The secrets of self-healing
January 12, 2009
The body is a wonderful, self-healing mechanism. Our emotions and psychology also have powerful self-healing abilities. Take sleep, for example. As we sleep, not only is the body being refreshed and rejuvenated, but all sorts of things are being worked out in our minds and psyches as we sleep. The question is, how can we take advantage of the body’s ability to self-heal? What can be do to support it? Doing this is the essence of self-healing.
I’ve already written about Seven Essentials of Self-Healing. Today’s post is the first in a series in which I’ll go into detail about each of the essentials, or as I am now calling them “secrets”. Of course, I’m calling them secrets here to get your attention, but also because they fit an intriguing definition of secret “known or shared only by the initiated”. The initiation required is a kind of self-initiation. These aren’t secrets that are kept hidden by a master who will impart them to you when you meet the proper requirements. Rather, they are insights available when you pay attention to yourself, to your own inner master. And that master is your own intuition.
As you become aware of these “secrets”, they will seem quite obvious and make complete sense. In fact, you may find yourself saying “oh I knew that all along”. You may have heard some of these secrets many times over, but you haven’t really heard the secret, nor do you really know it, until you’ve discovered it as real for yourself. In fact, the first of the seven secrets is self-awareness. Self-awareness comes from paying attention. When we begin to pay attention to what is actually happening in our bodies, minds and emotions, a huge opportunity for self-healing opens up.
I’ll leave you with that thought. One of the most important steps you can take to promote self-healing is to pay attention to yourself — what is going on with your body, your emotions, your thoughts. More on that soon!