I've been so curious about the other side of religion and medicine and science. And please excuse me while I talk out of my ass about things I know nothing of.
About 10 years ago, I went to my first psychic reading. A couple of things she told me rang true. Some alarmingly so; she said I would be in a long term relationship with a younger man... I remember scoffing at that inside, because I don't date younger men. She said I wouldn't meet him for a few years. And that he would be blonde. T. is in fact a couple of years younger than me, blonde, and we met just 2 years ago. I also adore him, and see this lasting long term, though neither of us want to marry again. Hmmm, freaky. She also mentioned that I would eventually find my birth mom... well that still has yet to come to any sort of fruition. And she was pretty close about the job situation; I was in a major transition in my life and I wanted some sort of clarity and guidance. This was also while I was struggling with the whole "is there a God" thing.
A few weeks later, I was medicated for OCD and given an anti-depressant by my doctor. I wasn't sleeping, I was obsessing about life, my future, my kids' futures, my weight, I mean you name it. I remember feeling about 3 weeks in, that life was a little more manageable. I remember the feeling after 1 glass of wine... and the feeling after 2... I was shitfaced. I didn't like that feeling. I don't remember a whole heck of a lot after 3...
Several years later I found out I was ADD the whole time and it had nothing to do with OCD. I didn't need to be on the anti-depressants at all. I finished my 3 month prescription, but I never, ever went to refill it. I was sure I could cope on my own. When I was diagnosed with ADD, I immediately thought I needed to get onto something that would regulate me fast, but I didn't like the idea of taking medication. I obsessively thought through the medication route, and went to my Dr. (a different one this time) who advised that if I was uncomfortable taking meds, I could try behavioral therapy and try to re-map my brain. I had explained I wasn't overly thrilled with the thought of taking pills and told her about the time I was diagnosed OCD. But I also told her I felt like my life-balance was hanging on by a thread, so if meds were the quicker solution, I'd be open to that as well. She insisted I try behavioral therapy and promised me that the in-house therapist was very good. It totally helped. It doesn't correct the chemical imbalance but I will say, it does allow you to re-map your brain. But you do have to allow yourself to be open to that, and secondly, it takes constant consciousness. You are going against everything your body does naturally. I get lazy sometimes and when I lose focus of it, I can pin point exactly where/when I got lazy and I have to start all over. (Blame it on my ADD baby....SAIL!)
As an adult I have been prone to migraines, especially in times of stress. I'm lucky in that I don't get them chronically. (I feel for those who do... I don't know how you manage.) I used to take (insert brand here) migraine relief pills but they did nothing in terms of relief. They barely dulled the pain. I've been reading a lot in the last year or so about acupressure; I may study this further and more formally in the near future. I apply it to myself regularly and have avoided taking anything for a headache in over 6 months. I haven't had to test it on a migraine yet, but I've got rid of sinus headaches, stress headaches, sleep headaches; really bad ones. I have yet to master a case of really bad cramps and I am working on properly executing that. And in terms of sickness or ailments, I still take cold meds... I just can't get my head around the neti-pot, though my sister swears by it. I hate shit up my nose more than anything.
I meditate. I meditate more than I pray. I read more about holistic healing measures than I do about science and medicine and pharmaceuticals. My sister recently took up practicing Reiki, and I would love to do something like that. (I still might, I haven't ruled it out). I believe more in universal energies than I do in 1 God above all (though my version of a higher power is God and he does have his place.) I believe in cards and leaves and crystals and oils and energies that if we are intuitive enough, we will clearly see our paths. I believe in spirituality and soul healing and forgiveness and letting go of things, and that this NEEDS to be something our society needs to embrace in order to get well. I watched an amazing TED talk one of my friends posted on Facebook the other day about how some hallucinogenic plant made into tea found in the Amazon and about messages from a goddess whose message was to the effect that humanity cannot be saved until we get back in touch with our spirit selves. Long, but very well spoken- I love TED talks. Here's the link:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=Y0c5nIvJH7w&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DY0c5nIvJH7w%26feature%3Dshare
Our lives are so busy and ruled by the almighty dollar. And really, do we have any other choice? No, we don't. We need to make a living so that we can live in a warm, comfortable home, wear our over-priced brand name clothes and feed our families with healthy food and drive to and from our jobs and errands and running the kids to their extra curricular activities (or in my case, their jobs). We need to pay for our bills and our wifi and cell phones and music and movies and everything. On top of all that we also need to be available to anyone 24/7 because if it isn't instant, we are *gasp* inaccessible!!! We need to work harder for less money and do the job that 10 or 15 years ago it took 3 people to complete, but we have to do it better and faster and more efficiently. We also need to take on extra work because there isn't anyone else to do it.
What I'm getting at, is that while science and medicine have their place; where institutionalized, structured religions have their place, where all of our institutionalized customs have their place; now we are seeing a paradigm shift in people's thinking. Where cancer was primarily treated with chemotherapy we are seeing medical professionals recommend alternative therapies on a more frequent basis. Where if you are overcoming an addiction, you are treated mind, body and soul instead of just drying out. Often times when we see that the alternatives are not working, or people are relapsing, it is because their soul/spirit is cut off. It's unreachable or almost non-existent. (and this is the talking-out-of-my-ass-part; my own belief, if you will) Think of those around you, just for a moment. Who is in touch with their spirit? Who would even be open to alternatives and really understand and embrace that it is a portion of their treatment? Who would think it's fluff? Who would believe with all their might that an alternative therapy would benefit them, and yet, upon receiving it, felt nothing? Because they cannot identify with their soul/spirit!! It's a block! They wanted to believe so hard in something and it didn't work. Here's an example (story time!!):
I was probably 11 or 12. I have had to wear glasses since I was 7. And not just, you know, I can't really see so I sometimes need these super cute stylish frames and these nice thin lenses. No man, I was blessed with coke bottles. I'm near sighted, if an inch in front of me can be considered sight at all and I have a high scale of astigmatism to go with it. Like, I can't friggin see. I NEED corrective eye-wear. Well, as I kid, I thought glasses made me ugly. I would cry myself to sleep because someone teased me that day for having 4-eyes, or someone called me ugly and so it had to be because of the wretched glasses. I despised glasses. I wanted them gone. And I was relatively sure God would hear my prayer if I really wanted to be healed. (Okay, now, you know my history... this is my history, praying over people to heal them of their faults/ailments, whatever, so at that age, this seemed like a normal wish.) Well there was a prayer meeting coming up. People in a huge circle, singing worship songs and praying over people and people falling down and crying and healing and a few people speaking in tongues.... I thought I would do this. I thought, I'm going to get someone to pray over me and it'll be to heal my eye-sight. Yeah, the prayers happened and the fall down came and I lay there while they continued to pray over me asking Jesus to please heal this poor girl's eyes. I begged and pleaded with God and Jesus. 11 minutes on the floor, and I opened my eyes and nothing. It was like I wasted all that time and I didn't get a lick of improvement! I was too young. My spirit at that time was already corrupted. I know, because I already didn't like that this was my life; living in a church and always having to be so good and always the praying and the image of the perfect family... I actually rebelled in the coming years- classic preacher's daughter style. I didn't get my spirit back until I went to Mexico.
I'm not saying that's why I wasn't healed. But I am saying, if you open your soul or open yourself to the energies around you, you are more likely to receive healing in a different sense of the word. By no means do you need to have tongues spoken over you or need to be pushed over by someone praying. There are energies at play, and most people can't find them because life is so loud.
So take time to filter out the noise. Listen to the silence. Center yourself and listen to your inner voices. Try guided meditation or soothing music to quiet outside noises. Spend time in nature and revive your spirit. Thank God or the Universe or Budda or whomever for your blessings. Count your blessings.. they may be more bountiful that you realize. Understand that neglecting your spiritual side is detrimental to your overall well being. Have faith and be at peace.
About 10 years ago, I went to my first psychic reading. A couple of things she told me rang true. Some alarmingly so; she said I would be in a long term relationship with a younger man... I remember scoffing at that inside, because I don't date younger men. She said I wouldn't meet him for a few years. And that he would be blonde. T. is in fact a couple of years younger than me, blonde, and we met just 2 years ago. I also adore him, and see this lasting long term, though neither of us want to marry again. Hmmm, freaky. She also mentioned that I would eventually find my birth mom... well that still has yet to come to any sort of fruition. And she was pretty close about the job situation; I was in a major transition in my life and I wanted some sort of clarity and guidance. This was also while I was struggling with the whole "is there a God" thing.
A few weeks later, I was medicated for OCD and given an anti-depressant by my doctor. I wasn't sleeping, I was obsessing about life, my future, my kids' futures, my weight, I mean you name it. I remember feeling about 3 weeks in, that life was a little more manageable. I remember the feeling after 1 glass of wine... and the feeling after 2... I was shitfaced. I didn't like that feeling. I don't remember a whole heck of a lot after 3...
Several years later I found out I was ADD the whole time and it had nothing to do with OCD. I didn't need to be on the anti-depressants at all. I finished my 3 month prescription, but I never, ever went to refill it. I was sure I could cope on my own. When I was diagnosed with ADD, I immediately thought I needed to get onto something that would regulate me fast, but I didn't like the idea of taking medication. I obsessively thought through the medication route, and went to my Dr. (a different one this time) who advised that if I was uncomfortable taking meds, I could try behavioral therapy and try to re-map my brain. I had explained I wasn't overly thrilled with the thought of taking pills and told her about the time I was diagnosed OCD. But I also told her I felt like my life-balance was hanging on by a thread, so if meds were the quicker solution, I'd be open to that as well. She insisted I try behavioral therapy and promised me that the in-house therapist was very good. It totally helped. It doesn't correct the chemical imbalance but I will say, it does allow you to re-map your brain. But you do have to allow yourself to be open to that, and secondly, it takes constant consciousness. You are going against everything your body does naturally. I get lazy sometimes and when I lose focus of it, I can pin point exactly where/when I got lazy and I have to start all over. (Blame it on my ADD baby....SAIL!)
As an adult I have been prone to migraines, especially in times of stress. I'm lucky in that I don't get them chronically. (I feel for those who do... I don't know how you manage.) I used to take (insert brand here) migraine relief pills but they did nothing in terms of relief. They barely dulled the pain. I've been reading a lot in the last year or so about acupressure; I may study this further and more formally in the near future. I apply it to myself regularly and have avoided taking anything for a headache in over 6 months. I haven't had to test it on a migraine yet, but I've got rid of sinus headaches, stress headaches, sleep headaches; really bad ones. I have yet to master a case of really bad cramps and I am working on properly executing that. And in terms of sickness or ailments, I still take cold meds... I just can't get my head around the neti-pot, though my sister swears by it. I hate shit up my nose more than anything.
I meditate. I meditate more than I pray. I read more about holistic healing measures than I do about science and medicine and pharmaceuticals. My sister recently took up practicing Reiki, and I would love to do something like that. (I still might, I haven't ruled it out). I believe more in universal energies than I do in 1 God above all (though my version of a higher power is God and he does have his place.) I believe in cards and leaves and crystals and oils and energies that if we are intuitive enough, we will clearly see our paths. I believe in spirituality and soul healing and forgiveness and letting go of things, and that this NEEDS to be something our society needs to embrace in order to get well. I watched an amazing TED talk one of my friends posted on Facebook the other day about how some hallucinogenic plant made into tea found in the Amazon and about messages from a goddess whose message was to the effect that humanity cannot be saved until we get back in touch with our spirit selves. Long, but very well spoken- I love TED talks. Here's the link:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=Y0c5nIvJH7w&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DY0c5nIvJH7w%26feature%3Dshare
Our lives are so busy and ruled by the almighty dollar. And really, do we have any other choice? No, we don't. We need to make a living so that we can live in a warm, comfortable home, wear our over-priced brand name clothes and feed our families with healthy food and drive to and from our jobs and errands and running the kids to their extra curricular activities (or in my case, their jobs). We need to pay for our bills and our wifi and cell phones and music and movies and everything. On top of all that we also need to be available to anyone 24/7 because if it isn't instant, we are *gasp* inaccessible!!! We need to work harder for less money and do the job that 10 or 15 years ago it took 3 people to complete, but we have to do it better and faster and more efficiently. We also need to take on extra work because there isn't anyone else to do it.
What I'm getting at, is that while science and medicine have their place; where institutionalized, structured religions have their place, where all of our institutionalized customs have their place; now we are seeing a paradigm shift in people's thinking. Where cancer was primarily treated with chemotherapy we are seeing medical professionals recommend alternative therapies on a more frequent basis. Where if you are overcoming an addiction, you are treated mind, body and soul instead of just drying out. Often times when we see that the alternatives are not working, or people are relapsing, it is because their soul/spirit is cut off. It's unreachable or almost non-existent. (and this is the talking-out-of-my-ass-part; my own belief, if you will) Think of those around you, just for a moment. Who is in touch with their spirit? Who would even be open to alternatives and really understand and embrace that it is a portion of their treatment? Who would think it's fluff? Who would believe with all their might that an alternative therapy would benefit them, and yet, upon receiving it, felt nothing? Because they cannot identify with their soul/spirit!! It's a block! They wanted to believe so hard in something and it didn't work. Here's an example (story time!!):
I was probably 11 or 12. I have had to wear glasses since I was 7. And not just, you know, I can't really see so I sometimes need these super cute stylish frames and these nice thin lenses. No man, I was blessed with coke bottles. I'm near sighted, if an inch in front of me can be considered sight at all and I have a high scale of astigmatism to go with it. Like, I can't friggin see. I NEED corrective eye-wear. Well, as I kid, I thought glasses made me ugly. I would cry myself to sleep because someone teased me that day for having 4-eyes, or someone called me ugly and so it had to be because of the wretched glasses. I despised glasses. I wanted them gone. And I was relatively sure God would hear my prayer if I really wanted to be healed. (Okay, now, you know my history... this is my history, praying over people to heal them of their faults/ailments, whatever, so at that age, this seemed like a normal wish.) Well there was a prayer meeting coming up. People in a huge circle, singing worship songs and praying over people and people falling down and crying and healing and a few people speaking in tongues.... I thought I would do this. I thought, I'm going to get someone to pray over me and it'll be to heal my eye-sight. Yeah, the prayers happened and the fall down came and I lay there while they continued to pray over me asking Jesus to please heal this poor girl's eyes. I begged and pleaded with God and Jesus. 11 minutes on the floor, and I opened my eyes and nothing. It was like I wasted all that time and I didn't get a lick of improvement! I was too young. My spirit at that time was already corrupted. I know, because I already didn't like that this was my life; living in a church and always having to be so good and always the praying and the image of the perfect family... I actually rebelled in the coming years- classic preacher's daughter style. I didn't get my spirit back until I went to Mexico.
I'm not saying that's why I wasn't healed. But I am saying, if you open your soul or open yourself to the energies around you, you are more likely to receive healing in a different sense of the word. By no means do you need to have tongues spoken over you or need to be pushed over by someone praying. There are energies at play, and most people can't find them because life is so loud.
So take time to filter out the noise. Listen to the silence. Center yourself and listen to your inner voices. Try guided meditation or soothing music to quiet outside noises. Spend time in nature and revive your spirit. Thank God or the Universe or Budda or whomever for your blessings. Count your blessings.. they may be more bountiful that you realize. Understand that neglecting your spiritual side is detrimental to your overall well being. Have faith and be at peace.
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