FEAR vs. LOVE # 3
Ancient wisdoms have drawn our attention to life as suffering. Fear takes a hold when we suffer.
“All is suffering...” The Buddha’s four noble truths
"... In the sweat of your face will you eat bread, until you return to the ground; out of it you were taken: for dust you are, and to dust you will return." Genesis
In the prior blog we talked about some of the cause of fear such as; threat to life, limb, organ or function, religious or superstitious beliefs and threats to the ego self - (how one is perceived as handling fear or suffering by others.)
These factors are involved especially in our lower three survival chakras. The first is survival - our flight or fight response, the second - the chakra of regeneration of the species and how we perform with regards to sexuality and procreation and the third - our power chakra. The fear arising from them are what helps us to self-actualize (as opposed to Self-Realize which is part of the upper growth chakras.) The latter also present their own unique fear factors. Each chakra is balanced by the sun and the moon channels and we determine whether we expand with love or constrict with fear.
The many challenges producing fear and mention of the antidote of love will be the subject of this blog. We have talked more fully about the Love Triad in a prior blog.
FEAR OF DEATH (threat of not being alive any more)
"Death does not extinguish the light. It puts out the lamp because the dawn has come." R. Tagore
“Death asks not what have you but who are you. Life’s questions is not what have I but what am I.” Swami Rama Tirtha
The greatest fear for most of us is the fear of death - often suppressed in the subconscious until such time as we are confronted by it.
The Buddhists teach that the most profound meditation is the meditation on one’s demise and that it leaves the deepest impression on the psyche. Advanced Buddhist practitioners are able to simulate the stages of death in their meditations short of cutting the silver cord that connects the soul to the body. Some shamans have mastered death and Bushman healers describe their out of body trance trance-induced spirit flight as a “little death.” In some, that are less experienced, it can become a true death experience if the body loses contact with the soul. Most of those that have had near death experiences, no longer fear death since they know it portends going to a better place where one is released from physical suffering. Some have been cured of this fear with the help of entheogens. Psilocybin has been used successfully in psychological research at Harvard and beyond as has L.S.D. by Stanislaus Grof. Spiritual knowledge of what is to come can allay many of these fears as can a regular inner practice. We travel into the Astral plain during dreaming which Buddhism teaches can give is an idea of what the Astral looks like. Most of us will go to the Astral vibration that we have earned with our karma. Enlightened beings inherit the Causal and do not have to reincarnate unless they choose to. There is no "judgement day" as such although we are lovingly shown the error of our ways and usually need to come back in order to perfect what we never managed before. The Zohar tells us that we live in a 1% world but we can experience a little of the other 99% in dreams and when we leave this plane of existence. Eventually we come to realize that love is the universal truth. Buddhists pray to inherit a future life where they can continue on their spiritual path at a higher level which will be true depending on the integrity of their prior practice.
THREAT TO ONES HEALTH (threat to life, limb, organ or function)
“He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“There are some patients we cannot help. There are none we cannot harm.” Arthur Bloomfield
Placebo, the power of belief to heal, help or cure is a magical phenomenon that occurs through the property of love. Nocebo it’s opposite, is fear driven, and can be just as effective in doing the reverse. Nocebo is motivated by fear. It is enhanced by the unskillful use of the wrong words and or body language from their caregivers or others that dispel hope of recovery. Delivering a bad prognosis can induce a nocebo response and can be the equivalent of a medical hex. Nocebo is enhanced by guilt and especially shame where for one reason on another the person feels they do not deserve to be well. This can arise out of religious guilt where the sufferer believes God is punishing them for something bad that they did. Karma does not act this way. Shame can disable the Inner Healer which is part of the soul and has infinite potential if steered in the right direction.
THE FOUR VARIABLES IN HEALING
Healing is facilitated or not according to whether the patient embraces and is given love or fear.
1. The Patient and his/her Inner Healer.
2. The “Place” the patient finds him/herself whether it's the hospital, the home and its local environment in relation to the accessibility of alternative healing methods or a healing natural environment.
3. The healer/s, doctor/s and or their support staff.
4. The “Field” which includes spirit guides, ancestors and the Creators universal healing energy which is love. To the extent the healer/s or the patient can access the Field, healing will be more effective. Distant healing from gifted healers works. Trials have shown that it is effective even when placebo has been discounted and the patient has no knowledge they are being healed remotely.
There are several possibilities when it comes to the prognosis of severe disease most of which can be accompanied by debilitating fear.
Remission - balancing the scales.
Relapse.
Fulminating progression and death.
Being healed but not cured. Everyone can be healed but not everyone can be cured. One can also be cured but not healed in a spiritual sense.
Spontaneous remission of a disease which has defied the best of what modern medicine has to offer. This rare phenomenon usually is not associated with debilitating fear but rather with hope, belief, faith trust and the surrender of love. Surrender is a not a giving up but a giving in to something much greater than oneself or the medical team. It is about connecting with the Field, a letting go, being in the flow, a feeling that no matter what happens it is for the greater good. Surrender requires the releasing of fear.
Spontaneous Remission is a miracle tantamount to seeing water running uphill. Noetic Sciences published two books which described Christian patients studied by physicians appointed by the Vatican that had spontaneous remission of deadly diseases after visiting Lourdes in France. These doctors had all the pre and post healing data following the remission which led them to unhesitatingly ascribe the event of spontaneous remission in 67 patients (when I last checked.)
These were the "Love" variables that I gleaned from two Noetic Sciences books that seemed to portend this amazing outcome.
The Will to live, a fighting spirit, taking control, having unfulfilled goals.
Accepting the Truth and extent of the diagnosis and working fully with the medical team. If one is climbing mount Everest one cannot be told its a walk in the park. However, one must be told that the team are making sure of your success.
Knowledge both intuitive, intellectual and experiential (having prevailed over a prior rite of passage.) If one has climbed "Everest" before it will be easier the next time.
Trust (Belief, Hope, Faith, Surrender) that the challenge could be beaten. Faith and a religious or spiritual belief that allowed them to surrender without fear. This was also coupled with a sense that all would be well and they would prevail.
Avoiding stress, being able to say no, expressing needs and putting their healing over and above any other demands.
Love and the support of not only their loved ones but also others such as support groups, community, church etc. Those that had pets benefitted as well.
Employing choices beyond allopathic medicine and perceiving the supporting physician as a partner.
Taking Action, being proactive and finding new meaning in their predicament including, spiritualtransformation and meaningful life changes. Many said they would not have chosen to be sick but recognized the huge benefits they had accrued from the challenge.
These principles can be adapted to other critical situations where fear can be overwhelming.
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