Spirituality Course

Comments on Lesson 14 – Dr of Spirituality Course

I have found this lesson to be very interesting as regards the spiritual side of depression. Quite rightly no layman should get involved in the medical side of this all too common illness but there is much that I am sure can be done on a spiritual level by a competent person. I know a few people who suffer from bouts of depression but these do not at present constitute what I would call medical depression. They are mainly cases where a person feels generally low and needs  someone to bring to them a brighter view of daily happenings.

I have found that the more you can cheer somebody up with bright and interesting conversation, the quicker they find their way out of the depths to which they have sunk. It does not happen immediately of course, and may take a few days for them to come back to their normal selves, but one usually finds that they are grateful for your help at such times. It all comes back to showing love wherever you go and bringing that love to bear on problems, both your own and other people's.

I feel that I have learned quite a lot about the basic facts of depression from the spiritual points raised in the lesson, especially in Dr Siani's comments about Sally who was obviously missing her vocation as a teacher and had nothing to replace it until she discovered her second vocation in the cancer clinic.  I have heard about others who had similar problems on retirement and needed help in finding a new path to follow which was as fulfilling as their previous job.

Prayer is one answer if the person is receptive to it but sometimes this is not what they want, at least initially, but if they can be persuaded to try the meditation aids as shown in the lesson, I feel that these will give them a basis on which to rise above their problem. In fact, I have found the 'smile meditation' to be very helpful to me if I am feeling tired or a little out of sorts. The prayer visualisation has also been helpful as to imagine oneself immersed in light in a pleasant atmosphere helps to rest the spirit and revive oneself from a tired state.

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