Parakalein

I have been teaching Internal Family Systems at CCSU for the last few days.  One one of the teaching days one of the students who is seasoned therapist said she had read a lot and had decided that it, IFS, was just a language shift and that she does the same thing using different concepts and frames.  I told her I had a part that wanted to say, "yuh, no, it is much more than a language shift".

I began to think that we use language to try to help people but then that language gets in the way as it is more than language.  I reflected that this is true in religion and politics thoughts two arenas that everyone says "do not go there".

Shit happens everywhere to everyone regardless of anything.  What we need is not language shifts but a shift to see every happening as an opportunity to enlarge and enhance our living.  I think this is at the core of all religions and of IFS training, to welcome all people regardless of anything into an experience that shifts everything from a language issue to an issue of acceptance and compassion toward all for the good of all.

What a shift, if all people regardless of ethnic, social, religious, political, economic, ecological, scientific, or sexual orientations, simply and profoundly accepted each other as people regardless of anything.

A shift from trying to control and direct to a shift offering openness and compassion.