How
I Healed My...
by Marie T. Russell
There
are many theories and many practices abounding today to
heal dis-ease and dis-orders. Basically though there is
only one method. In other words, all methods boil down to
one thing. The essence of "healing thyself" lies in
exactly that... healing your self... Not running to
everyone else to heal you (though of course assistance
and support is helpful), not putting your faith in
miracle remedies (though remedies can assist in the
healing process), but rather in changing your mind. Yes, that simple. Change
your thoughts about your illness, dis-ease, or situation
and the problem is transformed.
Does
that mean that you are instantly and miraculously
healed? Does it mean that you can simply sit and think
and your problem will disappear... maybe. However, more
often it is a long lengthy process which involves a lot
of soul searching, asking yourself a lot of questions as
to the how and why and what for, and listening to your
body and inner self for the answers.
Simple
as it sounds, we all know that it sometimes is not that
easy to do. Changing your mind about something can be an
instantaneous process when all levels of your being
co-operate. Your conscious mind may be very willing to
get rid of the problem, but your sub-conscious may have
many reasons why it wishes to hold on.
What
might be going on? Perhaps the dis-ease is a result of
the way your treat yourself, based on your belief that
you don't deserve the best. Perhaps you are not
listening to your inner self, or to your body, believing
that you don't know much, and that what you intuitively
feel and perceive can't be right. Perhaps your
inner child enjoys all the attention it gets from this
particular situation. Perhaps
somehow you feel that this illness is part of your 'heredity'
and there's nothing you can do about it.
Your
super-conscious mind may also have its own reasons for
creating this dis-order in your mind, body, or life.
Perhaps you made an agreement with yourself aeons ago
(yes, before your birth) to experience a certain
disorder or problem. So you are simply responding to
your program, being "good" and following directions.
Maybe you are living out a scenario that you chose
before your birth so as to gain a certain understanding
or experience. It may be a karmic situation... Perhaps
you ridiculed people with polio at some point, and now
find yourself having problems walking. Or perhaps, you
are feeling confused about your life right now and not
knowing which direction to take, and about the same
time, you develop a problem with your legs... (having
problems with going forward...)
There
are many "perhaps" and many reasons why you
have manifested a particular problem in your life... all
of them having to do with somehow, somewhere, somewhen,
making a choice (conscious or not) to have that
experience.
If this
sounds like you are "stuck" with these choices, be
reassured! You are a free being and have the power to
reverse any decisions or requests that you made anywhere
along the line. Once you learn the lesson that is to be
learned in a particular situation, there is no longer
any need to struggle with the lesson plan... is there?
The main purpose of the challenge is for you to learn,
to gain insights, to become "enlightened"
about the experience and about yourself.
If some situation is a result of past
decisions, actions, or 'karma', then you can
forgive yourself NOW and release the need for punishing
yourself. Again, the main thing is to "learn the
lesson", to forgive yourself and others involved,
and to move past the mental block or restriction that
stops you from experiencing healing.
So how
to heal yourself? Let go of the need for the dis-ease,
forgive yourself and others, and affirm that you are a
divine child of the Universe and that you deserve to be
here, radiantly alive, healthy, and happy... This is a
process that has to be repeated over and over... it is
not a one time thing. You have to keep making that same
choice over and over, in various life situations, and in
your everyday thoughts and mental conversations.
Masters
have said that enlightenment is an ongoing process...
One moment you're enlightened, the next you're not, and
another moment you'll be enlightened again. It all has
to do with your presence of mind... Where is your
mind... Is it focused on the Truth, or on the illusion?
Is it centered in your Heart?
One
moment, we attain "the goal", only to have to
keep attaining it again with each breath, with each
thought, with each word. It's an ongoing process... The
good news is that each breath, each thought, and each
word brings us another change to be healed, to be whole.
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