The Process of Healing

[Berry Chastain]

I ran across this short passage in a book which I am reading, and felt it is a key point to share with those who are actively involved with energetic healing.

When I read this, as a "professed" energy healer, it struck a cord within my innermost being. I realized that there was an obstacle to healing others when there was no healing in the Self.

If you want the source pm me as I know the Mods will not permit the reference. So here is the quote.

"Imagine that someone came up to you wearing an ugly mask and asked you to heal a terrible blemish on the plastic surface. What good would you do that person if you took out a can of paint and painted over the blemish? The blemish is not the problem, the mask is . Healing takes place when you look beyond the mask to what is underneath. The beautiful face that is underneath is not affected by the plastic blemish at all. But you may not know this until you are able to see beyond your own mask and realize who you really are. Emissaries are people who have recognized the masks they wear and have seen past them. Only then can they look behind the mask of another, without judgment, and point out the beauty that has neer changed. This is the true function of healing."

[starborne]

Berry, that's wonderful! Even though I am an energetic healer myself, I still have a few masks of my own that I keep painting over. It's no wonder that I haven't seemed to progress with any of my own healings in the past year or so.

I think there are more than just a few of us here on this board who find themselves saying (myself included): "Why bother removing the cause of the problem when I can just stick a bandage over it... it's so much easier." I feel that in such busy times, we have what we feel to be, insurmountable problems that require so much attention that we can't possibly begin to work on ourselves.

Well, reading this post has made me realize just how tired I am of just going for the simple fix. I've been dealing with increadible back pain for quite awhile now that I've been "treating" with pain pills. I've tried many OTC brands which do little or nothing at all, but I usually go for something from behind the counter. I really don't like taking them, but they help when the drug is active in my system (usually no more than 3-4 hours, or even less most times). The problem is that I can't seem to even function without them, and because I'm taking them, my energy centers are either shutting down, or they are frying from over-use. These things are leaving me with no energy/ambition and leaving me quite depressed.

I try meditation and reiki but the effects are limited to when I'm actually doing it. Also because I'm relying on the pain killers, I find it difficult to even feel the energy that I once felt so strongly all throughout my body. I have days when I feel great, and I don't take many of the pills, untill the next time I get the extreme muscle spasms, or I can hardly move at all. Heating pads and sleep are about the only things that help aside from the pain pills.

The only reason I have not gone for medical attention is due to the cost. I also don't want to be made into an addict from perscriptions, or worse... surgery.

I'm hoping that by opening up about this, I too can start on my own process of healing. I know for a fact that I have a big blockage in my 4th chakra, but also that my 1st and 3rd chakras are not functioning very well. I know about the blockage in my 4th due to where I feel the kundalini rise fast and "crash" at the fourth chakra. I litterally get a jolt that makes me shiver when it hits that spot, it's like I'm being zapped every time. I've gotten this for years now, since I was a wee lad.

The strange thing about this blockage is that I can charge the top 3 chakras without a problem, but the bottom 3 are harder for me to get going. I can go from 7th to 4th without much problem, and from 1st to 4th and feel that charge, but I can't seem to get past and through the 4th from either direction.

I could go on, but that is the jist of my situation here. I'd appreciate any and all feedback from you folks.

Thanks everyone,
Jon

[Moderator-just a reminder that specific healing methods should be PM'd to the member-thanks]

[Happystrings]

"Imagine that someone came up to you wearing an ugly mask and asked you to heal a terrible blemish on the plastic surface. What good would you do that person if you took out a can of paint and painted over the blemish? The blemish is not the problem, the mask is . Healing takes place when you look beyond the mask to what is underneath. The beautiful face that is underneath is not affected by the plastic blemish at all. But you may not know this until you are able to see beyond your own mask and realize who you really are. Emissaries are people who have recognized the masks they wear and have seen past them. Only then can they look behind the mask of another, without judgment, and point out the beauty that has neer changed. This is the true function of healing."

Isn't this the essence of seeing the other as whole and complete? The better we are at seeing this way the more complete the healing. In the end it is about recognizing that we are all one. A personal and Universal "Namaste" if you will...

When Starborne said:
The strange thing about this blockage is that I can charge the top 3 chakras without a problem, but the bottom 3 are harder for me to get going. I can go from 7th to 4th without much problem, and from 1st to 4th and feel that charge, but I can't seem to get past and through the 4th from either direction..

I am working consistently now on the 4th Chakra as it has become the most important one for me at this moment in time. In discussing the the Springboard to Infinate Inteligence in Section Six of the Study Guide, RA said: "The center of heart, or green-ray, is the center from which third-density beings may springboard, shall we say, to infinite intelligence. Blockages inthis are may manifest as difficulties in expressing what you may call universal love or compassion.(B1, 145)" RA also talks about green ray issues revolving around fear of being possesed in that section.

This may be an area of the LOO that Starborne may want to reread and meditate upon.

[transiten]

Hello there everyone!

Back from a "healingvacation" with my father:) that I've reconnected with after 50 years of disturbed contact.

As I've come to understand it, healing is not about forever being cured from diseases and wounds, but more so recognizing and accepting them which in turn increases the possibility of being liberated in one way ore another; gaining insight, being able to forgive oneself and others, being more compassionate, being able to put healthy boundaries without necessarily cutting relationships off or isolate oneself. Also daring to speak up and have a different opinion without feeling instant separatedness from a possible adversary.....

...talking to myself here via the Good Old Devil Saturn...working hard to make him my best friend...

Namaste from transiten

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...that is becoming "whole" including all that is at the moment, pain and joy and all...

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[Deerclan]

I know for a fact that I have a big blockage in my 4th chakra, but also that my 1st and 3rd chakras are not functioning very well. I know about the blockage in my 4th due to where I feel the kundalini rise fast and "crash" at the fourth chakra. I litterally get a jolt that makes me shiver when it hits that spot, it's like I'm being zapped every time. I've gotten this for years now, since I was a wee lad.

The strange thing about this blockage is that I can charge the top 3 chakras without a problem, but the bottom 3 are harder for me to get going. I can go from 7th to 4th without much problem, and from 1st to 4th and feel that charge, but I can't seem to get past and through the 4th from either direction.

I could go on, but that is the jist of my situation here. I'd appreciate any and all feedback from you folks.

Thanks everyone,
Jon

[Moderator-just a reminder that specific healing methods should be PM'd to the member-thanks]

Jon, when I first began working with chakras, I noticed a pronounced difference in the condition of chakras 1-3 and all the rest. My conclusion at the time is that the majority of us 2-legged ones function at the level of the lower 3. As a result, that's where the energy from other people's thoughts & emotions tend to impact us. That is, others tend to perceive us as physical (chakra #1) or sexual (chakra #2) beings, or emotional (#3) beings. If we accept those perceptions as the truth about us, then it will be a challenge to open up the upper ones, simply because that is outside the realm of most other people's ideas about reality.

I personally think it's great that you can charge the upper ones, because I had a long slow process of learning to work with those top 4 at all. One of the things I like about coming here & reading other people's posts is that I see people zipping through work that took me a long, long time to do. :) It gives me a good feeling, and increased hope for the future. Thanks!!

- Paul

[Deerclan]

...that is becoming "whole" including all that is at the moment, pain and joy and all...

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Well put! Let's not sit in judgment on our own pain, because it can be the spur that gets us going. Rather embrace it.

[Deerclan]

So here is the quote.

"Imagine that someone came up to you wearing an ugly mask and asked you to heal a terrible blemish on the plastic surface. What good would you do that person if you took out a can of paint and painted over the blemish? The blemish is not the problem, the mask is . Healing takes place when you look beyond the mask to what is underneath. The beautiful face that is underneath is not affected by the plastic blemish at all. But you may not know this until you are able to see beyond your own mask and realize who you really are. Emissaries are people who have recognized the masks they wear and have seen past them. Only then can they look behind the mask of another, without judgment, and point out the beauty that has neer changed. This is the true function of healing."

Nice, Berry. Is that the same basic metaphor, you think, as Jesus talking about us getting the plank out of our own eye so we can see clearly to get the splinter out of somebody else's eye?

[Berry Chastain]

Nice, Berry. Is that the same basic metaphor, you think, as Jesus talking about us getting the plank out of our own eye so we can see clearly to get the splinter out of somebody else's eye?

I think, Paul, that the same concept is involved. Just two different audiences.