The Metaphysics of Healing

2008-04-05T17:39:00.002-04:00

Well, time flies and I had no idea it has been so long since I wrote something in this blog. Well here I am. Healing is the topic of this blog so lets discuss what happens when we don't really want to heal. Now you may say that everyone who is ill wants to be pain free, and that is true, but sickness also gets us out of stuff we don't really want to do. Many people value the escape of sickness and so we will never really rid our society of disease, how else would we escape in a polite way without hurting other people's feelings. Think about it, and ask yourself how many times you have used illness to get out of something. Eithor you faked an illness or actually manifested one so that you could excuse yourself with no harm done.
So do we really want healing...I think not.

The World is Perfect Just as it is!

2007-05-10T22:17:00.000-04:00

Jan, you said that you liked the high energy that came from Reiki, that perhaps it can be addictive. I must agree. It connects us to our inner peace, to other people and to spiritual energy. I remember when I first started out doing Reiki that I often thought to myself, gee I hope someone calls and wants a session soon, I really need to do some Reiki on someone. It pulls us out of ourself and into the energy of life.
You also said that sometimes life feels right - on an intuitive level, and this I have found to be true as well.
When we meditate, do energy work, or tap the realm of spirit, we will find that everything just seems to be ok. Nothing troubles us in that space. How can that be when our conscious mind determines that this is one messed up world?
Deep inside, when all is quiet and still, our higher wisdom knows that the world is unfolding just as it needs to to meet the needs of all of us in it. Truth is the world is exactly perfect for we have created it and all the conditions in it.
It will heal and change as we heal and change. So no need to fight the state of the world, accept it as a perfect reflection of our group mind.
Want to make changes in the world....make changes in yourself.

Waking up

2007-03-04T20:36:00.000-05:00

Jan, I really liked your description of life after death that you posted on my last blog. Who ever posted the anonymous one about wanting to wakeup because their life seemed to be quite bad and they were looking forward to escaping it, I am not sure I have good news for you.

I have often felt the need to wakeup to escape this life as well. But not so much because mine was so bad but becasue I could not tolerate to see all the pain and suffering in the world.

My favorite spiritual resource, A Course in Miracles revealed that to wake up to the truth has nothing to do with dying or the release from this world. But it was more about understanding that we are making this world and every event in it. And that as we begin to see the world differently and think differently we can change our lives for the better.

But the difficulty seems to be the seeing differently and changing our present circumstances that we are apparently creating.

This is the beginning of having the truth dawn on our awareness. And the more truth we allow into our minds the happier we become with our lives.

The Course also explains that we should always ask for our mind to be healed so that we can begin the process of seeing differently which will lead to transforming our lives into happiness and joy.

Good luck, we all must keep trying to see with our spiritual sight and pretty soon we will all wake up together.

Life After Death

2006-12-11T11:29:00.000-05:00

Now here is a question that has haunted us for generations. Is there really life after death? We all want to believe there is. In fact there are many many books, theories, movies, religions and mediums that will attest to this truth. But the strange part is that there is no consistent information out there. Even the major religions of the world have conflicting stories and beliefs.

So how do we know for sure or should we really even care. Perhaps we spend way to much time worrying about the after life and not enough time living a great present life. Can we ever really know for sure or do we desperately need our beliefs and feel good theories to get us through the loss and tragedy of our present life when it presents us with death.

Other interesting theories say there is no death, just a transition from one story to the next. They would say that the illusion of death is just a silly story and as meaningless as falling asleep and waking up in the dream world. Or maybe our present life is just a dream, and when in this life we dream that we die, we finally wake up to our real state of being. I would be interested to hear any I KNOW FOR SURE stories if they are out there……

Who are we?

2006-07-08T11:22:00.000-04:00

Who are we … really?

There seems to be so many roles to play, and so many people demanding our attention. And yet, how can this matter if everything is an illusion?

Have we created all this busyness just to satisfy our own need to be important? And if we did not need to feel special and important then perhaps all our busyness would disappear. Silly little life really – we are all trapped within the walls of our own insecurity. And yet – We are all rather amusing aren’t we? We find each other’s dramas fascinating. We love to tell others of the gossip we heard about someone else’s life. I wonder what happens when we stop finding other people’s lives amusing. What would happen if we put all our attention into our own moods, behaviors and decisions? Perhaps we would have more energy for the things we really want. But here comes the real question: What is it that we really want?

Take a moment now to write out what you really want your life to look like….What is important to you? Simplify it down to the core concepts.

And when you are done – have a good look to see what you are doing to make it happen.

Just some thoughts on the real meaning of life and why we never seem to get around to it.

Comments on Creative Visualization

2006-06-28T10:24:00.000-04:00

Some of you have noticed that in the comments on my last blog there was an article posted on Creative Visualization. I have no idea where that came from, but it was interesting. It was not relevant to the topic, but that’s ok, someone needed to advertise and so we let it be.

But since it’s there let’s talk about creative visualization. I have used this type of technique before and if you go to the link they left it takes you to Anthony Robbins information. I studied Anthony Robbins stuff and rather liked it. Back in my powerful manifest abundance and success days when I was climbing the corporate ladder, so to speak, I used this a great deal and created a successful career that I very much enjoyed. The principles work.

But now in my more quiet spiritual awareness phase of life I look to contrast the skills of my twenties with the wisdom of my forties.

A Course in Miracles would probably say… learning creative visualization is good for you to understand your own creative power, but using it to create physical wealth and abundance is not going to get you where you really want to go.

For what we really want deep down inside is a return to our authentic, spiritual nature where we know we have all the creative power there is and that we need nothing for we have everything. Then there would be no striving, just accepting of our natural abundance. But of course this takes our awareness out of this limited physical existence to our unlimited spiritual condition.

A Course in Miracles would say don’t waste your time trying to manifest interesting things in the physical reality, but use your mind and creative power to come home. We each have a part to play out in the physical reality that will take us home, but if we are busy manifesting what our ego minds think we should have we will never really know what our spiritual destiny is.

So if you want to use your creative power than use it in an open ended way that says “Show me Divine Force of Creative Energy, show me all that I am and where the most amazing path to live out my destiny lies.” Try that out, you may be surprised at the transformation in your life.

Then instead of manifesting stuff you practice living the presence of divine truth.

A Course in Miracles and the Traps of Language

2006-06-11T10:42:00.000-04:00

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Ok, so Rana, thanks for your comments! The Course in Miracles can look daunting. In fact there is debate amongst the Course fans that it should be changed to eliminate all the Christian references. Some say that it just trips people up. They want it to be a universal curriculum and skip the Christian references.

I myself come from a strong Christian background and it is a challenge to read the material with clear eyes and not always put the statements into the perspective I was raised with.

In fact it is the process of constantly pushing the material through our conditioned filters that helps us break them down.

It is only our filters that get ruffled by the terminology not our spirit. If you continue to read and push through the language of the course and your own personal resistance, you will discover an amazing result. In order to push through you are also tearing down. You are subconsciously unwinding your conditioning. Before you know it things are changing for you. And in you.

It almost seems miraculous. Just reading it constantly is like a call to the soul. The soul hears even when the conscious and subconscious mind fights it. But the soul hears and responds.

It is like a medicine that you take in and it just starts working behind the scene. I can not adequately explain the wonderful life changing effect this book can have – even if your mind fights it – keep going.

It is written in seeming old English and often the sentences don’t seem to make sense. But the truth is the logic brain can’t get a hold on the information, but the soul can. So you feed the soul its own truth while the logic brain flounders around trying to get you to stop this insane reading material.

But push on dear friends; you will awaken something deep within you that will transform your life, quietly and consistently. Just keep going, don’t listen to your logic brain and ego based thoughts they are meant to keep you lost.

A Course in Miracles

2006-05-26T10:33:00.000-04:00

A Course in Miracles

A Course in Miracles came into my life probably 15 years ago. It has been a constant friend for the past 4 years. The first 11 years it was an on and off again read that I loved and hated.

It is a difficult book to get through, but for those that stay the course it is a deep treasure chest filled with riches beyond imagination.

I encourage you to seek it out if you are looking for spiritual transformation. If you like your life just the way it is, don’t bother reading this book.

Some of the main concepts in the book that change the way we think and relate to life are centered on: forgiveness, special love relationships, unity and sacrifice. The book is freeing. It identifies the errors in our thinking that trap us into limiting relationships and lifestyles.

For those of you working with the book, let me know how it is going. If you have not heard of it and are feeling brave and want a mind shift, I encourage you to go get the book. It may take a couple years before you really find the deep soul refreshing message that it has to offer, but you may be lucky and find the hidden treasure quite quickly.

For serious students of spirituality, this one can’t be missed!

A Course in Miracles by The Foundation for Inner Peace.

All or None

2006-04-04T15:28:00.000-04:00

Well, where did the time go? It seems it has been a while since I wrote a blog. Sorry about that. Keep working with your chakra animals and guides, they have the potential to bring new insights everyday.

There are helpers all around. Everything is conspiring to help us heal. If it does not seem that this is true in your life perhaps you have your head buried in the sand. Look around, ask for insight and you will be amazed.

If you are here in this twisted game we call life then you are still seeking healing and awareness, temporarily lost shall we say. This life is not the prize for a job well done; this is the matrix, the maze, the illusion. The question is… can you find your way out? Don’t get trapped by the pretty pictures, you are still in the matrix. The real world is a place of beauty and peace. Not the kind of peace that you experience individually by creating a good life for yourself and your family while your neighbor is still suffering through his karma. Individual success is a feel good trap. Until we have happiness, success and wellbeing for all, the matrix still exists. There is no heaven specific to my religion, either we all make it or none do.

Unfortunately until we are all set free to know the truth, we are only kidding ourselves about our level of happiness. But … once you begin to see the lines and games of the matrix of life, you are less likely to get caught by them. Next you will be able to show others where the trip lines are and soon you and your friends will be dancing by the trip lines never getting caught.

Then you tell two friends and they tell two friends… and soon we are home free!

How many trip lines did you get caught in today? It is best to acknowledge them so others can avoid them.

Creative Visualization for Insight

2006-03-06T12:05:00.000-05:00

Well dear readers…. I hope you are checking the comments section of my articles. Those last comments from Banjo, Agni and Rana were very enlightened. It is great to hear from you.

For those who were interested in my last class but unable to attend, I would like to give you the run down so that you can do it yourself at home.

Identifying & Clearing Our Roadblocks
This fun and creative workshop uses Guided Imagery to engage your creative mind into seeking personal insight. The imagination takes over and the logic brain is quiet. We tour through a creative journey gaining symbolic information to overcome the limiting factors in our lives. Find out what is getting in the way, what is hiding in your subconscious mind. Then you can do another Guided Journey to rewrite the programs that are blocking your life success.

Here is what you need to do to participate in this creative journey of self discovery. Read over all the instructions and then just let your imagination go and have fun:

Get relaxed and comfortable, quietly by yourself.
Begin with some slow deep breathing.
Release all thoughts of the day.
Once your mind is quieting down, begin to engage your creative mind. Let your logical, analytical brain step aside for now and just rest. Logic is not necessary for this journey.
Now begin to imagine a white light surrounding and protecting you. Imagine yourself drifting off to another place and time, an alternate reality.
In your imagination, create a world of peace and beauty and prepare to meet the spirit guides that will give you insight. Invite them in one at a time, feel what they feel, listen to them, talk with them and then write down everything about your experience.
Don’t think, just write fast and write what comes to you. This should only take a minute or so for each one.
You will meet 7 guides. Stop after each meeting, and write out what you experienced, and then re-enter your alternate reality world waiting to find the next guide.
Here are the 7 guides you will meet, but remember they may not appear the same as they do in this reality, they are from a different place.

Monkey
Bear
Swan
Giraffe
Peacock
Hawk
Wolf

When you are finished you should have plenty of information to guide your life. If you email me I will send you the key areas that each of these animals has come to specifically help you heal. Not knowing the hidden meaning behind these animals will keep logic brain from trying to alter your information. That is why I don’t give you the information before you do the journey.

Good luck, have fun and prepare to find some answers.

Conditioning

2006-02-19T22:11:00.000-05:00

Do you ever wonder who you really are? So much of our parent’s identity is embroiled within us. We are taught how to think and what is expected of us and we just merrily go along or choose the direct opposite just to rebel. But what of us is really our own? And how can we trust what we believe to be our truth when we have been so influenced?

I see it now with my own children and their friends, to hear their discussions, which are a direct interpretation of the parents ranting and beliefs. It is amazing. I even hear my own children representing my beliefs or my husband’s ideas as their own opinions. They tend to like what we like, probably because that is all they know. Then they take on the likes of peers only to fit in. But they grow up claiming likes and dislikes which are only conditioned habits and familiar behaviors. How could we ever really form non influenced opinions?

Makes me wonder how much of a robot I really am. In my line of work, I regularly help people overcome and clear past negative conditioning. Nice to clear out the unhappy emotions that hold them back, but what about the positive conditioning, is it not still conditioning, and has it not helped form who they are? What if that is not who they are at all? What if all the encouragement and congratulations and hints of what they are good at sent them down a path that is pretty good, but it was not really their real path. Could this be why so many potentially happy people with nice jobs and families still seem only pleasantly happy but not clearly joyful and content with their lives?

Who are you really, apart from everything your parents and teachers and mentors suggested that you were? Have you hit your core truth? That feeling, beyond everything else, that says, yeah… this is exactly where I am supposed to be and I am doing exactly what I was destined to do! I can feel it in my soul!

Did you see the movie The Matrix? Ever wonder if you are living a life programmed by someone else? Perhaps we are just brains in a vat playing out a silly drama in our minds. And if that’s the case, could we change the play and the roles simply by thinking it so? If you realized the full extent of your conditioning would you seek to change it all or just not make waves and continue along?

Groundhog Day and Parallel Lives

2006-02-10T09:39:00.000-05:00

Rana, I liked your last comments, very wise…. And yes, the movie ‘Groundhog Day’ gives us reason to ponder… What if we are playing the same life time over and over and over again making only subtle changes? We like to believe in past lives, that’s all very interesting and appealing…. But what if, like in the movie Groundhog Day, we are actually reliving the SAME lifetime over a thousand times? Readers, if you have not seen the movie Groundhog Day… check it out, it’s very interesting.

We have all had those experiences of Deja Vu, maybe that is because we actually have been in the exact situation before, thousands of times. Perhaps the Deja Vu is a flash reminder that you have done this situation WAY TOO MANY times in the exact same way and it is time to play it out differently.

The theory of parallel lives says that for every decision you make another part of you made the opposite decision to see how it would play out and at this very moment you are playing out thousands of variables at the same time. We only consciously experience the awareness of one at a time for simplicity. But if we wanted to, we could expand our minds to tap into what our other parts are doing. Perhaps we glimpse some of this when we are dreaming?

So, when you decide to marry Bob and have a family, at that moment another aspect of you said no to Bob and pursued a wonderful career. The larger you, or oversoul is playing out all options to see what it likes. But your consciousness remains here with this decision and plays it out.

But, either pathway may be repeated, over and over, until you find your happiness or joy. For our happiness and joy has nothing to do with whether we marry Bob or not. The externals are just interesting stimulus; the pathway home is about finding our peace and joy. What if you are going to be you for another hundred lifetimes?

meditation and self worth

2006-02-10T09:07:00.000-05:00

On my last note, Heather commented that she would like to meditate more to experience bliss, but lacks the focus and discipline. Well, I hear that at every meditation class I teach. Heather, you are correct… our past conditioning does become part of the problem. We live in a society that values accomplishment. We are a community that respects hard work and frowns on sloth and unproductive activity. Through the years we have all heard comments such as…"What are you doing? Sitting around gazing at your navel?" “Get going and make your self useful!” It is drilled into our minds that activity is good, sitting around is bad. So now we try to teach a stressed out society to relax, sit still, and think of nothing….And that idea must fight against generations of conditioning.

But the real question is… has our past conditioning brought us happiness and peace? If your answer is no, then there must be a different way. The foundational principal of hard work and being busy, is about proving your worth, yet if you believed in your own worth, and inherent value as a person you would not strive to prove your worth to anyone. So let’s relax, meditate, find our peace and happiness and not even think about how others perceive us. We love us, and we know that we are perfect in the eyes of the Divine, and if the creator is happy why worry about what others think?

2006-02-05T12:21:00.000-05:00

Thank you for your comments. Do not be afraid to sign them. If you don't want others to know who you are, then let's make us names. Sign your comments with the name you always wanted to be called, or a spirit name you would like to have. This way if you continue to comment others can follow your line of thinking and begin to know you as an entity, even if you are writing as 'freebird' or some such name.

I want to speak to the comments on bliss. It is a good question for those of us who have had moments of bliss. Why do we so easily forget and continue on with the mundane. Why would we not seek to continue and recreate that state of bliss? I think it has a lot to do with worthiness. Do we really feel that we deserve a life of peace, bliss and abundance? If life gets too smooth and wonderful, do we begin to feel guilty and uncomfortable? Do we then subconsciously create a crisis so that we are more like other people? How would you feel if your life was fantastic while your friends were struggling with complicated problems? When people ask how you are doing, will you say fantastic, and be excited, or do you feel the need to scrape up a problem to discuss because everyone else is sharing their tough life stories. Would it be bad to have a great life when others don't?

Perhaps we don't seek bliss because we don't really believe it is a possibility in this world. Or if it were possible, it may be awkward to be the only one experiencing it, or perhaps people would think us delusional. Better to fit in and be unhappy and complain!

Another comment was made that perhaps death brings the quiet and then we can sustain bliss. But... my experience, reading and research all lead to the conclusion that we continue after death and carry on with our life experience, just at a different level. I read somewhere that you cannot escape life through death but only through truth.

And so it seems that peace and bliss will never come to us uninvited, that if we don't seek it here and now, it does not just show up later. The activities of our lives, are shaping our afterlife. Death will solve nothing. It will only change the characters, never the situations.

So why wait...what could be more imporatnt than the path of peace, joy and happiness? I think it may be scary to ask ourselves, what kind of future and afterlife have the events of today created for me?

Metaphysics and Personal Peace

2006-02-01T14:32:00.000-05:00

I often ask myself, why I love metaphysics. Is it that I am bored with the regular aspects of physical life? Is it that I am trying to escape playing the game everyone else likes to play? Or is it really this deep inner longing that there truely is something more. That all that we see around us isn't enough to satisfy the human spirit.

I suspect that our greatness lies hidden within snickering at our dramas of smallness and limitation. We have moments that we seem to rise above and something wonderful emerges and our brilliance comes shinning through. Ever had those moments where you just feel totally connected and that everyuthing is perfect? I hope you have because they are available.

The search through metaphysics, for me, is the search to find the key to sustaining these moments of connectedness, completion, and perfect peace. Afterall, what search could be more fulfilling than one that is heading towards perfect peace? I am talking about a state of being where all is well, you are content and at peace with yourself and the world. You are happy and feel that everything is ok as it is, and that the world is working itself out. Nothing bothers you, no one pulls you off balance, you just do the day with joy and contentment. Enjoying the people and circumstances around you no matter what they are.

I believe this is possible and perhaps it is our natural state of being. And so for me, the metaphysics of human behaviour is the study of all the influences that keep us from finding our peace. If peace is our natural state, then there is no use searching for peace, but the effort is better spent searching for the obstacles to peace , removing them and ...there you are....all peaceful, returned to your natural state.

spirit presence and breast cancer

2006-01-30T10:31:00.000-05:00

Here is an example of an interesting case. I have a good friend, we shall call her Kate. Kate was diagnosed with breast cancer and went for surgery to have the breast removed. I was there with her at the hospital for support and wanted to do some energy work after surgery to ensure a quick and easy recovery.

I have done Reiki and energy balancing on many people for a variety of reasons. I was very amazed at how disoriented the energy system was after the surgery, I am sure she was not fully past the affects of the anesthetic so that probably was part of the problem. But still, the energy system was very messed up. (note: I had done reiki before the surgery to make sure she was clear and ready to go) So I continued to do Reiki with the intent of clearing the confusion and allowing a natural energy flow to return to her system. After a few minutes of energy work I felt this amazing energy building up and then all of a sudden a great release happened and an image of Kate's mother popped out of her body, smiled at me and walked away.

Now, Kate's mother also had breast cancer and a mastectomy, but she had crossed over a few years back.

So here was my dilemma, did that happen because:
a- Kate needed support and her mother showed up to strenthen her by placing her etheric spirit into Kates body through the surgery. A kind and supportive thing to do if spirit could do that.
b- Kate had taken on the emotional memory and trama of her mother's surgery and carried it all these years until she manifested the same imbalance. And now that the imbalance was complete she was able to leave? Scary option but I have seen it happen before.
c- I am sure there are other options I did not think of at the time

What do you think?

My First Post

2006-01-27T23:25:00.000-05:00

It is my intention for this blog to be an open discussion of the metaphysics of healing. In the 14 years that I have been working in the healing industry, I have discovered so many fascinating things. The more I learn, the more I realize I can't possibily grasp all the variables and influences that affect personal healing. But I find it fascinating.

I would love to share my experiences and insights. I have learned to question everything and never assume I already know the answer. I learn new aspects of healing everyday and with every client I work with. I have studied many, many healing therapies looking for the fastest route to helping someone heal. I now work as an intuitive healer looking inside the body, mind and soul of the client to seek the answer to their healing path. So, journey along with me, make comments, ask questions and let's stimulate each other to seek the deepest truth possible.