Welcome Sneh, and so nice to see you in this forum. I appreciate your words as
I do all of those who have been involved with this work from very early on. I
look forward to hearing more from you here, and especially about the
discoveries you have made and the interface with Somatic Experiencing. And
you're welcome, for my small previous contribution. Love you, sheila
Constellation Intensive with Stephan Hausner July 28-Aug. 2 in Farmington,
CTSheila Saunders, RN, LMFT
www.systemicfamilysolutions.com
PO Box 1011 Weaverville, North Carolina 28787
828-273-5015
Letting your life run in the ordinary way is one option.
To: ConstellationTalk@yahoogroups.comFrom: sneh.victoria@googlemail.comDate:
Thu, 29 May 2008 12:19:24 +0200Subject: [ConstellationTalk] ISCA Letter
Dear Constellation Talk community,this is a first for me to join the current
discussion. It was triggered by Hunter's letter of clarification, thank you
Hunter, I was very grateful for it.Since some time I was following the
discussions and simply felt a touch overwhelmed by it all. Nevertheless I was
looking for a way to join, not to widen the "split" but to actually hint out
how beneficial it might be.My personal view on it:In many of my former years of
a facilitator and trainer I was immensely grateful about Bert Hellinger's
findings (and still am). Up from a certain point I simply had to explore more
of my own. And I did find some of my own discoveries contradictory to his, so I
eventually chose to follow my own path. This certainly went together with my
discomfort at some of his interpretations and interventions, so I simply
stopped to look in his direction for further learning and -found plenty of new
sources in what colleagues of mine discovered and what I found useful in other
methods and interventions (shamanic world views and mostly Somatic
Experiencing).Coming from a world of spiritual seekers ("Sannyasins"), known as
followers of the mystic Osho whom I met in 1980, what is happening seems
vaguely familiar. And yes, it has a cult smell, and what I see is: some people
are very happy with Bert's (and Sofie's) new ways, gain a lot from it, and some
are simply taking a different path.I count myself to the different path people.
Once having tasted an enlightened master's presence, Osho, Punjajee and
Sufi-Baba (and maybe some I did not recognize), I for myself claim to know the
difference. If his wife calls him enlightened and is happy with it: great. If
he accepts it and is happy with it: great. If people are drawn to this and are
happy with it, great.I am simply not drawn to him any more and I believe the
happening separation to be very beneficial for all of us. Growth pains, like
loosing positions in the public world and ending up on lists as potential cult
members is all part of finding our very own position jet again. This feels
precious to me, even if it means to reconsider a lot of what we value and what
gives us a sense of security. It might ultimately lead us to become clearer
about a lot of choices we made in our life's and reconsider.I want to express
my full appreciation to the team who wrote the Open Letter of Clarification
from the DGfS and ISCA. Not, because I agree with everything written in it, I
would have liked it to be much more daring, less cautious, but that is me. I
appreciate the time and effort spend to take a stand, and quite frankly it is
like that:I simply enjoy a lot more spending time around you all (the ones I
know) than with Bert or Sofie. And that is ultimately what makes me decide whom
I trust and with whom I choose to move and associate.Sneh Victoria
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