Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way

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A related argument concerns high caseloads (Gibbs & Gambrill, 2002) and that a practitioner may not be paid for the time spent in this aspect of practice since it is not “face time” spent with clients. Social workers should be advocating for these activities to be reimbursable as client-services. Regardless, our professional code of ethics requires social workers “…to search for practice-related research findings and to share what is found with clients (including nothing)” (Gibbs & Gambrill, 2002, p. 463). It is a professional activity engaged on behalf of, and perhaps with, clients. To make straight a person’s paths means to make the course of the person’s life one that continually progresses toward a goal. In Proverbs, the emphasis is on the moral quality of one’s life path (here, its moral “straightness”). Get a free copy of the ebook ‘What Is the Gospel?’ by telling us a little bit about yourself! There is no such thing as being absolutely perfect, and many people don’t realize that most of their personal growth will come from messing up or even experiencing failure.

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Evidence is based on controlled experimental conditions, not real-world conditions. This criticism is partially accurate. Efficacy studies involve carefully controlled experimental conditions that reduce variance as means of enhancing internal validity—the very variability that we see in real-world practice conditions (risking external validity). The rationale is that these approaches ensure that conclusions about the study results accurately reflect the impact of the intervention itself, and not the influence of other explanatory variables. For example, up until the 2000’s, a great deal of breast-cancer research was focused on the population of post-menopausal women. Not only was this the largest group of persons diagnosed with breast cancer, introducing younger, pre-menopausal women and men with breast cancer meant that intervention study results were confounded by these other factors—including them in the studies would make it difficult to determine what was working. However, this also meant that there was little evidence available to inform practice with pre-menopausal women and men who contracted breast cancer. Furthermore, many intervention studies early on were conducted in centers where practitioner-investigators were breast cancer specialists, well-prepared to provide treatment with a high degree of fidelity to the treatment protocols being tested. Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one’s inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together…. When I do not know myself, I cannot know who my students are. I will see them through a glass darkly, in the shadows of my unexamined life – and when I cannot see them clearly, I cannot teach them well. When I do not know myself, I cannot know my subject – not at the deepest levels of embodied, personal meaning. I will know it only abstractly, from a distance, a congeries of concepts as far removed from the world as I am from personal truth. (Parker Palmer 1998: 2)often it is not just the knowledge they pass on or the advice they give that makes them special. Rather it is how they are with us, and we with them. We can feel valued and animated and, in turn, value them. Out of this meeting comes insight. (Smith and Smith 2008: 57) Compassion is being in tune with oneself, the other person(s) and the whole world. It is goodness at its most intuitive and unreflecting. It is a harmony which opens itself and permits the flowing out of love toward others without any reward. It avoids using people as tools. It sees them as complete and without a need to be changed. (Brandon 1990: 60) These four cardinal virtues were actually later incorporated into Christianity by the philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, who added three more (hope, faith, and charity) to create the seven heavenly virtues, which stand in opposition to the seven deadly sins. They also feature in some form in virtually every other global religion.

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Open body language, such as arms and legs not crossed (and certainly no distractions, like a cell phone, in your hands!). There are three different types of empathy, and these are strengthened when we practice loving-kindness. The two most common types of empathy are when you understand someone else’s perspective, and when you connect to them emotionally; but the final, most powerful type is empathic concern. A Beginner’s Loving-Kindness PracticeGently close the eyes if you feel comfortable doing that, or direct the eyes towards the floor while seated or lying down. When you’ve gained more perspective and knowledge, you may discover that your previously held opinions and beliefs have shifted. As a result, you may change your mind about said situation or topic – either slightly or radically. Try new things. It's hard to gain wisdom when you stay in and do the same thing day after day. You get wiser when you put yourself out there and give yourself the opportunity to learn, make mistakes and reflect on the experience. If you tend to be on the inhibited side, work on cultivating an inquisitive spirit and the willingness to put yourself in new situations. [1] X Research source Every time you experience something new, you open yourself up to the possibility of learning and getting a little wiser for having tried it. Immerse yourself in various situations without preconceptions or judgment, and just observe what’s going on. This can be difficult for most people, especially if they already have an emotional attachment to a technique, situation, philosophy, etc. To reword Parker Palmer (2000: 11) good helping is rather more than technique; it comes from the identity and integrity of the helper’ (Parker Palmer was talking about teaching). This means that helpers both need to know themselves, and seek to live life as well as they can. They need to be authentic.

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A: Affect (or emotions). Learning to identify what another is feeling and naming it can help us better understand their behavior or the message behind their words. Evidence is based on aggregated data, not individuals. This observation means that empirical evidence is typically presented about a group of individuals or cases, not about individuals—and the client or client system with whom the social worker practices is an individual. So, this observation about aggregated data is mostly true, but not necessarily a liability if the information is properly evaluated. Step 4: Integrating results from the critical appraisal with practice expertise and the client’s or client system’s unique circumstances.Not only is this good for forming connections with others, but it can help you think harder about your own feelings and emotions and what you can do to take control of them. 3. Don’t Be Afraid Of Making Mistakes This is an exercise from resilience expert Linda Graham for shifting our awareness and bringing acceptance to the experience of the moment. It helps to practice this self-compassion break when any emotional upset or distress is still reasonably manageable—to create and strengthen the neural circuits that can do this shifting and re-conditioning when things are really tough. This is the core maxim of the book: the quest for wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord (cf. Ps. 9:10 and Ps. 111:10, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom”). “Knowledge” and “wisdom” are closely tied together in Proverbs: “knowledge” tends to focus on correct understanding of the world and oneself as creatures of the magnificent and loving God, while “wisdom” is the acquired skill of applying that knowledge rightly, or “skill in the art of godly living”. On the fear of the Lord, see notes on Acts 5:5; 9:31; Rom. 3:18; Phil. 2:12–13; 1 Pet. 1:17; 1 John 4:18. The reason that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of both knowledge and wisdom is that the moral life begins with reverence and humility before the Maker and Redeemer. The idea of a quest for knowledge sets biblical wisdom in the broad context of the ancient Near Eastern quest for truth, and this verse also validates such a quest as legitimate and good. Thus it affirms a kind of “creational revelation,” the idea that one can find moral and theological truth through observing the world. Overcoming challenges and obstacles can offer people an entirely new perspective that they wouldn’t have otherwise acquired if they didn’t get out of their comfort zones. For example, which would be a healthier choice at a party: Pizza or salad? The salad is only healthier if that’s what you really want. Otherwise, you might feel deprived and end up overeating later. Enjoying pizza mindfully as part of a celebration allows for the many roles that food plays in our lives. We can often end up feeling satisfied with less when it does.