The Three Elements of Healing

[jcldragon]

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The Three Elements of Healing

by James Clair Lewis

Copyright 2006

There are three elements of Spiritual Healing, and all three must be present & active, or no healing can take place.

The first is the patient. The patient must ask for help. Moreover, the patient must have faith that healing can take place, and that they deserve to be in health. A patient who considers himself to be unworthy, will block the channel, and not be able to recieve the healing.

The next element is the healer. The healer must know the techniques, and understand the condition manefesting in the patient. Then, the healer will know what needs to be done, and direct the energy towards the result.

The third element is the Divine. All energies proceed from the Divine, which is constantly seeking expression in the Material World. When you turn on a light switch, the light goes on, but you do not claim to be lighting the room yourself. The energy is doing that, and all you have done, is to initate the possibility. It is the same with healing. The techniques we employ initiate the process, but it is the Divine Healing energy that actually does the work. Always give the Divine full credit for what happens.

[Tanemon]

This seems basically right. I've discussed this trinity - or three-part process - with numerous Reiki-ists, though the wording can be different, of course.

I think there can be slightly deviant variations from this... A person may, at times, act as a healing channel unconsciously, such as when an untrained person is just giving someone a back massage, and healing energy (signified, say, by hands that send a deeply warming energy into the person being massaged) just flows. Or, as many people have pointed out, sometimes a healer is able to send healing to someone in need even when s/he has not specifically requested it. (This possibility and the fact that it does occur has spurred many an 'ethics' debate among Reiki-ists.)

Anyways, thanks for posting your post...

:sunny: Tanemon

[jcldragon]

The patient isn't required to ask for help on the Physical Plane, if they are asking for help on a higher plane. Do you ask somebody unconscious who has been pulled out of the water, if they need some help breathing?

A person with a strong need for healing, may pull energy through a Master Healer while in a crowd, not consciously realizing what is going on, but certainly not complaining about the results either...

[Tanemon]

The patient isn't required to ask for help on the Physical Plane, if they are asking for help on a higher plane. Do you ask somebody unconscious who has been pulled out of the water, if they need some help breathing?

A person with a strong need for healing, may pull energy through a Master Healer while in a crowd, not consciously realizing what is going on, but certainly not complaining about the results either...

Yeah. On both points.

On another aspect of what you posted, you mentioned how the person needing and wanting healing may block the transfer of healing energy by feeling unworthy.

A couple years ago, I was involved in a discussion among half a dozen energy healers in which someone had attempted to address this point (or something very close) by saying that the person requesting healing has to do his/her part in order for healing to occur. So I asked something like: "What can be done when the person is genuinely wanting healing and is sincerely doing his/her best to be receptive and open for healing, and you (as the healer) are doing your best practice -- and yet no healing seems to occur in this instance, and no signs of energy transfer can be sensed?"

Most of the people in the dialogue sort of threw up their hands, saying in effect 'well, it's no fault of the healer'.

But it raises another issue... If the person is not receiving a healing, due to some inner factor like a sense of "unworthiness" (or whatever the unconscious blockage may be), must not there be some sort of prior "healing" of this buried, stubborn sense of unworthiness?... in order for the healing to flow for the known malady?

:sunny: Tanemon

[jcldragon]

Yeah. On both points.

On another aspect of what you posted, you mentioned how the person needing and wanting healing may block the transfer of healing energy by feeling unworthy.

A couple years ago, I was involved in a discussion among half a dozen energy healers in which someone had attempted to address this point (or something very close) by saying that the person requesting healing has to do his/her part in order for healing to occur. So I asked something like: "What can be done when the person is genuinely wanting healing and is sincerely doing his/her best to be receptive and open for healing, and you (as the healer) are doing your best practice -- and yet no healing seems to occur in this instance, and no signs of energy transfer can be sensed?"

Most of the people in the dialogue sort of threw up their hands, saying in effect 'well, it's no fault of the healer'.

But it raises another issue... If the person is not receiving a healing, due to some inner factor like a sense of "unworthiness" (or whatever the unconscious blockage may be), must not there be some sort of prior "healing" of this buried, stubborn sense of unworthiness?... in order for the healing to flow for the known malady?

:sunny: Tanemon
There most certainly does, but it is the toughest one. If a person deep down considers themself to be rotten to the core, they will actively resist healing. They may even derive pleasure from being sick. Often they will get people to jump through hoops for them, *knowing* all the while that they will not get well.

You may not be able to do anything for such a person, if it's a bad case.

[ShamanFeather]

interesting post.

In order to have a healing other then generalized, I feel that there are further conditions. In order to word toward healing a person in the most extensive and thorough way the practitioner needs to be aware that conditions need to be addressed on multile levels. they do not need to know how to address all levels, but to recognize what other ways of healing there are, when they are necessary and for what conditions, and be ethical enough to direct clients to these practitioners as necessary and to be ethical enough to say that spiritual healings are not the be all end all and when you dont think you can help a person and let the client make an informed descision.

I also believe to have a good healing the patient needs to take action afterwards. if you do a spiritual healing about stress but the client takes not action to reduce the amount of stress, or change behaviors to fix the aggrevating condition then the client may feel better only for a little while and may become dependent on the practitioner.

I also do not agree that the divine needs to be involved in spiritual healing. the divine is often referenced in reiki and other channeling methods of spiritual healing. however, one can also manipulate another person's energy and remove intrusions without divine intervention. to say that we cannot is to deny that we can affect other people by our moods and very presence through vibrations such as many believe crystals can do so.

[ShamanFeather]

There most certainly does, but it is the toughest one. If a person deep down considers themself to be rotten to the core, they will actively resist healing. They may even derive pleasure from being sick. Often they will get people to jump through hoops for them, *knowing* all the while that they will not get well.

You may not be able to do anything for such a person, if it's a bad case.

In the case that Tanemon mentioned, I wouldnt say its the fault of either exactly. I would say however the client would need to be told that the healer may not be able to help and suggest a different modality that may align better with the client's universal outlook, or maybe counseling.

in the case of jcldragon mentioned the sickness works as a mechanism to gain attention the patient may crave or as an excuse. in which case a psychologist may be of better service to the individual depending on symptoms.

[Tanemon]

interesting post.

In order to have a healing other then generalized, I feel that there are further conditions. In order to word toward healing a person in the most extensive and thorough way the practitioner needs to be aware that conditions need to be addressed on multile levels. ...

I also do not agree that the divine needs to be involved in spiritual healing. the divine is often referenced in reiki and other channeling methods of spiritual healing. however, one can also manipulate another person's energy and remove intrusions without divine intervention. to say that we cannot is to deny that we can affect other people by our moods and very presence through vibrations such as many believe crystals can do so.

I agree, in a way. But I'm also interested in the deepest possible healings for people. That (deep healing, with Divine energy) is what has helped me the most.

Sure, a person can get sick again due to bad lifestyle habits, bad influences in their environment, heavy stresses, or an accident. A person should do what s/he can to manage those influences in his or her own life. The same with moods (which are a passing thing)... you have to learn to manage the factors involved.

But with very many people minor dis-ease and mood problems are very often getting a foothold due to the deep-seated physical and emotional problems within a person... so I believe in dealing with that deep stuff, when possible.


:sunny: Tanemon

[ShamanFeather]

I think we are seeing things a similar way, but may have been misunderstood.

The deep healing is important, but I don't believe that can occur without a certian amount of dedication from the person and a willingness to change if change will help and is possible and that also needs to be communicated when the instances arise when doing healings.

For example you can deeply clean a room. It will get dirty, walls will have to get washed and so will the carpet again, but it is good for now. But if the person who lives in it trashes it regularly with trash and then complains bitterly about it, you can clean their room again every time, but they need to understand what to change if they won't want it to get so bad again. So in a way I view the spiritual energetic healing as a deep clean, but the deepest healings comes from behavioral or cognitive change where possible. The healing can be a way for the person to reach that state and to make it temporarily better so that they can manage but it isn't permenant a person has to accept healing on multiple levels and not be in the medical pop a pill instant cure mentality so many people are in. Not to say you were inferring, only going further in my descriptions.

[Ron]

I don't have anything pertinent to say, just a nod to share.

*nods* :)

[jcldragon]

If a person significantly alters their view of themselves, and their relationship with the Universe, profound healing can take place. The shift from materialistic, and personal, (ego-centered), ways of viewing things to spiritual, and universal ways of viewing things, allows the Divine healing energies to be fully activated.

[trixie2]

however, one can also manipulate another person's energy and remove intrusions without divine intervention. to say that we cannot is to deny that we can affect other people by our moods and very presence through vibrations such as many believe crystals can do so.

It's not that I don't agree that we can manipulate energy without divine intervention... but, personally, I find it exhausting, mentally and physically. If you're healing people on a regular basis, putting forth your personal energy without asking for divine intervention, it takes a lot out of you. On the other hand, there is a virtually limitless pool of universal energy out there, waiting for you to call upon it, so why not take advantage?

I kind of also feel that that universal energy would know better than I, exactly what it needs to do and where it needs to go. I know that I can only see so far alone.

[Vanatru]

There are many reasons for a healing to be blocked. When my dad was dying of cancer, I tried to help him only to find that about the only thing I could do was alleviate some of his pain. Sometimes it is a person's path to experience such things and we are not able to effect a change in that path.

As far as the use of the divine, part of the activity of healing is also for the benefit of the healer. That each healing is an act of rememberance of where we come from and the reality of what is beyond our limited awareness for us as well as for those we are helping. We are helping the person remember their connection and in so doing, we are reminded as well.

For me, that is my duty, to help the person feel reconnected. I am not to judge what healing is right for the person as my awareness just isn't broad enough to see clearly, but if I can awaken a person's heart to see beyond the extreme focus of the mundane to see the vista of the Web, I've at least accomplished some small good.

The difference is, I'm not just trying to treat the apparent symtoms, I'm trying to bring life back in balance.

[Tanemon]

There are many reasons for a healing to be blocked. When my dad was dying of cancer, I tried to help him only to find that about the only thing I could do was alleviate some of his pain. Sometimes it is a person's path to experience such things and we are not able to effect a change in that path.

As far as the use of the divine, part of the activity of healing is also for the benefit of the healer. That each healing is an act of rememberance of where we come from and the reality of what is beyond our limited awareness for us as well as for those we are helping. We are helping the person remember their connection and in so doing, we are reminded as well.
The difference is, I'm not just trying to treat the apparent symtoms, I'm trying to bring life back in balance.

Yes. Thanks for adding this.

You didn't say, and your personal profile doesn't say, anything about your own healing path. Reiki? Or a natural gift? Or something else?

There is also the dimension of "the development of the channel"... meaning the further development of the healer with respect to healing. This is an idea subscribed to by healers trained in the Spiritualist Church and also in the original Japanese enclaves of the Reiki path. By developing further, the healer becomes more proficient, and his or her healing sessions tend to become more effective.

I'll use the example of the Reiki path. There was a period of around 20 years after Reiki was introduced in the Americas and Europe that it was not realized that in Japan Reiki was seen in a developmental way. In Japan, the Reiki-ists were using certain meditative exercises (like hatsureiho), in addition to drawing on Reiki regularly for self-healing and for working with other people, as a way to develop themselves as healing channels. But this has been researched and brought to light in the West, and continues to be.

:sunny: Tanemon