Dear Friends,
What a tumultuous year this has been. There is much divisiveness in this country currently, not only for who should be president but with many topics such as the environment, gun control, abortion, and COVID issues. I ask myself can I embrace the outcome of the current elections and trust there is a bigger picture unfolding that I nor this country can fully envision. Can I trust that whatever is unfolding in this moment in time is for the greater good, and sink down into my own consciousness and continue to live the life that I feel best serves me staying out of judgement and fear.
I’m not writing this blog to discuss politics. I am not a political savant by any stretch of the imagination. But as with everything in my life, I look for connections to what it means to heal on a body, mind, and spirit level. What is the connection between the outer world and the inner world. I’ve been contemplating on the phrase “obtaining a real healing” and what this means. For some reason, this phrase keeps popping into my mind.
What does it mean to obtain a “real healing”? Is there such a thing as a “fake healing”. Healing is healing right? When delving into what it means to “heal”, can we heal on purely a physical level, or purely an emotional level or purely a spiritual level? We might discover that a pain we had for months finally disappears, or a sadness concerning a loss lightens. We might finally understand a spiritual lesson that has plagued us with questions for some time. But then, for some reason, the pain returns, the sadness resurfaces with the next loss and is even deeper, and this same spiritual lesson is forcing its way into our lives yet again.
In delving into this topic of a “real healing”, I ask myself, what does that mean? For purposes of this writing, it means to heal on all levels physically, emotionally and spiritually. Many times, when we are experiencing a physical ailment, there is an emotional and spiritual component to it as well.
For instance, I had a physical issue that was bothering me for a couple of years. It started with several exposures to poison oak and spider bites over the course of a summer a few years ago. It developed into a histamine intolerance that seemed to grow worse over time. I became extremely hypersensitive to everything, food and chemicals. Even natural cleaners and essential oils bothered me if they had a strong odor to them.
I was able to lessen some of the symptoms with natural supplements and over the counter anti-histamines, and yet the issue lingered. I found if I was upset, or stressed, or tired, things would get worse. I pondered at what was going on with my life at the time of all of the exposures to the allergens and realized that I was experiencing several losses in the forms of people moving away and a couple of my sweet animals dying.
I found that my symptoms would surface particularly when I became irritated. Aha, I had to admit I was irritated at life, it seemed, quite a bit! Irritated at things I could not control. But I could control my physical reaction. It just turned out, that the way I was controlling it was to have the physical reaction to give me an outlet to express my irritation. In my case, it was itching, and then scratching! I never knew itching could be so debilitating!
But the interesting thing is that over time, I realized that this situation became a habit. When I would get irritated, I would get a rash, and then I would itch! If I were eating something and feeling irritated, I would itch. I had to deal with the spiritual issue, which was my fear of loss, the emotional issue which was irritation at not being able to control what was happening in my life, and the physical manifestation of rashes and itching.
It took a couple of years for this issue to resolve. I had to be patient and look at my irritations over and over, very humbling. If this situation had resolved quickly, I might have had the physical healing but I would not have had the “real healing” of what was going on inside of me spiritually and emotionally. I allowed over the counter medications and natural supplements to be a part of the journey, homeopathics to assist with the energetic healing. I had body work and energy healing sessions. But I also did the emotional and spiritual work going deeper inside myself to find the root cause of the issue.
So what does this have to do with the state of the world right now? I believe there is a “real” healing going on currently that is far more encompassing than who officially becomes elected into office. There is much surfacing on physical, spiritual and emotional levels to show all of us that there is still a great deal more to heal in our country and our world. We have to go deeper into ourselves and observe our irritations, feel the sense of loss, and at the same time, take our supplements and get the body work that allows us to stay strong during these frustrating times. We can scratch our itches but also acknowledge that perhaps our itching is more about habit than about truly understanding what is going on. Our reaction to what is happening just might be a habit that is more destructive then helpful.
If you have a physical ailment, and you thought it was healed but it came back, take heart in this message. It could mean that there is perhaps a bit more work to be done. What does this ailment represent to you? Does it represent anger, lost opportunities, repression of sadness. If so, allow those emotions to surface and by all means get the treatment needed, take the supplements, allow the body work. All of these things are assisting you to go deeper into yourself to get to the root of the issue, “the real healing” so to speak.
Once you get to the root of the issue, then tremendous energy is released. This is when spontaneous healings occur, when spiritual enlightenment happens, and emotional freedom is experienced. If you can, no matter what is happening in the state of our world right now, stay focused on what is happening inside of you with what is occurring. Heal your own irritations, your own frustrations, your own judgements about what others are doing or believing. Healing can not happen when we are judging the world, or ourselves. That judgement creates tension, and suppression of natural life force energy.
I encourage each of you to go for the “real healing” right now in yourself and with the world. Look for the deeper meaning with what is occurring and not just scratching the surface so to speak. Try to stay out of judgement towards others and yourself. You might not like what is happening or how your friends voted, you might even get a rash from your irritations, but just know that scratching it can be a habit that only causes more destruction. There is a deeper lesson with the state of the world and our country right now. And perhaps it’s quite simple. Maybe these times are all about finding our way past our irritations, our judgements, to find the path back to love. Love of another and love of ourselves, and all beings who inhabit this amazing world with us.
Namaste,
Rosemary Veilleux