How can we create the best conditions for healing?
The body is like a fish swimming in a stream. If the stream is polluted, the fish will be tainted; if it is fresh, the fish will be healthy. The same is true of our body; its condition will be dependent on the quality of the energy within which it exists. Thus, our first task in healing is to make sure that the body is in the most healthy energy environment possible. We create this environment with our own state of mind. If we are angry that the body is sick, or impatient for it to get well, we jeopardize the healing process. We must treat the body lovingly, neither ignoring its discomfort, nor forgetting that it is the psyche’s vehicle.
Our physical surroundings are also important. These include the room in which we rest, the kind of lighting we use, the music we listen to, and the people we allow into our space. Just as the energy in which our body is bathed concerns us, so too does the energy we take into our body in the form of food. We must choose the foods that have the strongest healing properties and give us the most energy without overburdening our digestive system.
By far the most important ingredient in healing is time. Once, a man came to see me about his leg, which had been injured six months earlier and was still causing him pain. His job involved standing on his feet for up to four hours at a time and this was becoming more and more difficult for him. He feared that he might have to use a cane. Diagnostic imagery showed that his leg was outside the flowing aura, suggesting that he had been trying to mentally escape from his pain. The leg itself didn’t show any inflammation but it was quite dark and difficult to enter psychically. It was apparent that a lot of internalized mind had accumulated in his leg, hampering the healing process.
I suggested a breathing exercise combined with visualization, called ‘mind breathing,’ to help him clear the energy blockage in his leg. This would take twenty minutes of his time, twice a day. He replied that he didn’t have the time. Many of us are unwilling to allow time to heal; we are impatient to get back to what we consider to be more important, whether it be a job, a relationship or recreation. If healing is our goal, then we must be prepared to make it a priority in our lives.
