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the_principles_attitudinal_healing_english.pdfThe Principles of Attitudinal Healing - downloadable copy:
The Principles of Attitudinal Healing - downloadable copy:
The Principles of Attitudinal Healing are at the heart of the AH Peer Support Model. Rooted in universal values found across many cultural and spiritual traditions, these Principles offer a foundation for healing that resonates with people from all walks of life. They are applied in ways that honour each person's unique background and lived experience.
The Principles serve to guide us —by focussing on one, it can help us reduce inner conflict, strengthen our connection to our own inner wisdom, and cultivate a deeper sense of peace.
If you are having trouble viewing or downloading the Principles, please visit the AHI website for a copy of the AH Principles and other free AH resources: https://www.ahinternational.org/downloads/
You can watch Paula and Els discuss each of the Principles below if you want to. This is not required for the series but you might enjoy them - and gain some insights!
Discussion videos about each of the 12 AH Principles:
Discussion videos about each of the 12 AH Principles:
- The essence of our being is Love.
Who are you in essence? This principle is the foundation that underpins all other principles: “The essence of our being is love.”
2. Health is inner peace, healing is letting go of fear.
2. Health is inner peace, healing is letting go of fear.
When we are at peace within, we can calmly navigate any physical or emotional challenge.
3. Giving and receiving are the same.
3. Giving and receiving are the same.
Fear, scarcity, and ego-based thinking blocks generosity and abundance. Els asks, "Can I receive without needing to earn it? Can I give without needing credit?" Give love without conditions and notice how you receive love.
4. We can let go of the past and of the future.
4. We can let go of the past and of the future.
Holding onto painful past stories or worrying about the future keeps us from fully living in the present. These fear-based projections shape a future that hasn’t happened.
5. Now is the only time there is and each instant is for giving.
5. Now is the only time there is and each instant is for giving.
Living in the present moment and true healing begins with letting go of guilt, judgment, and fear. Guilt ties us to the past, while fear projects us into the future - but freedom, joy, and clarity are always available NOW.
6. We can learn to love ourselves and others by forgiving rather than judging.
6. We can learn to love ourselves and others by forgiving rather than judging.
Forgiveness can feel like a daunting concept - like giving away your power - but what if it's actually the path to reclaiming it? Els shares that forgiveness is not about excusing others but about freeing ourselves from the emotional weight of blame, judgment, and painful memories.
7. We can become love finders rather than fault-finders.
7. We can become love finders rather than fault-finders.
This video invites us to let go of judgment, blame, and ego-based perception and instead embrace the essence of who we truly are: love. Put on your "coloured glasses" and change your emotional lens.
8. We can choose and direct ourselves to be peaceful inside regardless of what is happening outside.
8. We can choose and direct ourselves to be peaceful inside regardless of what is happening outside.
Inner peace is our natural state, and the outer world with its conflicts, projections, and triggers, often pulls us away from that calm center. But no matter what happens externally (or internally), we always have the power to choose again. Choose peace.
9. We are students and teachers to each other.
9. We are students and teachers to each other.
Reflecting on what it means to see others through kindness, innocence, and love - beyond roles of authority or ego.
10. We can focus on the whole of life rather than the fragments.
10. We can focus on the whole of life rather than the fragments.
We discuss how the ego thrives on identification and judgement, how guilt keeps us trapped in the past, and how forgiveness brings us back to freedom in the present.
11. Since love is eternal, death need not be viewed as fearful.
11. Since love is eternal, death need not be viewed as fearful.
Els speaks about how the body is an appearance in duality, why love transcends physical form, and how keeping loved ones alive in your heart allows their presence to remain even after death.
12. We can always perceive ourselves and others as either extending love or fearful and giving a call for help.
12. We can always perceive ourselves and others as either extending love or fearful and giving a call for help.
See the love in others, even when actions seem otherwise. Question the stories behind your fear and shift to a perspective of love. Practice blessing everyone in every situation, cultivating compassion without expectation.
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