Tip of the Iceberg
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
As you consider the quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, visualize an iceberg, and appreciate that only about one tenth of an iceberg is visible above the surface of the water.
Welcome to DeepMedicine.net
Deep Medicine is about the healing power of going deeper. Practicing deep medicine, we will go within, beneath, to the root, beyond the readily apparent to the hidden riches from which we are nourished and guided and healed.
Health is balance and healing is change to restore balance. There is no issue that is not a health issue. Everything is either health creating or health negating. Everything you think, feel, believe, say and do contributes to your well-being. Whether you are talking about the symptoms of an illness, lifestyle choices, environmental degradation, social injustice, economic disparity, poverty, violence, or spiritual crisis – you are talking about health issues in some way. There is nothing that isn’t related to the state of your personal and collective well-being.
At this site, we will pursue a wide range of topics which will foster our well-being. We will engage the challenge of changing, the pillars and practices of self-care, the power of our individual stories, and the path to wholeness and health that involves bridging our inner and outer worlds. The allure of summer, the power of relationship and community, the healing potential of gratitude, the potential of play, the lessons of uncertainty and impermanence, the impact of service, and the difference between knowledge and wisdom are but a few of the topics we will touch upon.
The heart of this material is contained in my book, Deep Medicine: Harnessing the Source of Your Healing Power (Order online). At DeepMedicine.net we will expand and apply the principles and practices of deep medicine. This is an ambitious task, since it is my first entry to the realm of “social media”. It will be a “work in progress” – like the roads in India which are constantly being worked on but never finished. Nonetheless, I promise that it will be an opportunity for creativity, curiosity, learning and growth.
