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Namah Reflections

Help her explore her inner world. Look at within her that wants to grow into a beautiful
clues in her dreams, in the literature she reads, tree, give it sunlight and water, not pesticides
in the people that make her happy, in the and growth hormones. Then stand back and
encounters she fears, in the images of her life. watch it thrive.”
Don’t name the disease, because it may not
have a name at all. Each person has a unique References
calling, and therefore distinct maladies of the
psyche. Also, be humble to realise there may 1. John. New International version/ Biblica.
not be a cure. Healing is a journey — not a [Online] Available from: https://www.
destination. You are walking with the patient biblica.com/bible/niv/john/1/ Accessed16
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today, yesterday others were walking with November 2019.
her; tomorrow she may walk elsewhere. Your
task is to make her walk, no matter where 2. Ibid.
and with whom. This walk is life, whether
with friends to the magical kingdom of Oz, 3. Capra F, Luisi PL. The systems view of life: A
or uphill rolling up the stone, like Sisyphus. unifying vision. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
If you respect the patient’s calling, the seed University Press; 2014, pp. 11-12.

Lopa Mukherjee is a writer and documentary maker of educational and spiritual topics, and is a
psychology student in San Francisco, California.

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