IC and Meditation: Why It is Beneficial in Healing

Healing is a process that is poorly understood in our Western culture  From an energy science point of view it requires time because it’s a release of accumulated toxicity which takes time  The major interfering stumbling block in the process of healing is the mind

Seemingly time isn’t a commodity that much of us have in this Vata whacked…ie excessive movement… society in which we live but if real healing is going to happen it will require that a person decides on the part of herself to spend time to do the work

Whether it’s reading a blog or doing a healing activity for oneself, it’s consistency that counts  One may find that there doesn’t seem to be anything there for them one day but when they keep coming back they continue to find value in their activity

How the Mind Interferes in Our Healing

The most influence in healing is the mind because it prevents us from trusting the process and moving ahead with treatment plans

Change  Nor do we understand often what is required of us taking on energy science healing  Change in nutrition, change in lifestyle behavior patterns, doing unusual therapies that are foreign to us…these make the mind unsettled and want to run away, distrusting the process being suggested

Unknown journey  Healing is in and of itself an unknown  This can be very unsettling for the mind and most of us because as we drop our toxicity and imbalances, new states present themselves  The once comfortable steady state of disease is not so steady which can be a good thing  New experiences will occur and because they are out of the realm of our day to day experiences it freaks us out  At times we yearn for no change  Having said this, this change is slow and not herky-jerky and once we settle into this new way of doing things it’s exciting seeing our old disease state dissolve into new areas of comfort

Pain  Another reason that the mind interferes is because of pain particularly if an accentuation of the pain occurs with treatment  This is obviously a real problem that causes the person to freak out about the therapy but it’s nothing but a release(below)  This will immediately send a signal to the mind of distrust and anxiety  It will make the mind run and distrust  But if the practitioner is able make adjustments things will get better and healing can occur

Release  Who hasn’t done a yoga session without experiencing some element of discomfort in the stretch?  But this experience is simply a release of old patterns of holding the body in space  When we get used to this experience we are not so fearful of it

Real healing takes time  Energy science healing is not like modern medicine healing(matter science healing)  The latter gets us out of tight jams such as cancer, car wrecks, and suicidal tendencies  But it doesn’t answer the major problem of chronic disease  The word chronic disease has a specific meaning here  It relates to a significant amount of time that it has taken to develop and express itself  If someone has vein distention seen on the legs(varicosities) it implies that the microscopic veins have been distended for a long period of time  It also implies that it will take a long time of treatment to deal with the problem  Most people realize this time relationship but the mind interferes

Meditation as a Resource

The mind is the fastest moving vehicle in the body  If it is always moving fast, it makes us impatient, undecided, and upset  If treatment is not progressing fast enough or things seem to get worse, the mind will stop us on our healing journey

The use of meditation is a way to quiet the mind  It stabilizes the mind energy field and allows us to witness the mind as it really is…an petulant, impatient, and confused child  Meditation quiets the mind so we can have better clarity and see what we are doing for the long haul