My Turn
by Demeter

Healing Forces

Have you ever wondered about that mysterious and vital force that visits us in times of need and heals our pain? Have you ever, for example, had the most splitting of headaches and then somehow almost instantaneously it disappears? Was it really the two Tylenol tablets you took 10 minutes ago? Was it because you turned on some of your favorite music or your lover just arrived home to comfort you?

I am often in awe of the rapidity and depth of the change from pain to relief. How could I feel so bad and then within minutes be relieved and feel connected to life again looking out through clean lenses instead of an intense and dark smoke screen? Could two Tylenol tablets really be the agent of such change? The use of medication can not explain the time I healed my sore back with only the energy of my hands. Suddenly the two-day long cramp stopped. I once listened to a tape by Ram Dass and felt a lifting of pain as he had his audience tune into forgiveness energy all around the world.

I have often associated healing with the energy of the mother. I once read that some native Americans thought that the greatest shamans were those that could somehow accomplish “mothering” as in the way a mother nurtures her child. These shamans may have spent their whole lifetime tuning into that force that heals which mothers just instinctively have.

My curiosity about this healing energy that flows within us has led me to investigate many types of spiritual traditions, books, people and education. I have no definitive answers as yet. My current belief is that it is a force within me so elemental as to be made of the same stuff as the elements and that if I can tap into it I can heal and release negative and blocked energy that causes pain. I have always associated it with a deep blue energy for those of you who are light readers and makers. It’s the same color as that which I associate with nurturing.