Dr. Theresa Nicassio, Registered Psychologist #1541
Dr. Theresa Nicassio, Registered Psychologist (#1541), Chef, Author & Host of The Dr. Theresa Nicassio Show on HealthyLife.net – All Positive Talk Radio

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Heart-Centred Therapy

As a psychologist, I am a servant of the soul. What that means to me is that I have chosen a life path of helping others connect with the beauty that inherently resides within and around them, even when they are unable to see it.

The Beauty Within

In a large temple north of Thailand’s ancient capital, Sukotai, there once stood an enormous and ancient clay Buddha. Over a period of five hundred years, violent storms, changes of government, and invading armies had come and gone, but the statue endured.

At one point, however, the monks who tended the temple noticed that the statue had begun to crack and would soon be in need of repair and repainting. After a stretch of particularly hot, dry weather, one of the cracks became so wide that a curious monk took his flashlight and peered inside. What shone back at him was a flash of brilliant gold! Inside this plain old statue, the temple residents discovered one of the largest and most luminous gold images of Buddha ever created in Southeast Asia. Now uncovered, the golden Buddha draws throngs of devoted pilgrims from all over Thailand.

The monks believe that this shining work of art had been covered in plaster and clay to protect it during times of conflict and unrest.

from Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart
(Bantam; Reprint edition, 2009) pages 11-12

 

 

Dr. Theresa Nicassio, Registered Psychologist #1541