i am currently reading a book entitled The Secret Language of your Body by Inna Segal. i stumbled upon this book at the library one day.. and just couldn't forget about it. so, i asked ian to check it out for me... and, well, i found it interesting. and, not as cooky as i expected.. first off, it is not a mystical magical voodoo thing.. at least, that is not what i got out of it.. but, i found a few things i intend to practice in my life to find the balance i am looking for! in the book, Inna explains the emotional, mental and energetic causes of disease, explains how to heal those diseases, and then how to replace disease with new health
to sum up her findings, negativity leads to disease and unhappiness. this is where i question.. what about people who get in a car accident or are born with a physical ailment? i highly doubt they were living in such a way to contract a disease.. but, i do believe it is all about attitude. after a huge accident, people can either spiral down into a deep despair OR make the most of it and enjoy life to its fullest. i think this is great advice.
the first step to the healing process is recognizing the negative things. look inside yourself.. listen to your body.. ask it where you are hurting. when you find it, focus on it and try to understand it. (up to this point i am all in.. from here it gets a bit... different) then, place your hands on the area of your body where you store that negative feeling. slowly breathe and tune in to your body. once you are tuned in, visualize an orange light infusing the area with energy and purging out the negative feeling (which may look like a gray or nasty color leaving). then, she gives a list of colors that will overcome the negative emotion and bring healing to the body.
now, you may think this sounds wacky, but i think she is on to something. the main message is to allow yourself to listen to your body and then choose to make a positive experience of it rather than negative. choose the brighter path, no? in an effort to encourage health and healing in my body, i am striving to purge some negative attitudes from my life starting by eliminating phrases like.. "i have to"... "i am not good enough" or "why can't i" and replacing them with phrases like "i get to"... "i will do better" and "how can i" and then going out into the world willing to see what a blessing it really is to be there... instead of treating it like a mundane to do list.
i recently read a talk by elder costa from october 2007 Don't Leave for Tomorrow What you can do Today. in it he shares this poem by Norma Cornett Marek that really made me take a deeper look at my attitude.
If I knew this would be the last time I would watch you sleep,
I would hug you tighter. I would plead with the Lord to protect you.
If I knew this would be the last time I saw you walk out the door,
I would hug and kiss you and call you back to hug and kiss you one more time.
If I knew this would be the last time I would hear your voice in prayer,
I would record every gesture, every look, every smile, every one of your words,
So that I could listen to it later, day after day.
If I knew this would be the last time,
I would spend an extra minute or two to tell you, “I love you,” instead of assuming you already knew it.
If I knew this would be our last time, our last moment,
I would be by your side, spending the day with you instead of thinking,
“Well, I’m sure other opportunities will come, so I can let this day go by.”
Of course there will be a day to revise things,
And we would have a second chance to do things right.
Oh, of course there will be another day for us to say, “I love you.”
And certainly there will be another chance to tell each other, “Can I help with anything?”
But in my case, there isn’t one!
I don’t have you here with me, and today is the last day we have—our farewell.
Therefore I would like to say how much I love you,
And I hope you never forget it.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old.
Today might be your last chance to hold tight to the hand of the one you love and show all you feel.
If you are waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?
Because if tomorrow never comes, you certainly will regret for the rest of your life
Not having spent some extra time for a smile, a conversation, a hug, a kiss,
Because you were too busy to give that person what ended up being their last wish.
Then hug tight today the one you love, your friends, your family, and whisper in their ears how much you love them and want them close to you.
Use your time to say,
“I’m sorry,”
“Please,”
“Forgive me,”
“Thank you,”
Or even,
“That was nothing,”
“It’s all right,”
Because if tomorrow never comes, you will not have to regret today.
The past doesn’t come back, and the future might not come!
i think this is something easy to get caught up in. i make a list of to dos, but try to keep the other things i want to accomplish on this list, and suddenly it all becomes a routine. if i change my attitude and treat each day like my last, i will show love to people in my life more freely, and i will live more righteously. i will be able to open my mind and heart to new possibilities and accept change when it comes, because deep inside, i know what my purpose is.. "men are that they might have joy".. so why not start living that way now?? after i am gone, i don't want to be remembered as the grumpy one, or the one who complained a lot, or the one who had no time. i want to be remembered as the one who loved and laughed, was always there for people, and never chose things over people... i want to be a champion of joy.
i also realize that in order to achieve goals like these, i must take my time. i must heal myself first. but, through healing i find great strength. i have learned that Jesus Christ is the only way to joy. He is the champion of joy. so, through healing and changing, i guess i want to become like Him. so, reading this book that encourages self-healing... it is something i feel i need to do, but most important, i know i cannot complete the healing. i can prepare myself, desire to be happy, keep working to be better, but i cannot be whole until i ask Christ to make me so and then allow Him to do it.
so, in conclusion... i believe there are healing powers in ordinary people. but, the ultimate source of healing is found only in the Son of God. without His power, i know i am lost and broken. but with Him, i know i can be whole.. and have joy! that is SUPER powerful. (and cheesy, i know... )
