In general, meditation is supposed to be
for transcending the sense of
a permanent self, and therapy is supposed to be for building up and
strengthening the sense of self.
Although those seem opposite aims, there is a lot of co-operation
between the two.
It can be important to strengthen the self, while not believing in it
as permanent and self-existent. The self is ever-changing; at the same
time it needs to be stable, confident and well developed, to provide a
basis for insight into its own impermanence.
Both meditation and therapy encourage us to go beyond the limited and
narrow ego, that clutches to a tight worldview, to make it feel safe.
We grow into a much larger arena, if we are able to live with the depth
of ourselves, dark and light, and bring to light and transform our
anger, greed and so on. We develop flexible and spontaneous action as
well as more compassion and understanding of others.
We can approach therapy using meditation methods, and vice versa.
Awareness of how emotions lodge themselves in our body, and how
awareness releases these blocks, into flow and positive power, works
with the passions in a deep place. This approach underpins all of
Dido's work.
For
further information contact Dido
Dunlop at dido@wisebirds.org
