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Indigo Jill

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May 10, 2006
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I don't want to start debates and warfare, but please be wary of 'spiritual healers'. I know relaxation is therapeutic, psycic stuff is fun, but this kind of stuff can be dangerous when somebody convinces a sick person that aura manipulation (?) can be beneficial. Meanwhile, pathology progresses. I find it fascinating that in the east (China, Japan, India) there is an intense effort to modernize their traditional medicine, while Westerners can't wait to dump chemo and drink shark fin soup to fight cancer. :dunno:

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and there does not need to be warfare. Debates, though, when conducted with mutual respect are healthy IMO. :D

No one can be convinced of something they aren't open to in the first place. Thinking otherwise feeds into this societal problem of not taking responsiblity for oneself and one's decisions when things don't work out the way they were anticipated. And everyone is entitled to choose whatever medical therapy that they feel is best for them. Who are you or I to tell someone what they are choosing for themselves is wrong? If we would all just respect the personal choices of our family, friends and neighbors, whether we agree with their choice or not, this world would be a much more peaceful place. If it doesn't affect me, WHY would I negate the importance of a decision of another?

BTW ... September 21 is International Peace Day!
 

jpreus

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Here, Here, (or is it Hear, Hear) IJ......I'm with you....BTW...I love your quote.....
 

Paula

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Jan 25, 2005
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There's is a year-long workshop offered here at the University of Michigan offered by physicians that focuses on alternative health care. I believe this kind of healing is included, as well as acupuncture, etc. Faculty from different departments attend (law, social work, business, botany, are a few I know of who have attended) one Friday per month and learn about many different approaches to health. Then they have to write a paper about how going to such a workshop influences they're teaching, role in the academic community, etc. They have a huge binder full of readings as well. The idea is to get faculty to meet each other, think outside mainstream ways of thinking, and integrate health ideas into their own lives and the lives of others. I have two friends who have gone through it. One absolutely loved it and I must say she looks absolutely fantastic this year (she looked good before but now she looks soooo healthy because she took the program to heart). The other friend is going through it now and is somewhat skeptical, in part because of all the work that is involved on top of the other work she does for her job. Our primary care physician is one of the organizers of this program and it's now in it's 3rd or 4th year.

Anyway, the point is that the school wants people to be open-minded. I may go through the program next year -- except coming to SoWal cuts into my time I can spend away from home/work and that's some of the best healing I've ever had!
 

Allifunn

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Jan 11, 2006
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Anyway, the point is that the school wants people to be open-minded. I may go through the program next year -- except coming to SoWal cuts into my time I can spend away from home/work and that's some of the best healing I've ever had!
This is the KEY WORD in all parts of life!!!!!!!!!! A closed mind is a sad thing! I think I would love to meet and experience Sarabelle.....I would if I lived in SoWal....an interesting experience!
 
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Mango

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Apr 7, 2006
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Anyway, the point is that the school wants people to be open-minded. I may go through the program next year -- except coming to SoWal cuts into my time I can spend away from home/work and that's some of the best healing I've ever had!

Absolutely, Sowal is one of the best healing spots around. Physicians and all health care practitioners need to have an open mind when it comes to alternative healing.
I am reading "Healing Lyme" by Stephen Harrod Buhner which is about natural healing and "prevention" of Lyme disease and it's co-infections. The book uses all herbs and specific vitamins which have been used in China, the Amazon, and Europe for centuries, but is just starting to be noticed here.

He's also written numerous other books, one is called, One Spirit many Peoples: A manifesto for earth Spirituality. I have not read it yet.

Many people who have Lyme disease are using the protocol and having fantastic results.
My doctor gave me the book BTW, and would welcome an aura healer if he felt it benefitted his patients.
There are some snake charmers out there obviously, and that's for one to determine on their own. But keeping an open mind is key especially in light of the fact that the pharmaceutical industry will do anything to keep certain healing practices that may work without drugs out of our reach.
 

30A Skunkape

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Jan 18, 2006
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Absolutely, Sowal is one of the best healing spots around. Physicians and all health care practitioners need to have an open mind when it comes to alternative healing.
I am reading "Healing Lyme" by Stephen Harrod Buhner which is about natural healing and "prevention" of Lyme disease and it's co-infections. The book uses all herbs and specific vitamins which have been used in China, the Amazon, and Europe for centuries, but is just starting to be noticed here.

He's also written numerous other books, one is called, One Spirit many Peoples: A manifesto for earth Spirituality. I have not read it yet.

Many people who have Lyme disease are using the protocol and having fantastic results.
My doctor gave me the book BTW, and would welcome an aura healer if he felt it benefitted his patients.
There are some snake charmers out there obviously, and that's for one to determine on their own. But keeping an open mind is key especially in light of the fact that the pharmaceutical industry will do anything to keep certain healing practices that may work without drugs out of our reach.

Agree, agree, agree. I think allopathic and natural/alternative medicine can have a functional symbiosis. However, I think any remedy worth its salt can stand up to scientific scrutiny. Accupuncture is legit. Chiropratic manipulation to ease pain is legit. Certain (but not all for goodness sake) herbal remedies are legit. Meditation is legit. Prayer is legit. I am missing some, but you get the idea. But when the proposed remedy seeks to correct something whose very existence is dubious at best (auras, ghosts, past lives) I am verrrry sceptical. But, it is a free country-if you want to invest hard-earned money into your dim aura, go on ahead. ;-)
 
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