Energy Healing 101: Pranic, Tantric And Reiki (faith quotations)

October 29th, 2009 admin Posted in spiritual |

By Roberto Garabell

You have probably come across exotic-sounding terms such as chakra, prana, aura, and tantra in your course of reading books on spirituality, sex, and healing in the New Age literature section of the bookstore. But whats the real scoop behind these exotic vocabularies?

Are All Energy Healings the Same?

Chakra or energy center is a term used in Pranic healing, an ancient Hindu system of energy healing. Prana means life energy. Aura is another terminology traced to Pranic healing. Aura is a non-physical body that consists of energy, which exists along with our physical body. The aura that covers our body is said to have seven layers pertaining to the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of an individual as manifested by energy. Studying the color and thickness of auras give ideas on the state of health of individuals. Six colors are associated with aura and interpreted into six personalities. These colors are all present in an individual but one or two are more pronounced.

Green ambitious achiever

Blue spiritual peacemaker

White unconventional chameleon

Red activist

Orange creative communicator

Violet - psychic

Although Tantra is popularly associated with the peculiar practice of sex and spirituality, it is another method of energy healing. It comes from the word tan which means to spread or expand. The concept of connectedness is a recurring theme in Tantric writings on sex and spirituality. As a method of healing, spirituality and sex figure prominently. It is presupposed that the union of man and woman can reach spiritual levels during orgasm, which removes the body and mind off collected impurities. These impurities being negative energies can in turn manifest as physical illnesses.

Unlike Pranic and Tantric healings, which have Hindu origins, Reiki originated from Japan. It is relatively younger than Pranic and Tantric healings having been rediscovered in the early 1900s. Reiki stands for universal energy, an energy brought forth by higher intelligence. Students of Reiki are taught how to tap this energy to heal physical, emotional, and mental illnesses.

Although Pranic, Tantra, and Reiki are all systems of energy healing, they differ in the type of energy tapped for healing: life energy, sexual energy, and universal energy respectively.

The concepts of the connectedness of mind, body, and spirit; the connection of individuals to all living and nonliving things around them and to the universe; and how energy impacts physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being are some of the salient similarities of these three healing methods.

Why Do People Turn to Energy Healing?

Pranic, Tantric, and Reiki are considered alternative methods of healing. In spite of the availability and relative accessibility of modern medicine, how come more and more people are being drawned to them? Here are some possible reasons:

Energy healing worked where modern medicine failed.

For several reasons both explainable and unexplainable, modern medical treatment failed to heal ailments and conditions in several if not many persons. Research or data may not be able to support this statement. But for the families of the dying as well as for the dying patient, they would take the risk of using alternative methods ranging from herbals and organics, faith healers, witch doctors, and New Age healing techniques just to be get well.

People perceive modern medicine to be isolating.

Medical treatments are oftentimes focused on the disease and its causative agent, which can make a patient feel isolated and treated like a mere host of the disease. Although recent developments in hospital practice are gradually promoting the holistic treatment of a patient, the perception still persists. Unlike in energy healing, since energy and spirituality are intimately linked, the patient feels that all aspects of his health are being attended to.

Energy healing is non-obtrusive and natural thus it is safer.

Repeated surgical procedures are physically and emotionally traumatic for most patients. It is but a logical and attractive option to both patient and families to look for less stressful health interventions. Moreover, with the rising popularity of New Age religions, going natural is the way to go.

Energy healing is a good way of relieving stress.

Meditation is part and parcel of energy healing methods and this is an added come-on for highly stressed people. Moreover, sophisticated equipment is not required thus it becomes all the more convenient for students and future students of energy healing.

The battle between alternative healing and mainstream medicine continues as both present the benefits of their approach. But in the final analysis, what matters is the restoration of good health.

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Healing Trauma

By Dr. Jennifer Howard

by Dr. Jennifer Howard

WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WE WILL NEVER FORGET

The magnified horror of what we experienced a few short years ago on 9/11 is beyond what most of us Americans have witnessed in our lifetime. We still can’t help but feel helpless, angry, sad, as well as many other hard-to-define feelings.

IT EFFECTED ALL OF US

Even though years have gone by, living part-time in New York City gave me some sense of the feelings of the eyewitnesses, bereaved families and everyday residents of the city. I know it’s just a small inkling of what these people actually experienced, but I had a palpable sense of the grief in the city and of all those who died. All the people I see in my practice as a psychotherapist and healer have experienced shattering on many levels. I see the effect it has had on us mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE HUMAN

Our personal work, for all of us and not only for New Yorkers, is to experience the layers of our feelings as they arise. We need to allow for all the possible responses that occur during experiences of extreme trauma, instead of dismissing them.

WHY AREN’T YOU EFFECTED?

For those of you who don’t feel very effected by this or any other traumatic event, it might be helpful to wonder why. It is true that there is always suffering all over the world and whenever we choose, we can tune in and feel this kind of trauma in many other places rather than just on our own soil. It is important to us that we feel kinship not only with our entire country, but also with the whole of humankind. This is a natural part of being human.

HOW CAN WE BEGIN TO HEAL?

Sometimes our personal wounding can cause us to feel overwhelmed and sometimes we choose to cut ourselves off from our feelings and from our connection to others. Feeling our own suffering and being able to empathize with the suffering of other people is an important way to heal our planet and ourselves.

So how can we heal these effects of trauma in our body-mind-spirit? One of the first ways is to understand how people react in a time of crisis. By realizing how we as people respond, we are able to feel more connected to others and ourselves and thereby not so alone in the world. Something to consider is that people who have survived a difficult childhood are prone to have a more challenging time with recovery from a traumatic event. Allowing ourselves to learn how to use life’s tragedies to teach us will deepen our awareness and help us have resiliency. This will bring us to a place in which we can learn and grow — not just a place to feel hurt and victimized. Some lessons are unusually hard to understand and we sometimes feel lost trying to find meaning. Sometimes we find ourselves blaming the victim; this can re-victimize the person. It also prevents us from seeking a larger context to the event in which there can be meaning.

THE BLAME GAME

Let’s look at our need to blame at all: Certain people could be responsible and our ability to see this larger perspective can help us with the healing. However, there is always the possibility that we may not be able to see and know the big picture at the time, if ever.

I would like to describe some common and normal responses people often experience following traumatic events. (You might see yourself in some of them.) Some of the physiological responses are chest pains, elevated blood pressure, muscle pain and tension, increased sweating, fatigue, flushed or pale skin, headaches, fainting, thirst, teeth grinding, twitches, and stomach upset. Some of the common emotional responses can be powerlessness, shock, numbness, fogginess, dissociation (including being in a daze, apathy, feeling unreal), panic, nightmares, insomnia, aloneness, helplessness, emptiness, uncertainty, depression, guilt, hostility and anger. Some of the mental responses can be short attention span, confusion, blaming others, repeated thoughts of the events and hyper vigilance. Some behavioral responses could include withdrawal, regressive actions, pacing, walking aimlessly, impulsiveness, poor communication, different speech patterns, or antisocial behaviors. These are the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and if they persist, it would be wise to seek out one-on-one professional help.

YOU ARE NOT POWERLESS

After experiencing tragedy, many people undergo a sense of powerlessness, rather than look for ways to cope with all of their feelings, make a difference in the world and therefore make the world a better and safer place for everyone. It is important for people to be able to have an impact inside their psyche and outside in their communities. Ask yourself, how you have found a way to feel that you can make a difference in your world or community. How have you worked with your feelings around this event or other traumas inside of yourself and in your life? Have these ways been satisfying or helpful to you?

When you commit to working on all the inner levels of your being, you reconnect with all of you. This then allows you to be able to connect with the outside world in an incredibly fulfilling way.

What are the ways that you can feel your personal connection and power in the world?

MEDITATION

Let’s take a moment to find out. Allow yourself to sit and think about the question now.

Read the following to yourself in a slow meditative manner, and take your time.

Allow your breath to come into your focus for a moment … just follow the in and out motion … in and out … the rising and falling of your breath…

Imagine yourself on a path … see yourself walking down this path … notice the path … what kind of surface it has … notice what’s to your right … notice what’s to your left … Ahead of you, you see a holy building … take in this building … notice what you see, sense, feel, smell … just notice … You see a door ahead of you … let yourself walk in … notice what you see … Allow your self to see a Wise Being ahead … notice what it looks like … notice how you feel seeing it … how do you feel being seen … feel what it is like to be in its presence…

Ask the Wise Being what you need to do to feel connected to the outside world … what task, prayer, meditation, volunteer work, community support … what comes up for you … can you allow for other possibilities … let your creative self go wild … what feels right … take in the information … try to be open to all ideas…

Get ready to ask your second question … What is it that would be the most productive, self-soothing way to nurture the inside of you during this time? … Let the Wise Being speak … just breathe, be open and listen … notice any judgments that arise … just see them and let them go … What way is best for you to nurture yourself? … listen … notice what you feel, see … notice if you are being harsh to yourself … allow your breath to open your body…

Let yourself ask any third question that comes to mind … wait … listen … breathe … What is it that is being said? … notice your reactions …. Breathe …. be kind to yourself…

When you feel you have gotten the answers that are available at this time, say thank you to your Wise Being … Take whatever information you need with you …. Allow yourself to leave the holy place …. Look around one last time …. Know that you can return at any time …. Let yourself return back down the path …. Notice if anything has changed on the way out …. Return to the place where you began the journey … Take several deep breaths …
Give yourself a few moments of quiet and reflect on what you have learned. Write your answers down if you want. You can act on these answers or choose to sit with them for a while. Thank you for being willing to do this work.

I hope this will be somewhat comforting to you. I will keep my prayers going and my personal work. Until the next time, warm wishes to all.

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Dr. Jennifer Howard is a licensed psychotherapist, healer, author, relationship counselor, and professional speaker with more than 20 years of experience in helping people make changes in their lives. She’s created a personal development plan and assists people in personal development and spiritual growth through her lectures, workshops, and her upcoming book, Changes That Last. She has offices in Huntington, Long Island, NY, and New York City, is a leading expert on spirituality and psychology, and is a former faculty of the graduate program of A Society of Souls. Dr. Howard has been frequently seen as an expert and featured guest on national television shows including, The Maury Povich Show, Turning Point, America’s Talking, Rolanda, Charles Perez, Les Brown and others.

Right now, Dr. Howard is offering a free downloadable MP3 of her recent lecture, “The Intelligence of the Heart” to anyone who subscribes to her free ezine. Along with the free MP3 members of the site can read articles written by Dr. Howard, gain access to the online Virtual Meditation Room with guided and visual meditations, and more. Visit http://www.DrJenniferHoward.com

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Learn the True Role of Spirituality in Your Life

By Kanika

To understand the role of spirituality in your life, we first need to understand what Spirituality is. It can be characterized as something that is understood by the superior part of our intellects, or more simply as the moral facet of our lives. Spirituality is something that should rule our character letting us go beyond the barriers of caste & creed and to realize our bond with Truth. Spiritual subjects look upon mankind’s eternal nature and principle, not simply the material, biological organism; they consider the immortal energies having an everlasting connection beyond the bodily senses.

Spirituality plays an important role in totally transforming our lives. It is something beyond the physical world but it includes the growth of the individual’s self through practices such as Meditation and prayers. It helps you to search the Divine within oneself, and speaks to us about the life after death. Our lives are mostly fragmented into pieces because of the stresses and complexities of life. Spirituality is the link that enables these pieces to be integrated into a complete whole and gives our life a meaning and a sense. It helps one to understand the inner Self and the different hidden facets of your own personal self. Each person’s spirituality is a blend of different beliefs and ideas that together constitute a different unique individuality. There are different types of spiritualities that

may form an individual self, such as religious Spiritualities, cultural spiritualities, gendered spirituality, and more. The role of spirituality in our lives can be very clear: as one’s spirituality comes to our perspective and understanding all the aspects of our life, it teaches us that every soul is one with the Divine, and thereby brings us closer to that Divine principle. It makes us see things from the soul’s perspective, thus completely changing our life.

Real spirituality transmutes greediness, selfishness and lust from dross to gold, thus bringing an individual us closer to peace and self -enlightenment. It gives our life a new direction, aim and achievement, providing us with a real understanding of god, self and others. As man is made up of a body & soul, both need nourishment to survive: food nourishes the body and Spirituality Nurtures your mind acting as a link between you and the God within.

Kanika Aneja, a professional content writer currently working with http://www.theosophytrust.org/ , a website offering articles and other resources for Spiritual living. Author wants educate people about a unique power in their own mind, the spiritual power. Visit Theosophy Trust and improve your lives.

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