| Most of us need healing of one sort or another. We | | | | simple to find Him when we are in pain or in distress. |
| are all plagued by our own negative thoughts, by | | | | There was a man who wrote Our Lady a letter each |
| illness and injury, at least from time to time. Whether | | | | night. After some years he decided to stop, thinking |
| you formally meditate or not, there are simple healing | | | | it a senseless thing. One of the visionaries in |
| meditations and healing exercises you can easily do - | | | | Medjugorje, after an apparition of Our Lady, |
| that can have remarkable results. As a volunteer for | | | | announced that Our Blessed Mother had a message |
| the Distant Healing Network, I often suggest easy | | | | for someone there. The message was that the man |
| exercises or simple healing meditations that can bring | | | | should not stop writing Her letters each night, Our |
| a full and lasting healing. Most often we have to | | | | Lady looked forward to them. We should all be |
| repeat the meditations and the healing is gradual - but | | | | writing God letters, every moment of every day. |
| not always. Sometimes it is immediate. | | | | Ramana's Exercise |
| Simple Affirmations and Visualizations | | | | The Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi said that our first |
| Our thoughts, our ideas and opinions about ourselves | | | | and last mistake is thinking we are the physical body. |
| and the world around us - will manifest. Therefore, | | | | In terms of healing of the body, when we remember |
| one of the main problems we face - especially if we | | | | that we are not the physical body we have taken |
| have had a long term illness or injury - is getting | | | | the first big step towards healing. The soul is not sick |
| trapped in the thought that we are sick or injured. | | | | or injured, only the physical body is. When we |
| This thought that we are injured or ill can keep us | | | | remember that we are the Radiant soul, we are |
| sick or injured, or can cause new illness and injury. | | | | standing in our true Selves. And the Radiance of the |
| Sometimes these negative thoughts about ourselves | | | | soul, the Divine Light that is the soul - can heal the |
| are not even conscious in us - basically we have just | | | | physical body. In true healing, the physical body is |
| over time grown accustomed to being sick or injured. | | | | infused with the Light of the soul. On the other hand, |
| To antidote these negative thoughts, conscious or | | | | if we think we are merely the physical body, we can |
| not, we say affirmations, i.e. we put positive | | | | become imprisoned in it - along with its ailments and |
| thoughts in their place. If you have practiced this | | | | injuries. Our own thoughts will imprison us. |
| technique in the past, you might find that you need | | | | Ramana's exercise is to inwardly ask: "Who is sick (or |
| only to say your affirmation a few times to restore | | | | injured)?" We reply: "I am." Then we ask: "Who am |
| balance and health. In the beginning, however, you | | | | I?" The answer is: "I am the soul" or "I am Radiant |
| might have to say them many times each day, and | | | | Light". You can do this exercise either with your eyes |
| over a long period of time. | | | | closed or open, although generally it is easier with |
| It is important to keep your affirmation short and | | | | your eyes shut. Eventually, the question, "Who is sick |
| simple, uncomplicated. If the problem is emotional, | | | | (or injured)?" might be enough, there will be no need |
| choose an affirmation of the opposite positive | | | | to say the rest of the exercise, the soul will present |
| emotion. For instance, if you suffer from depression, | | | | itself to you even after the initial question, "Who is |
| your affirmation could be, "Joy, joy, joy". If you are | | | | sick?". |
| prone to anger or fear or nervousness, you could | | | | This practice can work for any illness, injury - or |
| say, "Peace, peace, peace". Or, "Calm, calm, calm." Or, | | | | negative emotion. If you are angry, ask: "Who is |
| "I am the soul". Or, "I am (a being of) Radiant Light". | | | | angry?" If sad, "Who is sad?" The answer is always |
| You will know if you have chosen the correct phrase | | | | the same: "I am Radiant Light" or "I am the soul". |
| to say - because you will find the calm or peace or | | | | Simple Healing Meditations |
| joy you have been seeking. | | | | These meditation exercises are also safe, very |
| If the problem is a physical one, the antidote is similar: | | | | powerful, and can have amazing results: |
| "I am completely healthy and happy", or, "I am | | | | 1. One of the simplest mini-meditations we can do is |
| completely healed" - and then image it. See yourself | | | | to simply ask that the Divine, Healing, Radiant Light |
| filled and surrounded with the Divine Light, fully | | | | be sent to every cell of our body. Close your eyes |
| healed, healthy and happy. Try to also feel it, what it | | | | and image it. You can do this exercise for a few |
| felt like to be fully healthy and happy, and/or | | | | seconds several times each day, or for up to twenty |
| uninjured. I just did this exercise for a minute or two | | | | minutes or more once or twice each day. Sometimes |
| earlier today - and instead of being flat on my back | | | | once is enough, i.e. you are healed after doing this |
| with the flu, I am now at the computer happily | | | | exercise the very first time. |
| writing this Journal entry. What we humans call | | | | We can also do this for others, by inwardly imaging |
| "miracles" - often are just a simple change in our | | | | them and turning them to the Radiant Divine Light. |
| thinking. | | | | Even if we do this for only a few seconds, several |
| Simple Prayers | | | | times a day, it will bring healing - often a complete |
| Always ask for a complete and lasting healing, and in | | | | healing for that person. All these exercises will work |
| that request inwardly add "If it is Thy Will". And | | | | better if you sincerely call on God or Divine Beings to |
| always say "Thank you", whether you are fully | | | | help you. One of my 'students' recently did this |
| healed yet - or not. Miracles rarely happen if you wait | | | | particular exercise for her very severe and painful |
| until after a miracle happens to say, "Thank you". | | | | physical problems. She also called on every Divine |
| Keep your prayers simple, they do not have to be | | | | Being she could think of to help her as she did the |
| elaborate. You don't have to list everything that ails | | | | exercise - and was miraculously healed within a few |
| you. Just ask for a complete and lasting healing, and | | | | minutes. I cannot stress this enough: we are all |
| then say, "Thank you." It is often a good idea to | | | | Healers. It is only a matter of the depth of our Love |
| offer something in return, some good deed or | | | | and Compassion for all sentient beings and the depth |
| prayers - but this is not really necessary. When we | | | | and breadth of our Trust in God. |
| put our full trust in God, our prayers are always | | | | 2. Two more healing meditations: |
| answered - in ways that are best for our own soul | | | | Exercise I |
| and the souls of others. | | | | Sit in a chair with your back straight and gently clasp |
| When I need help or healing - I call on Everyone I | | | | your hands, with your feet on the floor. (If you |
| can think of. You can call on the Holy angels, God, | | | | cannot sit up, lie down on your back, with your arms |
| saints, Our Lady, Her Divine Son - on any Divine | | | | at your sides.) Try to clear your mind of thoughts. |
| Being. If you are calling on the saints for help, you do | | | | Ask for guidance, enlightenment and Healing. You can |
| not need to know their names or which saint to call | | | | call on God or a specific religious figure if you wish. |
| on. Simply ask for the saint that can heal you, | | | | Ask that you be filled and surrounded by the Divine, |
| whoever he or she might be - and they will come. | | | | Healing Love that is the Divine, that is God. Image |
| The same for the angels. Just leave it all up to God, | | | | the Divine Healing Light entering from the top of your |
| trust that whoever you need will be sent to you. We | | | | head, filling every atom of your body and then also |
| humans tend to complicate even the simplest of | | | | surrounding you. Bask in it. Inwardly say some short |
| things, and we think we must do everything | | | | phrase such as "I am the soul" or "I am radiant Light", |
| ourselves - when in truth Divine forces are behind | | | | repeatedly, as you image the Light fill and surround |
| both our most insignificant and our greatest | | | | you. Try to do this for 10 to 20 minutes. If you are |
| achievements. | | | | lying down, imagine the Light surrounding and filling |
| And this might sound odd - but sometimes the | | | | you from above your prone body. |
| greatest healings come to us when we are praying | | | | Exercise II |
| for others. The main secret to Divine Healing is in | | | | You can also do the above imagining yourself totally |
| deepening our relationship with God. Our Lady, in | | | | healthy, cured and doing things that you love to do. |
| Medjugorje, has said that we should all choose our | | | | In this exercise see yourself happy and radiant, made |
| own spiritual Path and then do our very best on it. | | | | of Light. This exercise could be shorter, 3-5 minutes. |
| That we should make God the very center of our | | | | And you can do it more than once a day, and/or |
| lives. | | | | combine it with meditation exercise I. |
| If we do this, then when we turn to God and the | | | | I suggest that you try all the exercises above and |
| other Divine Beings for help, the channel between us | | | | then decide which is best for you. You also might find |
| is already open and pure. Otherwise, when we need | | | | that some healing exercises or meditations work best |
| help, we must spend precious time and energy first | | | | for certain ailments or injuries. I have seen miracles |
| opening heavy, thick doors that separate us from | | | | happen with all of them, they are all very powerful - |
| God and His glorious throne. Sometimes we are | | | | none of them seem less effective than any other. |
| unable to open the doors - sometimes they have | | | | However, each of us must find what works best in |
| been closed for so long, they cannot open except | | | | each situation, where our hearts are. With a bit of |
| with great difficulty. If we are used to turning to God | | | | experimentation you should find the best one for |
| for even the smallest details of our lives, then it is | | | | you. May Angels always Light your Path! |