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Mentoring in the Sacred Tradition

The notion of a sacred tradition of mentoring is rooted in our past when we lived in small villages surrounded by nature. Our communities were smaller and centered around families and close friends. We shared our lives with each other and were dependent on each other for survival and sustenance. This environment honored its elders and respected their place in the village. The elders provided the continuity of the past to make sense of the present.

Mentoring in this context is primarily about story telling in its natural and primitive form as the elders did. The stories we tell to relate our personal experiences and teach others from that experience. We speak of our lives as a journey starting from a center that is the self. Our lives model the way we walk on our personal journey and we tell the story from the perspective of that journey. The mentor speaks to our connectedness to the Earth and others. The mentor, like the traditional elders, provides landmarks for others on their journeys connecting the past to the present.

We ask questions of ourselves about what our heart is telling us. These are included in the stories. Silence is honored. We give thanks. Mentoring speaks to the harmony in our bodies and the pain and suffering we experience when we lose or forget that harmony.

We do things from intentions while understanding the outer landscape that we travel in which acts as our guide to the center of our being.

We listen to the stories of others and we do this from our hearts. The mentor knows each story is important and provides validity to its teller. We act to create beauty and to be a protector of space for others to tell their story. We seek to understand and describe the patterns and relevance of the stories we hear and we tell. We listen and speak of the simplification of what matters, even when in the confusion of living, we are overwhelmed by what happens.

We know life as fun and we are about enjoying it.

I use this approach of mentoring to help others find the potential in their lives and businesses. If you are interested in learning more about the process, please contact me.

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