Complimentary Healing

Unusual Beliefs
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i accept my diagnosis & maintain a medication. Over the past 13 years i have also explored a lot of healing modalities.

In my experience, a lot of healers vary greatly in their abilities & a lot of practises in the current ‘Western’ World are ‘neo’ & adaptations/Syncretism.

There is such a vast hodge podge of stuff out there. i’ve been working with alternative healers for 13 years, & it has helped - i’ve also felt a lot of the progress has come from me. i feel we do need to take personal responsibility for our own healing, & that there is a lot that we can do ourselves.

There are many avenues of self help. courses & people to learn from & work with. Some interesting info on the spirit release forum, which these areas also go into -

http://www.spiritrelease.org/selfhelp.php

There are a lot of books on spirituality & healing which i think can help.

Over the years i’ve learnt/trained in/worked with -

Reiki (Tera-Mai & Seichem) [Master level].
Elements of Shamanism/traditional native American healing.
Have been initiated into the Order of Melchizedek, & St Germain & Angels of the Violet flame, & in working with those traditions/energies.
The Cartouche system of Egyptian Magic.
Energy work.
Angelic healing.
Crystal healing.
Mindfulness & basic meditation practises.
Chakra balancing & healing.
Sound Healing.
Radionics.

Have also studied, worked with & practised in areas around Tarot (& other card/divination systems). Theosophy (& associated areas - Alice Bailey/esoteric psychology, Anthroposophy), comparative religion, Gnostic, sufi, Kabbalah & other mystical traditions, & past life/inter life areas. As well as other areas within the spirituality field.

There are a vast amount of areas to look into, study & work with. All fingers pointing to the moon.

Of course from a basic understanding of spirituality, i don’t think it’s things that qualifications really mean anything.

Am interested if anyone else has found any of these areas a help?

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Sounds cool. I’ve read a lot of Buddhism, Taoism and Shamanism. It has definitely helped me “let go” and become more virtuous I believe.

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I practise qi gong every day to try and heal myself.it definitely helps but am open to any ways of improving my mental health.take vitamins and recently have purchased but not received or tried a binaural headset with cd s that supposedly calms the mind etc. works on brain waves.
I will never give up but I do still get dodgy thoughts but I know they are…

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i feel drawn to Christian Mysticism, & am going to focus on that path for a while - i need a more specific practise.

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I wonder though because a lot of us already feel telepathic, so if you get these “magic” healing approaches, it may be harder than not. Tarot and spirituality are contradictions in my opinion.

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I met a dirty energy practioner recently. I had to leave that city as I started to hear more voices & very inappropriate content. I NEVER had more voices start for me ever in 10+ years of psych symptoms. Some of the people are questionable so better know them well or you could really regret opening that doorway to another hell…

As some of the local churches are cranking out hate-mongers, stigma and even harassment about mental illness, can even be a problem locally to get into any church unless you get an invite from a person you know really well. Some of the churches were just running people through the healing circus show & throw them back onto the street to be harassed by more stupid people, even in their employment…

I think atheism, observation and judge respect/avoidance is best approach…Believe none of it, observe behavior of anyone try to proclaim (aka sell you ) anything and judge if they deserve respect + tolerance or silent avoidance…

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Ideally i’ve wanted & would like comprehensive psychological & social support - along the lines of open dialogue - Someone to genuinely listen to, validate & work through things with. i haven’t been able to find nor access any of that, & have had to make do with what resources have been available.

i have & do find limitations with all the alternative/spiritual healing modalities - there is often a lot of ego & ignorance within all these areas, especially of the realities of a ‘severe mental illness’. i can acknowledge that there is a physiology/biology to my condition, & i accept the diagnosis & take the pills - i also feel that primarily things have been a psychological/spiritual crisis, as well as having social aspects & roots to it all.

i find people largely ignorant of deeper & more comprehensive understandings to all these areas & there aren’t ways to access more ideal help & support. It has been & is largely down to me to work on all these areas & try & more fully resolve things - an endless catch 22, as i feel that i need the validation & understanding to it all. i think ‘we’re’ very backward & uncivilised as a species within all these areas.

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Yeah, well, New Age certainly isn’t new, it’s been around a long time, and if you go to an independent book store, they will have a whole section dedicated to it. I had an evolution mandala poster hanging on my wall for years until some in my family criticized, it was actually beautiful with high senses of spiritual connection with elements of the earth and the cosmos. Just don’t ever feel compelled to do something you don’t want to do, or think in a way that goes against your natural instincts.

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i don’t want to sound ungrateful - largely rejecting biomedical psychiatry & the current mental health system in favour of alternatives has been very hard, but also beneficial to me. i have learnt a lot over the past 13 years & made a vast amount of progress. But there is also a deep frustration with the way this society is in relation to the difficulties & experiences i have had, & what i see as the massive amount of ignorance around it all.

i feel very aware, & always have been, of approaches & understandings that i feel i would/could have been very helped by - But i can’t find/access it all - have to make do with my lot & accept the way everything is. It both horrifies & angers me. But that is the realities of this society/culture/World - i think it’s largely barbaric, backward & uncivilised, & i always have thought that - & i can’t pretend it’s otherwise. This planet is a kind of Hell, & that’s how it feels to me.

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It might be helpful to come up with a list, you know, like a “I want this” sort of list in which you can envision the type of world you need. It would be based on your psychological needs, physical needs, emotional needs, all the things that would complete you. Sometimes society wants to help, but doesn’t always know what your needs are. Make it clear.

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Primarily what i said - genuine validation & understanding - someone to genuinely & deeply listen to my story - the endless catch 22 is that people don’t understand my experiences - it’s down to me primarily to work through it all & always has been. There’s no genuine understanding or support from psychiatry & the mental health system - that is all pathology, lock up, labels & drugs. Within society very few people will work with ‘schizophrenics’ - & ignorance, stigma & discrimination around it all is rife.

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I know this. I know we are all locked in our skins. Do you expect too much? I don’t know, a lot of people are just people, I don’t expect much.

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Maybe i do expect too much, especially from such a society/culture/civilisation/Age as this one.

But it grates me, & has done for the past 30 years - that there is so little compassion & understanding on these areas - But i suppose that also applies to many of the things of this World.

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i would like to practice, explore & be true to a tradition that is more authentic to my culture & background. Was raised Church of England & my real Father was Catholic.

Despite a lot of reservations around Christianity, it is imbedded in me & my culture.

A lot of the more ‘new age’ stuff i’m more & more losing trust in.

What else is there? Some kind of old pagan type stuff or Arthurian type things?

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I’ve found it certainly interesting to explore these areas, but I’ve only touched very lightly on spiritual systems, focussing more on mindfulness and other Buddhist meditations such as metta, loving-kindness, and have found them to be a direct help. Also certain speakers like Osho, Adyashanti and Eckhart Tolle I find relaxing and helping to make sense of the world, and provide a certain amount of guidance on a spiritual path.

But generally I haven’t tried to explore all these many traditions. Osho once said, “there are many paths that lead to God, but if you try to walk them all you will be lost, you have to choose a path”, and I agree with him on this. It’s a question of choosing what resonates with you, and then getting from it as much as you can until you out grow it.

If you find new Christian belief interesting, you might want to look into Anthroposophy, Apotheosis, it is a relatively new tradition which has strong Christian roots.

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