Hippocratic Oath and Hypnocratic Oath Healing profession and its responsibility
When you decide to help somebody, create a change in their life there can be many different reasons for offering this service. You may come from a wish to heal others because it feels good to help, to help in order to be admired and appreciated, to be reimbursed and make a living, because you are curious of what is possible or to give unconditionally and with genuine humbleness that the healing is done in and by the client. Or; all of these in different measures. If you are terribly disappointed if you fail to help a client you may want to reflect on your motives( and refer the client to somebody else)- I do this whenever it happens- it is not about me, it is about the client. The motivation of a change worker is an area about which I think too little is discussed and there is no " right " or " wrong "- because in life and beyond everything will depend on the circumstances and perspectives. Regardless of which you are helping, good happens.
Hippocratic Oath The Hippocratic Oath is one of the oldest binding documents in the history of mankind. The oath, written by Hippocrates( 460-370 bc) is still held sacred by many physicians( although not in Sweden for some reason): To treat the ill to the best of one ' s ability, to preserve a patient ' s privacy, to teach the secrets of medicine to the next generation, and so on.
This is a translation of an early version:
• I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant:
• To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard