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WITHIN
It is all within us, heaven on earth,
love and wisdom, truth – unity – God,
everything we seek, all that we desire,
aspire to, stretch to obtain – the power
to heal ourselves as well as others;
the enlightenment; the transcendence;
the very infinity we struggle to comprehend;
all history; all evolution; the cosmos;
consciousness; all levels of comprehension;
full and utter existence.
Yet, alongside this, is the murky,
the fearful, the anxiety, the suffering,
the hell unattended, the pain carried –
our own and that of our ancestors –
the chaos of wanton desire, our animal
natures, our monsters, our confusion,
our despair.
We must submerge ourselves deeply
within our conscious, subconscious,
and unconscious awareness; using
contemplation/prayer/meditation
to find our way; to find a way to order
our own “allness” for a more positive
existence, for our own being, for our
own becoming, for our own clear vision.
NOE BY G. 2.12.2017
It is often difficult for me to ascertain
which transpires first, a certain spiritual
obsession, or the daily message/guidance
that may have referenced the notion in
the first place; creating a sort of spiritual
“chicken or the egg” conundrum.
Two spiritual concepts have captured my
obsessive attention recently, both incited
initially, I think, by guidance received
during my daily meditations, and finally
morphing into the note offered above
titled Within.
First, is the very concept that we - as
individual, physical, spiritual beings -
are all-inclusive, a sort of mobile
hologram representing all that exists,
or has ever existed, within the cosmos -
including God. Not a novel concept for
New Thought adventurers, but one that
has suddenly stunned me, forcing me
beyond my reason-based comprehension,
into a vaster conceptual context.
I have, as of yet, been unable to fully
verbalize this clearly, but let me attempt
to express my swirling thoughts as the
following.
We each, individually, contain the
creative life force that is necessary to
not only perceive the cosmos, and
through that perception establish
its existence, but also to use it as
the multi-dimensional canvas upon
which, through which, we individually,
as well as communally, create a work
of art so enormous, so momentous,
so profound, we, if aware, must
shutter at its magnificence.
Although I struggle here to convey its
essence, I know this gift of structured
existence demands our attention,
requires our comprehension, and
beseeches our skillful use.
As the note above conveys, this power
within also includes our capability
for healing, started briskly with the
following simple declaration:
“the power to heal ourselves
as well as others”
Healing has been the other spiritual
concept that has occupied my thoughts
recently. And frankly, this power to
heal should not be a shock to me,
given that all of New Thought was
founded on this very idea of spiritual
healing.
So, I would like to share some of my
recent thoughts regarding healing,
with the understanding that this topic
deserves its own chapter in my book
(good idea!), or maybe its own book,
to ensure full coverage.
I will start with a controversial insight –
that is, healing, in my current thinking,
is determined by the faith of the person
who is being prayed for, not those who
are praying. What is important is that.
the prayed for person is aware of all the
wonderful loving, kind people who care
enough to pray; and it is here where
the larger the number of "prayers" stokes
the importance of the experience.
Likewise, recent research has shown
that the patient’s belief in the healing
medicine, elixir, placebo, operation,
procedure, potion, prayer, ceremony,
festival, statue, or sacred location;
as well as the patient’s belief in the
physician, healer, priest, shaman –
is most accentuated and beneficial
when the curing procedure is performed,
or offered, in a way that creates what
the patient will emotionally perceive
of as a “profound healing experience.”
To use modern healing practices as an
example, when we walk into a major
medical facility for a healing procedure:
our minds register the significance
of the facility, the doctors, the complex
healing equipment, the reputation
of both the medical staff and the hospital
as a healing entity: all of which enhances
our (the patient's) healing belief, as well
as our expectation of a curing experience -
actually fostering a positive medical
outcome by ensuring a “profound healing
experience.”
In other words, this healing experience –
its ambiance, its personal/spiritual
significance to the patient, even its
magical nature – coupled with the belief
the procedure will work, heightens
the overall possibility of actual healing.
So, what I am saying here, is that the
patient’s belief in the healing element
or process, when administered by what
is perceived of as respected authority
able to create the desired outcome – when
coupled with the potent demonstration
of a “profound healing experience,” not
only enhances the actual healing potential
of the patient, but may, in and of itself,
trigger a healing process within the patient.
This goes a long way to clarify why a
vast array of medical science-based
research studies report actual, tangible,
healing results within their placebo
control groups. Perhaps the very protocol
of the research study is triggering
the internal belief based healing system
of the test patients by providing this
"profound healing experience."
For example, a recent television advertisement
for an injection that reduces the number
of migraines for those who suffer from
fifteen or more per month, offers an
explanation in small print at the bottom
of the screen, that those who received the
actual injection had nine to ten less
migraines per month on average, while
those who received the research placebo
injection experienced six to seven less
migraines monthly. This is what is known
as the Placebo Effect - actual healing from
a control substance or procedure that has
no actual therapeutic value.
It is easy to extrapolate that belief based
healing is a viable healing process, and
that we each could tap into, or benefit
from, respected spiritual healing experiences,
of course, as an adjunct to already respected
modern medical procedures.
I have been most impacted and excited by
the feature focus of the December 2016
issue of National Geographic – the cover
title exclaims The Healing Power Of Faith.
This insightful summary of healing research
titled Mind Over Matter, by Erik Vance,
with amazing photographs by Erika Larsen -
fully outlines this significant research
regarding faith-based healing. I have
shared a link to this article below:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/12/healing-science-belief-placebo/
Thank you for allowing me to discuss
my two current obsessions. What makes
this spiritual quest so exciting is that the
wonder never leaves us without something
to mull over, and over, and over.
WITH LOVE, G.
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