Since I have been graced with the gift of inviting in healing for others, and it seems to be quite effective, I have been curious about what’s going on here.
What’s been clear from the beginning is that it’s God that allows for the healing.
This can be done believing that there is a me and I here inviting in healing for another. Or it can be clear that it’s all happening within and as my own world of images, and as awakeness. (Some folks would say it’s God inviting in healing for itself, through the appearance of a human being here asking for healing for another human being.) It’s all happening within my world of images, it’s all happening within and as awakeness: The perceived problem, the asking, one person asking on behalf of another, the perceived healing.
Also, what’s the focus for the healing? One way is to invite the illness itself to heal. When I did this, it felt off. It rests on a series of assumptions, and these may not be as true as they initially appear. Another is to invite in healing for my relationship with the illness or perceived problem. Right now, this feels more comfortable.
When emotions or images surface in me, and I notice a tendency to push them away, I see that something else is more true for me.
(Can I find where it’s already allowed? Where it’s already welcomed by life, awareness? Can I find where I wish to consciously align with this reality? If so, then….)
You are welcome here. You are allowed to stay, as you are.
(Can I find where I have pushed it away? Where I have made it into an enemy in mind? If so, then….)
Please forgive me for having pushed you away for so long. Please forgive me for having made you into an enemy in my mind.
(Can I find where it’s devoted to me? Where it’s love? Where it’s worried love? If so, then….)
Thank you for being here for me. Thank you for your devotion to me. Thank you for your love.
(Can I find where it’s from love? Where it’s love? Can I find my love for it? If so, then….)
I love you. I love you for being there for me. I love you for your devotion for me. I love you, for no reason.
When I do this for what surfaces in me, I find that this is the love these parts of me seek. The welcome and love I find for what surfaces is the love I seek for myself. Something falls into place. And it’s all from seeing what’s already here.
So why not see if I can find the same when I see discomfort, suffering or illness in others? Why not meet that the same way?
Whether a thought says this is emotion or image is mine, or that illness and suffering is his or hers, why not see what happens if I welcome it. If I find where I am genuinely sorry for having pushed it away, made it into an enemy. If I thank it. If I find my genuine love for it.
The “old” way of doing healing – perceiving separate beings and a problem out there to be fixed – doesn’t seem to work for me anymore. It’s not true for me, and never was. This approach feels much more peaceful for me, it seems to be the next step for me. And – so far – it even seems to “work” in terms of inviting in healing in a conventional sense. And it happens in a much more peaceful way, a way that feels more honest for me.
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– healing
– what – the illness etc vs my relationship to it
– who – myself, others (all happening within my world of images, as awakeness)
– how – god, what we are, wisdom/kindness, mystery, don’t know
– (a) i and other, healing an illness
– (b) same, healing my/our relationship to it