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Journal of Two Worlds Volume 2

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                                                                      The Reality of Healing

     Our capacity to heal is more often affected by society's collective myths or stories than by our personal circumstances, symptoms, or disease. Our stories can create the magic of healing in our life or they can stop the magic completely. Does your story or fantasy enliven and inspire you or does it stop you cold?
     Having a healthier, more alive, passionate, creative, and empowered life is a fantasy or story that I choose for myself. I invite you to entertain the possibility that you are more powerful, loving, creative, prosperous, compassionate, and healthy than you ever imagined!
     Every culture lives within its own mythology. If we wish to awaken from the dream world of our culture's mythology, we must be willing to evaluate the way that we are programmed to experience the world, our circumstances, and ourselves. There are many ways to look at the myths that affect our health and well-being. Four categories of myth will be outlined with their underlying assumptions and the spell they impose upon you.
     Our predominate form of health care is known as allopathic medicine. The myth that surrounds allopathic medicine begins with the idea that we are separate from the world around us; that we can dominate the world through our conscious minds; and that we can manipulate both our external and internal environments to facilitate health. Allopathic philosophy teaches that human beings are the sum of their individual parts and that we need a specialist for each part of the body.We are taught that our goal is to battle the symptom or disease, cure it, or control it. The physician can apply his magical treatment and then we are to continue living life in our "normal" way without making changes in our attitudes, beliefs, or lifestyles that may have contributed to the problem. Our culture teaches us to separate the spiritual, mystical, and incomprehensible from the material or physical aspects of our life.
     In healing, the spirit and natural process of life are primary, and work most effectively when the intellect learns to serve rather than control. Healing invites us to take a closer look at the issues in our lives and to respond to our deepest feelings. Healing is the outward manifestation of our inner journey of discovery. As we heal, we begin to see the magic in our experience, even when we don't understand the experience. When we incorporate the magical unknown into a new story we reclaim our power to heal.
     The first myth is that healing requires a trained specialist or a highly educated specialist. This confuses the concept of healing as an internal process activated by innate wisdom with curing which is treatment dependent upon others.
     This myth is demystified by this story: My healing is natural, spontaneous, and magical. I celebrate the innate wisdom and ability of my body to heal me. I nurture the magical healing power that is mine nd mine alone, whether or not I receive the assistance of trained professionals.
     The second myth concerning healing is that healing is not always available. The truth is that healing is always available. Illness is due to a lack of wholeness and inner harmony in our bodymind. It means getting in touch with the energy and information within our bodymind that have been separated, isolated, abused, shamed, or denied. Healing means dealing with those issues or stresses that we have not dealt with previously. Any belief that blocks our experience of the natural, effortless, free expression of life is detrimental to life and inhibits our healing.  Our expectations influence the outcome of our healing.
     This second myth is demystified through the knowing that healing is always available to you or to me. The door is wide open for healing to occur in this instant and in the instants to follow. You or I may choose to be assisted by a health practitioner, or the healing process can be initiated by breathing more fully, touching the body, and allowing it to move more freely and express what was formerly repressed. By doing so, our own healing rhythms are set free.
     The third healing myth is that healing is expensive. In reality, disease and illness are expensive. Illness brings a loss of vitality and creative thinking, a loss of the ability to maximize opportunities, and difficulty in formulating short- and long-term goals. Illness pervades our entire life; it brings a loss of the desire to work and play, a loss of the ability to maintain satisfying relationships, and diminishes our capacity to enjoy romantic and erotic love. Illness represents not only a substantial loss for ourselves but a loss of the guidance, love, and inspiration we can provide to family and friends.
     We demystify this myth when we live by the belief that the internal process of our lives is ours alone. It is both priceless and free. I may pay for a professional to assist me in regaining my health. However, the process initiated by me, within me, and through me is absolutely free. I claim my freedom to heal and celebrate my own healing power.
     The fourth healing myth is that healing takes a lot of work and requires full commitment. This is true if we rely only on the intellect to gain control of the healing process. Healing does not reside in the domain of the intellect; healing is a natural amd spontaneous part of life. This myth ignores our inherent abilities, strengths, and gifts. If we accept this myth, we downplay our talents, overlook our accomplishments, and fail to appreiate our innate gifts of humor, compassion, and spiritual insight. When we attempt to control our life experiences, our body becomes inflexible, and structural impediments begin to appear. Tension builds and the circulation of the fluids in the body is impaired as is the natural rhythm and function of our organs. Our body attempts to heal itself by releasing what it no longer needs, but our intellect tries to resist or stop this process. However, healing is easy, effortless, and natural. The healing power within us knows what it needs and wants.
     To demystify this myth, we remember that our healing is effortless and natural. We commit to healing as a natural process requiring no work or special focus on our part. We are grateful for where we are in our healing process. We remain committed to our wholeness because it feels natural to do so.
     Are there other myths that guide our healing? Yes! However, the four presented provide a start on the process. As we initiate these changes in the manner in which we deal with healing, we come to a place where we recognize that we have lived by that myth that says that success depends upon becoming more balanced, comfortable, and in control of our lives. This encourages us to seek a life that is predictable and safe - a life in which our plans never have to undergo rapid change. We are taught to insulate ourselves. In reality, change is a natural part of everyday life. Chaotic, unwanted changes can have a positive impact on our lives. Change can redirect our journey toward greater self-discovery, broader perspectives, and the beginning of new and exciting relationships. Healing is not always what we think it is.
     I give thanks for the unexpected events that take me from my established course and bring new experiences, relationships, and healing. I take this moment to rejoice in the miracle of life. I trust the flow of life, wherever it takes me, and make room in my day to celebrate changes in my schedule and plans. I am nurtured by change, and embrace both chaos and order in my life.
     I invite you to investigate these myths and others in which we invest that prevent our healing to wholeness.
                                                                       Spiritual Healing
                                                                                  by
                                                                     Shirley Williams EdD

     Spiritual healing could be considered a type of healing brought about by a non-human agency. Spiritual healing has been defined as a gift exercised by and through the direction and influence of excarnate spiritual beings for the relief, cure, and healing of both mental and physical diseases of mankind. It is the gift of Infinite Intelligence to all, irrespective of race or creed. Healership is a part of the Divine Plan to foster the spiritual progress of the human family.
     In Spiritual Healing, the connection that occurs is between the healer and those in spirit life known as healing guides or healing doctors. There are fundamental postulates and laws which govern this connection healing. If the healer is to co-operate intelligently with the healing process, these must be appreciated. These laws or postulates support the connection needed by the healer.
Connection muc also be made with the one receiving the healing, as the healer is but a channel for the spirit energy that heals.

Spiritual healing is the result of law-governed healing forces that induce change.

     The effective administration of a healing force requires intelligent direction. The intelligent direction of a healing force originates from the spirit realm. In a successful healing, the directing intelligence is able to ascertain the cause of disease and knows how to administer the remedial force to induce a state of beneficial change within the patient.
     Just as there are Natural Laws which control the physical world, there are spirit laws which keep order in the spirit world. The administration of a spirit healing force must conform to its laws just as physical laws govern physical forces. The physical and spirit laws combined come within the definition of total law.
     No healing is possible outside the confines of the total law. It is a law that harmony must exist between the transmission of a force and its conscious or unconscious reception. Furthermore, the receiver must be in attunement with the transmitter.
     The healing forces produce a changed chemical effect in the patient's body. This implies a profound spirit knowledge of chemistry and energies. An introduction of new factors that alters or disperses harmful conditions results.
     When a healer is in an attuned condition for healing, he is in a state of harmony with the healing guide who is able to receive thought impressions from the healer and to give thought impressions to the healer's consciousness. This can be likened to a very slight degree of trance.
     When a healer is working under the close control of one guide, then the scope of healing is limited to that which is within the knowledge of that guide. When a healer is in attunment with a guide, then the healer is free to be used by any other spirit guide doctor who is better qualified to treat a particular condition.
     There are further advantages in healing through attunement, rather than guide control. Firstly, the healer becomes a more conscious part of the healing. Secondly, his intuitive awareness is cultivated. Thirdly, he becomes a more knowledgeable partner (to some extent) in the healing purpose. Finally, he is able to sense that knowing when symptoms are yielding. Attunement will enable the healer to achieve a responsible level of spirit communication demonstrating to him inrtuitively the cause and symptoms of a patient's trouble.
     Healership is a part of the Divine Plan. It is truly spiritual and therefore healers must adopt a spiritual code of values in the conduct of their lives. They should enjoy a sense of humor and have a song in their heart with a smile for themselves and everyone they meet. No resentment is to be borne and they should do no harm to anyone. They should enjoy rendering service to those in need and generally serve good causes. In these ways, the healer's countenance will naturally radiate goodness and be seen by all as reflecting and possessing the Gift of the Spirit.

Shirley Williams

Shirley Williams is a naturopath, a homeopath, a psychologist, and a therapist in private practice. Most of all, she is a healer and a medium. This aspect of her life began with her studies with Barbara Brennan and Roselyn Bruyere and other healers. She designed, implemented, and facilitates the School of Transformation and Healing. Her personal goal is facilitating the dissemination of information designed to help people become more knowledgable and responsible for their personal journey. She is a member of the Platform Committee of Spirit Light NSAC, a new Spiritualist church in the Houston area. She has completed the Morris Pratt Institute course and is enrolled in the Center for Spiritualist Studies.