In taking the risk in offering an emotional response to an emotional problem – which often involves holding suffering and journeying – practitioners will trust that the root foundations will work at their own pace within the individuals being helped.
For example, the practitioner will trust:
~ That emergence will manifest, just like the builder of the Pyramid trusted that gravity would pull a big boulder down into its designated place if he raised it above it with a lever. (The difference of course, is that how emergence manifests may surprise – and challenge us).
~ That love and genuine care will enable integration over time of a true self, gradually restoring and healing the dissociated, false self that may be shown to the world because of difficult experiences in early life. This also implies that the innate human longing for genuine and congruent relationship will have power to overcome isolation.
~ That increased awareness of consciousness will assist in processing the complex information constantly assailing the mind and body, helping to unravel the mysterious melancholy that might abound in the self.
~ That the processing (see last bullet point) will involve as much being-time as doing-time, and that moving to solution mode too quickly has the potential to leave people out.
~ That formation of a strong identity will foster emotional stability, inculcate pride, and give confidence to fulfil one’s true potential and be.
Finally, love is, of course, one of the
universal root foundations which impacts on all the others i.e. being common to
all humanity also.