I was at a conference this past week, Internal Family Systems, Conference in Boston. Some people think it is just a model of therapy but it is a way of seeing, of being and of living.
the way of IFS is to welcome all parts regardless of anything and to regard everything and every one from
the core qualities of calmness, compassion, courage and creativity.
To see not with just a myopic point of view but with multiples-eyes that see more not less. To no be a one eyed cyclops but a multi-eyed, open and affirming person. Open hearted love toward all and an affirmation of peace in all is at the heart of IFS. We see not only as we see but as all others see. A face of many eyes is an image of God who sees all in the way of "multiple eyes" in which all creation is valued and validated.
It is not judgmental, non-pathologizing, non-theologizing, non-restraining, and counter intuitive. It opens a new way of seeing the world and of practicing an inner peace as the seeds of outer peace, inner love as the seed of outer love from inner loving.
The sense of peace and love was amazing.
About Me
- Don Paine
- I am a pastor and a clinical psychotherapist. My life's passion is defining healthiness from a human perspective and paralleling it to the holiness of God, divine perspective. Shifting perspectives creates a paradigm that is alongside of rather than over and against. The parakalein of God and the paradoxes of humanity are redefined. Humanity is all about winning and yet we are losing ground everywhere. Divinity is all about letting go of the desire to win and the fear of loss. The Divine embraces the world with loving care regardless of anything.
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