How would you feel if I told you that before you were born, you chose your life time and you chose your circumstances (with all of it's consequences) in order to provide you with life lessons, all for the sake of preparing you to be a healer and giver, a fixer, a soother, a lover of all of humanity?
How about if it were suggested to you that you have been divinely led to where you are because you are energetically capable to be the provider of comfort and healing to humanity during a New World Order? What about the concept of you having agreed to accept the responsibility of a healer's life? How's this: Did you choose your parents and your upbringing in order to provide you with the nuances necessary to fulfill your Karmic agreement?
Some of you may stop reading this right now. That's alright. Obviously, if you do not believe in the concepts of karma or reincarnation as a result of traditional religious belief, or it simply does not make sense to you logically, this blog post may offend you. If this is the case, please accept my apologies. Make no mistake, though. I only apologize for possibly offending you. I do not apologize for my beliefs. The reason? I believe that all paths are valid and lead to the same truth. Your beliefs are just as valid as mine. My beliefs are just as valid as yours. We simply arrive at Truth in different ways.
Why is this an important subject to raise? Because one of my life's lessons in order to fulfill my soul's agreement is to teach tolerance and respect, the importance of self love and healthy boundaries to other healers. How do I know that this is one of my life's lessons? Because of being on the receiving end of much manipulation and dysfunctional toxicity during my upbringing. Intuitively I know that I chose these unpleasant circumstances, and sure enough, they appeared. And for them, I am grateful. I was faced with a future of energtically giving to others what I was receiving- judgement, blurred boundaries and misery. Free choice and free will met me eye to eye, and I chose the high road. I love being who I am. It is because of the life lessons I chose to take on that I am in the position I am in right now, which is to say I help healers to heal. When we encounter darkness, we are that much closer to the Light.
I ask you to take a reflective look at the circumstances which have arisen in your life. Take a look inward. What led you to healing? Did you bounce back from a neglectful childhood, for example? Do you have abandonment issues? From where do you obtain your sense of self worth, the opinions and feedback of others, or do you simply "know" innately of your value? Is your ego stroked when you give care to others, or do you give from your soul, which only knows compassion?
Just ponder. Just be. Remember you are worthy yourself of the care and nurture which you provide to others, and always Nurse Your Spirit!
:redbeathe Pour me a cherry kool-aid... I believe reincarnation and religion go hand-in-hand. It all makes sense to me... I too, cannot believe your soul has a one time shot in a body. I believe we keep being reborn until we get it right with God, then we are a part of the bigger picture. My family thinks I'm bonkers, but I guess we will not agree in this particular lifetime. :redbeathe:up:
I completely agree with you. I feel the same way about my own life. I am not a nurse yet, starting pre-requisite courses in August, but I truly feel called to this path. I began as a Christian in life, accepting what was told to me, never questioning until I got older. Then in high school, I began to feel that Christianity was an exclusive club, only accepting those who proclaim to follow Christ, and rejecting all others as unworthy. This didn't sit well with me as I became an adult and started college. I began to see that the teachings I had received were wrong, and I was not okay with that. I became an atheist, which to me became the path to truly understanding God.
I began to question everything I had been taught, and through a lot of hard times in my life I finally began to understand God. Not with religion. It is my opinion that religion doesn't lead you fully to God. I finally found God for myself. I've been exposed to a lot of teaching and reading since, and I have come to learn that God is all loving. It doesn't matter who you are, or what you believe, you will eventually be led to God. I read a lot about God, and teachings about God. What's resonated with me most strongly is Conversations with God by Neale Donale Walsh and Deepak Chopra's teaching.
I do believe that God is always with us. I do believe that he leads us to our calling. And I finally realized my calling is nursing. Took me awhile. I'm 28 and floundered around for a long time, before I found my true calling. I realized that nursing will allow me to help people enjoy and appreciate their lives, as well as enjoy and accept death when it does come. I want to help people. All I've wanted to do my entire life is help people. I've finally realized a way to do that.
As far as believing in karma and reincarnation, yes I do believe in that. I believe I'm on my own path towards soul growth, and that God is helping me all the way. I believe that I have the ability to choose my own life, my parents, my life circumtances etc, to help me further my spiritual path. I believe that God allows me all the time I need to realize my own spiritual growth, and become one with him. It may take many lifetimes, but everyone is on that path, and we will all get there someday.
While I can't say I'm "religious" I do believe that Christ's teachings are the best way to God. Christ teaches to love God with all your heart, and to love others as yourself. I do believe that that is the best way to live in life, and that that's what nursing is all about. While other "Christians" may reject me because I don't believe Christ is the only way to God, and I don't believe anyone is condemned to hell, I am fully confident in my own beliefs and rejection is okay with me. I believe what I know, and I am fully confident that I am learning more every day.
Anyone who agrees with my post and wants to talk more, please feel free to contact me.
I'm so glad I saw this article. It's nice to read other's thoughts on this subject that so closely mirror what I feel and believe in. Tonyavicci, I could have written your exact response, wow to be where you are at 28 (I'm 48)!
I have spent many years searching for my truth, spritituality, health, mind-body-spirit, trying to truly understand our meaning and our body's role for us...are our diseases, body aches, pains, disorders a reflection of our spirit or is all due to malfunctioning DNA and why does DNA start malfunctioning? I have studied and practiced massage therapy, am certified in hypnotherapy (including medical and past lives), healing touch, accupressure, reflexology, craniosacral therapy....i've studied many therapies over the last 20 years. And now I am onto a nursing career, because I want to continue to learn the medical end of health and hopefully integrate it all one day, and being an RN will bring credibility to all those holistic practices I've studied. I am finishing pre-reqs now and hope to be in the 2011 spring nursing program. I am also concurrently studying for certification in medical intuition and energy medicine. Seriously, I love to learn! I'm not sure where all this is going at this point, but I do feel like I have been guided by a divine hand to learn all of this and then I will hopefully integrate it all and use it to help those I can. I do really feel our life paths are pre-planned before we arrived on this planet, in order to learn and make a difference in a way that is unique to us.
As far as the karmic cool-aid is concerned, in past lives I have been mostly involved in healing/shamanism/tribual healer or sprituality/monk/priest, so what I am doing in this life is just but a continuation of the knowledge my soul has accumulated over a many lifetimes. It all makes sense when you start looking deeper into who we are.
My favorite books that were eye opening are Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls by Dr. Michael Newton, and books by Dr. Brian Weiss, who'm I had the priviledge to train from.
Anyway, so glad I have gotten to read everyone's posts and its nice to know there are other members of this site that share the same/similar views. Thanks for your thoughts.
To be a healer you have to be very present in the now and your ego has to be put aside.
I currently am disabled and not able to practice nursing but I have not stopped being a healer.
To be an effective healer I have to be centered. The energy can then flow and be used to help someone.
It took me a long time and some work with a nontraditional healer to become aware of these things. Sometimes just a touch of the hand or finding some time to talk with someone who needs comfort is more therapeutic than any drug.
What gives me real joy is removing pain if I can, and giving care to those who are suffering. In this way, I am showing the pure love of Christ to our fellow travellers here in this domain we call life. I know it's appreciated because I had the experience of having lots of pain and suffering in my lifetime, and when you are laying in bed, feeling horrible, you can still think about things, and perhaps work some things out.
Regarding pain and suffering (of all types, situational, physical, mental, etc.) it is hard to really believe that we actually signed up for it. But for all givers, there must be receivers and needers, who make an opportunity for others to be givers and carers. We might be givers all of our lives, or receivers, or we might reside on a wheel, being both during different times in our lives.
I believe it's all about love and love power, if you will. Loving others and being forgiving of others can help us learn to love and forgive ourselves. It's like a skill, the more you practice, the better you can get. This is what I believe, and it is quite close to you, Doc Lori. I do believe a merciful God would let us try again if we felt like we really blew it, or could have done better. I think many, if not most people, realizing the whole of their lives, in honesty, could do better and would want to do better.
A very interesting book I am reading now is called Legacy of the Heart by Wayne Muller. Subtitled The spiritual advantages of a painful childhood. Though children go through pain of varying degrees, they usually go through at least a painful/awkward teenage time so that no one gets through without a scratch. It's a great read, and you might be interested in reading for yourself.
And, while you're up, could you please get me a glass of that lime koolaid? I see your glass is empty, and I'll get you some too.
I do believe that everything that happens to us is part of who we are today. I also believe that I am unique and created with a unique purpose that doesn't include being recycled (for lack of a better term) I believe that you get one life to excel or fritter away. I also believe that my life is part of God's plan for me and that it isn't the "same" as what everyone else believes. Everyone has a right to believe what they like and live accordingly. They don't have the right however, to tell me that my beliefs are the same as theirs. :)
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You have put my rambling ideas into a nice neat summary. I came from a long line of healers and to experiance life as a nurse is humbling and INpowering. Everyday I learn of outward things which always brings a greater inward learning. Happiness is the best happy feeling When I was a little bity girl I wanted to be like Mother Teresa ....then
I did not grow up with religion so I have developed my own beliefs as an adult. I am very science minded, and believe in science, but that left so many things unexplained. I then found God, but do not belong to an organized religion (non-denominational). I believe that regardless of your religion, and whatever you call your higher power its just God by a different name, and he doesn't care what you call him so I respect all religions. I believe that God started the big bang by design, and have ingrained God and Science.
One of my big struggles was how could God let Children suffer, be abused, die etc. Then I came to the conclusion that God gave people free will, and he doesn't allow, plan, or make bad things happen. People do that with their free will. When these things happen he is with us. He gives us strength, tries to help us, and gives us mercy.
Then I struggled with reincarnation. I really like the idea. It would be easy for me to incorporate it with God, and Science except for one tiny issue. If it were true then it would mean that God knowingly sent someone back to be molested, tortured, abused, and killed as an infant. It would also mean that someone would make a choice to do that, and both concepts are difficult for me. If anyone could explain this to me it would be great.
I believe in healing touch, and that there is so much more to us than we are often aware. My greatest gift is my ability to feel. Sometimes I have trouble listening to what someone is saying because I get caught up in what they are feeling. This allows me have a lot of empathy, and connect to people deeply, and quickly. I can walk into a room and not only help the patient physically, but give comfort to their spirit and soul. This is why I am a nurse.
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:redbeathe Pour me a cherry kool-aid... I believe reincarnation and religion go hand-in-hand. It all makes sense to me... I too, cannot believe your soul has a one time shot in a body. I believe we keep being reborn until we get it right with God, then we are a part of the bigger picture. My family thinks I'm bonkers, but I guess we will not agree in this particular lifetime.
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