I think I’ll take up James’ idea (http://my.opera.com/2logical/blog/survivor) of an imaginary scenario, only mine will be a little bit more plausible. Here we go:
Imagine you’re the working mom of three and your husband needs to go abroad for a month. You have practically no help with the children and the house.
Imagine now that somewhere out there you have a relative you can call in, in case of emergency or dire need, who does appear in such cases, only to disappear into intergalactic space again soon after.
Finally, imagine that this relative of yours calls you one night (always during your husband’s absence) and, in the midst of your panic (three children running around, you having to find ways to get them to and from school, drive them to their different after-school activities, do the shopping and all the chores etc), you hear her say “I’m glad to announce that at last I can help you! I can send you distance healing!”
What do you say?
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"I'm glad to announce that at last I can help you! I can send you distance healing!"
"Please do! Thank you very much :) "
And wouldn't you wish for some more practical help too/instead?
Mm. Sounds like you want to keep your distance from the suggestion.
( I happened to notice Dr. John v. Kampen and you linked up. Being naturally nosy I chipped in. I'm my.opera.com/oldephartte/blog and opitslinkfest.blogspot.com )
"And wouldn't you wish for some more practical help too/instead?"
I understand your curiosity, but if it's indeed "a relative you can call in" then I assume I already know what kind of help can be expected, so there's really no need to specify further :)
A little off topic. You might look at the 'Follow' widget for Blogger. I don't see any RSS buttons on your blog to alert people as to when you update your weblog.
That's very much off topic. Anyway, in Opera and FF I can see the RSS buttons. In the browsers, that is, not on the site.
@opit
First of all, welcome. Thanks for following my link. I'll look into your blog and your comments in mine soon, I've caught a cold and I feel a little wary, please excuse me.
As for the widget, I'll look it up. I'm not a computer expert, so thanks for the suggestion!
@ersi
You're saying that you accept your relatives' terms without complaining? I'm really impressed! :D
I think I'm back in shape; it feels wonderful!
@opit
Dear John, first of all, the technical part. I tried to add a "Subscribe" widget but it works only for comments on individual posts. But I believe that if, for example, you add my blog on your blogger reading list, any new post will show immediately. Correct me if I'm wrong.
As regards the topic this post initially intended to discuss. Your intuition serves you right; I intended to keep a distance, but let me explain myself a little. I've been practicing reiki, which is both a hands-on and a distance healing method, for many years now. I believe that it really works. Most likely it's the same with other healing methods, only I can't speak from experience.
It's just that one shouldn't exhaust his help to a fellow human being (kin, friend or whatever) with such methods. Nor should he allow himself to use such methods as handy bail-outs (very popular word in Greece these days) from situations that feel uncomfortable. Everything we do is reflected on the practical plane first, this should be recalled at all times. Do you agree with me?
@ersi
Do you agree with what I wrote to opit above?
There's a reiki instruction centre nearby in Red Deer. It seems very similar to healing prayer that I was involved in decades ago. Plus a friend took years to die and we found I could give him some lasting relief. It made no difference at all that he was an atheist and I - nominally at least, though I hate to be lumped in with the Satanists who co-opt the name - Christian.
I was being somewhat 'tongue in cheek' about a natural annoyance of what might almost as well be moral support when you see yourself as needing something more physically present.
And I do see the Subscribe script. I have no idea how I missed it before - except I usually look for the orange RSS symbol first. This blog feed is now on my Links page on Opera, which I repost to Blogger to give a record of posts. It's a personalized newsreader using Opera.
"It's just that one shouldn't exhaust his help to a fellow human being... Everything we do is reflected on the practical plane first, this should be recalled at all times."
I'm sure you don't assume that physical and spiritual planes work the same way. Physically all forces are exhaustible, but spiritually they are inexhaustible. Instead of quantities, it is the qualities or values that are important in the spiritual plane. If there are thoughts of gain instead of compassion and humility, even little charity is harmful.
In terms of the physical plane, instead of thinking that my powers are exhaustible, I think they are simply not necessary for everyone all the time. In order to be helped, people have to ask for it or be in a very obvious need. In relation to the spiritual plane, it is useful to pay attention to anything you do whenever you do. This is applicable to not only helping, but anything and everything. It is not important what you do, but how you do it.
@opit
If you're talking about the widget on the right column, you missed it because I added it after your comment. But there used to be a "subscribe" choice under the comments, blogger-provided automatically. I don't know if it still works, I mean after I transferred the flow from blogger to feedburner for the new subscribe widget.
Anyway, when moral support is needed, practices like the one you and I are referring to are really helpful. But the case I described was about a person in need for practical help. Not being able to distinguish between what kind of help is needed in a situation is really common, at least as far as healers are concerned. People would expect otherwise, I think.
@ersi
Literally everyone involved in healing (me not excluded) is really arrogant you know. And too ready to talk about the spiritual planes as if they (we) know or understand what they (we) are talking about. But the spiritual planes, so to say, are too intrigate and too complex to understand from the human perspective. Theirs is a language we can barely speak. This is why it's important to keep it simple and not disregard the practical component at all times.
The issue of arrogance links to what you wrote about intention or "qualities or values", as you put it. As long as there is an arrogance component, the human factor will inevitably interfere with the process of healing. It's like standing in our own way.
As for the physical plane, of course you're right: our powers are not inexhaustible. This is not to put us in can't-help-you mode permanently, though. Travelling an extra mile might be less difficult than we think.
Just above the box 'My Personal Statement of Faith' is 'Subscribe to : Posts (Atom)'
That's what I used.
Whether or not anyone knows what they are talking about when referencing healing energy, the idea of being a conduit for power channeled through you as opposed to being generated in the body is the mode I visualized. And yes, I do get hot/cold, the sense of a field of pressure - drawing or repelling to the proper distance if not directly touching - and other perception analogs, some of which are not even consciously available.
Usually I avoid the descriptive aspect, as it is not a common activity for me.
Dr. John v. Kampen is not so reticent. He makes excellent conversation on esoteric topics.
I had thought 'healing' fatigue a matter of trying to recover from burnout ; not a desirable or realistic practice for the one needing help.
As to whether distant healing was being used to avoid an uncomfortable situation...
If I was suspecting that I'd ask - but not in print. You need vocal nuance available at the very least, if only to avoid misunderstandings and conflict.
Besides, not doing that personally is likely rude.
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