I closely follow the work of Donny Epstein. He is my Chiropractor's mentor, and he created the healing art of Network Chiropractic. He is probably the world's most successful healer. He has worked with over 200,000 people in 30 years. The basic premise of his work is to heal and transcend traumas and emotional problems. There's a great story of a man in his book The 12 Stages of Healing:
of a man who suffered from a heart condition. One day he was home alone in bed when all the trauma of his father's passing years ago came bubbling to the service. He had avoided dealing with it for over a decade and he drowned himself in work and productivity. He was in shear agony. He said if anyone had been home with him, they would have called an ambulance because he was in such a state. But it was a good thing he was alone and he went through the process, he said. His heart was in agony as he went through this process. But wouldn't you know, after he went through this process, the energy was released, and he no longer had heart trouble. There are many such stories in this book.
Have you ever researched about the mind not being in the brain? The newest research is pointing to this not being the case. They're not really sure where "mind" is.
Well, the "mind" is a word we invented to describe our consciousness I think. However, the studies I have seen suggest that mind and body work together. I mean, they are the same thing. From a biological standpoint the mind is the body as it is based on the physics of the body. To me the mind really is not all that spiritual. Its like you need to feed your body the right things - it is the same with the mind. There is a trend in not separating psychovegetative medicine anymore, but incorporating it in every medical specialization. What I think is entirely wrong is to take the mind as the cause of all disease. Yes it does have a big influence (possibly bigger than we think), but psychotherapy for a diabetic probably will not cut it.
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Indeed, one may need to change their eating habits or stop smoking, or there may be an allergen they're in contact with, or they may need a certain mineral, etc. But the premise is that if a person is unwell psychologically or emotionally or has unresolved trauma, that person is also not well enough to make healthy choices. The energy is blocked. Since the "mind" and body are connected, well, they are the same thing, energy from traumas get built up in the body. This causes a blockage of energy. Health is a healthy flow of energy. If energy isn't flowing properly to an organ or an area of the body, then that organ will be unbalanced and unwell. I know this sounds very "spiritual" and woo woo, but science is starting to verify these things. Donny Epstein discovered a "wave" in the body when he heals his patients with Chiropractic. This wave is being studied by scientists and doctors and many different professions.
In Chiropractic science and philosophy (traditional - many modern Chiropractors have diverged from this principle), there is a concept called Innate Intelligence. It says that this Innate Intelligence runs our bodies. It beats our hearts, it performs all the functions. The goal of Chiropractic is to remove any interference from Innate Intelligence being able to express fully.
Sounds like this is actually being more and more incorporated into modern medicine (like in osteopathic medicine in the US. I have heard of innate intelligence (but rather in the context of "what is intelligence"). What I heard was that innate intelligence is the ability of the body to detect its position in space among other things (athletes would have a high intelligence).
I am not denying that spirituality is useless and bogus. Rather I would say it is misunderstood. All parts of the body communicate and people are moving away from a "brain" only view. We long know of the peripheral nervous system that is capable of dealing with certain things by itself. Recently talk of a brain-gut axis arose. We are understanding our perception better and better every day.
I believe that the aforementioned "conversation" of different tissues in our body is responsible for the link between psyche and health. I am not sure if this is an "energy" flow problem. The issue is the word "energy". These events you mention are probably due to bioelectricity and chemistry, but have not yet been described. Again, I am not saying your statement is wrong, but there is something very physical even behind these spiritual events (physical as in electrons and atoms doing something we do not know exactly what as of now).
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