Healing (part 5): At a Distance

Healing at a distance is possible and is very effective, since the lack of visual contact often triggers the lesser used senses in the one conducting the session as well as in the one being healed. Also the question of faith comes in more acutely because the patient is asked to "have faith", while in a closer contact there is more reliance on actual "skill", and "luck". In reality, whatever that may be that's working, "faith" is used to side line the patient away from the concerns of illness and open the venues to healing. Healing undoubtedly requires a carefully thought out strategy. Take massage for example - if you keep poking into one spot it may or may not produce an effect, such as screaming (aa-a-a?). But you don't want the patient to just scream, you want the patient to feel relief and to get better until ultimately they are okay. So, avoid poking the places that hurt, instead, choose a place far away from the locality of pain concentration and tend to it for sometime, then another place, and then blend in the hurting spot in such manner as to have the patient believe that the hurting spot is just another (randomly or not) chosen locality. This is a good strategy to deal with the places that hurt.

Same at a distance. Tell the patient to have faith, to believe in their ultimate curing. This will first of all create a positive flow of energy and give them much needed hope, but what is more important it will take their mind away from the issue at hand. I noticed this many years ago while I was having conversations with my aunt in another country who was very sick at the time, how important it was for her to hear that "things will be okay". She truly felt relieved, and if you think about it - that is exactly the logic. I attributed the positive effects to just what I was talking about in the preceding paragraph.

Healing at a distance includes "sending waves". Now they may not be literally seen by anyone, but tending to any particular part of the body, or the patient's mind at a distance is a sending of the waves. Or perhaps activating little energetic power blasts, however you want to look at it. To many it may seem like a miracle that such healing may take place at all, but if you look at what I have said above, it is not really a miracle. It is just that having symptoms of recovery feels very very good, and the more, the better. Ultimately, that is why people become so concerned with religious matters.

There is this whole thing about spirituality. We don't have to worry about what happens on the higher planes. They will do pretty well even without our believing in them. It is us who need consolation and it is us who need to be convinced that "there is something out there", and so on and so forth.

Anyways, back to the healing at a distance. If you are an aspiring healer, such as myself, don't waste an opportunity to practice your craft. But you have to be smart, as the energy although infinite in essence, is not infinite in practice. Often times it takes a long while before there is enough energy to have another session. Plus, working with one individual may require several sessions, or even years of contact. Practice massage to get all that energy generated and stored.

So when they leave, or you leave, keep in mind that although the physical contact breaks, the contact between the luminous bodies exists still, sometimes even for the rest of the lifetimes, unless you do something like recapitulation (please see the post The Practice of Recapitulation for reference) Try to see that, and use that to better your craft. This requires careful examination, because it has to do with what in the Eastern philosophies came to be known as the "Ultimate Reality". Interconnectedness of all there is, may be a part of such reality, but it is not easy to get to this point. It wasn't easy for me, and it is not easy for anyone else. Once you do though, you will be surprised at how much more digestible and believable everything becomes. All is connected! how profound.

Healing at a distance requires a very high level of detachment and an uncanny cat-like ability to sense the changes of the flow, the wind. The more acute your cat-like sense, the more effectively you will be able to produce the desired effect. It is the feeling of ultimate abandon yet control, as the sick individual usually travels to the regions of consciousness that are considered "bad" roads. They are canals that has sometimes not been tended by a master gardener for many years, others are simply impossible to renovate. Despite the overwhelming odds, the healer-shaman makes his journey, sometimes knowing deep down that there is no hope.

The healer-shamans of the past, and in rare cases present were known for their indisputable ability to communicate with "the other side", the world of the unseen, the spirit world, and of the dead. Although we certainly can only marvel at their ability of such communication and friendliness with what seems like a totally dark forest to even the best of us, we cannot ignore the fact that that is something to strive for, and that is where the achievement in this sometimes very obscure field of knowledge lies.

p.s. I will have to dedicate a separate post to the "the other side" and things of that matter.

Humor

A post about humor, that's funny. A treaties from the clown who made it to the writing pad, ha ha.
No, but seriously why write about something as simple and at the same time as stupefying as "humor"? WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT LAUGHING, EH?

Well, that's just it - we all need it! Young or old, clever and dumb. Beautiful and on-the-way-to it - all need to stretch the corners of their mouths sometimes, and grin.

Unfortunately, this very spontaneous exercises is not being done much as human beings tend to take themselves very very seriously. I mean it's all just so serious and grim. Just note how the usual day of an office worker is laid out

1) Wake up. this is the most torturous part of the day. It usually causes immense psychological and psychic damage. Waking up has to be done fast for the fear of being late somewhere, to work for example. But this fast waking up doesn't stop with the week days - it continues on to weekends and vacations. A true devotee of the system always wakes up early and fast, not allowing her dreaming body to fully come back into the physical body. So she is never fully awake, and never fully rested. The working ability is thus diminished and everything else goes to hell.

2) Coffee. The most powerful of all addictions of the true devotee of the system. Without it there is no waking up and starting of the day as such. All agree that they are addicted and start bobbing their heads up and down and from side to side upon mentioning the number one magic brew - coffee. Coffee is widely available, although usually mediocre in quality as it is pre-grinded and machine-brewed, which I think is a great recipe for failure. But they charge a lot! Nevertheless, let's remember that we don't get what we pay for, so no surprise here.

3) Commute. This is where we first hit it off with the Big Brother. Bus or car or whatever you are using, the roads, the tolls the other people who you'd rather not see, the annoyance on the radio for not playing your favorite song, all comes down to one thing - you'd rather stay home. Yes, what could be better than the protective aura of your favorite dwelling, often times rented? But, since there is no choice, we wake up have a coffee and commute, as this is the only way to happiness.

4) Work place. Work work work. The only possible way to spend your day. If you work - you belong. If you don't - you belong to something else, like a different cult or something. Of course, no one truly cares what you do during your date time, but they are all very eager to judge according to their underdeveloped standards. Yes, their standards are always and always will be underdeveloped, as none of them - not the gurus, not the leaders, know what you should be doing instead. Only you know or at least have the possibility to know. So, don't get frustrated with the opinions, they will always exist. But remember, if you spend 8 hours every day of your life in one place, there must be a deeper meaning to that. The deeper meaning is "shtick". This is your "shtick"., Go look it up in the ducktionary.

5). Happy Hour. "Oooh I'm so happy we are so happy we are going to have a HAPPY hour!" But is that hour really "happy"? I doubt that it has all the qualities of true happiness - solid base, abandon, balance. Nope, this "happy hour" is there so you could let go of your unnecessary cash by giving too much of it to those do-eyed Irish waitresses who seem to pay attention specifically to you on that evening. They are just so attentive, smiling, but shrewd as god forbid you don't leave them the required tip. The you are skewered boy! No smiles for you anymore. Take a hike you cheap bastard. And what is that in your cup? A $12 sip of whiskey? Fuggetaboutit! This place is too damn noisy for you to be happy. Go home and get yourself a whole bottle for twice as much. You will be much happier.

6) The rest. Not the "rest" as in relaxing and coming to your senses. The rest of the evening! Something to do when you already have done the most important things - woke up, worked and happy hour. This is the most obscure part of the day and it usually involves some very weird manipulations. Such as for example if you are drunk - you will change the course of history by instead of going home, you will go and sit in the park! GOD FORBID! You may get in trouble with your spouse for that, as she or he didn't know where you were, which implies cheating which is of course something that you would never have thought about have you not gone to a happy hour. The fight with the spouse is optional, but is one of those necessary evils, as one of you have fallen into a habit of  complaining about your fate. Oh it could have been so much better! But WAIT, there is still hope! You have a bottle stashed up in your dwelling! It will provide a welcome respite from all that fighting, and unlike the HAPPY DAMNED HOUR you won't have to tip anyone. Just pour and enjoy!

So, oh the beloved true devotee to the system. Close your eyes, and sleep as tomorrow is another same day, and you will have to wake up fast and furious, ready to have your coffee, do your morning ablutions and commute, as this is your routine. And yes there is a deeper meaning to it and this is came to be known by the ancient Hebrews as the "shtick" - your personal piece of the cheese cake. Can you change it?