Great significance underlies every illness, large or small, because your body is a biofeedback system for your attitudes. Managing energy involves managing your relationship with your emotional self. Examining your emotions is the bottom line for understanding the purpose of a particular health-related situation. Poor health does not just land in your lap. You are ultimately responsible for setting the stage of your body's inner terrain based on the choices you make, and you actually restrict your body's natural healing processes when you readily accept only conventional medical labels and categories for your condition. You deny the purpose and power of your body's intelligence when you believe that you "just caught something out of the blue," rather thatn realizing and accepting that your body is merely respoding to your inner feelings and commands.
When the body exhibits a so-called symptom, there is always an underlying emotional component, and you must seek to eliminate the cause, not just eradicate the symptom. Connecting the dots between how you feel about yourself, family, friends and the world at large - and your body's physical functions provides an important key for understanding how you use your energy. Whether you are attracting colds and flus, or are challenged with more severe systemic blockages such as cancer and diabetes, or heart or organ failure, your emotions or how your feel are always involved. The message, or core purpose of your body's condition is based on a friendly, cooperative relationship between your mind, your feelings, and your cells. Illness is a built-in service, a feeling-based feedback system activated by harmful input stemming from a personal misuse of energy. Certainly you have wondered why some people get sick and others remain healthy, many unaffected by exposure to the same alleged contagion.
Healing involves unblocking old pain. When your body is in discomfort or pain, note the specific area of distress, for the location will be a key to where your emotional issues have established obstructions. The underlying message behind any symptom of poor health can be clearly understood when associated with the practical and purposeful function of the afflicted area. What feelings are registered there? Communicate with your pain, get in touch with it and describe it. In order to heal and be well, look to the part of the body in question and ask: "What is the message?" What actual function does that area of the body perform? for there you have a great clue as to what is happening.
If your genitals are calling for your attenion, the second chakra is the place in your body where the energy is blocked. Examine your feelings about issues of male and female power, or the lack of it, in your life. Do you feel powerless to create what you want? After all, the sexual organs are used to create pleasure as well as to create life. Problems in the legs and feet involve issues of perseverance through forward movement, and difficulties in the arms and hands signify a lack of willingness to passionately embrace life and to actively create your desires. The neck and throat involve issues of flexibility and self-expression. The brain is the focal point for beliefs about intelligence, the eyes about sight, and the ears about hearing; the stomach is for assimilation, the intestines for accepting nourishment from life, and the bowels for releasing waste materials. Colds and flus are assiciated with indecision, weight imbalance with unfulfilled desires, while cancer is triggered by hate, often self-hatred and anger and rage from believing you are less than who you are.
The liver is a detoxifying organ and if yours is not fuctioning properly, what contribution of toxic emotions is seething beneath the surface? Apply the meaning of the functions to your life - if you understand the working function of the afflicted area, then you can understand the issues you are resisting and stopping from finding healthy experssion in your life. Fear of letting go and releasing the past is an underlying cause of illness. Your emotional responses to what you believe has happened to you are at the core of your beliefs. Scattered thoughts result from choosing fearful interpretations, which is a misuse and misunderstanding of energy, and is at the root of all illness. To achieve a higher level of understanding, a new mindset must be consciously developed to override the messages of despair that signal the body to malfunction. You must become focused to concentrate on replacing unproductive attides and changing your interpretations of your sensory empressions.
- Chapter 5 "Healing on the Lines of Time" from Path of Empowerment by Barbara Marciniak
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Depression
Depression is a devious affliction that can sneak up on one. We all have our Ups & Downs in our Life, we need the Downs in order to more fully enjoy our Up times. Depression is when we are stuck in our Down times and we find it more and more difficult to find our Up times. This is why depression is so devious, it is easy to DENY that one is depressed, one is just in a Down time. One thinks that they will get over it with the next Up time. Instead the Down time just gets worse and worse.
My depression started around 1990 when I took my Union to the Human Rights Tribunal and won. For about 12 years I had been active in the Union representing the members in the hospital I worked at. I was beginning to be burnt-out from representing members on a issue and winning, then fighting the same issue a month or so later for another member, it seemed pointless and not really making any lasting chances. Then the Union officials violated a member's Human Rights and I spent 2 years trying to negotiate a resolution, that the Union did not want to resolve. At the tribunal I forced some Union by-law changes that protected the members from the Union officials. This ended my Union career. I felt that the last 12 years were a waste, except for the changes in the by-laws.
In 1994 I left the hospital, with the thought that if I was ever going to do something else in my Life that I had to do it now - 45 years old. I had the opportunity to go back to school for a year of computer training and to get into a computer technician career. This was good for a year or so - then I discovered that I was too old to get a decent position in this field - companies wanted younger technicians. End up selling computers.
In 1998 I got a job with a city municipality doing the same work as I had been doing at the hospital. This was the crown of my depression. I felt that I had wasted the last 4 years and I was right back in the job that I was trying to get away from. My friends and family we happy for me - I was back in a good government paid job and secure.
It was the years between 1998 and 2000 that the depression really became serious. During this time I was only really leaving my apartment to go to work every day, and that was a chore. Friends would ask me out and more often than not I would decline, thinking that I would just have to come back to my apartment anyway. I started to eat only because I had too, I did not see the point in eating as I would just have to eat later anyway. It became clear that I was avoiding the Ups because they were not as enjoyable as they use to be and it would just end in a Down. It was not a pleasant place to be and I was quickly getting tired of LIFE.
It was at this point, fall of 1999, that I was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer.
Depression is devious because it sneaks up on one over a long time. One may not be fully aware that they are depressed until they find themselves in a deep depression that is difficult to find their way out.
It is now 10 years since I started my spiritual journey and finding my way out of DEPRESSION. It has been with the help of family, friends and teachers that have helped me to get this far. It also is with a lot of determination on my part to find my way to where I am today. Even today I still find myself struggling with the depression, and I still have times when I need to force myself to enjoy myself.
When we have experienced DEEP DEPRESSION - depression becomes a DEMON within us that we are constantly struggling with. When we are confronted with this DEMON we need to look towards what we find enjoyable - art, music, friends, pray, yoga, sports, anything that we find enjoyment in. Also the realization that we are fighting this DEMON allows us to be in a better position to keep the DEMON under control. It is when we DENY that we are depressed or the existence of our DEMON that we are in a dangerous situation, this DEMON can deceive us.
My depression started around 1990 when I took my Union to the Human Rights Tribunal and won. For about 12 years I had been active in the Union representing the members in the hospital I worked at. I was beginning to be burnt-out from representing members on a issue and winning, then fighting the same issue a month or so later for another member, it seemed pointless and not really making any lasting chances. Then the Union officials violated a member's Human Rights and I spent 2 years trying to negotiate a resolution, that the Union did not want to resolve. At the tribunal I forced some Union by-law changes that protected the members from the Union officials. This ended my Union career. I felt that the last 12 years were a waste, except for the changes in the by-laws.
In 1994 I left the hospital, with the thought that if I was ever going to do something else in my Life that I had to do it now - 45 years old. I had the opportunity to go back to school for a year of computer training and to get into a computer technician career. This was good for a year or so - then I discovered that I was too old to get a decent position in this field - companies wanted younger technicians. End up selling computers.
In 1998 I got a job with a city municipality doing the same work as I had been doing at the hospital. This was the crown of my depression. I felt that I had wasted the last 4 years and I was right back in the job that I was trying to get away from. My friends and family we happy for me - I was back in a good government paid job and secure.
It was the years between 1998 and 2000 that the depression really became serious. During this time I was only really leaving my apartment to go to work every day, and that was a chore. Friends would ask me out and more often than not I would decline, thinking that I would just have to come back to my apartment anyway. I started to eat only because I had too, I did not see the point in eating as I would just have to eat later anyway. It became clear that I was avoiding the Ups because they were not as enjoyable as they use to be and it would just end in a Down. It was not a pleasant place to be and I was quickly getting tired of LIFE.
It was at this point, fall of 1999, that I was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer.
Depression is devious because it sneaks up on one over a long time. One may not be fully aware that they are depressed until they find themselves in a deep depression that is difficult to find their way out.
It is now 10 years since I started my spiritual journey and finding my way out of DEPRESSION. It has been with the help of family, friends and teachers that have helped me to get this far. It also is with a lot of determination on my part to find my way to where I am today. Even today I still find myself struggling with the depression, and I still have times when I need to force myself to enjoy myself.
When we have experienced DEEP DEPRESSION - depression becomes a DEMON within us that we are constantly struggling with. When we are confronted with this DEMON we need to look towards what we find enjoyable - art, music, friends, pray, yoga, sports, anything that we find enjoyment in. Also the realization that we are fighting this DEMON allows us to be in a better position to keep the DEMON under control. It is when we DENY that we are depressed or the existence of our DEMON that we are in a dangerous situation, this DEMON can deceive us.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Bladder Cancer
It was late in 1999 that I was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. I think it was the scariest time of my Life. I had turned 50 years old that November. It was early in 2000 that I had the cancerous growth removed, and it was only after they were able to do a biopsy on the growth that it was diagnosed as CANCEROUS.
I do not care what kind of CANCER one is diagnosed with, the big C causes one's whole Life to pass before one. I immediately started to think that I could possibly DIE with this, at the least having a long time with chemo and radiation treatments. The thought of having my Bladder removed and having a urine bag tied to me for the rest of my Life was not a happy thought. All of these thoughts passed through my mind for the week or so from finding out that it was Cancer.
I decided that I would deal with each of these issues as they came up, that I wouldn't jump to conclusions or make a decision without considerable thought of the options.
I was EXTREMELY lucky, on my first followup (30 days after the operation) they found no further signs of Cancer in my Bladder. The surgeon was successful in removing all of the cancerous growth. This means there was no need for chemo or radiation treatment. Plus I could keep my Bladder.
I had been upset with the Doctors during the whole process. I was and still a heavy smoker, and before the surgery the Doctors were concerned that with my age plus my smoking meant that they did not believe my lungs or my heart would be able to withstand the anesthesia. They thoroughly tested both my lungs and heart and were surprised to find them in good shape. It was frustrating as they almost did not want to help me or to operate knowing I was a smoker, it was simply a fact that they had to. They felt it was my own fault that I got cancer, being a smoker. I asked if they could explain to me - how smoking can affect my BLADDER? I can understand getting cancer of the lungs or throat, but my bladder? None of the Doctors could or would answer this question. It was my GP that finally told me that no one knows what causes these types of cancer (cancer in hollow organs like the bladder - polyps).
I have always BELIEVED that one's health is as much a matter of one's "State of Mind" as it is with physical issues. The four years leading up to the Cancer I was suffering from some serious DEPRESSION.
The scare with Cancer caused me to deal with the DEPRESSION. After the ordeal with the doctors and not having to do any chemo or radiation treatments I was able to focus on dealing with my depression. The first thing I needed to do was to FIND my passion for LIFE again.
In my depressed state I had become tired of this physical life and the society that we live in. I had become tired of the mundane day-to-day activities of Life, it seemed to be an endless effort. Our society was too busy fighting with the different sides and not really accomplishing anything (politics). LIFE just didn't seem to matter much to me anymore.
I have never been much for religion but I have always been spiritual and drawn to NATURE more than our society. I have always found NATURE to be more real and more spiritual than religion or our human society. I turned to NATURE to find my passion of LIFE again!
Up until this time I always saw the Physical and Spiritual as two separate existence. That when I physically die in this physical reality, then I will exist in the spiritual reality, I saw the two realities as separate and not relevant to each other.
When I turned to NATURE I did get some of my passion back for LIFE, it is the beauty and wonder that one can find in NATURE that can inspire. This was the beginning of my Spiritual Journey - Wica, Shamanism, Reiki and other nature based spiritual paths. The first big lesson was how the physical and spiritual are connected and cannot be separated. The second big lesson was how HEALING IS A PROCESS OF BECOMING WHOLE - whole being the unity of physical and spirit.
I do not care what kind of CANCER one is diagnosed with, the big C causes one's whole Life to pass before one. I immediately started to think that I could possibly DIE with this, at the least having a long time with chemo and radiation treatments. The thought of having my Bladder removed and having a urine bag tied to me for the rest of my Life was not a happy thought. All of these thoughts passed through my mind for the week or so from finding out that it was Cancer.
I decided that I would deal with each of these issues as they came up, that I wouldn't jump to conclusions or make a decision without considerable thought of the options.
I was EXTREMELY lucky, on my first followup (30 days after the operation) they found no further signs of Cancer in my Bladder. The surgeon was successful in removing all of the cancerous growth. This means there was no need for chemo or radiation treatment. Plus I could keep my Bladder.
I had been upset with the Doctors during the whole process. I was and still a heavy smoker, and before the surgery the Doctors were concerned that with my age plus my smoking meant that they did not believe my lungs or my heart would be able to withstand the anesthesia. They thoroughly tested both my lungs and heart and were surprised to find them in good shape. It was frustrating as they almost did not want to help me or to operate knowing I was a smoker, it was simply a fact that they had to. They felt it was my own fault that I got cancer, being a smoker. I asked if they could explain to me - how smoking can affect my BLADDER? I can understand getting cancer of the lungs or throat, but my bladder? None of the Doctors could or would answer this question. It was my GP that finally told me that no one knows what causes these types of cancer (cancer in hollow organs like the bladder - polyps).
I have always BELIEVED that one's health is as much a matter of one's "State of Mind" as it is with physical issues. The four years leading up to the Cancer I was suffering from some serious DEPRESSION.
The scare with Cancer caused me to deal with the DEPRESSION. After the ordeal with the doctors and not having to do any chemo or radiation treatments I was able to focus on dealing with my depression. The first thing I needed to do was to FIND my passion for LIFE again.
In my depressed state I had become tired of this physical life and the society that we live in. I had become tired of the mundane day-to-day activities of Life, it seemed to be an endless effort. Our society was too busy fighting with the different sides and not really accomplishing anything (politics). LIFE just didn't seem to matter much to me anymore.
I have never been much for religion but I have always been spiritual and drawn to NATURE more than our society. I have always found NATURE to be more real and more spiritual than religion or our human society. I turned to NATURE to find my passion of LIFE again!
Up until this time I always saw the Physical and Spiritual as two separate existence. That when I physically die in this physical reality, then I will exist in the spiritual reality, I saw the two realities as separate and not relevant to each other.
When I turned to NATURE I did get some of my passion back for LIFE, it is the beauty and wonder that one can find in NATURE that can inspire. This was the beginning of my Spiritual Journey - Wica, Shamanism, Reiki and other nature based spiritual paths. The first big lesson was how the physical and spiritual are connected and cannot be separated. The second big lesson was how HEALING IS A PROCESS OF BECOMING WHOLE - whole being the unity of physical and spirit.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Spontaneous Healing
I have always suffered from migraine headaches and would have 2 or 3 serve episodes per year for most of my life. It was in the fall of 2002 that I received my Reiki 1st degree training. Ever since I received my 1st degree I have not had any episodes of migraines.
It was strange as I never consciously used Reiki to heal my migraines. It took a couple of years later that I realized the connection. It was in 2004 that I realized that I had not had a migraine attack for a long time. It was then that I realized that I had not had an attack since my Reiki 1st degree.
It has now been 8 years without any migraines. This is after almost 50 years of having these migraine attacks.
It was strange as I never consciously used Reiki to heal my migraines. It took a couple of years later that I realized the connection. It was in 2004 that I realized that I had not had a migraine attack for a long time. It was then that I realized that I had not had an attack since my Reiki 1st degree.
It has now been 8 years without any migraines. This is after almost 50 years of having these migraine attacks.
Welcome
Welcome to this blog about HEALING. Healing is always a process of becoming whole! It is the individual that is the true HEALER, we receive assistance and support from others, but it is our own ability to HEAL that is critical. PROFESSIONAL HEALERS are valuable in helping us to heal, but it is our self that needs to do the healing.
Here is where the individual can write about their own healing experiences. These experiences can help others who may be going through similar experiences. It can be of value to write one's experiences down, to help us assimilate the healing process.
Here is where the individual can write about their own healing experiences. These experiences can help others who may be going through similar experiences. It can be of value to write one's experiences down, to help us assimilate the healing process.
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