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IJHC Volume 5, No. 2, May 2005
CLEARING THE VESSEL THROUGH WHICH HEALING POURS
Daniel J. Benor, M.D.
Introduction
We are both physical beings and energetic beings, living demonstrations of Einstein's equation, E = mc2. Einstein pointed out early in the last century that matter and energy are two sides of the same coin, and quantum physics has amply confirmed this.
Conventional, Newtonian medicine has been very slow to absorb this fact. Whether we perceive an object as material or as energy depends simply on how we examine it. This is as true of a living organism such as a tree, a bacterium, or a human being as it is of a lump of lead, a cloud or a subatomic particle (Benor 1990).
Many complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners - represented by spiritual healers, acupuncturists, homeopaths, and medical intuitives - have been saying all along that they address the energy body of their clients, while the conventional caregivers address the physical body.
My personal passion for 25 years has been the study of spiritual healing and energy medicine. Let me offer several definitions:
Spiritual healing is a systematic, purposeful intervention by one or more persons aiming to help another living being (person, animal, plant or other living system) to improve their condition by means of focused intention, hand contact, or movements of the hands around the body without touching it. Spiritual healing is brought about without the use of conventional energetic, mechanical, or chemical interventions.
Some healers attribute spiritual healing to God, Christ, other Ôhigher powers,' spirits, universal or cosmic forces or energies; biological healing energies or forces residing in the healer; psychokinesis (mind over matter); or self-healing powers or energies latent in the healee. Psychological interventions and self-healing are inevitably part of spiritual healing, but spiritual healing adds many dimensions to interpersonal factors. (Benor 2001a; 2001b)
Energy medicine includes a broad variety of complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, such as acupuncture, kinesiology, meditation, yoga, and spiritual healing. The term "energy medicine" derives from the perceptions and beliefs of therapists and patients that there are subtle, biological energies that surround and permeate the body. Recent research is confirming that these therapies can be helpful in treating many problems for which conventional medicine may have no cures. Growing numbers of doctors are integrating these therapies in their practices. (Benor, 2002)
Our states of health and illness depend both on physical and bioenergy factors. The latter will be the primary focus of this discussion. The complex interplays of physical factors contributing to our health (genetic, metabolic, infectious, toxic, traumatic, allergic, neoplastic, degenerative) will not be elaborated upon here. This is not to imply in any way that they are unimportant, but rather to acknowledge that they are adequately considered elsewhere.
Bioenergies
Biological energies surround and interpenetrate the body. You can feel some of these with your hands, and this is one of the ways that healers Ôread' a person's problems. Various bioenergy fields reflect the wholistic states of a person, including the body, emotions, mind, relationships (with other people and the environment) and spirit (Benor 2004; 2005; Brennan 1987).
Spiritual healers can identify symptoms and illnesses that may be the result of bioenergy blocks or excesses by passing their hands around the body, using very light touch or holding their hands near to but not touching the body. They can also identify physical and emotional traumas that may have contributed to the problems. They may interact with the biofield to correct imbalances and release Ôenergy cysts' that are created by traumas.
Many other CAM therapies address bioenergy imbalances. Acupuncture focuses on specific energy lines (meridians) that run through the body, with acupuncture points along these lines. Derivatives of acupuncture such as acupressure, applied kinesiology, reflexology and shiatsu address various aspects of meridian functions. Homeopathy and flower essences provide what is presumed to be therapeutic bioenergy patterning in water to correct bioenergy imbalances (Benor 2004; 2005).
Clear intent
Bioenergies respond to the psychological states and intents of the healer and healee. On the one hand, this leave healees and healers vulnerable to distortions and disruptions of their energy fields when their mental or emotional states are unsettled. On the other hand, this allows both healers and healees to alter the biofields through mental intent.
The more clear and focused the intent, the more likely there will be a positive result. Where intent is unclear, unfocused or mixed, the results are less likely to be positive.
Many factors can influence the clarity of healers' and/or healees' intents...
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