Healer & Healing Energy

Chiangmai is very blessed with a wonderful energetic enviroment and many healing activities. In this article, I want to give some information on the basic principles used in healing to help you understand what it is we actually do.

No one can cure another person. All living things have a natural self-healing ability, but sometimes this ability is unable to function due to their very low energy.

A healer can give the healing energy, but the patient's own energy centers will decide to accept this energy and distribute it where it is most needed to correct imbalance, to energize, and to activate the patient's natural self-healing ability. It is essential to work on the whole person, not just on one part. A patient's energy becomes imbalanced when there is a malfunction, whether it be a broken bone, a diseased organ, the effects of pollution or unhappiness or unhealthy food.

Attitude is very important. Acceptance of such an imbalance can make it seem natural, and people then begin to live with it instead of seeking its cause.

How can a healer transfer energy? When a healer is near a person in need, the healing energy will automatically begin to flow. It will clear and energize the healer first, and then move to the person in need. All healers transfer healing energy, even those who are unaware that they have this ability. That is the reason why you will feel better just being in their presence.

Healing energy can be transferred by words or sounds, even via a telephone, or by touch. It can also be transmitted to people near or far away. Touch or not? Many healers use their hands, either on or near the person in need. Touch is psychologically beneficial, but not necessary to transfer healing energy.

Touch shows care, and many people de-energize because no one cares enough to touch them lovingly and boost their self-healing powers. Many healers feel they are in greater contact if they use touch. Some prefer the healer to work near the body but not on it. Some healers prefer to energize via the aura and not to touch the physical body.

The symptoms or the cause? Body symptoms are important but it is the healer's job to find the cause of the trouble or pain and to work on that cause. It is possible, of course, to remove pain, but if the reason behind it has not been found then the pain will return. A pain is an alarm signal: it is foolish to switch off an alarm without finding why it has been activated. If the person does not wish to get well, they will not. In such case, the healer has to find out why the patient wants to hold on to the pain. This can help the person to be more positive, using the healing energy to deal with the fear or inability to cope which is causing their distress.

If the healer does not practice cause-finding, this person can seek the cause within himself or herself, or seek assistance elsewhere. The healing energy will complement other treatments.
Causes of Illness A healer and patient should not feel disappointed after one healing session if an imbalance remains. It could be a choice, or perhaps the reasons for it have not yet been found. Causes should be sought and, if possible, alternative approaches to life found.

Some people manifest an illness because they need a reason to prevent them from doing something. A minor disability, such as a headache or cold, can get a day or two off from work which is boring, which they resent, or which they are afraid of. By the time they return, someone else has attended to the problem. They do not feel guilty - they believe they really did have a headache or a cold. The energy of the thought behind a pretended illness can, on occasion, manifest and the pretence becomes a reality.

A person who finds it hard to communicate either through embarrassment or through fear can develop a series of throat infections, sometimes so severe that they are advised not to speak for a week or months.The energy of fear can cause upset in the stomach, bowels, bladder or digestion. These upsets can and will recur until the fear is faced or removed. Fear can also cause heart palpitations. Fear of, or through, humiliation can cause a complete breakdown of the physical structure, resulting in paralysis. Fear of promotion or progress can cause loss of use in the legs. Fear of sex or distaste of a partner can cause rashes to occur in the genital area. The energy of pent-up resentment can cause heart pain, blood pressure, severe headaches, and stomach cramps.

Suppression of feelings, whether through fear or inhibition, can affect not only the physical organs but the delicate balance of nervous energy as well. Nervous tension or repression can manifest in skin disorders, speech abnormalities, and painful joints. A person who refuses to face a situation can develop a facial rash; one who does not want to see what is happening around them can develop eye troubles to cloud their vision. A person who is afraid to hear the truth about him or herself, or a situation, can develop deafness to dull his or her hearing.Some people who feel alone, unnoticed, or uninteresting can unknowingly cause quite major symptoms to appear which attract the maximum of attention. They do not always want to be healed, as they like the attention they get. They become professionally ill.

Others unknowingly make themselves unattractive through weight loss or gain when needing an excuse to end a relationship. Weight loss or gain can also occur when a person is lonely and cannot attract a partner or friends. They feel their lack of attraction is due to their size, and do not look for other causes.

Lack of love and understanding can cause weak heart symptoms, or the loss of use of arms or hands. Loneliness can cause vagueness, a loss of reality. An unhealthy or unsympathetic environment at home or work can result in loss of energy, lethargy, depression and short temper. Lack of fresh air and incorrect breathing aggravates all illness and disease. All these causes can result in very genuine physical symptoms and pain. Once the reason behind the symptom and pain has been established, faced, removed or understood, the person can reach a balanced, healthy state of being again.

But not all illness or unease is caused by the person's defense system over-reacting and malfunctioning. Many people become ill from stress, pollution, drug and alcohol abuse, or from an unhealthy diet. Accidents can occur through inattention. People can be attacked or terrorized. The causes of these imbalances are findable, and appropriate counseling can be found to give ongoing help and care. The healing energy will complement all treatments.

Laughter is very important in healing work. If the person being treated is tight-lipped and/or nervous, a smile helps them to relax and absorb the healing energy offered.

Cory Croymans, Therapist and Teacher, "Cory" cory@asianhealingartscenter.com

Bio-Energetics, Reiki and Magnified Healing at Asian Bio-Energetics Therapy.