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Creating Bridges: Spirituality & Philosophy: The Awakening Generation
Healing and Intention,
Part Two
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by Ann Marie Judge |
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Last month, part one talked about the power of intention in a healing. In a nutshell: “The effectiveness of the intention, and thus the healing, is totally dependent on the healer's belief that it was effective.”
Now, let's take another step back and focus on you, the healer.
The Healer's Toolkit: A Rather Small Box
I was listening to a set of audiotapes a few months ago; it was a discussion between Caroline Myss and Clarissa Pinkola Estes entitled Intuition and the Mystical Life. As they were discussing their ideas, one thing became clear to me: to be a healer, it is not necessary to be trained, you don't have to have to trace back to gypsies in your bloodline, you don't have to burn candles or incense, nor do you have to even own a single crystal.
Ok, ok, so you already know all that.
What they were really saying was that, to heal, you not only don't have to have credentials; there's something even more important than that. Many people believe that they have to not only be “ritualistically equipped,” whether that means meditation or crystal balls or a photo or what have you. They believe that they also must be healed and whole themselves.
I've heard these words a hundred times, especially from my young peers: “If I can't even fix myself, what makes me think I deserve to heal other people?”
When we break this down, what is often truly being said is that there is a lack of faith in the self. And that lack of faith has obvious implications on the potency of the thought, and thus the healing intention.
The sign of a healer is not that they are perfectly whole and healthy, not that they have perfected self-healing and then decided to move on to gallantly save the rest of the world. If that were the case, there'd be no healers at all! To the contrary, healing is an interactive process of learning and growing, as is all of life. No healer is without flaws. But what a good healer always has is that essential one item-toolkit: confidence.
Good healers have big energy, and that comes from a big sense of self. Not overbearing or boisterous, but they are—as a member of a women's spirituality workshop I recently attended in Ireland said—“willing to take up their own space.”
A belief in the self is one of the most important aspects of being able to do powerful healings. It's as simple as that.
“But, what if my healing still does not work?” Ah, an interesting question... October's column might just hold the answer. |
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Ann Marie Judge
Crystal Child, Student of Life, Spirituality, & Writer
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Ann Marie graduated from high school in 2005 and is currently at a crossroads in life. She is currently pursuing her love of photography and when she's not photographing, she spends most of her time doing internships and volunteering at local art galleries. In the fall, she plans to attend a massage therapy academy.
Not yet old enough for acronyms at the end of her name, she considers herself a student of life, and has been deeply involved in the spiritual community since her first awakening at the age of twelve. Since then, she has had much education in the metaphysical and spiritual arts by a wide variety of teachers and healers. She was very quickly recognized as a Crystal and Indigo child, as well as a clairvoyant and intuitive.
Because she was able to begin living for the spiritual at a young age, her dream is to reach out through her writing to other young people that are experiencing similar awakenings while still being within the educational system and a society that often does not recognize or nurture young, spiritually-gifted ones. Her vision is to form a community of spiritually-minded young people so that the younger generations will be prepared to be guides and teachers as the spiritual consciousness of the world continues to rise.
Though much of her life is still largely potential, she feels this time in her life is the first step in fulfilling her dream of becoming a published writer so as to serve the children and young people of the world that feel the spiritual stirring within. As well, she hopes to educate parents on how to nurture and understand what is going on in their children's minds from a young person's perspective.
Visit her website at
www.RandomActsof
Literacy.com
to read her works, view
her art, and gain insight into the spiritual experiences of an Awakened young person."
This Month at Random Acts of Literacy
This month at Random Acts of Literacy:
The forums (www.RandomActs
ofLiteracy.com
/forums) are taking off, with many intelligent and diverse minds already sharing their truths and experiences. Come by and read what young people are really saying about the world today, and add your voice to the mix! All ages, beliefs, and walks of life are encouraged to join us in our discussions and sharing.
There is also a new gallery that can be found at www.RandomActs
ofLiteracy.com/gallery. If you or someone you know is looking for a way to display his or her artwork online in a clear and easily-navigable format, we will soon be adding a section to the gallery of other people's artwork. Contact Ann Marie at ann@randoma
ctsofliteracy.com for more information.
Find the forums at
www.RandomActsof
Literacy.com/forums, as well as a link to it on the navigation of the RAOL homepage.
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