If when your partner comes into contact with his reality, his physical, emotional and spiritual reality and it doesn’t hold him like his tablets did, he needs to either balance his physical emotional spiritual with everything he has, or be more responsible in how he stops taking the tablets, which, if he has been taking tablets for many years may take a long time to do. Engaging with unadulterated reality is hard, for any of us, engaging with one that makes us feel conflicted and rejected or physically ill, even harder but its worth it if he has the commitment and determination. He has you, and your daughter, if he can see his role in husband and father is a great blessing and opportunity, life is where we live our beliefs. He should value his freedom to choose how he lives, though freedom doesn’t mean no rules at all, that soon becomes a trap in itself. Work out what means something to him, what he really believes in and how he can commit to that and not become victim to artificial freedom or intoxication. While we have a body, we need to live in such a way that keeps it alive and healthy, that’s not complete freedom, it requires some choices, usually Rasta choose health because it keeps the body and mind away from those that will enslave it with their concepts and medicines, ideally. What does your partner value about Rasta, how does he want to live?
You cant replace psychoactive drugs with psychoactive drugs though. I would say find out what his motivations are and engage them. Cannabis isn’t a good substitute for tablets and just because it’s illegal doesn’t mean use it irresponsibly. I don’t know about a psychiatrist that is sympathetic with Rastafari teachings, that seems like a contradiction as the current biological psychiatry doesn’t even recognise the value of human relationships, let alone the existence of the soul or other matters that matter. Rasta is an antidote to psychiatry, clean living, Rasta, religion in the right form are meant to prevent psychiatry. Rasta psychiatrist might tell him you can’t plant beans and reap corn. There are psychiatrists that are more responsible that may lead to your partner being better informed and more empowered to manage himself though, look up Peter Breggin, Gabor Mate, Thomas Szaz, but if he believes in a good way of life, show him you support him in that and keep yourself strong, for your daughter’s sake.
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