I
have to say I had a huge smile on my face Wednesday. A practice member
of mine, who has been under care for six months and most recently threw
out her antidepressant medication and has been transforming her life,
made a statement that got me glowing inside. (if what was happening with
her wasn't exciting enough!)
She began with the statement I so
often hear, "I have a friend who is suffering with fibromyalgia, can
you..." Now the typical knee jerk question would be if I could help her
friend with her condition.
But then something magical took place.
Before she said the word "help", she stopped herself, and said, "well, I
guess it doesn't matter what she is experiencing, you can help her."
Instantly,
I was elated! Not because she said I could help, but that she had the
instant awareness that her friend was not separate from her condition;
and because this practice member was experiencing more wholeness for
herself, she had the awareness of wholeness!!
She knew the
fibromyalgia changing was dependent on her friend choosing to heal on
the inside, not healing the condition. And if her friend on some level
can heal, than than the fibromyalgia would take care of itself.
And
she put together that what we do here in reorganizational healing is not
treat conditions, but help the person to heal on the inside. SHE GETS
IT and it was exciting to hear!!
Healing is healing. It doesn't
matter what conditions or crisis or circumstance someone is in, anxiety,
depression, pain, sciatica, headaches, fibromyalgia, etc. It is the
person that requires further healing, not the condition.
Unfortunately,
or fortunately, society does not support this thinking. We have a
system in medicine that is similar to that of an automobile factory. You
come in. Get your part diagnosed. Go see the specialist for that part.
Wait a hell of a long time to see the "specialist", get your part fixed
and on with life.
There is little recognition for healing the
person, and having the whole person addressed. People still feel they
need to be labelled, and aren't recognizing that THEY need healing, NOT
the part. But I guess that is reserved for us to share! :)))
So here is a healing tip;
If
you have a part of you that seems like it is doing its own thing, off
in "la-la land" or just not cooperating, invite it to come back in to
the rest of you. Don't condemn it, judge it, ridicule it, or tell it to
go away like everyone else does. Invite that part to play with the
whole.
Some good questions are;
How can I better accept the part for what it is doing?
How can I breathe with the part, move with the part, so as to invite it to join the rest of me?
How can I dance with that which is uncomfortable or painful?
How can I stay with the pain or circumstance and just be with it without the need to change it?
How can I just let a part of me have a temper tantrum without judging it or getting obsessed about it?
It's not the part that needs to change, but your relationship with yourself, and your healing that requires change.
If
you are a long-time member continuing to have difficulties healing,
please talk with me, so we can gain greater perspective on what is going
on.
Or if you know anyone who needs to hear this message, please
forward it on to them, hopefully broadening their perspective on what
healing is.Sincerely,
Dr. Steve
P.S. Healing is always an inside job, only to be fascilitated by someone else. No one can heal you, but you.
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