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The Story of the Rainmaker & Contemplative Awareness

The Story of the Rainmaker & Contemplative Awareness. Radhule Weininger PhD, MD, & Michael Kearney MD, Clinician Self-Awareness: The Key to Whole Person Palliative Care, Osaka, Japan, October 1-2, 2011. Contemplative-Awareness.

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The Story of the Rainmaker & Contemplative Awareness

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  1. The Story of the Rainmaker & Contemplative Awareness Radhule Weininger PhD, MD, & Michael Kearney MD, Clinician Self-Awareness: The Key to Whole Person Palliative Care, Osaka, Japan, October 1-2, 2011

  2. Contemplative-Awareness Awareness of how we as individuals are situated in a bigger field of relationships. This includes the clinician’s awareness of his/her own spirituality and sources of meaning, and practices and rituals that allow for direct experience of the numinous/sacred.

  3. Richard Wilhelm 1873-1930

  4. The Rainmaker of Kiau Tchou

  5. The Rainmaker of Kiau Tchou

  6. The Rainmaker of Kiau Tchou

  7. What happened in there?

  8. So, what did happen in there? “They call you the rainmaker, will you tell me how you made the snow?” Wilhelm asked.

  9. So, what did happen in there? “I did not make the snow! I am not responsible for it!” the rainmaker replied.

  10. So, what did happen in there? “But what have you done these three days?” Wilhelm asked.

  11. So, what did happen in there? “Oh, I can explain that. I come from another country where things are in order. Here, they are out of order, they are not as they should be by the ordinance of heaven. Therefore the whole country is not in Tao, and I also am not in the natural order of things when I am in a disordered country.”

  12. So, what did happen in there? “So, I had to wait until I was back in Tao … ”

  13. “ … and then, naturally, the rain came.”

  14. Awareness of awareness meditation

  15. How do I “come into Tao”? In my life? At work?

  16. Soul & Role

  17. Parker Palmer -- “Soul and Role” • Soul “wants to keep us rooted in the ground of our own being” • Disconnection between soul and role may lead to a “divided life” and burnout • Re-alignment may lead to an experience of joy and flourishing in our work

  18. Some possible ways of “Coming into Tao” • Meditation • Spiritual and religious practice • Reflective writing • Dream work • Quality time with significant others • Humor • Exercise • Yoga • Massage • Music • Creative expression • Time in nature How each of us “Comes into Tao” is a highly individual process

  19. Exercise • How do I “come into Tao”? • With whom, where, when, and doing what do I feel most awake, most alive, and most connected? • In my life • In my work 3. Inventory of my self-care practices in my life 4. Inventory of my self-care practices in my work Take 20 minutes to write and share in pairs …

  20. Q & A and discussion

  21. Thank you!

  22. mkearney@sbch.orgradhule@gmail.com

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