Internal Family Solar Systems: Chapter 02
A personal statement on the genesis and necessity of IFSS
The inspiration for this dissertation arises from my personal healing process and professional path as a Wild Mind Guide and IFS-informed Ayurvedic Astrologer.
I have navigated my own existential anxiety and debilitating depression since childhood. This internal dissonance has interfered with my capacity to share the many gifts I carry.
The inconsistent expression of my true Self has been a compounding factor for my troubled mental health, adding weight to my frustrating sense of being randomly abandoned on a strange and dangerous planet.
This unsettled experience of life compels me to seek deeper answers than those offered by my family and generic society. I have followed the breadcrumbs of awakening through dreams and synchronistic experiences, leading me to ashrams and eco-villages where I discovered yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology and nature-based therapy.
It was (and still is) a source of profound relief to discover that the most ancient extant wisdom traditions on the planet offer a coherent map of the cosmos at every scale, describing how the subtle stuff of consciousness densifies into material reality.
The revelation of the five elements of Ayurveda and the comprehensive insights of Jyotish vastly enhanced my access to inner peace, outer ease and personal freedom.
As I established a more harmonic inner state, I began to help others as a certified Ayurvedic Doctor and professional astrologer. In pursuit of new tools to enhance the impact of my clinical practice, I sought training in the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy. The IFS approach added a new layer of depth to my Self-awareness and proved valuable to my clients when combined with Ayurveda and Jyotish.
The revelations contained in my 2020 Master’s project — The Periodic Table of Ayurvedic Elements — took it one step further, illuminating how the metaphysics of Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology correlate with Nobel Prize-winning astro- and biophysics.
To discover that the best of modern science validates the intuitions of the ancient sages infused a new sense of confidence in the potency of my inner and outer efforts.
The IFSS approach to Self-healing and spiritual counseling proposed here represents the best of what I’ve learned so far, both personally and professionally.
It has proven invaluable to my own evolutionary process, and promises great potential to serve many other people as they seek to become their most authentic Self and deliver their soul gifts to a world in desperate need of increased coherence.
This is the most inspiring outcome I can imagine. It would be a tremendous blessing if my personal journey were to be of benefit to others. May it be so.
