Hummingbird_Healing_Center

It's About Time...

Nine months have passed since I last made an entry here. Hmmmmmmm, time enough for a baby to come to full term. Perhaps I needed that time to get over some karmic happenings and now am ready to share again. Following is the introduction to an alternative modalities talk that I will be giving at the area community college.
The information I am passing on to you today has been gained from years of experiential practice. At times you may think it opinionated. Be assured – it is.
Dis-ease is a negative state of being. Everything on the face of this earth can be used to keep a person’s condition in a positive state of well-being. Pets with unconditional love are used for emotional and mental health. Whole, unadulterated foods are consumed for physical well-being. Feeling connected to one’s higher power grants the ability to cope with everyday stress that affects mind, body, and spirit. No matter what method of healing is used, its success depends on the subject’s attitude of acceptance of that method’s power to work and it depends on the intention the practitioner employs.
The human race, from the beginning of time used sticks and stones as oracles to show them the source of pain, phases of the moon to explain emotional problems, touch to soothe the muscles, natural herbal remedies and so forth to help promote healing and to be at-ease with life. They were mystified by their position in the world and sought to connect with the great Creator by forming religions. When troglodytes lapped up the water dripping on their cave walls they didn’t know it was the added minerals consumed that would help them feel better. Cave people knew that soaking in a hot springs would relieve their aches and pains after a mastodon hunt. They learned applying particular crushed weeds on a sprain or cut could alleviate pain and the body fire that we know as infection. Few survived a broken leg or loss of a limb due to a saber tooth tiger attack, an accidental fall, or tribal war wounds however.
With each civilization that has developed, unique methods of relieving pain and illness have evolved. Traveling medicine shows where fake doctors sold “snake oil” and other rhumatiz medicines were common in the 19th century. These remedies were usually 90% alcohol. A combination of herbs became popular and remained so until 20 years ago sold by Lydia Pinkam for menopausal symptoms. This is still being manufactured but not readily available. Sadly, many “pseudo-therapies” springing up today still claim all sorts of positive results.
At one time people were dependant on herbal folk medicine which is known today as alternative healing methods. Allopathic medicine has made leaps and bounds in the past 50 years, with new “wonder” drugs, as they once were called. Vaccinations against life-threatening, crippling dis-eases were discovered and laparoscopic surgery has replaced what is sometimes called primitive methods of only 20 years ago.
While discovering the earth is but one small part of a vast universe, humans have still sought to connect with the Creator. Some alternative methods for healing are attributed to religion and have spiritually-based origins. Unlike allopathic medicine, a patient’s spiritual condition is fully addressed in the healing process.
Be it from your tribe’s shaman, community general practitioner, or technically advanced surgeons, methods employed either work or do not – I believe mostly due to individual psychological beliefs held by patient and practitioner alike. If the patient doesn’t want to heal – she will not.
Once known as “health food nuts,” devotees of alternatives are concerned with enhancing their ability to withstand major illnesses – this contributes to ease in childbearing, longevity, being active in older age, staying mentally alert, and spiritually connected with the universe. They take an active, responsible role in their lifestyle and follow self-developed regimes in conjunction with holistic health practitioners. They take a more totally aware approach to life, desiring to treat the mind, body, and spirit knowing that many of the modalities being used today have their roots from hundreds and even thousands of years ago and have been proven genuinely beneficial for that long period of time.
Homeopathic remedies work well, and have fewer negative reactions, because they work with the body to correct and heal instead of attempting to stop the symptoms of the dis-ease. However, they often take a much longer time to work than allopathic medicines. And many of these chemically based medicines and vaccines bring negative side-effects and further illness symptoms. That being said, unless one is absolutely sure of their physical condition, I believe it would be foolhardy to not take advantage of modern medicine in conjunction with the holistic approach, especially in the area of life-threatening illnesses and accidents.
This ends the introduction to the talk.

posted by Shirley @ Sunday, February 04, 2007