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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Intuition or Guidance
There is nothing too great of accomplishment for the man who knows the power of his word, and who follows his intuitive leads. by the word he starts in action unseen forces and can rebuild his body or remold his affairs.It is, therefore, of the utmost importance, to choose the right words, and the student carefully selects the affirmation he wishes to catapult into the invisible.
He knows that God is his supply, that there is a supply for every demand, and that his spoken word releases this supply.
"Ask and ye shall receive."
Man must make the first move. "Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you."
I have often been asked just how to make a demonstration.
I reply: "Speak the word and then do not do anything until you get a definite lead." Demand the lead, saying, "Infinite spirit, reveal to me the way, let me know if there is anything for me to do."
The answer will come through intuition (or hunch); a chance remark from someone, or a passage in a book, etc., etc. The answers are sometimes quite startling in their exactness. For example: A woman desired a large sum of money. She spoke the words: "Infinite Spirit, open the way for my immediate supply, let all that is mine by divine right now reach me, in great avalanches of abundance." Then she added: "Give me a difinite lead, let me know if there is anything for me to do."
The thought came quickly, "Give a certain friend" (who had helped her spiritually) "a hundred dollars." She told her friend, who said, "Wait and get another lead, before giving it." So she waited, and that day met a woman who said to her, "I gave someone a dollar today; it was just as much for me, as it would be for you to give someone a hundred."
This was indeed an unmistakable lead, so she knew she was right in giving the hundred dollars. It was a gift which proved a great investment, for shortly after that, a large sum of money came to her in a remarkable way.
Giving opens the way for receiving. In order to create activity in finances, one should give. Tithing or giving one-tenth of one's income, is an old Jewish custom, and is sure to bring increase. Many of the richest men in this country have been tithers, and I have never known it to fail as an investment.
The tenth-part goes forth and returns blessed and multiplied. But the gift or tithe must be given with love and cheerfulness, for "God loveth a cheerful giver." Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing.
This attitude of mind makes man master of money. It is his to obey, and his spoken word then opens vast reservoirs of wealth.
Man, himself, limits his supply by his limited vision. Sometimes the student has a great realization of wealth, but is afraid to act.
The vision and action must go hand in hand, as in the case of the man who bought the fur-lined overcoat.
A woman came to me asking me to "speak the word" for a position. So I demanded: "Infinite Spirit, open the way for this woman's right position." Never ask for just "a position"; ask for the right position, the place already planned in Divine Mind, as it is the only one that will give satisfaction.
I then gave thanks that she had already received, and that it would manifest quickly. Very soon, she had three positions offered her, two in New York and one in Palm Beach, and she did not know which to choose. I said, "Ask for a definite lead."
The time was almost up and was still undecided, when one day, she telephoned, "When I woke up this morning, I could smell Palm Beach." She had been there before and knew its balmy fragrance.
I replied: "Well, if you can smell Palm Beach from here, it is certainly your lead." She accepted the position, and it proved a great success. Often one's lead comes at an unexpected time.
One day, I was walking down the street, when I suddenly felt a strong urge to go to a certain bakery, a block or two away.
The reasoning mind resisted, arguing, "There is nothing there that you want."
However, I had learned not to reason, so I went to the bakery, looked at everything, and there was certainly nothing there that I wanted, but coming out I encountered a woman I had thought of often, and who was in great need of the help which I could give her.
So often, one goes for one thing and finds another.
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.
A person often receives a lead during a "treatment." The idea that comes may seem quite irrelevant, but some of God's leadings are "mysterious."
In the class, one day, I was treating that each individual would receive a definite lead. A woman came to me afterwards, and said: "While you were treating, I got the hunch to take my furniture out of storage and get an apartment." The woman had come to be treated for health. I told her I knew in getting a home of her own, her health would improve, and I added, "I believe your trouble, which is a congestion, has come from having things stored away. Congestion of things causes congestion in the body. You have violated the law of use, and your body is paying the penalty."
So I gave thanks that "Divine order was established in her mind, body and affairs."
People little dream of how their affairs react on the body. There is a mental correspondence for every disease. A person might receive instantaneous healing through the realization of his body being a perfect idea in Divine Mind, and, therefore, whole and perfect, but if he continues his destructive thinking, hoarding, hating, fearing, condemning, the disease will return.
Jesus Christ knew that all sickness came from sin, but admonished the leper after the healing, to go and sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon him.
So man's soul (or subconscious mind) must be washed whiter than snow, for permanent healing; and the metaphysician is always delving deep for the "correspondence."
Jesus Christ said, "Condemn not lest ye also be condemned."
"Judge not, lest ye be judged."
Many people have attracted disease and unhappiness through condemnation of others.
What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.
For example: A friend came to me in anger and distress, because her husband had deserted her for another woman. She condemned the other woman, and said continually, "She knew he was a married man, and had no right to accept his attentions."
I replied: "Stop condemning the woman, bless her, and be through with the situation, otherwise, you are attracting the same thing to yourself."
She was deaf to my words, and a year or two later, became deeply interested in a married man, herself.
Man picks up a live-wire whenever he criticises or condemns, and may expect a shock.
Indecision is a stumbling-block in many a pathway. In order to overcome it, make the statement repeatedly, "I am always under direct inspiration; I make right decisions, quickly."
These words impress the subconscious, and soon one finds himself awake and alert, making his right moves without hesitation. I have found it destructive to look to the psychic plane for guidance, as it is the plane of many minds and not the "The One Mind."
As man opens his mind to subjectivity, he becomes a target for destructive forces. The psychic plane is the result of man's mortal thought, and is on the "plane of opposites." He may receive either good or bad messages.
The science of numbers and the reading of horoscopes, keep man down on the mental (or mortal) plane, for they deal only with the Karmic path.
I know of a man who should have been dead, years ago, according to his horoscope, but he is alive and a leader of one of the biggest movements in this country for the uplift of humanity.
It takes a very strong mind to neutralize a prophecy of evil. The student should declare, "Every false prophecy shall come to naught; every plan my Father in heaven has not planned, shall be dissolved and dissipated, the divine idea now comes to pass."
However, if any good message has ever been given one, of coming happiness, or wealth, harbor and expect it, and it will manifest sooner or later, through the law of expectancy.
Man's will should be used to back the universal will. "I will that the will of God be done."
It is God's will to give every man, every righteous desire of his heart, and man's will should be used to hold the perfect vision, without wavering.
The prodigal son said: "I will arise and go to my Father."
It is indeed, often an effort of the will to leave the husks and swine of mortal thinking. It is so much easier, for the average person, to have fear than faith; so faith is an effort of the will.
As man becomes spiritually awakened he recognizes that any external in-harmony is the correspondence of mental in-harmony. If he stumbles or falls, he may know he is stumbling or falling in consciousness.
One day, a student was walking along the street condemning someone in her thoughts. She was saying mentally, "That woman is the most disagreeable woman on earth," when suddenly three boy scouts rushed around the corner and almost knocked her over. She did not condemn the boy scouts, but immediately called on the law of forgiveness, and "saluted the divinity" in the woman. Wisdom's way are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.
When one has made his demands upon the Universal, he must be ready for surprises. Everything may seem to be going wrong, when in reality, it is going right.
For example: A woman was told that there was no loss in divine mind, therefore, she could not lose anything which belonged to her; anything lost, would be returned, or she would receive its equivalent.
Several years previously, she had lost two thousand dollars. She had loaned the money to a relative during her lifetime, but the relative had died, leaving no mention of it in her will. The woman was resentful and angry, and as she had no written statement of the transaction, she never received the money, so she determined to deny the loss, and collect the two thousand dollars from the Bank of the Universal. She had to begin by forgiving the woman, as resentment and unforgiveness close the doors of this wonderful bank.
She made this statement, "I deny loss, there is no loss in Divine Mind, therefore, I cannot lose the two thousand dollars, which belong to me by divine right. "As one door shuts another door opens."
She was living in an apartment house which was for sale; and in the lease was a clause, stating that if the house was sold, the tenants would be required to move out within ninety days.
Suddenly, the landlord broke the leases and raised the rent. Again, injustice was on her pathway, but this time she was undisturbed. She blessed the landlord, and said, "As the rent has been raised, it means that I'll be that much richer, for God is my supply."
New leases were made out for the advanced rent, but by some divine mistake, the ninety days clause had been forgotten. Soon after, the landlord had an opportunity to sell the house. On account of the mistake in the new leases, the tenants held possession for another year.
The agent offered each tenant two hundred dollars if he would vacate. Several families moved; three remained, including the woman. A month or two passed, and the agent again appeared. This time he said to the woman, "Will you break your lease for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars?" It flashed upon her, "Here comes the two thousand dollars." She remembered having said to friends in the house, "We will all act together if anything more is said about leaving." So her lead was to consult her friends.
These friends said," Well, if they have offered you fifteen hundred they will certainly give two thousand." So she received a check for two thousand dollars for giving up the apartment. It was certainly a remarkable working of the law, and the apparent injustice was merely opening the way for her demonstration.
It proved that there is no loss, and when man takes his spiritual stand, he collects all that is his from this great Reservoir of Good.
"I will restore to you the years the locusts have eaten."
These adverse thoughts, alone, rob man; for "No man gives to himself but himself, and no man takes away from himself, but himself."
Man is here to prove God and "to bear witness to the truth," and he can only prove God by bringing plenty out of lack, and justice out of justice.
"Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
He knows that God is his supply, that there is a supply for every demand, and that his spoken word releases this supply.
"Ask and ye shall receive."
Man must make the first move. "Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you."
I have often been asked just how to make a demonstration.
I reply: "Speak the word and then do not do anything until you get a definite lead." Demand the lead, saying, "Infinite spirit, reveal to me the way, let me know if there is anything for me to do."
The answer will come through intuition (or hunch); a chance remark from someone, or a passage in a book, etc., etc. The answers are sometimes quite startling in their exactness. For example: A woman desired a large sum of money. She spoke the words: "Infinite Spirit, open the way for my immediate supply, let all that is mine by divine right now reach me, in great avalanches of abundance." Then she added: "Give me a difinite lead, let me know if there is anything for me to do."
The thought came quickly, "Give a certain friend" (who had helped her spiritually) "a hundred dollars." She told her friend, who said, "Wait and get another lead, before giving it." So she waited, and that day met a woman who said to her, "I gave someone a dollar today; it was just as much for me, as it would be for you to give someone a hundred."
This was indeed an unmistakable lead, so she knew she was right in giving the hundred dollars. It was a gift which proved a great investment, for shortly after that, a large sum of money came to her in a remarkable way.
Giving opens the way for receiving. In order to create activity in finances, one should give. Tithing or giving one-tenth of one's income, is an old Jewish custom, and is sure to bring increase. Many of the richest men in this country have been tithers, and I have never known it to fail as an investment.
The tenth-part goes forth and returns blessed and multiplied. But the gift or tithe must be given with love and cheerfulness, for "God loveth a cheerful giver." Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing.
This attitude of mind makes man master of money. It is his to obey, and his spoken word then opens vast reservoirs of wealth.
Man, himself, limits his supply by his limited vision. Sometimes the student has a great realization of wealth, but is afraid to act.
The vision and action must go hand in hand, as in the case of the man who bought the fur-lined overcoat.
A woman came to me asking me to "speak the word" for a position. So I demanded: "Infinite Spirit, open the way for this woman's right position." Never ask for just "a position"; ask for the right position, the place already planned in Divine Mind, as it is the only one that will give satisfaction.
I then gave thanks that she had already received, and that it would manifest quickly. Very soon, she had three positions offered her, two in New York and one in Palm Beach, and she did not know which to choose. I said, "Ask for a definite lead."
The time was almost up and was still undecided, when one day, she telephoned, "When I woke up this morning, I could smell Palm Beach." She had been there before and knew its balmy fragrance.
I replied: "Well, if you can smell Palm Beach from here, it is certainly your lead." She accepted the position, and it proved a great success. Often one's lead comes at an unexpected time.
One day, I was walking down the street, when I suddenly felt a strong urge to go to a certain bakery, a block or two away.
The reasoning mind resisted, arguing, "There is nothing there that you want."
However, I had learned not to reason, so I went to the bakery, looked at everything, and there was certainly nothing there that I wanted, but coming out I encountered a woman I had thought of often, and who was in great need of the help which I could give her.
So often, one goes for one thing and finds another.
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.
A person often receives a lead during a "treatment." The idea that comes may seem quite irrelevant, but some of God's leadings are "mysterious."
In the class, one day, I was treating that each individual would receive a definite lead. A woman came to me afterwards, and said: "While you were treating, I got the hunch to take my furniture out of storage and get an apartment." The woman had come to be treated for health. I told her I knew in getting a home of her own, her health would improve, and I added, "I believe your trouble, which is a congestion, has come from having things stored away. Congestion of things causes congestion in the body. You have violated the law of use, and your body is paying the penalty."
So I gave thanks that "Divine order was established in her mind, body and affairs."
People little dream of how their affairs react on the body. There is a mental correspondence for every disease. A person might receive instantaneous healing through the realization of his body being a perfect idea in Divine Mind, and, therefore, whole and perfect, but if he continues his destructive thinking, hoarding, hating, fearing, condemning, the disease will return.
Jesus Christ knew that all sickness came from sin, but admonished the leper after the healing, to go and sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon him.
So man's soul (or subconscious mind) must be washed whiter than snow, for permanent healing; and the metaphysician is always delving deep for the "correspondence."
Jesus Christ said, "Condemn not lest ye also be condemned."
"Judge not, lest ye be judged."
Many people have attracted disease and unhappiness through condemnation of others.
What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.
For example: A friend came to me in anger and distress, because her husband had deserted her for another woman. She condemned the other woman, and said continually, "She knew he was a married man, and had no right to accept his attentions."
I replied: "Stop condemning the woman, bless her, and be through with the situation, otherwise, you are attracting the same thing to yourself."
She was deaf to my words, and a year or two later, became deeply interested in a married man, herself.
Man picks up a live-wire whenever he criticises or condemns, and may expect a shock.
Indecision is a stumbling-block in many a pathway. In order to overcome it, make the statement repeatedly, "I am always under direct inspiration; I make right decisions, quickly."
These words impress the subconscious, and soon one finds himself awake and alert, making his right moves without hesitation. I have found it destructive to look to the psychic plane for guidance, as it is the plane of many minds and not the "The One Mind."
As man opens his mind to subjectivity, he becomes a target for destructive forces. The psychic plane is the result of man's mortal thought, and is on the "plane of opposites." He may receive either good or bad messages.
The science of numbers and the reading of horoscopes, keep man down on the mental (or mortal) plane, for they deal only with the Karmic path.
I know of a man who should have been dead, years ago, according to his horoscope, but he is alive and a leader of one of the biggest movements in this country for the uplift of humanity.
It takes a very strong mind to neutralize a prophecy of evil. The student should declare, "Every false prophecy shall come to naught; every plan my Father in heaven has not planned, shall be dissolved and dissipated, the divine idea now comes to pass."
However, if any good message has ever been given one, of coming happiness, or wealth, harbor and expect it, and it will manifest sooner or later, through the law of expectancy.
Man's will should be used to back the universal will. "I will that the will of God be done."
It is God's will to give every man, every righteous desire of his heart, and man's will should be used to hold the perfect vision, without wavering.
The prodigal son said: "I will arise and go to my Father."
It is indeed, often an effort of the will to leave the husks and swine of mortal thinking. It is so much easier, for the average person, to have fear than faith; so faith is an effort of the will.
As man becomes spiritually awakened he recognizes that any external in-harmony is the correspondence of mental in-harmony. If he stumbles or falls, he may know he is stumbling or falling in consciousness.
One day, a student was walking along the street condemning someone in her thoughts. She was saying mentally, "That woman is the most disagreeable woman on earth," when suddenly three boy scouts rushed around the corner and almost knocked her over. She did not condemn the boy scouts, but immediately called on the law of forgiveness, and "saluted the divinity" in the woman. Wisdom's way are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.
When one has made his demands upon the Universal, he must be ready for surprises. Everything may seem to be going wrong, when in reality, it is going right.
For example: A woman was told that there was no loss in divine mind, therefore, she could not lose anything which belonged to her; anything lost, would be returned, or she would receive its equivalent.
Several years previously, she had lost two thousand dollars. She had loaned the money to a relative during her lifetime, but the relative had died, leaving no mention of it in her will. The woman was resentful and angry, and as she had no written statement of the transaction, she never received the money, so she determined to deny the loss, and collect the two thousand dollars from the Bank of the Universal. She had to begin by forgiving the woman, as resentment and unforgiveness close the doors of this wonderful bank.
She made this statement, "I deny loss, there is no loss in Divine Mind, therefore, I cannot lose the two thousand dollars, which belong to me by divine right. "As one door shuts another door opens."
She was living in an apartment house which was for sale; and in the lease was a clause, stating that if the house was sold, the tenants would be required to move out within ninety days.
Suddenly, the landlord broke the leases and raised the rent. Again, injustice was on her pathway, but this time she was undisturbed. She blessed the landlord, and said, "As the rent has been raised, it means that I'll be that much richer, for God is my supply."
New leases were made out for the advanced rent, but by some divine mistake, the ninety days clause had been forgotten. Soon after, the landlord had an opportunity to sell the house. On account of the mistake in the new leases, the tenants held possession for another year.
The agent offered each tenant two hundred dollars if he would vacate. Several families moved; three remained, including the woman. A month or two passed, and the agent again appeared. This time he said to the woman, "Will you break your lease for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars?" It flashed upon her, "Here comes the two thousand dollars." She remembered having said to friends in the house, "We will all act together if anything more is said about leaving." So her lead was to consult her friends.
These friends said," Well, if they have offered you fifteen hundred they will certainly give two thousand." So she received a check for two thousand dollars for giving up the apartment. It was certainly a remarkable working of the law, and the apparent injustice was merely opening the way for her demonstration.
It proved that there is no loss, and when man takes his spiritual stand, he collects all that is his from this great Reservoir of Good.
"I will restore to you the years the locusts have eaten."
These adverse thoughts, alone, rob man; for "No man gives to himself but himself, and no man takes away from himself, but himself."
Man is here to prove God and "to bear witness to the truth," and he can only prove God by bringing plenty out of lack, and justice out of justice.
"Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
Monday, January 23, 2017
THE FIFTH DIMENSION (The Miraculous World)
The Fifth Dimension - Heaven... The Plane of Light
For most religions, the Fifth Dimension is the highest realms a Soul can reach.
Spiritually, starting from the beginning, it is the last stop downward on the dimensional ladder before we enter the realms of limitation. We incarnate here as androgynous stellar beings. Since we live on Stars we have luminous Light Bodies. These eternal forms have no need for pain, the warning signals that physical bodies provide. Therefore there is no physical suffering. Neither do we suffer from any form of separation because we constantly experience the Oneness of Mother/Father Creator.
We base our actions entirely on Love, never fear. This is because fear does not exist at this level. We are unstoppable and living Miraculous lives. Immortality is an experiential given. Many times in a Near Death Experience, a person will travel thru a long tunnel. The tunnel traverses the darkness (the Fourth Dimension) and ends in a bright opening of Golden or White Light (the Fifth Dimension). This is the Birth Canal of the Soul and the doorway to Heaven.
We travel by application of Divine Will. We need not die to have this experience. The shortest distance between two points is not a straight line or curved line. In the Fifth Dimension, one simply duplicates herself to her destination(s). We travel by moving through the doorway at the center of the star. We do not fly as this movement is similar to teleportation. Flying is only a viable means of transportation on the Third and Fourth Dimensions.
In many Ascension stories, the Earth transforms... along with her inhabitants into her fifth-dimensional Light Body. This is when Gaia physically shifts from a dense, material body to one of Light... A Star. The present Earth changes and Ancient prophecies are guides to this probable future. However, the Fifth Dimensional Manifestation of a star is neither hot nor fiery... It is soft.
This is known as THE MIRACULOUS WORLD...
THE MIRACULOUS WORLD
(The Fifth Dimension)
The Miraculous World
Dimensionally... it is the next step up from The Magical World
The Probabilities of this Fifth Plane
Are just now presenting themselves to Humanity
Go outside on some clear Night
Look up in the Sky and catch a glimpse of the Stars
There are more Stars than we can Imagine
With even more Planets racing around Them
And this is only the Third-Dimensional aspect that we are Seeing
Look at your Hand... move your Fingers
To make all of this Exist and Work
Takes Forces and a form of Intelligence
That is not possible to Imagine
And this is only the Third-Dimensional
Aspect of our Existence
Although this may sound Oversimplified
It does seem to point to one Thing
The Universe is a Miraculous Place
If it can Create all of This
It can do just about any thing it Wants
In The Miraculous World
Linear or "horizontal" Logic
Which uses past Experience and one's Beliefs
To determine what is Real
Is NOT what directs one's Actions
Nor is it one's Feelings
Regardless of how Powerful they Are
Instead "Vertical" Logic
Which is information received Directly
From One's Spirit
Provides the data from which to Act
This is spontaneous Revelation
And is the key to consciously Living
In the Eternal Now
You are in Essence... channeling your Spirit
When we find ourselves acting Out
And identifying with the Following
You can Say
"I am living in A Miraculous World"
You experience the awesome reality of living in the faith that you are in the hands of your Spirit
You perceive everything as "okay"... even if it's sometimes unpleasant... because you know that Spirit is directing your Course
You see your identity as a Divine being Unfold
Your reliance on Material and Magical perceptions is superseded by your reliance on Miraculous Perceptions
You perceive other's pictures of reality as just that - their pictures - and do not take their projections Personally
You realize that, in many areas of your life and especially your mission, the walls of time/space are not a Limitation
You live with the understanding that by remaining open and empty... the Universe can manifest miracles through You
You love everyone and know that they are part of the Divine Whole
You are grateful to be Alive
You see your Vision of Heaven on Earth Manifesting
You share your Vision, cosmic identity, and insights freely and Naturally
Miracles are a Given
Here are few Identities
Or ways to Function
Which take a stand for the Validity
Of The Miraculous World
I Am A
Angelic... Extraterrestrial... Other-dimensional Adept
DivineCosmicHoly being
Code Master
Grid TemplateExpert
Energy-flow Director
Receiver Transmitter for your off-Planet
Other-dimensional Team
Transdimensional Trail Blazer
Divine Fool
Moving from The Magical World
To The Miraculous World
Is similar to moving From
The Material to The Magical
There is a barrier that separates these Worlds
...The Fear of the Unknown...
Inherent in the Human Form
And reinforced by the Dark Forces
Makes Beings hesitate to explore New Worlds
On the other hand, many beings don't explore other worlds because they are just plain ignorant of their existence: Spirit has dictated that the veils in their consciousness remain in place - they can do no more.
It is interesting to note that in The Miraculous World
The Mental, Emotional, and Physical Bodies
Are used by the Universe to achieve its Ends
In The Material World
The Universe is used by these Bodies
To achieve their Ends
The World in which we perceive ourselves, along with our identity, are major components of our picture of reality. And the universe rearranges itself to accommodate our picture of reality.
If we're using Material World criteria for the basis of our discernment, it will look as if everyone is living in The Material World.
If we use The Magical World as our criteria, it will appear as if everyone is living in either The Material World or The Magical World (or probably some combination of the two).
If we use the criteria of The Miraculous World, it will appear as if everyone is living in The Material, Magical, or Miraculous World (or probably some combination of the three).
This is because beings who are intensely exploring the Material World cannot include The Magical World in their picture of reality
Yet, those who are exploring The Magical can include The Material. Similarly, those who are intensely exploring The Magical World cannot include The Miraculous World in their picture of reality
Yet, those who are exploring The Miraculous can include The Magical.
This suggests a Hierarchical Order
Based on our ability to Accept
Ever-expanding Probabilities
And our capacity to Love
There are many versions of the Ascension Scenario. It is our sense that the Planetary Consciousness (and many other Cosmic Forces) is preparing a new, energetic environment for its inhabitants to live in.
The foundations are already being laid. Its frequency will sustain only Miraculous World experiences.
Once fully in place and Operational
The option of exploring The Material and Magical Worlds
Will no longer be Available
At least on this planetary Body
Living in The Miraculous World
Will no longer be debated as to whether it is "Possible" or "Impossible"
It will just be... The way that it Is
...Seek and Ye Shall Find...
In The Material World
One seeks retirement and grows Old
In The Magical World
One seeks Enlightenment and grows Wiser
In The Miraculous World
One seeks nothing and grows Lighter
As we all tread the Homeward Path
We will explore many Realms
And one day... we will all Realize
That all experiences are Simply
Different ways in which The
All-That Is
Perceives Itself
END
Note: This is an abbreviated version of a description of the twelve levels of Reality described on the following URL: http//www.powersthatbe.com/cosmir.htm
For most religions, the Fifth Dimension is the highest realms a Soul can reach.
Spiritually, starting from the beginning, it is the last stop downward on the dimensional ladder before we enter the realms of limitation. We incarnate here as androgynous stellar beings. Since we live on Stars we have luminous Light Bodies. These eternal forms have no need for pain, the warning signals that physical bodies provide. Therefore there is no physical suffering. Neither do we suffer from any form of separation because we constantly experience the Oneness of Mother/Father Creator.
We base our actions entirely on Love, never fear. This is because fear does not exist at this level. We are unstoppable and living Miraculous lives. Immortality is an experiential given. Many times in a Near Death Experience, a person will travel thru a long tunnel. The tunnel traverses the darkness (the Fourth Dimension) and ends in a bright opening of Golden or White Light (the Fifth Dimension). This is the Birth Canal of the Soul and the doorway to Heaven.
We travel by application of Divine Will. We need not die to have this experience. The shortest distance between two points is not a straight line or curved line. In the Fifth Dimension, one simply duplicates herself to her destination(s). We travel by moving through the doorway at the center of the star. We do not fly as this movement is similar to teleportation. Flying is only a viable means of transportation on the Third and Fourth Dimensions.
In many Ascension stories, the Earth transforms... along with her inhabitants into her fifth-dimensional Light Body. This is when Gaia physically shifts from a dense, material body to one of Light... A Star. The present Earth changes and Ancient prophecies are guides to this probable future. However, the Fifth Dimensional Manifestation of a star is neither hot nor fiery... It is soft.
This is known as THE MIRACULOUS WORLD...
THE MIRACULOUS WORLD
(The Fifth Dimension)
The Miraculous World
Dimensionally... it is the next step up from The Magical World
The Probabilities of this Fifth Plane
Are just now presenting themselves to Humanity
Go outside on some clear Night
Look up in the Sky and catch a glimpse of the Stars
There are more Stars than we can Imagine
With even more Planets racing around Them
And this is only the Third-Dimensional aspect that we are Seeing
Look at your Hand... move your Fingers
To make all of this Exist and Work
Takes Forces and a form of Intelligence
That is not possible to Imagine
And this is only the Third-Dimensional
Aspect of our Existence
Although this may sound Oversimplified
It does seem to point to one Thing
The Universe is a Miraculous Place
If it can Create all of This
It can do just about any thing it Wants
In The Miraculous World
Linear or "horizontal" Logic
Which uses past Experience and one's Beliefs
To determine what is Real
Is NOT what directs one's Actions
Nor is it one's Feelings
Regardless of how Powerful they Are
Instead "Vertical" Logic
Which is information received Directly
From One's Spirit
Provides the data from which to Act
This is spontaneous Revelation
And is the key to consciously Living
In the Eternal Now
You are in Essence... channeling your Spirit
When we find ourselves acting Out
And identifying with the Following
You can Say
"I am living in A Miraculous World"
You experience the awesome reality of living in the faith that you are in the hands of your Spirit
You perceive everything as "okay"... even if it's sometimes unpleasant... because you know that Spirit is directing your Course
You see your identity as a Divine being Unfold
Your reliance on Material and Magical perceptions is superseded by your reliance on Miraculous Perceptions
You perceive other's pictures of reality as just that - their pictures - and do not take their projections Personally
You realize that, in many areas of your life and especially your mission, the walls of time/space are not a Limitation
You live with the understanding that by remaining open and empty... the Universe can manifest miracles through You
You love everyone and know that they are part of the Divine Whole
You are grateful to be Alive
You see your Vision of Heaven on Earth Manifesting
You share your Vision, cosmic identity, and insights freely and Naturally
Miracles are a Given
Here are few Identities
Or ways to Function
Which take a stand for the Validity
Of The Miraculous World
I Am A
Angelic... Extraterrestrial... Other-dimensional Adept
DivineCosmicHoly being
Code Master
Grid TemplateExpert
Energy-flow Director
Receiver Transmitter for your off-Planet
Other-dimensional Team
Transdimensional Trail Blazer
Divine Fool
Moving from The Magical World
To The Miraculous World
Is similar to moving From
The Material to The Magical
There is a barrier that separates these Worlds
...The Fear of the Unknown...
Inherent in the Human Form
And reinforced by the Dark Forces
Makes Beings hesitate to explore New Worlds
On the other hand, many beings don't explore other worlds because they are just plain ignorant of their existence: Spirit has dictated that the veils in their consciousness remain in place - they can do no more.
It is interesting to note that in The Miraculous World
The Mental, Emotional, and Physical Bodies
Are used by the Universe to achieve its Ends
In The Material World
The Universe is used by these Bodies
To achieve their Ends
The World in which we perceive ourselves, along with our identity, are major components of our picture of reality. And the universe rearranges itself to accommodate our picture of reality.
If we're using Material World criteria for the basis of our discernment, it will look as if everyone is living in The Material World.
If we use The Magical World as our criteria, it will appear as if everyone is living in either The Material World or The Magical World (or probably some combination of the two).
If we use the criteria of The Miraculous World, it will appear as if everyone is living in The Material, Magical, or Miraculous World (or probably some combination of the three).
This is because beings who are intensely exploring the Material World cannot include The Magical World in their picture of reality
Yet, those who are exploring The Magical can include The Material. Similarly, those who are intensely exploring The Magical World cannot include The Miraculous World in their picture of reality
Yet, those who are exploring The Miraculous can include The Magical.
This suggests a Hierarchical Order
Based on our ability to Accept
Ever-expanding Probabilities
And our capacity to Love
There are many versions of the Ascension Scenario. It is our sense that the Planetary Consciousness (and many other Cosmic Forces) is preparing a new, energetic environment for its inhabitants to live in.
The foundations are already being laid. Its frequency will sustain only Miraculous World experiences.
Once fully in place and Operational
The option of exploring The Material and Magical Worlds
Will no longer be Available
At least on this planetary Body
Living in The Miraculous World
Will no longer be debated as to whether it is "Possible" or "Impossible"
It will just be... The way that it Is
...Seek and Ye Shall Find...
In The Material World
One seeks retirement and grows Old
In The Magical World
One seeks Enlightenment and grows Wiser
In The Miraculous World
One seeks nothing and grows Lighter
As we all tread the Homeward Path
We will explore many Realms
And one day... we will all Realize
That all experiences are Simply
Different ways in which The
All-That Is
Perceives Itself
END
Note: This is an abbreviated version of a description of the twelve levels of Reality described on the following URL: http//www.powersthatbe.com/cosmir.htm
THE THIRD DIMENSION
The Third Dimension - Physical Reality of the Conscious Being
The Third Dimension is where energy congeals into a dark, dense pool of matter. This is the plane of thought or mind. The densest stratum of this plane contains our own more worldly and material thoughts.
The Third Dimension is where energy congeals into a dark, dense pool of matter. This is the plane of thought or mind. The densest stratum of this plane contains our own more worldly and material thoughts.
Because of our Planetary coding/consciousness we are able to identify with matter and therefore become dense ourselves. The Universe allows the illusion of Free-Will on the Third and Fourth Dimensions which gives us the experience of acting like saints or demons or somewhere in between... by choice.
Beings believing that the Third is the only Dimension suffer from the illusion of separation from their Spirit. The physical senses cannot detect Spirit which is beyond form. If we are not One with Spirit then we cannot be at one with others. This Dimension of Thought has the ability to interpenetrate all of life, like a sort of etheric river of water. It is not confined to the brain, which actually acts more like a kind of telephone switching station to all the thoughts that pass through it. Our ability to experience beauty while in such density, shows that we live in a loving Universe.
That is why if we can contact the higher strata of the mind-world by training the corresponding parts of our brain, as all seekers have attempted to do, we shall gain inconceivable knowledge.
Beings believing that the Third is the only Dimension suffer from the illusion of separation from their Spirit. The physical senses cannot detect Spirit which is beyond form. If we are not One with Spirit then we cannot be at one with others. This Dimension of Thought has the ability to interpenetrate all of life, like a sort of etheric river of water. It is not confined to the brain, which actually acts more like a kind of telephone switching station to all the thoughts that pass through it. Our ability to experience beauty while in such density, shows that we live in a loving Universe.
That is why if we can contact the higher strata of the mind-world by training the corresponding parts of our brain, as all seekers have attempted to do, we shall gain inconceivable knowledge.
The practice of Remote Viewing attempts to tap into this holographic practice. Humans possess a body made up of the material of the Physical Plane world...a body containing chemicals in liquid, solid and gaseous states. This body is interpenetrated by another body, which is its counterpart, known as the Etheric Body. It constitutes a fine web through which the Electromagnetic Life-forces are fed into the physical body from the outer Universe.
The combination of these two bodies contain the conscious knowledge of all 12 Dimensions... The Sacred Hologram
THE MATERIAL WORLD(The Third Dimension).
THE MATERIAL WORLD
Is the dominant Mode in which Humanity
And other species Live and Operate
The motivating or driving Forces in this World
Are called "Instincts"
Most beings on the planet Today base their Actions
Predominantly on information they Receive
From their survival, sexual, hierarchical, and territorial Instincts
Acting on these instructions makes statements to the Universe
About what is Real to the Actor
For the most part... these pictures of Reality
Stem from information that is Encoded
In the DNA of the Physical Body
These Physical-Body Pictures of Reality May Imply:
I am Mortal
I need a Mate
I need Personal Power to rule Others
I need to own certain Things
I need another person to make me Happy
I need Control of my Space
The Mental body... too... generates pictures of Reality
It creates pictures that say things Like
"I must figure it all Out"
"I need to be Right"
"It's okay to lie if I have a good enough Reason"
"I am better than they Are"
"She's going to say this... and then I'll say that...."
For various reasons... Western Civilization
Has elevated the Mental Body
To a Male God-like Status
THE MATERIAL WORLD
Is the dominant Mode in which Humanity
And other species Live and Operate
The motivating or driving Forces in this World
Are called "Instincts"
Most beings on the planet Today base their Actions
Predominantly on information they Receive
From their survival, sexual, hierarchical, and territorial Instincts
Acting on these instructions makes statements to the Universe
About what is Real to the Actor
For the most part... these pictures of Reality
Stem from information that is Encoded
In the DNA of the Physical Body
These Physical-Body Pictures of Reality May Imply:
I am Mortal
I need a Mate
I need Personal Power to rule Others
I need to own certain Things
I need another person to make me Happy
I need Control of my Space
The Mental body... too... generates pictures of Reality
It creates pictures that say things Like
"I must figure it all Out"
"I need to be Right"
"It's okay to lie if I have a good enough Reason"
"I am better than they Are"
"She's going to say this... and then I'll say that...."
For various reasons... Western Civilization
Has elevated the Mental Body
To a Male God-like Status
There are several methodologies which contend that by controlling the mental body, negative experiences can be transcended, and that we can even obtain enlightenmentand Nirvana.
The rationale goes:
"I create my own reality with my thoughts. Therefore, if I eliminate negative thoughts and only think positive ones, then my life will change for the better."
This implies that negative thoughts are the source of one's negative experiences, and the work then becomes to eradicate them.
You become your own thought Police
And... since Whatever you're fascinated With
...You get more Of...
Then being fascinated with negative Thoughts
Just brings more of them!
Plus... there is another aspect to Consider
The Universe rearranges itself to Accommodate
Your picture of Reality
The "think-only-positive- thoughts" Strategy
Assumes that the Mental body is the sole Composer
Of one's picture of reality - but it is Not
The Physical Body has its own Views and Convictions
Of What is Real
As does the Emotional Body
As well as the Spiritual Body...the I AM
Here is a simple story to illustrate This...
And... since Whatever you're fascinated With
...You get more Of...
Then being fascinated with negative Thoughts
Just brings more of them!
Plus... there is another aspect to Consider
The Universe rearranges itself to Accommodate
Your picture of Reality
The "think-only-positive- thoughts" Strategy
Assumes that the Mental body is the sole Composer
Of one's picture of reality - but it is Not
The Physical Body has its own Views and Convictions
Of What is Real
As does the Emotional Body
As well as the Spiritual Body...the I AM
Here is a simple story to illustrate This...
There was a mighty lion, Janro, who was born in a small zoo. As she grew, she made it a point to investigate, as best as she could, all of the aspects of the world around her. All of the other lions in this zoo had been born in captivity, as well. Their cages were indoors.
One day, another lion was added to the group, but she was captured in the wild. When she spoke of the vast savannas, the tall, spreading trees, the birds in the sky, and the other wonders she knew of, Janro and the others scoffed. "How could this be!" they would exclaim.
We've had plenty of time to investigate this world. We know precisely the limits of our cages, what other kinds of animals there are, where we came from, and how we get fed. "What you are telling us is preposterous! Prove it!"
Beings who are exploring the Material World
And taking a Stand for its Validity
Suffer from the Illusion of Separation
From their Spirit
This should be obvious - the Physical Senses cannot detect Spirit, which is beyond form. Consequently, if we are not at one with our Spirit, then we cannot be at one with others, because Oneness is an attribute of the spiritual body. They believe they must fight and struggle to exist, courtesy of the animal instincts. They perceive enemies.
Their actions are a series of strategies being played out. They fear lack and condemnation, both which lurk in the background of their consciousness like hungry cheetahs. They need outside authorities to tell them how to reach God/dess and to tell them what is real.
Their actions are a series of strategies being played out. They fear lack and condemnation, both which lurk in the background of their consciousness like hungry cheetahs. They need outside authorities to tell them how to reach God/dess and to tell them what is real.
Today... Scientists are the Priests of What's Real...
When we find ourselves acting out and identifying with any of these pictures of reality and agreeing that they are real, you may say with confidence... "I am Living in a Material World."
Other experiences of this Domain are:
- Being caught up in a stream of Thought
- Planning sexual Strategies
- Mentally rehearsing what you're going to say when you confront Someone (which you never end up saying, anyway, when the time comes)
- Being Sarcastic
- Being Obnoxious
- Being Critical
- Physically or verbally attacking Someone
- Proving you're right...or the other Wrong
- Defending or claiming your Space
The way that we Perceive and Define Ourselves
Implies which World we are living In
A few Identities that take a Stand
For the validity of The Material World are:
Implies which World we are living In
A few Identities that take a Stand
For the validity of The Material World are:
"I am A:..."
- hard worker
- smart person
- honest person
- business person, (or, name a profession)
- parent/spouse/child
- awesome/inadequate lover
- responsible person
- funny person
- student/teacher
- clever/shrewd
There is nothing wrong with these identities or with exploring the Material World; we all do it to some degree or another; let's face it -we're all in human forms.
It's an option that our Spirits
Have chosen to Explore, for whatever reason.
The important Point
Is not what we are Exploring
But the Position that our Consciousness is In
With Relation to the Action
Have chosen to Explore, for whatever reason.
The important Point
Is not what we are Exploring
But the Position that our Consciousness is In
With Relation to the Action
Friday, February 7, 2014
About Water
“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food
and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god.
Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide
them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the
conclusion that they are gods.”
“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.”
“The only drink I like ice in is water, because you can’t water down water. I’m like that with love, too. Don’t you dare add any ice to the hot liquid loving I’m trying to pour all over you.”
“Anger is like flowing water; there's nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water becomes dirty, stinky, disease-ridden, poisonous, deadly; that is your hate. On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with all the paper boats of forgiveness. Be human.”
“The cure for anything is salt water - tears, sweat, or the sea.”
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.”
“It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.”
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
“A Kiss is a terrible name for a piece of chocolate shaped like a water droplet, because kisses are hot and would melt chocolate—even if it is wearing an astronaut suit made out of tinfoil. ” At even one penny, this blog would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
“She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.”
“I just bought a small condo overlooking the water. The water is in a cup, one floor below my unit. ”
“Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.”
“No matter how much water a sink takes on, it never lives up to its name. The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink. ”
“Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong
Hark! now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell.”
― William Shakespeare, The Tempest
“The ocean was the best place, of course. That was what she loved most. It was a feeling of freedom like no other, and yet a feeling of communion with all the other places and creatures the water touched.”
“I don’t drink water, because if water can erode rock, think what it can do to flesh. ”
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Water is the driving force in nature.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
“Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.”
“You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity.”
“I read once that water is a symbol for emotions. And for a while now I've thought maybe my mother drowned in both.”
“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.” ― Kahlil Gibran
“An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”
“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.”
“The only drink I like ice in is water, because you can’t water down water. I’m like that with love, too. Don’t you dare add any ice to the hot liquid loving I’m trying to pour all over you.”
“Anger is like flowing water; there's nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water becomes dirty, stinky, disease-ridden, poisonous, deadly; that is your hate. On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with all the paper boats of forgiveness. Be human.”
“The cure for anything is salt water - tears, sweat, or the sea.”
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.”
“It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.”
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
“A Kiss is a terrible name for a piece of chocolate shaped like a water droplet, because kisses are hot and would melt chocolate—even if it is wearing an astronaut suit made out of tinfoil. ” At even one penny, this blog would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
“She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.”
“I just bought a small condo overlooking the water. The water is in a cup, one floor below my unit. ”
“Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.”
“No matter how much water a sink takes on, it never lives up to its name. The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink. ”
“Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong
Hark! now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell.”
― William Shakespeare, The Tempest
“The ocean was the best place, of course. That was what she loved most. It was a feeling of freedom like no other, and yet a feeling of communion with all the other places and creatures the water touched.”
“I don’t drink water, because if water can erode rock, think what it can do to flesh. ”
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Water is the driving force in nature.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
“Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.”
“You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity.”
“I read once that water is a symbol for emotions. And for a while now I've thought maybe my mother drowned in both.”
“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.” ― Kahlil Gibran
“An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”
Saturday, May 12, 2012
GREEN MEDICAL PASTURES (2)
A true green holistic revolution in medicine will not be possible until orthodoxy redefines professionalism to mean the practice of one's science and art to the best of one's ability with honesty, unselfishness, and integrity. Professionalism should not mean that medicine is to be practiced to the exclusion of outside influences. It should not become a prison that stifles originality and creativity. It should mean that medicine will always seek, and remain open to, better ways of serving humanity.
As it stands, the closest thing that we have to a holistic medical profession is the field of naturopathy. The training of naturopathic physicians covers a wide range of alternative and natural therapies, but there is one significant restricting condition placed upon their licensure -- they cannot prescribe pharmaceutical drugs or perform conventional surgeries. On the other side of the fence, orthodox medicine grudgingly allows the rare token of holism into its domain, as when recently it accepted glucosamine and chondroitin as viable anti-arthritic therapies. Conventional medicine must dispense with the pretense of giving fair consideration to alternative therapies while judging them according to impossible standards. Licorice, for example, should not be judged based upon its applicability to treating cancer patients. Whether or not licorice is a useful measure in dealing with indigestion should be sufficient standard to judge its therapeutic value. Making alternative therapies jump over such unrealistic hurdles creates a neat and convenient divide that separates conventional from holistic doctors.
While, admittedly, there is a smattering of daring individuals determined to overcome this false dichotomy, the wide gulf between orthodoxy and holism remains the normative reality. As long as there are two separate systems, health care will remain inadequate and will tend to fall short of the ideal. If conventional medicine is ever to heal itself of its fragmented state, it must first acknowledge its brokenness and admit that it needs to transcend its rigid and limited conception of what constitutes desirable and viable therapies. "Treatment of the whole person" must become more than just a corporate slogan or marketing gimmick.
Likewise, the maverick of alternative medicine can also, at times, be a little narrow-minded, sometimes eschewing all pharmaceutical options. "Natural" does not necessarily equate to "superior," and not infrequently, a conventional drug or surgery is the best plan of action. On the other hand, practitioners of the healing arts must resist allowing their arts to be made over into sciences out of the overwhelming desire to seek "respectability." We already see this trend, as some holistic practitioners promote their therapies with questionable scientific rationales. Some areas of knowledge are well suited to scientific investigation, while others are not. Some things, especially in the realm of healing, will always retain a sense of mystery, and are best appreciated in their natural state. Spiritual and energetic forces, when subjected to the parameters of clinicians and their mechanistic bias, often lose their power to heal. The standard should not be whether a therapy can be dissected and understood by the rational mind, but whether it is of true benefit to the sick, pain and the suffering. Scientific 'prof" should be of secondary concern, especially when a therapy demonstrates efficacy in clinical practice.
As it stands, the closest thing that we have to a holistic medical profession is the field of naturopathy. The training of naturopathic physicians covers a wide range of alternative and natural therapies, but there is one significant restricting condition placed upon their licensure -- they cannot prescribe pharmaceutical drugs or perform conventional surgeries. On the other side of the fence, orthodox medicine grudgingly allows the rare token of holism into its domain, as when recently it accepted glucosamine and chondroitin as viable anti-arthritic therapies. Conventional medicine must dispense with the pretense of giving fair consideration to alternative therapies while judging them according to impossible standards. Licorice, for example, should not be judged based upon its applicability to treating cancer patients. Whether or not licorice is a useful measure in dealing with indigestion should be sufficient standard to judge its therapeutic value. Making alternative therapies jump over such unrealistic hurdles creates a neat and convenient divide that separates conventional from holistic doctors.
While, admittedly, there is a smattering of daring individuals determined to overcome this false dichotomy, the wide gulf between orthodoxy and holism remains the normative reality. As long as there are two separate systems, health care will remain inadequate and will tend to fall short of the ideal. If conventional medicine is ever to heal itself of its fragmented state, it must first acknowledge its brokenness and admit that it needs to transcend its rigid and limited conception of what constitutes desirable and viable therapies. "Treatment of the whole person" must become more than just a corporate slogan or marketing gimmick.
Likewise, the maverick of alternative medicine can also, at times, be a little narrow-minded, sometimes eschewing all pharmaceutical options. "Natural" does not necessarily equate to "superior," and not infrequently, a conventional drug or surgery is the best plan of action. On the other hand, practitioners of the healing arts must resist allowing their arts to be made over into sciences out of the overwhelming desire to seek "respectability." We already see this trend, as some holistic practitioners promote their therapies with questionable scientific rationales. Some areas of knowledge are well suited to scientific investigation, while others are not. Some things, especially in the realm of healing, will always retain a sense of mystery, and are best appreciated in their natural state. Spiritual and energetic forces, when subjected to the parameters of clinicians and their mechanistic bias, often lose their power to heal. The standard should not be whether a therapy can be dissected and understood by the rational mind, but whether it is of true benefit to the sick, pain and the suffering. Scientific 'prof" should be of secondary concern, especially when a therapy demonstrates efficacy in clinical practice.
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