Along with the left and right sides of your brain, with their well-defined yet overlapping functions, it’s postulated that a third, more spiritual, brain exists.
Reflecting on the nature of reality can lead to a mighty headache if you don’t know when to stop, but it’s definitely worthwhile to consider what’s real and what you share as you. It could lead you to greater understanding and tolerance of others’ points of view.
As of particles in quantum physics whose form is determined by the observer, you create your reality through your thoughts. The shape your attitudes and perceptions, which affect the way you view yourself and the perceptions that other people form of you. If you view yourself as positive and successful, you create that thought. You previously viewed yourself as Shy and retiring, you might have to work a little bit to break that old pattern of perception. Sometimes your perceptions are different from others. You might be surprised to hear 20 people will see you differently, as each may have a different slant, depending on his or her relationship with you, but this attitude should not affect your own self identity.
See yourself from the whole perspective. Spiritual reality, like some of the realms of quantum physics, is a realm of potentiality, where all possibilities are present in the same moment. Your focus determines what will arise in any situation. When you meditate or practice a form of spiritual discipline, you access the wellspring of life where your ability to develop potential can be trapped more fully. The ultimate spiritual perception is that of unification, where you recognize and know without doubt that all things spring from one source and that you are part of that source. Just as everything contains the stuff of stars, we are each unique and yet part of this whole.
Reality is what you perceive to be the absolute truth in your life – that is, the unchanging, solid basis for all that you see, feel and believe. If you were to receive a major shock that rocks your world (such as discovering as an adult that you were adopted by those whom you had always considered to be your birth parents), your reality would shift and change and you would have to learn how to adapt to a new reality. There are many dramatic events that can create a change in your apparent reality, and there are also illuminating situations in which you have perceptions that enable you to break out of the structure of everyday thought and see life in a very different way.
Acceptance in anchoring your world, what you think of as real may just be an illusion that is fabricated by your mind, or by a prevailing consensus, or by attitudes and thought patterns that derive from life experiences. Everyone agrees on the name of colors, for instance yet some of you might see colors differently than others and still use the same names for them. You shift internal gears to accommodate a given reality – for example, the words on this page look up right, yet the image received at the back of your eye is upside down. In the middle Ages the reality dictated that the sun revolved around the earth, but today the opposite is irrefutably true.
The realms of quantum physics are unpredictable, and as the minute basic components of matter behave in unexpected ways you learn more about the nature of physical reality. An example of the peculiar nature of quantum physics is Schrödinger’s cat. In this thought experiment, a cactus put in a sealed room that contains a vial of poison, the file is set to break and poison the cat when an unpredictable quantum event occurs. As there is no way of knowing whether this event has happened, the cat is considered to be both alive and dead simultaneously. Only when the room is open is the reality of the cat’s life or death become fixed. The quantum system is rife with examples of reality acting strangely, and the behavior of light is another classic example. When physicists began conducting experiments to test if light was a particle they found a positive result, but when they performed experiments to see if light was a wave, they also received positive results. It seemed that whatever the scientists tested for they found, it was if their intentions that influenced the results. The problem was resolved by quantum mechanics, which takes into account the unpredictability of reality, Uncertainty.
Your reality is shaped by your perception of experiences. Perception is what you are currently aware of; your perception can change from moment to moment, depending on your state of mind. You can understand this as subjective and objective reality. Subjective reality is what you see, feel and experience according to what is happening in your life here and now. Your perceptions of reality will inevitably change as a result of your emotions shifting according to your experiences and circumstances and your body altering through hormonal fluctuations that affect your mood. If you are having a rough day and you drop a carton of milk and skillet over the floor, it might be the final straw that leads you to break down in tears. If the same event occurs when you are feeling happy and strong, you would clean up the milk without being particularly upset. The spilled milk is the objective reality – you know without any doubt that it happened. Your reaction is your subjective reality how you were feeling in that moment.
Are you sure you’re objective?
Objective reality is the common consensus of what is undoubtedly, inarguably real. Everyone has the same experience or view. Objective reality tells us that humans cannot fly. Yet some yogis can levitate and hover above the ground, so even this can be disproved. Objective reality tells us that we cannot walk through walls, and that the world is round. Objectivity should have no doubt.
]]>Spiritual healing techniques are all linked by a common faith in universal life energy. The power of belief will help you to heal.
There are many different kinds of spiritual healing, from laying on of hands to color therapy, but all share the common belief that some illnesses can be cured without medicine or surgery. Christians ask God to help a loved one get better; Chinese mystics point to Chi Energy that needs to be rebalanced. Both know that there are invisible energies in the world.
Healing thoughts
Whether you choose to believe that these energies are controlled by a higher being or are just a part of nature that we can tap into, you can still learn to channel them. By drawing them into your body, you will benefit from a boost to your health and vitality.
Controls the higher function of intelligence. Blockages can affect logical reasoning.
Sees beyond the psychic realm and governance your psychic abilities and awareness. Blockages can result in feeling unsettled in life.
Controls how we express ourselves verbally and nonverbally. Blockages can result in bossiness or being overbearing.
Control self-esteem. Blockages may result in selfishness.
This is the energy center that controls personality and emotions. Blockages may result in feeling sick to your stomach.
Governs sensuality and sexuality. Blockages may result in excessive cleanliness.
Controls mental and physical strength. Blockages can lead to aggression and mental problems.
Life force energy flows throughout your body, the blockages can occur in any of the major chakras.
Invisible healing energy
All forms of spiritual healing work for me, believe in a life force or universal energy that is found in all living things, and even affects inanimate objects such as crystals and rocks. The invisible healing power is commonly known as Chi – the term used in traditional Chinese healing, and is considered to be an intangible flow of energy that runs through the body, nourishing and healing it. Health can be affected by a blockage in the flow of Chi, so many healing practices from Crystal healing to Reiki and shiatsu, focus on restoring balance to the energy flow.
This energy is invisible to the naked eye, although some people believe that the aura, given off by your life force can be photographed using a method known as Kirlian photography. These images show the electrical energy that emanates from physical matter.
A guide to spiritual healing
There are various methods of spiritual healing, most of which are fully compatible with one another. Many of these healing methods are explored.
The power of your mind
The power of the mind to heal the body is often underestimated in Western medicine, but it is central to many of the ancient spiritual healing practices. It has been widely noted that the desire to get better plays a role in how quickly someone recovers from illness or injury.
The power of belief. In the case of spiritual healing practices, understanding how a therapy works is not as important as believing in the ability to heal. It is our faith in a healer’s ability to rechannel energies or select an appropriate Crystal that ensures our well-being. Belief in a higher power, be it the Christian God, nature, magic, or a healer’s hands, is the key to ensuring that therapies can work.
Many therapies fall into the category of spiritual healing but all rely on the power of belief and faith.
Vibrational therapies and visualization
Vibrational therapies are based on the idea that everything is surrounded by an electromagnetic energy field that resonates at its own frequency. When the body is in good health, this frequency remains fairly constant, but it can be disrupted by ill health.
Crystal healing is one of the best-known vibration therapies.
Therapies such as color therapy, crystal healing and sound therapy aim to rebalance or absorb negative vibrations and restore happiness and health to our bodies; it’s a rebalancing of energy.
Additionally, visualization and meditation can play a role in some Vibrational therapies. For example it is thought that visualizing yourself bathed in a particular color has the same effect on your mood as looking at that color.
Color therapy utilizes our emotional response to specific light waves in the visible spectrum. The type of healing that occurs depends on the color used.
Channeling energy
Once you have opened your mind to the concept of a universal healing energy, you can start learning to channel it. Channeling energy is performed to draw vitality from the world around you into your own body, or into someone else’s to aid healing and boosts general well-being.
Energy therapies practice as diverse as Crystal healing, Reiki and spell casting use tools, even if it is simply the reiki healer’s hands, to focus and harness the flow of energy. The energy centers known as the chakras are often the focus of such channeling’s and can be stimulated by various means.
Reiki works to aid the flow of life energy throughout the body, for restoring health.
The laying on of hands
All of us appreciate that a loving hug can lift the spirits. We also know that gently massaging sore muscle or rubbing a bruise can make us feel better. Healing hands, some therapies take this idea a step further, believing that certain people are born with special abilities enabling them to heal through the power of touch by, laying hands on to the sick person.
Some healers believe they have an innate power within themselves, while others believe they work on behalf of a higher being, such as the Christian God. A hands-on healer uses their hands to channel or redirect healing energy; therefore they use their hands as a tool for well-being.
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