In the movie, The Living Matrix, a woman named Ariel learns to love her brain cancer, and then it disappears. She says that the miracle isn’t that it disappeared, but that she could learn to love it. I’ve thought a lot about this, and haven’t gotten past the paradox. If I love my cancer for the purpose of making it go away, I’m not really loving it. I’ve had glimpses of feeling neutral and knowing that I will be OK no matter what, but my preference still is to have the cancer disappear. If that has happened for one person (and it has), it can happen for any of us.
In my continuing curiosity about healing and what is possible, I attended a three-day Matrix Energetics workshop in Seattle this month, taught by Richard Bartlett, the founder, and Melissa Joy. They didn’t define Matrix Energetics because they said if they defined it, they would limit it to show up only as how they defined it. So I can’t tell you what it is, but I can share some of what I heard.
Some of the ideas I heard were not new to me, but I heard them a little differently. Everything is energy, or universal consciousness. I am part of Universal Consciousness and can tap into it when I let go of the idea that I am separate. My left brain thinking won’t get me there. The field of the heart, where we are all connected, is the gateway.
They talked about changing models and thus perceiving differently. Give up the “broken and fix-it” model. The more I focus on fighting a disease, the more power it has. They weren’t saying not to treat cancer. They were suggesting that the attitude with which I approach the treatment makes a difference. Neutrality gives me access to all possibilities.
I believe that miracles are possible, and I believe we are all connected in Universal Consciousness. I believe that cancer is just another form of energy, and can be “treated” at an energy level. I believe Universal Consciousness is where our intuition comes from, and one of the 6 treatments I am following is to trust my intuition about treatment.
I hesitate to write about this because it’s really woo-woo and some of you may think I’ve gone over the edge. Even though I don’t know yet what to “do” with this information, it is fascinating to me. I want to learn more and would love to be in dialogue with you if you have some experience with tapping into Universal Consciousness.
Dear Jan,
Please don’t hesitate to discuss your processes with us. We are travel mates on this Healing Journey. Woo, woo, is relative anyway, right? It seems the older and wiser we get the more woo,woo, we see as interesting possibilities to guide some of our decisions. Please Share.
Intuitive Blessings,
Sandra
i’ve read that energetic medicine will be the next big thing, and i believe it.
Edison talked about universal consciousness when he said all the ideas are out there; you just have to reach out and get them.
i believe that universal consciousness is a player in serendipity, and when i’m grounded, and moving slowly enough to notice, my thinking (energy) literally brings what i want to my doorstep.
Dear Jan
Woo woo is just a pejorative term for things that ‘science’ cannot prove within their limited paradigm. I sense that you are looking outside this realm and I hope and trust that you are fining more suitable answers to your questions. Re loving the cancer: when I have a hard time getting behind a new belief I tell myself I am ‘willing’ to do it and ask for grace and help. Blessings
Jan, my continued blessings on your healing journey. From everything I’ve seen, you’re definitely on the right track.
I am a Reiki practitioner and a hypnotherapist, and I have seen first-hand the power of both energy medicine and visualization. Both are becoming more accepted in the medical field.
If you want to see one doctor’s perspective on–and experience with–some seemingly “woo-woo” stuff, read the recently published book “The Art of Healing” by Bernie S. Siegel, MD. I have read a lot of books on healing, and this is by far the best.
In 1980, after breast cancer, I engaged a woman to treat me with neurolinguistic programming (in addition to chemo and my dietary efforts).
In doing this, she asked me, when I was in a very relaxed, rather hypnotic state, to image what unsolvable problem or dilemma caused my cancer. Then she asked me whether I was willing to find another solution to this problem.
I have had other cancers since then, but no recurrence of that one. Jan