Energy work - reply to Anne

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In a message dated 5/15/2005 8:17:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,

gallstones writes:

> Energy comes before matter....so if you do not address your energy

> body...then long term herbs and dietary management may not bring you what

> you hope for in terms of total healing.

Hi Anne,

Loved your email! Your words reminded me of what Einstein once said, " A

problem cannot be solved at the same level at which it was created, " and I think

it was anne WIlliamson (correct me, if I'm wrong) who embellished this with

" Spiritual problems require spiritual solutions " . So, if we lead a life of

compulsive, unconscious eating and imbibing, it's probably equally as

destructive to resolve it with it's polaric opposite. Kind of like treating the

body

like a punching bag, swinging to the extremes.

What I've gathered from the wise folk here and from my own trainings is that

a gentle holistic approach is best, incorporating mind-body-spirit approaches

to healing. I'm a reiki and sadja master (tuning fork therapy) and, while

energy work, in whatever form it is applied, goes a long way towards healing the

body, it's also true that a person must choose to be awake to taking personal

responsibility for their own healing. Coming to a group like this where this is

so much information to absorb literally forces you to look at it all and take

what resonates for yourself to begin a healing regimen. It's a wonderful

first step to empowering yourself to listen to your own inner wisdom. So, for

me,

I know it's so important that you've brought this up, Anne.

Mikao Usui, the man who brought back the ancient Tibetan healing art of

reiki, shared a great story about this with his students and it's still a

fundamental teaching in reiki today. After rediscovering this healing artform,

he went

back to Japan and the first person he offered a healing to was a street

beggar. Shortly thereafter, the beggar managed to turn his life around, became

successful in work, got married and had a family. Several years later, Usui was

shocked to see this man on the street in rags and begging, again, and asked him

what had happened. The man explained that he just couldn't take the pressures

of a successful life. The moral of Usui's story being that energy healing work

always goes to where it is needed for healing, but a person has to be an open

and willing participant to the process, taking full responsibility for their

life, on all levels, for energy work to have optimal effect.

So, I hope you don't mind me adding that energy work, just like physical

cleansing and diet, while being a great addition to a holistic approach to

healing, it does require a willing openness to participate by taking

responsibility

on all the other levels, too - ie. the physical, mental, emotional and

spiritual levels. In other words, to love and honor yourself as much as

possible!!!!

Peace, n