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“God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him.” (Genesis 1:27)
In “Spirituality and Counseling” class, first, Dr. Ross taught us this story of Hugh, and then he asked us to discuss these two questions together. After we finished the discussion, he wanted each group to write down the answers, so he could check the answers one by one. He told us there is no any perfect answer. But every answer would be a great idea to enlighten Hugh’s life. Dr. Ross just encouraged everyone and let everyone to try their best to help Hugh.
Next, Dr. Ross taught us about the “Creation”. He showed us the famous picture in “Sistine Chapel” when God created the world, the connection between God’s finger and Adam’s. Dr. Ross wanted us to think, in our culture, who or what creates this world. But somehow everyone felt embarrassed. At that moment, no one wanted to answer the question. After a long silence, a guy told Dr. Ross that question was too sensitive to answer. I didn’t know why no one wanted to answer either.
So skipped this part the class kept going on. Then, the most inspiring thing to me at that class is about the Michael Angelo’s sculptor of “David”. Dr. Ross said: before Michael Angelo sculpted this rock, it was abandoned by another sculptor. That means this rock was not a completed stone. It might be broken in the shape somewhere. But Michael Angelo looked inside of the rock, and chiseled the rock, finally, let out the perfect image of “David”.
Meister Echhart said: “When master sculptors make figures out of wood or stone. They do not introduce the figure into the wood or stone. But chisel away the fragments that…concealed the figure. They give nothing to the wood or stone. Rather they take away from it. Letting fall beneath the chisel the outer layers.”
This is a very important lesson for me. I think the most important thing for a helper is just like the sculptor master. We need to look inside our clients’ nature as the master look inside the wood or stone. We cannot introduce the figure by ourselves. We just help the true child appear and let out the true child. If we can look inside to Hugh, and help him to release the true self just like the sculptor master did to the rock. Then maybe Hugh would know how precious, unrepeatable, incomparable he was, and was just like a trillion-dollar diamond in the rough. So he would not been gnawed by the sense of emptiness-a deep void, and dead never knowing who he was.
The second part is about “i” and “ Self”. Bob Briskey said “The closest psychology comes to spirituality is Jungian psychology.” Therefore, Dr. Ross taught us about “I” RECOVERY --Carl Jung. There is a famous sentence” I am not wise.” was said by Jung, when he was 70 years old.
Jung thought everyone has “i” which is just one’s thinking mind. It is located in the middle of our conscious which is just a small part of our psychi. For everyone, there is a “Self” is located in the center of our psychi. This “Self” is between conscious and unconscious which means we are more than our thinking mind.
Jung thought “he was not wise.” because he knew everything is connected to the “Self” which is “Imago Dei” means “Image of God”. We must help the “i” be aware of “Self” is both within our mind. By the way, ‘Self’ is a connection between our psychi and spirituality. “Self” knows more than our awareness. We should respect this part of God’s creation and pay attention on it even sometimes we don’t know every well.
Dr. Ross said: “i” is the boat. “Self” is the river. If we help people to trust the river will take the boat to come home. The home means to find your ‘Self”. We can know the “Self” by listen to the “quiet voice” in the dark night. The more we listen to our inner voice, more we practice to honor our feeling, player and trust and release our thoughts to help them to know “Self” and trust it. The more we would connect to the spirituality. So we will learn each of us is “Diamond in the rough”. Your life is more valuable and meaningful. You are unique in the world.
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