“The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his or her patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison
We hold a belief in this culture that drugs cure. Medicine has been considered a healing profession, but it cannot explain the process of healing beyond the physiological processes related to curing. Science and medicine have joined to create the intention of healing through the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. Curing or finding a cure has been the primary focus of medicine. Curing is a very passive state where a person gives their power to an external source believing it will make their symptoms go away. You may think a physical illness has been cured when the symptoms have been eliminated with a drug or other medical treatment, however, unless the emotional and psychological stresses that have played a part in the illness have been addressed, it is highly probable that illness will recur is some form again in the future. You can take a drug for just about anything you have a physical complaint for, but do the drugs really heal or are they exchanging one set of symptoms for another?
Healing has a very different definition from curing as it involves an active participation of the individual. There is an external process of addressing the physical symptoms but then there is also an internal process of exploring one’s attitudes, emotions, beliefs, and experiences with the intention of identifying and releasing all the patterns that played a part in the physical malady and stand in the way of true healing. The ultimate goal in healing is to restore the whole person to a state of optimal health and well-being so that person can enjoy their life to the fullest.
This does not suggest that one shouldn’t use the external support of medicine when it is needed, but rather that a person should not rely completely on outside influences to resolve health issues without looking where they may have originated from within. Almost every discomfort or symptom starts out as an energetic imbalance with very subtle cues from the body that something is out of harmony with oneself. Maybe it is a persistent headache or stiff neck. Maybe the symptom is chronic heartburn or indigestion. I have noticed that many people accept discomfort as a normal part of their existence. They reach for an aspirin or acid blocking drug to eliminate the symptom. What is really happening in this situation is the drug creates the opposite symptom of what the body is demonstrating. The symptom disappears and the person believes he or she is cured. But are they really?
Much has been written over the years about the connection between body, mind, and spirit. Years of research into energy medicine have proven there is a direct link between what we think, feel, believe, and the health of our physical body. To truly heal from a condition, one must consider all the possible contributing factors that may lie at the root of the problem causing the symptoms. When a condition becomes chronic, it is a message from the body that the core underlying issue has not been resolved. Incurable illnesses only mean that the illness cannot be “cured” through outer means alone and we must go within to discover what is needed for true and lasting healing.
We are living, breathing history novels that have a complete cellular recording of everything we think, feel, and experience in our daily lives. You cannot separate your emotions or your mind from your body. Everything is intricately interwoven together and manifests as a single entity. As we move through our lives, your physical body becomes a testimony of your beliefs, strengths, weaknesses, hopes, fears, thoughts, and experiences. Essentially, your biography becomes your biology.
Everyone is responsible for the creation and maintenance of their health and well-being. You cannot enlist the aid of medicine, doctors, healers, and the like, expecting to be healed, without your own honest inventory and active participation. True “healing” involves being an active participant, engaging in an internal process of exploration, with a desire to release any and all old patterns and beliefs that have contributed to a health problem.
Health implies a state of balance between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our being. Healing is the journey that can ultimately lead you back to your essence and the source of all life, restoring optimal health and well-being in your body and in your life. Sometimes true and lasting healing is more about letting go of everything that is not you – all your expectations, all your limiting beliefs, and becoming a greater version of yourself.
