What’s Wellbeing? 9 February, 2006
Posted by Steve Cabrera in Uncategorized.trackback
I mean a different thing than most people when I say wellbeing. I see wellbeing as something more profound than the absence of physical illness. I see it as an integrity of the whole of someone.
I also believe that wellbeing is cumulative and expands naturally.
It's cumulative in that there are basic foundations of wellbeing that are necessary to take care of before higher levels can be addressed. Like if you have a broken leg, you really should have it splinted and go to the hospital before you look at your mental health.
It's expanding because people expand as they take care of their wellbeing. What I mean by this is that as people are well personally in terms of physical health, mental and emotional health and financial health, they always expand to be concerned about the wellbeing of others. I have always seen this to be the case.
I can write forever on this idea but will pause. What do you think?
What about spiritual health Eteeb. It seems you have missed this. I am not referring to organized religion.
MOM
Spiritual health seems to be something that only comes up as relevant when someone’s physical, biological, emotional, and mental wellbeing is pretty much handled.
Spirituality in my view is all of it – individual spiritual wellbeing is an awareness of this – this awareness doesn’t seem to be available until the other “levels” of wellbeing are taken care of.
My personal practice pretty much involves these in sequence: starting with my physical state, emotional, mental etc. For me this is all spiritual practice. What I get from it is a pretty much sustained level of spiritual peace – that hold me steady when things get upset!
What do you think mom?
Love from London
Steve