Healing, What is it? Who Does it?
Published in the
May 1999 issue of "The Messenger"
What is ‘healing’? Is a Reiki
practitioner a ‘healer’? Who ‘heals’? Can anyone learn to ‘heal’?
These are questions often asked as a person feels the inner guidance
to work with energy; to offer their services in the process of healing
- personally, and globally. This article will try to answer these
questions - but do remember that this is still an opinion, albeit
based on years of experience, using multitudes of techniques, reading
hundreds of books, taking lots of classes from ‘experts’ and literally
working on thousands of people in various stages of imbalance and
dis-ease. This article is not intended to be a definitive answer, but
rather to spark your interest to look deeper within your own
knowingness for your own answers. We want each reader to begin their
own search for what ‘healing’ is for them; to become more conscious
and aware of changes in the processes that lead to healing… so that
successful techniques can be repeated, and later taught to others.
To
better understand healing, we might first look at dis-ease. We have
come to know dis-ease is ‘imbalance’; too little or too much of a
condition, state of being, flow of energy, etc. Our bodies are
designed to function optimally in a state of balance and flow…
continuous movement of energy, fluids, chemicals throughout all parts
of our physiques; cleansing, purifying, balancing one part to all
others. When anything gets out of balance, the body immune system is
fired up to begin whatever processes are necessary to re-establish
balance. This happens in stages or cycles; first is “inflammatory” or
“sub-acute”; second is “acute”; third is “chronic”. Every imbalance
will go through one or more of these stages, depending upon the
severity of the conditions experienced, length of time the condition
exists, and number of systems affected by the imbalance.
“Healing” is
a conscious act of using modalities/techniques to re-establish the
flow of energy to areas of the body experiencing pain (message from
body’s inner intelligence) and the point of origin of imbalance (these
areas of the body may be the same or different). There are multiple
ways of attempting to re-establish energy flow and balance;
acupuncture/pressure techniques, herbal/chemical remedies, energy
transfer techniques, body manipulation, breath-work, sound/light
therapies, hydrotherapy, psychotherapy, aromatherapy, homeopathy,
supplement therapy, meditation/autosuggestion, and applied
nutrition/diet. Since every person is different (background,
education, beliefs, programming, experiences, lessons, physique, etc.
), not any one treatment will work in the same way for all
imbalances/dis-eases, and it is a process of finding the one or
combination of techniques/modalities to bring the body into balance.
No one person knows all techniques and knowledge of “healing
processes” and it may take many trials and treatments to effect a
positive change in one’s condition. One of the simplest methods we
have found that works on many of the levels of consciousness (physical
and energetic) is “REIKI”. While Reiki is not a healing technique in
and of itself, it is storable/usable energy that cleans, purifies, and
brings balance to all levels of one’s state of Being. Each of us, the
members of humanity, are ultimately responsible for our own healing…
we must take back our personal power to heal ourselves; to take an
active, conscious part in the processes which lead to health and
balance. We are the only ones who can do this work; it is a
remembrance of who we are, and simplifying our lives to one basic task
- accumulating, concentrating and focusing our energy on the lone act
of ‘healing’. But, we are also to remember that we are not in this
world alone, separate from all others… we are all One… and as such, we
can allow others who have healed themselves to assist us in our own
process. We must have passed through our own trials before we can
truly assist others; we must have learned the lesson of
channeling/focusing all of the energy we can muster into the process
of healing… then we can help others to do the same. We must be
available to others throughout their entire process, and not just when
it is convenient to us. We must nurture the ability to hear our inner
wisdom and direction, and learn to follow our inner knowledge… it is
this alone that will be the most beneficial tool of healing. We must
remove our egos from the process and allow the energy of the Creator
to flow through us unimpeded. We must train the mind to see only
positive images of ‘health and perfection’ in all beings. We must stop
acting like ‘victims’ we must re-empower ourselves to be responsible
for every detail of our lives. We must remember to be grateful for all
we have; and hold our attention on the situations/circumstances we
want in our lives… instead of dwelling on our miseries and the
situations we dislike. We must push through the blocks/barriers/pains
to affect ‘change’… it is only when we try to stop change that we
begin to stagnate and die. And lastly, we must learn to enjoy our
brief time on planet Earth… because it is only a proving ground for
our spiritual lessons, and not our permanent home. We are Spirit
having a physical experience, and we are to co-create perfection while
we are temporarily in this physical body… this is our workspace - our
easel… and we can paint/experience whatever we choose. What do you
choose?
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