Staying in
Touch Happy Holidays to all my patients, their families, my friends and professional wellness community!
May this be a year filled with dreams unfolding in divine order, may our hearts be filled with gratitude and open to the new
reality of peace within and without.
Spirituality and Medicine
The belief and trust
in the healing power of nature implies a belief in some higher power or force we are a part of, working through us in our
lives.
This power is found in religion for many people but it is also found in nature, in relationships of love,
and in our passions and dreams.
As one becomes aware of this power there is a realization that it is always bringing
us toward wholeness. Sometimes this is through increased physical health or sometimes through emotional growth.
An ability to recognize, experience, and express thoughts and feelings is important because it is the limitations
in our thoughts that create the emotions that often contribute to our illnesses. Emotions create an energy that needs
release. When not attended to, it may become internalized within the body.
Our symptoms may sometimes be
metaphors for what wants attention emotionally or spiritually.
An infection may represent an internal conflict
or we may be vulnerable to infection because of the energy depletion holding the conflict within.
Allergies
may represent an internal constriction in response to the world indicating some fear or learned lack of trust.
Digestive
symptoms may indicate some aspects of a relationship that are difficult to “swallow“ and the feelings may be difficult
to let go of.
Back pain may represent how we are holding up under the emotional pressures of life.
There
is always a story to be revealed when one explores the metaphors. Realizing that they have something to tell us about
our emotional and spiritual life will begin the healing process that entails balance. By the very awareness and attention
to their connection, we attain more balance between our physical, emotional, and spiritual lives. If we can identify
and express our feelings, we have an opportunity to then look at the underlying belief they represent - from not trusting
someone you love and feeling as though you aren’t good enough to have success to feeling that you are loved unconditionally
and the universe provides what you need.
Illness does not have to be something we fight. “He
battled courageously with cancer,” for example, implies there is a force in nature that is against us. Everything
in life, even illness and death can turn into a blessing if we turn with faith and guidance to realize its gift. Grace
is the healing that occurs when there is willingness to surrender to our emotion, explore what it is we really believe, and
to then find acceptance or the courage to make corrections and live from a perspective that is more congruent with our faith,
even our desire to have faith!
Physician means literally “friend of the soul.” A good doctor
may help facilitate not only physical well-being but perhaps be a companion on a journey that brings a person into those qualities
and balance needed to experience love for oneself and others.
I continue to be dedicated to this intention
of being a good physician through 2010! May we all find our inner healer and let them take us to health, wholeness,
happiness, and peace! | 
