Attitudinal Healing the Principles for Emotional Health
The Two Wolves
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all.
One, the black wolf, people call Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other, the white wolf, people call Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:
“Which wolf wins?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
Tend to your Soul today and focus on emotional health! Look through the eyes of love, allow only loving thoughts, and interpret all feelings as either love or a call for help to get there.
Then respond appropriately.
Attending the Soul
When people observe the ways in which the soul is manifesting itself,
- They are enriched rather than impoverished.
- They receive back what is theirs,
- The very thing they have assumed to be horrible
- That it should be cut out or tossed away.
- When you regard the soul with an open mind,
- You begin to find the messages that life within the illness,
- The corrections that can be found in remorse and other uncomfortable feelings, and
- The necessary changes requested by depression and anxiety.
(Moore 1992)
The Principles of Attitudinal Healing
- The essence of our being is love
- Health is inner peace.
- Healing is letting go of fear
- Giving and receiving are the same
- We can let go of the past and of the future
- Now is the only time there is and each instant is for giving
- We can learn to love ourselves and others by forgiving rather than judging
- We can choose and direct ourselves to be peaceful inside regardless of what is happening outside
- We are students and teachers to each other
- We can focus on the whole of life rather than the fragments
- Since love is eternal, death need not be viewed as fearful
- We can always perceive ourselves and others as either extending love or giving a call for help.
