First, love

If you can love, you can heal.

The more I practice healing others, the more I realize that healing is love.  

And love is healing. 

When healing we speak of "intention", but what exactly does that mean?  The dictionary will tell you that to have intention means to have in mind a purpose or plan, to direct the mind, to aim. 

Strangely, when healing, it means almost the opposite.   Yes, you have a purpose (to heal) but there is no directing the mind to make a specific healing happen.  There is no aiming to control the outcome.  To heal you relinquish control (see last weeks post) and just allow whatever happens to happen.   You support your client and trust that s/he gets what's needed  - even if neither of you understand it. 

Relinquish control.  Trust.  Support.  Kind of sounds like love, doesn't it? 

First, love.  Healing will follow. 

Who's in Control Anyway?

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Control

Our bodies know how to heal themselves.   A broken bone knits itself together, skin regenerates itself underneath a protective scab, neural pathways in the brain can rewire themselves.   Pretty standard stuff you say?  Yes, we've become quite nonchalant.  But if you take a moment to think about it, our body's ability to heal itself is actually quite amazing. 

Who's in control of this healing?  The doctor?  Doctors prescribe the most effective medication available, dispense the most current advice, then wait to see how a body responds.  Some bodies respond with healing, some don't.  No, I don't think the doctor is in control. 

What about energy healers?  Are they in control of the physical healing by manipulating your energy?  Again, the answer is "no".  If you come across an energy healer who tells you otherwise run away....fast. 

A good energy healer recognizes she doesn't control anything.  Using her intention, she allows your body's natural healing to take place.  That's all there is to it.  Modalities, like sound healing and Reiki for example, are tools healers use to assist with focusing their intent.   Using these tools without intention is like trying to drive a car without wheels - you're not going to get anywhere.

I recently attended a talk given by Simon Hay, Soul Healer , an Australian on business in the U.S.  Thanks to host Evita Ochel of Evolving Beings Simon crossed the border into Canada where I heard him speak.  He is an amazing healer/regular guy who teaches that every one of us is a healer.   According to Simon:

"Healing is attention without direction. When I’m healing, spirit reminds me that I’m not in control. My only purpose is to be attentive. My intention is to heal, not heal something, or heal this way. This allows me to see what’s happening and not create the outcome. We’ve forgotten that our bodies can self-heal."  The rest of his article can be read here.

In the world of energy healing, when it comes to control, less always results in more.

Lost. And found?

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Lost:  Ancient wisdom.

AKA: Shamanism, Taoism, Paganism.  Goes by many other aliases depending on country of origin and placement on historic timeline.  Intuitive approach to spirituality and healing, focuses on balanced interaction with the natural environment.    Commonly mistaken for out-dated superstition, this wisdom is incredibly powerful.  If found explore fully with an open mind. 

 

Found:  Healing energy arts.

AKA: Reiki, Qi Gong, Sound Healing, Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine.  Goes by many other aliases depending on country of origin and placement on historic time line.   Intuitive approach to spirituality and healing, focuses on balanced interaction with the natural environment.    Commonly mistaken as new-age mumbo jumbo, these energy arts are incredibly powerful.  If not fully shared with an open mind see "Lost".

Celebrate Success

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Success

No matter what your personal definition of success, be sure to celebrate it as often as possible.  We tend to think of success as the measurement of some great achievement, like a job promotion or a big financial purchase.  But success comes in small packages too.  Like a tasty meal prepared for, and enjoyed with, loved ones.  Like a well-tended garden that supplies flowers or vegetables for your table.  Like the sound of a quiet house after baths and bed time (aahh).  These too are measures of success.  Being almost daily accomplishments doesn't make them any less valuable.  In fact, I would argue that it makes them even more important.  Celebrate them!

Life is a series of moments

To live each one is to succeed

                            Corita Kent