The Way Spiritual Progression/Development

Healing and Guidance/Counselling

Healing:

I would like to describe as simply as possible the healing system that I use. It is not faith healing; which requires the recipient to have belief in the healer and their energy, it is spiritual healing that I use, which requires no faith or belief what so ever other than my own (the healer). How this works is as follows, the healer basically raises his antenna and tunes into the level where they receive the signal that they require to pass healing on to the recipient, much in the same way as radio station signals are floating around us all the time, but until the radio is tuned into them you cannot receive that particular station. The healing energy that I use is a very naturally occurring energy that is around everybody when even a minor cut or abrasion occurs, physically the body starts to heal itself mechanically, there is a spiritual energy that also assists the body to heal.

Although most people could learn to tune into the healing level through calming/quietening themselves through meditation for self-healing, somebody who has practiced more (like a healer), would be able to do this more effectively, they have a bigger antenna and would therefore be able to receive and transfer more of this energy to the recipient. Generally spiritual healing requires no contact between the healer and the recipient, however I have found while tuned in and healing that I have been guided on occasions to gently manipulate/massage an effected area. The healer and recipient must of course be aware of all safeguarding and self-protection issues while taking into account confidentiality over anyone’s health issues, I would always then recommend to anyone that there is always at least one chaperone present to protect both parties.

I would personally recommend that when giving/receiving healing with children, one of their parents should be present and possibly a second chaperone. When doing healing I try to operate in as open an environment as possible, taking into account individuals’ sensitivities, for instance I have administered healing at the side of a football pitch on several occasions. There are many types of healing and I do not think that anybody would be able to prove that one type is better than another, try them and see which one works for you.

On a very serious note I have done healing on terminally ill people and I feel as they did, that it wasn’t about curing them in this instance, it was about assisting them on their path to where they needed to go i.e. peace of mind and spirit. A healer will always work in conjunction with modern medicine and your personal pathway choice. Unfortunately healing in the same way as medical science, does not guarantee a cure, and should be thought of at its lowest level as assistance towards a cure if possible. I would suggest that you always follow medical advice and use healing in addition.

The results of the healing I have delivered have been varied which is to be expected, the benefits of which can only really be commented on or assessed by the people who have received it, and certainly not by the healer themselves. Therefore I will end this section saying something I have said before, personal recommendation is a good way to move forward and then to feel whether this particular healer is the one for you.

Guidance/Counselling:

I shall proceed to give you my opinion on guidance /counselling. It is my belief that while we are teachers to some we are students to others, I include the spiritual level in this philosophy.I for example as a spiritual teacher, upon finding myself with a lesson I may not understand, whether that be my own lesson or on behalf of someone else, would go to spirit and ask for guidance, much in the same way a student or nonstudent may come to me for guidance on a point/lesson that they are having difficulties with. Unfortunately this guidance process is not the normal/easy way that most people choose to deal with things, because of the way life unfolds. The lesson that you got right at your front door, may be repeated for you just down the road at someone else’s front door, however the people involved in that lesson have different anxieties, insecurities and morals. Therefore this could then make it look to you that although you have just got this lesson right, you are now getting it wrong, and you will if you are unable to learn to take into account the constantly variable insecurities, prejudices and egos of the other people involved in any lesson.

The problem arises when other issues either consciously or subconsciously are effecting the point/lesson being learned. For example I had a student who had been training with me for quite a while and a point was raised within a group setting, all of the other people in the group pointed out that they felt the student was wrong, but the student absolutely could not see it at this time. I applied teaching calmness and more detailed guidance, but it became obvious that on this point, the student like most people, had issues, prejudices and insecurities which had been taught/learned through their life experience. These issues were interfering with their ability to understand that particular point. Unfortunately this is the norm and applies to most people, even when their issues are not directly to do with the point in hand, and therefore results in the same/similar circumstances repeating themselves until the issues are addressed or at least seen by yourself or by others.

This is when teaching/guidance alone will not work, we then have to move into the counselling area to untie the ball of string life has created, this will enable the student to see the point that everybody else could see, so long as they do not adopt the normal egotistical attitude toward counselling. Frustratingly for all, this student would normally quite easily be able to see this level of point, therefore reinforcing that something other than the point was causing them to lock off and not be able to see. This is normally what happens when people become frustrated, emotional or annoyed, we all do it as a temporary response to feeling attacked, but once we calm down, apply balance and the truth, most of the time we can normally see what the other person was saying, if we are wrong and only if we believe we are wrong, we should then apologise as soon as possible.

If we cannot agree with other people on almost any issue once the suggestions above are achieved, it would tell us that there are issues which are deeper than either yourself or the other person may be aware of, this would normally mean that the issue keeps repeating and therefore counselling would be the place you need to look towards.

Please remember counselling starts at the most basic level with one person opening up in conversation with another person who has agreed to share and give them input on a situation, this could be your family or a friend. It is important to remember that your brain will be saying that this person may be influenced by the politics of the situation that you all find yourselves in, your brain may use this as an excuse not to communicate about the problem/lesson. If you think this, make sure that you point out to whoever you are talking to and be aware of it yourself, that this particular conversation should be in confidence, and actually say: ‘This conversation is in confidence, just between us.’, before you start to talk. It could be that some of the people I have suggested you could talk to, may be people that you having problems with, as well as confidentiality issues. This is why it works well for most people to talk to a counsellor who has no contact with anybody they know, as far as they know.

The first point to take into account when going to an independent counsellor is the fact that you are talking openly, outwardly and confidentially about a situation, which will start to help you. I have heard many people describe their counsellors as professional listeners, this is true they are, and most of the time, that’s where people need to start. If you spend longer working with a counsellor or go to a stronger/different counsellor, you may find that you get slightly more input from them, varying up to being told to stop kidding yourself and look at life truthfully. I have heard on occasions, people unfairly criticise their counsellors, saying that they feel they know more about life than their counsellor, and they may. It is my experience that these people have chosen to go to this level of counsellor instead of working with whoever they were working with initially, where they apparently learned so much about life. Once they realise this of the new counsellor, if they stay with them, they are then choosing to take the easy option while moaning about it.

My answer to this is that you should change your counsellor, or go back and learn more from the person/system that you learned so much from, before you needed to go to the counsellor. You should only do this after questioning and understanding why you stopped learning there in the first place.

I believe as I have already said, that there are 3 main areas in life, the physical, the mental and the spiritual. All counsellors will be able to help you with all 3 areas to one degree or another, even if this help is to pass you on to someone else that they believe can assist you further. If you are struggling with any aspect of life, there are people who can help you, but you need to get off of your arse and actually do something about it. If you go anywhere for spiritual guidance/counselling, you will find that you get compassion, you will get empathy, you most certainly should get some tough love, which we all need from time to time in our lives.

The biggest problem I have observed which gets in the way of people asking for help, is their ego. Guidance/counselling is ultimately asking for someone’s input who may have a better way of looking at, or doing something. This does not mean you are stupid or dumb, things change in life, 2+2 isn’t always just 4, it amazes me that people get stuff as right as they do most of the time.

Do yourself a favour and learn to ask for help when you need it, you might even get it.

Two Johns.