Energy Medicine
- Seeing is Believing
- You Are What You …Think?
- Now You See It…
- …Now You Don’t
- The Body Electric
Once upon a time…
The world was flat. Or so it seemed… Gravity? It was inconceivable.
Physical matter was solid, dependable. We felt confident basing our beliefs about life (mostly) on things we experienced for ourselves, things we could see, taste and touch. When it came to the great mysteries of life, science and religion vied for the right to explain these in ways we could understand, or at least accept. Most of us took a little of each and blended to taste. And the human body…?
When quantum physics came along, it turned our ideas about matter and energy upside down. A very close look at the real ingredients of our physical world revealed that solid matter is actually more like ‘frozen energy.’ In fact, it’s mostly space, with tiny particles of energy inside that appear to pulse in and out of ‘existence.’
The discoveries of quantum physics bring a surprising new context to our daily lives- one which has yet to filter all the way through its broader implications to our health, relationships, and all kinds of “objective” external events and conditions, like natural disasters, economic conditions, or the weather, to name a few. Is our material world an illusion? Well, it turns out that… you decide! One of the most profound discoveries of quantum physics is the subjective nature of our reality. Perception is everything? You bet. We can’t observe something without changing it. We affect and shape the material world we live in, simply by being conscious of it. And of course, we see what we expect to see.
To be fair… the old paradigm’s been working pretty well for us. I mean, a movie is just a series of still pictures, and when our senses tell us we’re seeing one continuous motion, that’s good enough for us. The very definition of “common sense.” Seeing is believing. Right?
“The way our brains are wired, we only see what we believe is possible. We match patterns that already exist within us, through conditioning.”
Dr. Candace Pert
Consider this: The human brain is receiving and processing around 400 billion bits of information per second, but we’re only aware of about 2000. So we’re being bombarded by enormous amounts of information all the time and subconsciously filtering out all but the most critically relevant. In the end, we are only conscious of that which seems to hold the most personal meaning and truth for us.
If all matter is energy, and our own consciousness is creating the picture of the world we live in, is our current system of health care–focusing on the separation of mind, body and spirit–really going to meet our needs? Are the conditions of dis-ease–illness, injury, unhappiness–really caused by random external events that happen to us? We know we are complex beings, with unique personalities, beliefs, emotions, and experiences that shape us throughout our lives. But if we really knew that every part of who we are–and everything around us–is made up of conscious, living energy, how would this change the way we take care of ourselves and one another?
Suddenly the idea of energy medicine, in all its forms, takes on new meaning. Any form of medicine that does not take the whole person into account, and focuses instead on the physical body alone, can only really treat the symptoms. A physical body, like all matter, is made up of energy. As many have been saying for thousands of years, the cause for the physical experience is found in the mental or emotional body first. As long as we are paying attention… Now that we know they’re all connected – and increasingly we find science and religion dancing to that same tune – we should see signs of a more holistic approach, integrating energy medicine with more traditional forms, as we shift into that collective awareness.
“Health is the proper relationship between microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is the universe. Disease is a disruption of this relationship.”
Dr. Yeshe Dhonden, physician to the Dalai Lama
By combining energy medicine and natural remedies with the high-tech anatomical knowledge of Western medicine, we become increasingly able to treat the whole human being – and heal both the cause (in consciousness) and the symptoms (in form) of our dis-ease. In the process, I’m betting we’ll find we possess a power to heal ourselves that we never imagined.
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Quite so.