Lighten Up, Scientist Guy (a soap box moment)
"There's no magic."
That's what a scientist said on Primetime Live last night. I thought, "Man, he's a lot of fun." He's the kind of guy who's begging to be abducted by aliens or to have a dead relative take up residence in the passenger seat of his car.
Last night's edition of Primetime Live profiled Adam, the healer - a 19-year-old energy healer from Canada. To be more precise, I'd say the focus of the show was really more about debunking Adam, the healer. I felt bad for the guy. They painted this picture that Adam was a fraud who was out for people's money. I'm guessing that the producers figured they were doing viewers a favor by protecting them from "fake" esoteric healing practices. Granted, there are a lot of frauds out there, but Adam has a pretty good track record. It's not perfect, but pretty damn impressive. Although probably not nearly as good as your average medical doctor. Until working with my mom, (insert sarcasm here) her oncologist healed every single one of his patients!
When you have a strict scientific, "only the facts," perspective, finding validity in energetic healing is never going to happen. That is, until the large-brained scientific types find a way to "validate" it. But the objective/scientific veiwpoint is only one aspect of reality - I've learned there's A LOT more to reality than science and facts and data and proof. But if you don't believe in the possibility that there's more then you won't let yourself believe it when you experience it. You'll explain it away. In my opinion, it's like wearing blinders. Not to mention, it's no fun.
Bottom line, the practice of healing is really complicated. The more healing work I do, the more I discover that there are many factors involved - most of which are NOT physical, and therefore, will not show up on an MRI. There's no way to "prove" that someone has soul loss, or an energy block in their liver, or that their fear and negative thinking is causing debilitating migraines.
And even if you have the ability to diagnose in this way, you also have to take into consideration the receptivity of the person being healed. There are many people who say they want to be healed, but for whatever reason, they may not really want to be healed. Regardless of the healing modality, getting past subconscious stuff presents the greatest challenge to successful healing. There's also the idea (which might seem controversial) that the person may need to have the experience of being sick. Illness is rich territory for growth. Not always fun, but rich.
It only takes "one" miracle to make miracles a possibility. In other words, if it happened once, it can happen again. When considering its very nature, it's logical to assume that your garden variety miracle is illogical, and therefore, cannot be explained by science. So what does that make it then? (hint: something that falls outside the realm of physical/scientific reality) It's magic.
When you broaden the definition of your personal reality, you invite magic into your life. From age 12 to 24, I was a devout atheist. I had a very narrow, scientific view of reality - if it couldn't be proven, it was bullshit. There was no room for magic. I also had a great deal of anxiety and didn't laugh much. I equate the two. I laugh all the time now.
I wonder about the scientist guy. I wonder how much he laughs? And how many miracles he's missed . . .
That's what a scientist said on Primetime Live last night. I thought, "Man, he's a lot of fun." He's the kind of guy who's begging to be abducted by aliens or to have a dead relative take up residence in the passenger seat of his car.
Last night's edition of Primetime Live profiled Adam, the healer - a 19-year-old energy healer from Canada. To be more precise, I'd say the focus of the show was really more about debunking Adam, the healer. I felt bad for the guy. They painted this picture that Adam was a fraud who was out for people's money. I'm guessing that the producers figured they were doing viewers a favor by protecting them from "fake" esoteric healing practices. Granted, there are a lot of frauds out there, but Adam has a pretty good track record. It's not perfect, but pretty damn impressive. Although probably not nearly as good as your average medical doctor. Until working with my mom, (insert sarcasm here) her oncologist healed every single one of his patients!
When you have a strict scientific, "only the facts," perspective, finding validity in energetic healing is never going to happen. That is, until the large-brained scientific types find a way to "validate" it. But the objective/scientific veiwpoint is only one aspect of reality - I've learned there's A LOT more to reality than science and facts and data and proof. But if you don't believe in the possibility that there's more then you won't let yourself believe it when you experience it. You'll explain it away. In my opinion, it's like wearing blinders. Not to mention, it's no fun.
Bottom line, the practice of healing is really complicated. The more healing work I do, the more I discover that there are many factors involved - most of which are NOT physical, and therefore, will not show up on an MRI. There's no way to "prove" that someone has soul loss, or an energy block in their liver, or that their fear and negative thinking is causing debilitating migraines.
And even if you have the ability to diagnose in this way, you also have to take into consideration the receptivity of the person being healed. There are many people who say they want to be healed, but for whatever reason, they may not really want to be healed. Regardless of the healing modality, getting past subconscious stuff presents the greatest challenge to successful healing. There's also the idea (which might seem controversial) that the person may need to have the experience of being sick. Illness is rich territory for growth. Not always fun, but rich.
It only takes "one" miracle to make miracles a possibility. In other words, if it happened once, it can happen again. When considering its very nature, it's logical to assume that your garden variety miracle is illogical, and therefore, cannot be explained by science. So what does that make it then? (hint: something that falls outside the realm of physical/scientific reality) It's magic.
When you broaden the definition of your personal reality, you invite magic into your life. From age 12 to 24, I was a devout atheist. I had a very narrow, scientific view of reality - if it couldn't be proven, it was bullshit. There was no room for magic. I also had a great deal of anxiety and didn't laugh much. I equate the two. I laugh all the time now.
I wonder about the scientist guy. I wonder how much he laughs? And how many miracles he's missed . . .
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