I'm on the back end of a protracted flu

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Hi Crow,

<< (it started on my birthday, of all things) >>

It may not help much, but you have my sympathy. I'll also send you some

healing energy the best I know how - unfortunately that's not one of my

strong skills. <G>

 

I can remember decades ago getting colds where my head would get all stuffed

up. It was like FULL of " stuff " ; it was a TERRIBLE feeling. I hated it. I am

SO thankful that I never get colds like that any more. Where I used to get 3

or 4 nasty colds a year, these days I average more like one light cold a year

.... and then not even my nose gets plugged up.

 

I also used to get the flu. Now it's been several decades since I had a case

of the flu. I'm 61. The norm is that as people get older, their immune system

gets weaker and they're MORE susceptible to things like the flu.

 

One thing that I've observed but frankly don't understand is that among

people I know personally, a large percentage who are into mind or energy type

healing (e.g. Reiki) are in such poor health so much of each year. I wonder

if other people on the list have noticed the same thing and can perhaps help

me understand this apparent paradox.

 

I attribute my improved resistance to common diseases to my decent [but not

extreme] diet and the supplements that I take. This is something that anybody

who chooses to could copy, to the extent that they wish. Crow, if you'd like

to pursue this possibility via direct e-mail, let me know.

 

<< I will be going in today to have an abdominal ultrasound to diagnose some

pesky pain I've been having. >>

I wish you well on your test results.

 

Rich Putman in Minnesota, where winter just introduced itself with a JOLT.

 

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

[Guest guest]

Crow, I have commented on my own story previously to support where you are.

It seems to me that 'many' are now going through exactly what you and I have

discussed here.

 

With the recent 'happenings' there will be more need for healers. Perhaps

this is why we are going through a re-charging time. There is much new work

ahead for all of us, and I believe we are being prepared! God Bless! Rose

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks, everyone, for the energy, good thoughts, and birthday wishes.

 

Now, on to Rich. Ah. The paradox. Well, this is my personal explanation,

YMMV (your mileage may vary).

 

Many people who are intuitive or in service professions have a poor track

record in taking care of themselves first. That may come from codependence,

religious upbringing, a thousand things. What most of us seem to forget is,

that you can't give what you ain't got.

 

Reiki is a wonderful thing. It works even when you are limping, because you

don't have to put out an effort to channel it. I have met some really

pathological Reiki folks. Generally, they are doing more Reiki on others

than on themselves. But we can't really judge a person's spiritual awareness

or development by illness. That is a dangerous trap. Diseases can be

valuable lessons, and come to us for normally very valid reasons, even if

those reasons are our neglect.

 

Other energywork methods require the healer to be in decent shape; if they

aren't, they won't channel well, and they will end up using their personal

energy to help others, causing deficits in themselves, or worse, empathic

taking on of others' diseases and discomforts.

 

" New Age Guilt " is a real phenomenon. People wonder why they are sick when

they are doing everything " right " . Well, crap happens. We have to look at it

from a different angle. Diet isn't everything. Energy isn't everything.

Sleep isn't everything. Exercise isn't everything. But if you are getting a

good amount of all of it, and if you are brutally honest with yourself, you

can generally learn what you need to learn without *repeating* the lesson.

 

Stress is very distracting. It lowers the immune system in several ways...

muscular tension, increased hormones, decreased sleep.

 

I am not 'ashamed' that I caught the flu this year ;-) I am in general

disgustingly healthy... my labwork within normal limits, many of my

'problems' resolving themselves once I had my OSA diagnosed and treated. I

haven't had a fibromyalgia episode in months, my blood pressure has

normalized, and I don't snore anymore. Wow!

 

So don't be so hard on folks who are into energywork. If anything, they are

being too hard on themselves. What most healers need is a sabbatical time of

self healing, which is what I have gifted myself with this year. I am also

deliberately avoiding negativity whenever possible, choosing instead to use

NLP and affirmations to restructure my ideas. As I hit blocks, I examine

them. Things " come up " , they are processed, and they go. I hope I don't see

them again, but thank them for the lessons.

 

The wonderful thing? We are all learning. It's a funny thing. We expect that

when we get spiritual, we will also get healthy. That doesn't necessarily

follow, at least not right away. It takes work, awareness, faith, honesty

and patience. And mostly, we have to love and forgive ourselves. After all,

we're human.

 

Blessings,

Crow

 

>rputman

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> << I'm on the back end of a protracted flu >>

>Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:11:32 EDT

>

>One thing that I've observed but frankly don't understand is that among

>people I know personally, a large percentage who are into mind or energy

>type

>healing (e.g. Reiki) are in such poor health so much of each year. I wonder

>if other people on the list have noticed the same thing and can perhaps

>help

>me understand this apparent paradox.

>

 

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