Sadzonki myśli i płomyki nadziei – rozwijanie kompetencji głębokich w procesie rodzinnej autoterapii

The result of the search for the function of language which could enrich the expression of man cultivating the field of experiencing him/herself and those around him/her, is silence out loud – the evidence of deep thoughtfulness. It is the expression of reflection, creating an inner environment in which a person becomes a “witness of him/herself ”, his/her being, his/her conscience, his/her own and other people’s guilt, including the possibility of its redemption. The article attempts to describe not only the state of being a witness to oneself, but also of being a witness to one’s abuser. The scene of this drama, which is a perceptible contemporary consequence of the post-war trauma of the ancestors, begins with an innocent conversation between a girl of several years and her mother (in turn, grandmother and great-grandmother) in the environment of nature, where a person stands “naked” in the face of the depths of “nature-word”. An attempt was made to pose the question of the forest as a pedagogical medium that allows, on the one hand, to conduct a therapeutic dialogue, and, on the other, to withdraw from the rituals of ordinary contemporary everyday life. This condition is exemplified by the title metaphors: seedlings of thought and flames of hope, rendered in the form of photographs of a mother and daughter holding handmade olive lamps and talking to each other surrounded by trees. We do not learn the details of the conversation – it is too personal, we only know that it initiated a self-therapeutic intergenerational understanding. The text was written on the grounds of ecologically inspired forest pedagogy and deep competences.