Spirituality 101 For Dropouts of the School of Lofe
Ivan Figueroa-Otero
Author Bio
Iván Figueroa Otero M.D. FACS, FAAMA
After graduating from the School of Medicine of the University of PR in 1970, Dr. Figueroa Otero trains as General Surgeon at the University Hospital of the UPR School of Medicine, integrating a one-year fellowship in the study of cancer, and one year in experimental research. Post-graduate studies in Pediatric Surgery, then follow at Miami Children’s Hospital and the San Juan Municipal Hospital.
Looking for non-surgical or less invasive options for pediatric conditions, Dr. Figueroa Otero explores Eastern philosophies that emphasize a holistic concept of disease. He was one of the first physicians to become certified in medical acupuncture in Puerto Rico, training in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture with professors from the University of Seville. Eventually he was certified in medical acupuncture nationally.
In 2009, he became certified in anti- aging medicine and in December of that year he retired from the practice of pediatric surgery, focusing instead on a holistic medical practice and emphasizing disease prevention and modification of life styles. In 2011 he was invited to become a Trustee of the American Board of Medical Acupuncture, which is the national body organization responsible for certifying physicians in the field of acupuncture through national exams. In that same year he was recognized by Natural Awakenings magazine as Holistic Physician of the Year.
Dr. Figueroa Otero is currently engaged in his private practice and continues in his role as an educator, trying to achieve full integration of traditional Chinese acupuncture courses in the curriculum of medical schools, promoting that physicians to be certified both locally and nationally, and to establish clinical research protocols on the use of acupuncture in known conditions compared to the methodology established by modern medicine. Another immediate priority is to incorporate meditation techniques and their role in preventive and therapeutic medicine.
Description
Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?
We all have asked ourselves these questions, but few have sought the answers that truly make sense. Dr. Ivan Figueroa-Otero not only dares to answer them, but humbly presents a guide to understanding these and other questions about our spiritual nature, while closing the apparent gap between the religious and scientific vision with an eclectic and original delivery.
“I invite you to explore your soul in the infinite dimensional spirals of knowledge of the School of Life. I hope that the fruits of my failings help you to surpass your exams with fewer burdens and more joy.”
Book excerpt
In traditional schools, a “dropout” is a person who usually has flunked his exams and left school. But in the School Of Life, flunking doesn’t mean failing. It’s more like a learning experience that began at some moment and that hasn’t been completed yet, since the options for repeating the lesson never run out.
In the School Of Life there are no grades or organized curriculum. Everyone comes to learn and progress in specific areas, and your lessons are structured by your daily life. It’s as if the curriculum were created while you learn. Each experience is a new opportunity to grow and develop as whole
beings, and everyone decides when he or she has learned sufficiently to move on to the next course.
Who, then, are the dropouts in the School Of Life? They’re the ones that don’t feel satisfied with their lives. Those who, for some reason, are unhappy, stressed, insecure, sad or angry may feel they have flunked some subject in their personal progress. In those cases, the experiences will be repeated until the blockage is overcome in order to continue progressing.
Fully graduating from the School Of Life is a human being’s most important process. The thing is, in that process exams are administered on a same-day basis, just as the class! That’s why when we flunk, things get
harder, because next day’s exam will include the material from the previous one. People who flunk without realizing that they can retake the exam, are boycotting themselves when they stop trying to pass it.
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