HEALING

 

If the forecast is correct we are through with this cold snap. It was 6 F when I went to bed and warmed a little over night. It is 18.5 now. It is supposed to get up to the forties next week.

Humans are generally very good at reacting to catastrophes, we are not that good at anticipating them and why should we. It is not a good idea to look into the future with dread. However, we can keep our minds in the present and see what we see. Many of us see a world falling apart. We see a need to question how we have been living on Planet Earth and how we can do better.

I have been contemplating the idea of Healing/Learning Centers for a long time. I expected them to evolve into a re-learning center dealing with our whole relationship with each other and the Earth. We need to give up everything we think we know and start fresh. We need to relook at education, medicine, anthropology, nutrition, farming, science in general, everything.

Where do we start? What can we do? What seems to be an unmeet need? I think we could start with healing of the mind and body. The majority of people do not have adequate medical care. Even those who could afford it rarely get the care that they really need. How many people have had the experience of sitting down with a doctor for at least one hour and end up with the feeling that their situation is fully understood? Did you discover how your diet, your relationships, your feelings, etc. may interact with your condition?

I can imagine a collection of healers gathering together to create a center for healing. The healers would come from all disciplines and there would be no hierarchy. Patients would be offered a smorgasbord of options and although they may request guidance they cannot give up their autonomy to choose their treatment. The patients expertness on their own body and mind will be honored. That is not to say the healers are not expected to make it clear how they may disagree with the patients perspective. We are all in this together. Healing is always learning in progress.

Healing will never be offered for a price. Those who can afford to make a payment can pay what they are comfortable with. Those who cannot pay may offer their services in the organic gardens that will surround the place.

It is anticipated that most of the food will be provided by adjacent gardens.

Perhaps some of the healers, who come together, will be experts in herbal medicine. It is expected, nature being perfect, that there is a cure for what ails us growing a few miles from our location.

We know that the mind and body are one and we can't treat one without affecting the other.

We need to rediscover [remember] who we are in relationship to the Earth. We need to rediscover that Nature is our loving friend and caretaker; truly a Mother.

When the conditions are right I expect folks will come together to provide these needs for a broken world.

I will write more about this soon. I need to take our dog to the groomer and go to the feed store.

Have a Great Friday!

Love and Peace, Gregg