellationflow.com/door_of_compassion.html. ;
That new way of relating to perpetrator energy then allows us to process and
transform that energy so we can express it in similarly skilful ways. To others
that energy may look like love, or it may still look very threatening, as with
the Tibetan deities that symbolise the wrathful aspects of compassion or of
wisdom.
I think many of us have seen these qualities in Bert Hellinger, when he is at
his best. For most of us, we just get a glimpse of it from time to time.
Interestingly when we observe this way of being in someone else it can be
difficult to distinguish it from arrogance, or foolhardiness. - More food for
thought!
hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
An Australian Constellation Website:
www.constellationflow.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Booth Cohen
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, 12 December 2003 3:14 PM
Subject: [ConstellationTalk] Family Constellations and Buddhism
I've been considering the interface between Constellation Work and
Buddhism. Chris has a good article on his website about his Buddhist approach
to psychotherapy. My question is how do the two views fit with each other?
I wrote an email the other day to a friend who is a practicing Buddhist.
She did a family constellation 8 months ago about her father who is a
concentration camp survivor. I was trying to bridge how she deals with her
perpetrator energy in her Buddhist practice and how she might understand the
images in the constellation.
I wrote, "One can see these approaches as complimentary, like the
inhalation and exhalation of breath. The family soul approach takes it in and
the Buddhist approach lets it go."
Has anyone else reflected on these questions? I'm always interested in our
collective wisdom and understanding.
Dan
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