Healers Journey

Issues In Health Care

This is the recording of an interview I conducted with two experts on natural healing

Michael and Dr. Russell

In one of the strange (some would say natural) coincidences of life on Saturday my father, life-long skeptic about all things metaphysical and religious, climbed the Jake Swamp. The white pine is the tallest of its species in the United States and the tallest tree in New England and is located in the Trees of Peace grove in the Mohawk State Forest. The grove is recognized by the state and is dedicated to Native American elders who have used it to conduct sacred ceremonies. My father made the climb in order to measure it as part of the ENTS (Eastern Native Tree Society) conference.

I became aware of the grove earlier this year when Peter Champoux gave a talk at the Center For New Knowledge in Northampton. I’m a fan of Peter’s book “Gaia Matrix”, having been instructed in a dream to use it as a guide in my work with sacred sites and energy lines (for more information on Peter’s work see his website). Peter talked about his most recent study of what he calls the “Trees of Peace Wheel”- a circle of 12 sites all around the grove at equal distances from it, all of which are associated with peaceful energies. For example the trees are located at the halfway point between the Grafton, NY and Leverett, MA Peace Pagodas along the Peacemaker ley line, named after a Native American prophet who’s philosophy may have influenced the U.S. Constitution.

I didn’t become aware of my father’s involvement with ENTS until after I had heard Peter’s talk and made plans to visit the grove. This and other synchronicities helped me see the importance of building bridges between spiritual and environmental movements. On my first visit to the grove this spring I could feel the healing energy in that sacred place. After I prayed with a group of friends in the grove this summer, I brought a pine cone home with me and dreamed that night of it growing roots.

My father and I haven’t always agreed on everything, but I love him and I’m proud of his work to protect the natural environment and its residents. For those of you wishing to learn more about the status of Massachusetts’ state forests and what can be done to preserve them, visit the Forestwatch website

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It’s been about four weeks now since I started a new dietary and nutritional regimen which includes drinking a gallon a day of alkaline Kangen water. I haven’t yet noticed a major change in my energy level (which has been low), but I have noticed a large reduction in my cravings for unhealthy foods, so I feel like I’ve made progress. I appreciate any prayers, good energy, Etc.

“There are a thousand paths that have never yet been trodden…. Humanity and humanity’s earth are still unexhausted and undiscovered. Watch and listen, you solitaries! From the future come winds with a stealthy flapping of wings; and good tidings go out to delicate ears”

– Friedrich Nietzsche

It is clear today that the level of human/machine interaction is greater than at any time during recorded history, and that the emergence and expansion of the Internet and cellular telephone networks have linked people in ways that were difficult to conceive of just ten or twenty years ago.  The ability to communicate with so many people virtually instantaneously, regardless of physical location, seems unprecedented. We find ourselves joined in an unimaginably vast web of mind-to-mind interconnections.  I believe that the interlinking of people through technology has created new neural pathways for us. But what we do not realize is that technology is a means, not an end in itself.

In his Autobiography of A Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda describes a world of extraordinary supernatural feats, including routine examples of mind-over-matter.  It may be hard for modern Westerners to believe his story, but we must consider that those events occurred in what was in many ways a pre-technological society in late 19^th and early 20^th century India.  The yogis made use of the tools that were available to them–the techniques of metaphysics.  Is a man reading another person’s thoughts or levitating really more remarkable than talking by cellular telephone to someone halfway across the world or cloning a human embryo?

What would happen if the Internet and global telephone networks suddenly went off-line, unplugging the Earth’s population from the vast ocean of digital interconnections?  It is my belief that hundreds of millions of people would develop increased intuitive faculties and heightened perceptions, in many cases reaching the level of telepathy.

You can easily test this theory for yourself.  Conduct a day-long technology fast (or perhaps two or three days or more) in which you avoid using telephones or computers.  You can expect to experience heightened creativity and a deeper connection to the physical world around you.  I am considering making this a regular practice for myself.

I am not suggesting we reject technology. It has played, and will continue to play, a very important role in awakening us to the possibilities of expanded consciousness, which I will write more about in future articles.

This Saturday, February 13^th, is a very special time in the cosmos. At 9:51 pm (EST) the new moon in Aquarius will energize our collective consciousness with compassion, innovation and increased connectedness. The futuristic sign of the water-bearer, combined with the energy of this new moon, could begin a new period of highly energized social movements as an adaption to the huge economic and environmental shifts happening in our world.

Much of this innovation may be technologically based. I also see a shift in which humanity lives more in harmony with nature, and is a better steward of our planet. It is likely that there will be an increased use of more ancient skills and wisdom that will help us to thrive in the new, rapidly changing world.

In addition, we can expect to see new uses of electronic social networking tools, along with the awakening of new pathways and connections within the global “psychic internet.“ The seeds of a new green movement, more integrated with spirituality, could be planted in the coming weeks as well. We will see more openings within the media and other societal institutions for the discussion of extraordinary experiences and new knowledge.

Thanks for being part of the shift.

(I wrote this more than a week ago before the trip, but didn’t post it here until now.  Sorry for the delay)

In our world full of electronics, mass media and all things artificial it can be very difficult for many of us to maintain our connection to nature. This can also be refelected in our struggle to stay in contact with the deep, still center of our being. I have been reminded by several events recently of the importance of this connection.

For the Winter Solstice I participated in a ceremony with a native shaman. He talked at length about 2012 and the coming shifts in global consciousness, the importance of living in harmony with the earth and of being self-sufficient and not relying as much on technology. One story he told was particularly fascinating to me.

The shaman had been in the woods in Maine performing a traditional vision quest, having gone four days in the cold of winter outdoors without food or water. He began to feel fear and was ready to walk back to civilization, but at that moment he noticed a wolf entering the area where he sat. Not wanting to move with the wolf so close, he remained still. Then he heard a dog bark at a house a mile away. He asked himself “What is the difference between a dog and a wolf?”

“It was that day that I realized what we are. We are wolves” At that moment his fear fell away, and he completed the vision quest.

The next morning, as if the universe were demonstrating the truth of his words, my home internet connection was not working. When we called our provider we were told that our service had been interrupted due to a region-wide outage, and would be available again in an hour. I reacted differently than I might have in the past. I reflected for a moment on how many people were going through painful experiences of anger, frustration and other emotions as a result of having their digital connections severed, even for a short time. Then I went for a walk outside.

Happy, blessed new year to everyone!