The Healing Power of Spirit

"The physical plane is a plane of duality so we experience pleasure and pain. It is a plane caught in time so we experience aging. It is a plane with many forces at work and so we experience adverse forces – forces that work against our well-being, as well as those that support our well-being. It means that on this journey of life on the earthly plane, we need to be careful because we are certainly going to meet adversity.....It is therefore extremely important to stay in the awareness of what is happening in the physical body, in the human experience as a spiritual being." Day 38

When we are challenged with disease, we need to really understand what is happening. We need to observe ourselves at all levels: "What is happening to me physically? What is happening to me emotionally? What is happening to me mentally?  And what is happening to my spiritual powers?"  We need to observe the whole scenario in the challenge of disease.  

The way to healing is to open up to the spiritual space. If we have access to the spiritual space that is where the most powerful forces are, because the spiritual space is a space of connection to a Higher Power. There is belief in a Higher Power. In the essence of our being there is no disease. Having this awareness, you don't only see yourself as a physical being, but you begin to see yourself more as a being of light, as a spiritual being with powers of the soul.

The most powerful force in healing is in the mind.  When the mind stays strong it is able to hold the intellect in a place where it can create a vision of healing, and it can begin to believe in that. We therefore need a strong, clear and spiritual mind - a mind open to all possibilities.   There must be a strong  desire to heal and a desire to search for more.

We want to stay healthy because we want to achieve the soul's purpose for being in this plane – to fulfill our life's purpose.Therefore, it is very important to make that spiritual connection to keep the mind sharp – the intellect, the thinking faculty, the power to visualize. Keep it intact and inspired by a Higher Consciousness. Learn to use mind power and take responsibility for the healing process.

peace,

Reena

Pranayama - managing life force

" Today the subject is Pranayama; it is the management of the life force within us.  ‘Prana’ can be translated as life force and ‘ayama’ means extension, drawing out, controlling, restraining.  So pranayama means extending this energy, managing this energy."  Day 34

Prana abounds in the Universe. According to the Yoga tradition, in our pranic body, we have seventy-two thousand (72,000) channels through which prana can flow.  There is prana (subtle energy) in the air that you breathe.  When you breathe the air into your being, your pranic body picks up that life force and it recharges your body.  The breathing is a step in controlling and being in touch with this life force. 

At the navel centre, the Manipura chakra is a storage area of prana. When you learn the yoga breathing and you breathe into the navel area, you can actually store an abundance of prana in this area that can be like a reserve. When you begin to learn to control the subtle energies behind the breathing, you find that you are more in command over this invisible life force within you. You can bring healing energies through the pranic body, recharging the nervous system; stimulating body functions from a spiritual level; bring about healing within the body; and influence the space around you with this vitality, with this presence.

Over the years, I have learnt several breathing exercises and I do enjoy them when I practice. However, the challenge has always been to keep a discipline and practice every day. The message today is a powerful reminder of the power of pranayama to awaken chakras even more  and to energise the entire body using this pranic energy that we can become aware of in the breathing.

peace,
Reena