Wow ... I think I did it!

[Rastus]

Physician, Heal Thyself

Yes, you can heal yourself.  It is easier and harder both.  Easier becasue of the feedback, you know what's working and what isn't.  Harder becasue you have to be focues, centered, and grounded, which is hard to do if your sick (physically, mentally, or spiritually).

There are many tips for healing.  I reccomend "The witches guide to physchic healing" by Frost and Frost.  Covers everything from nutrition to spiritual health.  They are also firm believers in working with Medical Doctors (after all, are you a perfect ehaler yet?).

There are several "schools" of healing.  The Reiki style is a lot of energy on a specific spot.  The Auric style is a little bit of energy to change the Aura, which in turn changes the bodies ailment.  Both work quite well.  Each requires different skill sets.  There is also a third style, that relies on 3rd party intervention to heal, but I don't reccomend that until your more skilled in other areas, unless your desperate.  It's something that will develop naturally using the other 2 styles.

Something to remember about healings.  They aren't permanent.  Recently I cured someones bronchitis, but they won't stop smoking, so it may return.  If the person doesn't stop the destructive behavior, some ailments can't be permanently cured.

Did you actually heal somone of tendonitess?  Probably not.  Did you help somones problem?  99.9% sure you did.  It's a big big big help that they asked your to do it.  Active participation greatly helps what you are trying to do.  It may take a few days to be completely pain free.  You are helping the body heal itself (something its quite good at), giving it a kickstart so to speak.

Is it possible to completely heal the tendonitis?  Yes.  How long?  Depends on the person and the healer.  It didn't get damaged overnight, so it typically doesn't heal overnight.

Congratulations!!!  You have taken the first step down a very rewarding path []

[Naiad780]

Thanks, Rastus

This guy (my boyfriend) has had tendonitis for a long time due to some work injuries.  I'm not sure if it really can be healed, but it's a big help to him if I can reduce the flare-ups in pain he experiences.  My own issue is rib inflammation that doctors can't do much about, so I'm interested in healing myself if possible.

It sounds like what I did is closer to the Reiki method.  I can only see auras occasionally, so I'm probably not ready for the Aura method yet.

I should also mention that he said it felt like a crackling in his skull, like something was opening up and later it moved down to his forehead.  I know these are the crown and brow chakras, but I don't know what it would mean otherwise.

I'll check out the book!  

kj

[Naiad780]

Oh, that's another question I had.  Is there much difference in healing a disease or ailment and healing an injury?  Like healing someone of the flu or inflammation as opposed to healing a broken bone or some physical thing that person was born with?

[Rastus]

Yes there's a difference between a disease and a broken arm.  For the arm, typically you would get it set by a physician (some breaks are so bad they can't be set on their own), then you would greatly encourage the natural healing with energy boosts.  It may be perfectly healed to the point you can't see it on an X-ray in a week or so. That's an example of practical metaphysical healing (good as new).  Some people can heal it almost immediately, but that's a lot of power, and isn't natural for the body.  Diseases are different, in that they affect the whole body, there's nowhere to "Reiki" so to speak.  There is, but it's hard to explain.  For a Disease, it's easier to re-adjsut the Aura to make the body fight it off.  Sometimes the body gives up, or gets confused and stops fighting the disease (or fights the wrong thing).  Sometimes the persons internal energy is too low to maintain the defense, so the body starts shutting down "not as essential" systems.

Being able to see Aura's is very useful for a healer.  You can see where the problem is, and where to apply power.  There are many techniques that revolve around this basic principle.  Often times you can see problems the patient isn't aware of yet.  You can also give the most interesting massages if your Auric sight is working []  And it goes without saying you can usually generate a LOT of power when working on a lover.

[Naiad780]

Yes, I'd definitely take a broken arm to a doctor.  Mostly I was trying to think of the differences between an internal disease or infection vs. a problem with the physical structure.


"Some people can heal it almost immediately, but that's a lot of power, and isn't natural for the body."
Does this mean that too much healing can be bad for the body, like you were saying a person's natural defenses could get confused and shut down?  Sort of like taking too many antibiotics and your body gets immune?

I'm going to work on developing my auric sight--it's part of the plan.  I can already see the etheric glow of just about anything--I just get worried that it's an optical illusion or something.

[Rob]

Hey

I just noticed yesterday that RB has written another article on his website (aarrrggg!! trying not to say a "new" article LOL). Anyway if you just go to www.astralpulse.com there is the article "healing from the heart" there you can get to from the front page. I haven't read it all yet but it looks good, as always.
IMO you cant really have "too much healing". The body has natural counterbalances and measures against over-charging itself, though I do know people who have had to ground themselves out sometimes because they find it difficult to live in "this world" with psychic stuff going off all the time - but I think this is unusual and only really happens if people go at development too fast (in this case the lady was a very experienced and skilled remote viewer)
hope this helps! And congrats on the healing - keep it up!!!!!! []

Rob

[Naiad780]

Yes, I found that earlier and am reading it now.  Seems very helpful!

[Rastus]

Think of it this way.  To heal an arm in minutes is a lot of power, both for the healer to push out and the patient to recieve.  You can have side affects doing things like that.  Besides, there is the affect on the healer (what if you need your energy for something else and your exchausted).  If you can cut a recovery from 30 days to 10, tehn isn't that helpful?  Is it worth it trying for 7 or 5 days?

Just because you can heal on the metaphysical plane, doesn't mean you only heal that way.  There is nothing wrong with prescribing some aspirin (properly charged of course []), and bedrest, while at the same time giving them an energy boost.  Think Metaphysical Chiropractor, adjustment here, energy there, and they feel better.  The act of feeling better helps them recover more and faster.

If you branch out, you will start dealing with people that don't take care of themselves, eat poorly, and have other bad habits.  You can cure a sickness, but something else will come back in it's place.  Welcome to every physicians problem.

Oh, forgot.  Healing is usually from the Heart Chakra.  Try building power then sending from there and you should ahve much better effect []

[Naiad780]

Yes, I just started reading the "Healing from the Heart" essay and it does talk about using the heart chakra in healing.

But I still wonder why the person I was healing felt opening sensations in his crown and brow chakras.  I figured my energy was only affecting the area between my hands.  Is that healthy, to open another person's chakras like that?

[Rastus]

Did I mention side affects?  Your doing energy work, with an active participant, and you wonder that he had some Chakra activity?  It's different if somone lays there or resists you touching them.  The "thrill" of the sensations can cause all kinds of effects, up to and including spontaneous OOBE (although that's quite rare).

You put energy in, but you can't completely control how it flows from there...

[Rob]

It possible that the energy you put in cleared some blockages around the brow and crown, its possible that with increased energy flow it was lighting up areas of his energy body that dont usually get used so much. Interesting though.

"Besides, there is the affect on the healer (what if you need your energy for something else and your exchausted)"

weeeell, to the best of my knowledge healers dont usually give up their own energy like that - they draw it in and up through their energy system them input it into the patient, so none of their own energy is actually lost.

[CptPicard]

Inguma is right about healers not using there own energy! although it's possible for an inexperienced person to heal and use there own energy leaving them exhausted.

Your method sounds ok by drawing the energy through your body and out to the recipient, but remember to put yourself and the person your healing in a bubble of light and ground yourself and them.  Then when you have finished healing close yourself and them down otherwise you could have big problems.

[Rastus]

So no one has ever found that energy work can be tireing?  Yes you raise energy and use it, and its fine in a controlled setting with a willing patient.

Imagine walking around a corner and you find someone having a stroke.  How fast do you raise energy?  How calm are you in a real crisis?  And we are talking somone just starting out, they tend to be exhuberant and may 'give of themselves' a little bit too much.

I always has energy on reserve for emergencies.  Now usually I raise power and use that, but sometimes there isn't time [:O]  It's rare, but it does happen.

I was going to avoid talking about backlash for awhile, don't want to scare someone too early []

[Naiad780]

Ok, regarding the energy usage, I found that when I was using the energy I raised, things were great.  But it did run out and then I started feeling sick to my stomach so I stopped.  So I can see that yes, ideally you would use raised energy instead of your own, but I can also see that I could wear myself out if I didn't raise enough.

[Rastus]

Imagine standing in an intensive care unit, with someone fresh out of complex surgery (skin graph for radical throat cancer surgery).  There are family members in attendance, as well as nurses and all matter of machines and drugs.  How well could you raise energy?  Alternately, if you went to the chapel and raised energy, how well can you stay focused walking back to the room and how much energy would be left?  Oh yeah, I was 18 at the time.

Sometimes you dip into your personal energy and re-charge later.  The more you heal, the harder you find it to "not heal" []

[daem0n]

you can store energy in handy crystal (or a pencil for that matter), emergency pack
i'm new (not NEW[^], well yes NEW[]) to healing and i heard that if you don't shield you can get the disease or the damage that you try to heal, as well as negative energy if this is the case, did anything similiar happened yto any of you ??
(runlola posted some time ago about fat protecting your energy system)
also if you don't know what is happening you can cause more damage or, if patient is resisting(belief systems ...), waste the energy
i tried to google for some sites about energy body anatomy but haven't found anything for free, do you know such ??

[Rastus]

Yes, I have had backlash before.

The correct way to heal is build power, get in , heal, get out, break contact.  Don't linger.  Don't "share" power.  This is one advantage of Reiki over Auric methods.  For me, the backlash is from my wife, since I tend to get over involved in the process(and it's usually more than a straight healing).  I've never had it happen on anyone else.

Trying to heal a resisting patient can have all kinds of side affects.  If someone has a severe heart condition with panic disorder, and they feel a sudden rushing of their heart Chakra opening, well, you can imagine what might happen???  Someone with strong religious beliefs can upset your or their energy field.

[Naiad780]

You know, I've tried to store energy in a crystal but it never seems to work.

As for picking up the negative energy, I'm not sure.  Maybe it depends on the type of healing.  I get the impression that when I do it, I'm actually just pushing my energy through the person to break up blockages.  So it's not really dangerous.  But I don't know about working on someone with a disease.

kj

[daem0n]

well, if you can feel the energy and heal, there is no way you can't store energy, maybe it's a problem with focusing, i visualize and actually feel the energy rushing from the earth or another handy source rushing through me and into the crystal, a few breaths with NEW concentrating on crystal instead of subnavel and here you go
i made a shield for my mother from a crystal, she's stubborn and refuses to learn NEW, but keeps getting drained (now that's a LOL[xx(], couse she nows that she's drained), she reports no trouble now
if you're high you can also power up shields or crystal/whatever, don't waste good energy [^]
update: tried to heal myself, got throbbing, got healed, i hope

[Naiad780]

I seem to have healed someone last night.  I had raised a LOT of energy using NEW, and he asked if I would try healing his sore wrist from tendonitis.  I have no experience with healing, but I figured what the heck and held his wrist between mine while I drew up energy through my body and pushed it out through my right hand, and pulled it through with my left.  He said there was a noticeable improvement, and the pain that was left was only in small, distinct areas instead of over his whole wrist.

I'm trying not to get too excited, since I know that people can relieve pain psychosomatically, too, if they expect to be healed.  However, it's encouraging.  

My two questions:
a)  Do you have tips about how to explore this potential further?  I really know nothing about healing.
b)  Can you heal yourself this way?  I have chronic pain condition that would be VERY nice to get rid of.

Thanks!

kj