Chakras & Healing
For the most part, when I mention the word chakra, most people, if they’ve even heard of chakras, have it filed under a vague heading like, All That Spiritual Stuff. And it is true, chakras form the basis of the human energy system — the one that powers all the other bodily systems that are so handily broken down in medical school curricula.
As part of my one-woman campaign to spread this vital information, I created a Compendium of information on the chakra system. You will never find it in a bookstore or online, but you can, for a donation, request a copy here.
As part of that process, I realized that I used all sorts of words like spirit, soul, archetype, incarnation that most of us assume we understand. But do we really?
If my counseling practice of over forty years is any indication, we actually don’t know what they mean. Or, we can’t articulate it. They’re in that same mental folder Spiritual Stuff.
So I created The Unapologetically Eccentric Glossary. Here’s part of the introduction …
These are definitions that I have developed over 40 years of practice with actual persons and their struggles. They are things I say aloud to clients/patients to make sure we’re on the same page. What’s important, though, is not that you agree with my definitions. What’s important is that you give some serious thought to these sorts of words, figure out what you believe about them, and are able to articulate them clearly to yourself or to persons who come to you for care.
So just as it is supremely important to remember that the chakras are best considered as a system, and are meant, at all times, to work together, it is also incumbent upon each one of us to learn and know the vocabulary that best fits our belief systems.
Today’s Chakra Vocabulary Word is Healing.
Healing, in direct opposition to curing, healing most often takes place before curing even enters the picture. In fact, one can heal and still die from an illness. Healing is for the heart, mind, and spirit. Curing is for the body.
Not only that, but you have the right to choose what constitutes healing for you in any given situation. There is no universal healing for anything.
The reason is because we all symptomize based on varied internalizations of our experience — even people who have the same exact experience at the same exact time in the same exact place with the same exact people will have it encoded differently. (Just think of differing family accounts at Thanksgiving!)
Curing is the resolution and completion of physical symptomology, usually related to diagnosed dis-ease states. Not the same as healing by any stretch.
There’s a good reason for the difference between Curing and Healing. Let’s take the first, Curing, apart. The Latin root, cura, means care. Interestingly, the original noun includes care, concern, and responsibility. That’s a first clue.
Healing, on the other hand, comes from Dutch and German roots meaning whole.
When there are symptoms, the first thing to do is take responsibility. Report on it in your own mind — no, not judge it — tell yourself, This is happening … for now.
Here is a setting in which outside-in pertains. You have an itchy rash. You get a cream to resolve and complete the itch.
Now, is the rash gone? If so, it’s cured. If not, it needs healing. We’ll get to that.
Once you take action about the physical, it’s usually beneficial to turn to the metaphysical. Are there emotional, intellectual, or spiritual aspects to your experience? Sit with them. Ask about them. Often, you’ll get an epiphany that can make symptoms vanish like they were never present.
Is there a symptom that needs you to take some responsibility? Are you judging (code word for condemning) yourself for it. STOP! There is no judgment needed when you have a symptom, only action to resolve and complete it. Let go the judgment, and take action to start the cure.
Then dig deep. Symptoms come with causes. Keep looking. Keep listening. Keep asking. All, all, all shall be revealed.
Blessèd weekend.
