Homeopathy - Healing On the Level
of Soul
Although homeopathy's benefits are mostly talked about in
terms of physical, emotional and mental health, there is also
the mystical aspect of its assistance on the spiritual or soul's journey
underlying the course of our physical lives. This mysterious working is one that can become more and more relevant as our lives progress. For not only can homeopathic remedies ease our bodies and minds, their action can stimulate a larger holistic sense of understanding
and help us lighten up around the experience of more physically-based
preoccupations.
As a homeopath continually seeking to expand
my abilities to support others in their health-related processes,
my own expectations are often just a trifle optimistic. Such as, with the right remedy, we can stay
healthy and maintain good physical functioning indefinitely! How the heck did I come to that belief? Certainly not from observing life
around us; after all, no one makes it forever, including master homeopaths. Just this past week alone, our profession is
mourning the sudden passing of an internationally renowned and well-beloved
icon in homeopathy from fast-progressing brain cancer.
Talk of not making it may seem an odd subject to raise in
this newsletter about how to stay healthy!
But with all the finger-pointing and debate about
how to preserve our health amidst so many destructive forces at work around us (environmental degradation, pharmaceutical/corporate greed
etc.), we can get the idea that by following the "right" path, surely we deserve to mitigate the Grim Reaper of disease, destruction and death. But when physical health is held as the
highest standard of well-being (not to mention moral superiority!), we lose the perspective that our physical lives are lived in service to a
soul's journey and that it is here where we experience the most meaningful
growth and transformation.
Homeopathy is an art and science focused on supporting the individual's
freedom to express and experience whatever they are here to do and be in life. It's worth remembering however, that eventually
we need to look beyond physical healing and include the deeper
processes of a person's life journey.
While "spiritual enlightenment" may not be each person's ultimate goal, we can
still come to know healing and freedom as more than the absence of physical
suffering. We can experience miracles of
profound healing, even as our bodies continue their progress toward eventual
demise. The presence of pain loses its
terror as we experience a deeper understanding of our life's greater journey and compassion for the larger world in which
it is taking place. While each of us has
a unique road to walk and will make our unique way along it, homeopathy's influence transcends even to the level of the soul, assisting its evolution through the physical lives we live.
