HOLISTIC HEALING
the principles and practice
by  Ken Atherton 

A. Introduction

    This document is written with the intent to aid those learning or practicing a healing profession. It provides some of the guidelines learnt through 30 years of experience as a community pharmacist, both in allopathic and naturopathic medicine.

    It is written on healing from a holistic approach, considering the person as a whole, consisting of body, mind, emotions and spirit. It incorporates spiritual truth into this healing model clarifying the effects of mental and emotional stress on disease processes and provides positive directions for healing.

    In making recommendations around life style changes and the use of healing modalities to encourage wellness in self and another, it is first necessary to define and describe the terminologies used including health, wellness, disease and dis-ease in both the body and the mind.

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B. Definitions

1. Health - physical 

    The physical state of a person, be it "well" or "diseased."

2. Health - mental

    The mental and emotional state of a person at any given time. Be it "calm and rational" or "ill at ease" and irrational. A condition that is affected by the emotions and thoughts that "flow" due to the various occurrences that daily impact upon the consciousness of the person from within and without.

3. Wellness - physical is:

    A condition where the physical body of a person is in no way "afflicted" by any adverse biological condition, be it of a viral or bacterial invasion, injury received, or lack from incorrect diet etc. Thus the biological "system" is well balanced.

4. Wellness - mental/emotional is:

    A condition where the spirit soul of a person is in no way "afflicted" by any adverse mental or emotional condition, be it due to negative emotions "stressed" and out of control or negative thought processes running unchecked causing mental instability. Thus the psyche is well balanced.

5. Disease - physical

    A condition where there is an affliction due to an abnormal vital function involving any structure, part, or system of a person. It may be a specific illness or disorder characterized by a recognizable set of symptoms, attributable to infection, diet, injury, environment, or of a hereditary nature.

6. Dis-ease - physical

Physical dis-ease may be a biological affliction through which the person "feels" discomfort in some way. Aching back, cold feet, a thorn in the toe, etc. thus they cannot feel "at ease," comfortable. Feelings of un-wellness are not a disease, they are feelings of dis-ease that result from being subjected to an affliction, be it viral, or other.

7. Disease - mental/emotional

    A condition where there is the presence of active negative emotions accompanied by irrational, despairing, or other negative thought processes. It may be a specific illness or disorder characterized by a recognizable set of symptoms, attributable to negative emotional energy and telepathic subjugation of the mind. e.g., thoughts and feelings on fear, hatred, vengeance, sadness, jealousy, etc.

On a spiritual level, any soul with negative emotions is a diseased soul, contaminated by darkness to a greater or lesser degree. People residing in the many "realms" outside of heaven (pure light) do at this point in time falsely believe that negative emotions are a "normal" state.

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8. Dis-ease - mental/emotional

Negative emotions are a condition that leads to emotional dis-ease that is "felt" when the emotion is triggered, be it anger or frustration or fear etc, and the mind is not "set at ease" until either it the mind has by "thoughts" reacted in some way by word or deed to "set the matter right."

Thus mental/emotional dis-ease is the feeling felt or thoughts thought due to the actions of another or self "seen" as at fault and needing "correction."

9. Sickness

    Sickness is not a disease, it is the term used to describe the result of an affliction, be it biological or spiritual. For example, feeling nauseous.

10. Life and Life Force, our expression and vitality etc. 

    a. A definition of life is:
    A living organism that has a variety of capabilities depending upon its "status" in the chain of life from its simplest forms upwards, having the capacity to reproduce itself. Biological life as we know it on this level is finite with an "end" and only spiritual life is infinite.

    b. A definition of life force is:
    The God given Light spiritual energy that outpours and enables organisms to grow, reproduce, absorb and use nutrients, evolve, and in some organisms, achieve mobility, express consciousness, and demonstrate a voluntary use of the senses.

    c. Our expression
    We are conscious expressive beings using the Universal energy that has "in-flowed" to energize our actions in an unique, individually expressed way that involves the "out-flowing" of that energy in both its positive and negative aspects.

    d. Universal energy is that energy comprising the "all" of the Source, thus being the Light life force energy as well as the Dark destructive force energy of which we are free to use, "partake."

Our deeded expression depends upon the energetic power of the emotional state of the moment and has no correlation to the "constant" inflow of the life force that sustains life.

    e. Our vitality
    Is a statement on the well-being of our physical state and the activated life force energy within us that energizes our being. 

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 f. Factors affecting the flow of life force energy

        i. Negative practices
    The only factor affecting the inflow of life force energy is the state of the energy centres of the soul. Any "imbalance" to these centres directly affects our emotional balance/imbalance. Negative imbalance was/is induced over time and pre this life time due to negate-ive practices.

(negate-ive "negate" v/s negative "dark")

    These negative practices are mainly the result of "denial" of, or control through, or distortion of, or forceful intrusion into, in the sexual "habits" of mankind either to or by their loved one that affected the free flow of creation and resulted in a multiplicity of negative attributes that all caused restriction/constriction in the spiritual energy flow centres.

    The "affecting" of the free flow of light energy took place as the negative emotions of frustration, anger, jealousy, hatred, fear etc were triggered during any retributive response to the above factors, and as these dark emotions then "grew" through the ingress of destructive dark energy the whole being started to "stew" and "contort" and distort into its present "ugly" "sinful"* state. A diseased soul.

(Sinful*) meaning: negative emotions full of dark energy.

        ii. Positive practices
    Self help in "clearing" these centres or "chakras" as they are known by some, through meditation or other means is now being assisted by the powerful accelerated inflow of universal Light energy from the Source, as well as the result of the consciousness of man being raised through education that will bring forth clarity on the personal relationships issues.

     There is an eternal life force energy inflowing through our divine core but it increases when we are lovingly expressive. It is "reduced" and restricted when we draw on the destructive energy force.

    The inflowing energy "called forth" by us through our verbal or physical expression is either the positive creative life force energy or the negative destructive force energy flowing through the relative emotion. Be it positive or negative.

    Remember, we are primarily spirits having a spiritual body that resides within our biological flesh temporarily. The flesh always looks "fresh and beautiful" in its youth and hides the true nature of the spirit within, that can also be beautiful and brilliant or dark and ugly due to its inner sin state (negative emotions).

    The "energy flow" centres are only fully "open" when the soul attains a "free of sin" status, the "perfected" dis-ease free state of pure Light. (Christed soul). This perfect state is only attainable when we heed God's "Only love" commandment at all times.

For when being "less" than loving we are contaminating our souls with dark energy that brings forth not only feelings of dis-ease but this spiritually diseased state can have a "flow on" effect that results in our flesh becoming diseased as the cell reproduction processes are affected by "critical" negative energy.

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g. Availability of energy involves:

       i.  Life Force - the very energy essence of our being, our "God given" energy for life or our "spiritual diet," vitalized energetically when we are happy, joyful and loving with positive expectations.
        ii. Vitality - our earthly diet, being the energy provided to our biological body by the foods, liquids and air ingested. The energy provided being dependent on:
            - the nutrients levels in the foods and liquids.
            - the calorific value of the foods and liquids.
            - the vitality or life force of the foods and liquids.
            - how they are prepared for ingestion.
            - our breath and how we "use" it.
        iii. Out-flowing of energy:
        It involves the energy consumed in biochemical, physical and mental activities including:
        - the digestive "effort" in breaking our foods down into usable components for energy creation, and for building, maintaining and repairing the physical body.
        - the energy consumed in maintaining the integrity and function of the immune system.
        - the energy consumed in maintaining a stable homoeostasis in our physical and mental/emotional states.
        - the energy consumed in cleansing the body of metabolic debris and of ingested toxins.
        It is influenced by:
         - levels of exercise, rest and sleep.
         - our age and state of health/disease.

11. Negative Emotions.

    a. Negative emotional energy

    i. This holistic health model accepts that the presence of negative emotional energy essence (negative emotions) within the spirit/soul whether latent or activated that is seen as normal by man but is abnormal in spiritual terms. It indicates the presence of energy forces that have the capacity to disrupt the well-being of the individual and cause dis-ease.
    ii. All on earth with very few exceptions have this negative emotional energy essence within their spirit/soul at this present time.
    iii. The understanding of the presence of this destructive energy essence and its spiritual implications provides  the "missing link" that explains mental and emotional disease, the development of negative thought and behavioural patterns and their impact on physical wellness.

    b. This understanding is expanded on and referred to further on.

12. Homoeostasis

    a. Definition of physical homoeostasis

    A "state" of relative constancy of positive equilibrium in the internal environment of the physical body that promotes the state of well being on all levels of the being.
    It being a relative constancy in the internal environment of the body, naturally maintained by adaptive responses that promote healthy survival.
    - various sensing, feedback and control mechanisms function to affect this steady state.
    - some of the control mechanisms are the reticular formation* in the brain stem and the endocrine glands.
    - some of the functions controlled by homoeostatic mechanisms are heart beat, blood cell production, blood pressure, body temperature, electrolytic balance, respiration and glandular secretion.

        * a small cluster of neurons nestled in the brain stem that controls the level of consciousness and other vital functions.

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    b. Definition of emotional/mental homoeostasis

    A "state" of relative constancy of positive equilibrium in the internal environment of the mind and emotions that promotes the state of well being on all levels of the person.

    It being attained by understanding spiritual truth and applying positive mind focus, and control mechanisms function to affect this steady state in which we ensure that whatever the conditions prevalent we maintain either "stillness" or positive expression, i.e.. never expressing darkness by word or deed.

    c. Definition of spiritual homoeostasis

    A "state" of relative constancy of positive equilibrium in the internal environment of the spiritual body that promotes the state of well being on all levels of the being.

    It being attained by understanding spiritual truth and applying the "ask" of our creator that we never cause pain, never retaliate in the face of adversity, and that we walk our road in peace and are forgiving and are only loving in our expression.

 C. Holistic Healing

1. Definition

    This may be defined as the facilitation of an increased level of well-being in one or more of the levels of body, mind, emotions and spirit via the inflow of  God's Light and through education, prescription , physical healing and spiritually assisted healing through meditation techniques and the counselling of "attaching" spirits.

    It treats the "whole" person as a vital, resonating, conscious energetic life form involving the interactions between, and the integration of, the physical body, the mind, the emotions and the spirit/soul.

    The art and science of facilitating holistic healing can be said to be the reduction of the negative and an enhancing of the positive influences affecting a persons health, thereby increasing the wellness and strengthening the adaptive responses that help maintain positive homoeostasis.

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D. God's Light

     God's Light is the very essence of life on which we live as earth-bound spirits and as spirits in spiritual realms. It emanates from the Source reaching every being on earth and in spirit through the light core at the centre of their spiritual being. It is the essential force for all healing on earth and in spirit.

1. God's Light and healing of the mind and emotions.

   a. A channelled in-flow of God's Light takes place constantly and leads to the easing of the spirit within and it does also bring about the "withdrawal" of their inner negative emotional forces and thus the reduction of their negative emotional state, and reduces the relative power of their negative thoughts.

    b. Negative emotional energy within a person plays a significant role in many disease processes and the inward flow of God's Light plays a significant role in healing processes.

2.   God's Light and healing of the body.

    a. A steadying of the emotional state can lead to a reduction in physical tension and other functional stresses within the body thus reducing adaptive stresses and thereby enhancing wellness.

    b. An inflow of God's light can "expose" and help "suppress" negative thought patterns and behavioural responses that have been negatively affecting body parts and functions. With a change from negative to positive energy flow through positive and creative thoughts there can be significant healing with increased vitality and function, and a "release" of the dis-ease state and a healing of the disease state..

E. Education and healing.

1. Discussion

    Education provides the person seeking healing with information by which they can positively change from the way they have been that has been responsible for or allowed their un-wellness, to a way that is healthier. The positive healthier way of life promoting wellness with the potential for a reduction or ceasing of symptoms.

    Many seeking help for their health will be focused on and asking for help with the healing of their physical symptoms, but if the cause of the disease is to be addressed at a holistic level, then the deeper emotional and spiritual causes would also need to be included in the educational information provided. This can facilitate and provide a more self-responsible attitude towards health for that person.

    Only when the deepest cause of disease is addressed can healing fully occur. To merely treat the disease symptoms is not holistic healing and leaves the potential for the disease to progress and the symptoms to return.

    The practitioner's listening and empathy with the patient can provide the practitioner with the parameters for the education of the patient. At this time there will be some patients that will not be "interested" in addressing mental and emotional causes of their disease and the accompanying spiritual understanding.

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    There is a need however, to inform the patient of the potential effect on their health of these mental and emotional areas, and the spiritual understanding available so as to provide the opportunity and the resources for their choice, and at least "sowing the seed" so that ahead they can revisit  these areas if they wish.

     This document addresses healing from a holistic stand point and thus includes spiritual understanding that may conflict with religious and other belief systems of both the practitioner and the patient. Only by fully informing themselves of this understanding can either make an informed choice as to their truth of it.

    The areas of education in holistic healing covering the spirit/soul, the emotions, the mind and the body are expanded on below.

2. Spiritual truth and healing of the spirit soul, mind, emotions and body.

    a. Areas of education
        i. - providing the truth of the reality of telepathic spirit influence affecting us from both loving spiritual realms and from negative destructive spiritual realms. (Appendix 3)
        ii. - providing an understanding on the importance of the quality of our expressed acts overtime on our spiritual, emotional and mental well being. (Appendix 2)
        iii. - providing the means by which we may over time build an Ark of Light and love within our mind  thus lessening the negative thought in-flow and influence upon our mind, so that we are more able to be only loving in our acts towards others and self. (Appendix 4)
        iv - providing an understanding as to how to "manage" our thoughts so as to be able to cease or reduce negative thought interplay within our mind. (Appendix 5)
        v. - providing the understanding of the reality of negative karmic return (our reaping from the past) and the spiritual truth re the need for non-retaliation in the face of our past actions "returning" to us so that further negativity is not sown within the soul and further negative karma accrued. (Appendix 5)

    b. Potential benefits
        i. - The deepest, most important and lasting healing in a person can occur with the understanding of spiritual truth. This is where the patient understands the importance of their actions on their spiritual and emotional well-being, and potentially on their physical health. The patient then has the wisdom to choose to endeavour to only be loving in their actions. This over time can lead to very positive healing at all levels of their existence.
        ii. - The change of energy flow within the physical body following the understanding of negative spirit influence and the potential negative destructive influences that our personal inward views about our self can have on our well-being, can provide a positive energy shift towards the re-vitalizing of the physical bodily organs and functions "associated" with those views. This re-vitalization can enhance functional life force, and thereby improve the bodily wellness.

    c. An example
        i. - Intense negative emotional feelings and thoughts, and the stresses they create, can in some of us result in the enhanced draining of life force, the physical de-vitalizing of body parts and functions, and increased stress on our homoeostasis.

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        ii - While we are happy and emotionally positive we can have or be given a "lot of work to do" and remain happy, stress free with a comfortably level of energy to complete the task. However, when negatively emotionally charged and with the same work load we can find our energy levels such that we are emotionally unstable, easily fatigued and unable to complete the work
        iii - Or, we can be so "angrily energized," that we can rush through the work in an aggressive and even destructive manner to find that having completed the task we are physically exhausted. During this time there is a very real potential for the "depositing" of negatively emotional energy in the physical body, particularly into those bodily parts and functions associated around that physical work done.

    d. Summary
        i - At all levels of healing, education on the need to "always be loving" in all that we do, and to "keep steady emotionally and in our physical expression," is one of the primary steps to stabilizing the patient's state of health and helping them improve their wellness.
        ii - We are "always experiencing" life and much of this experiencing is in reality, the feelings we feel. Negative feelings can make life an unpleasant experience to the point that the enjoyment of life can be little to non-existent. Educating on the role our actions have on our emotional well-being (Appendix 2) is thus of major importance for the healing of our negative emotions and the enhancing of our life experience.
        iii - Using medication and physical modalities may help alleviate the emotional and physical suffering in the short term, but in the long term and from an aspect of holistic healing (the whole being), education on spiritual truth provides the opportunity of healing at the spirit/soul level with the potential positive benefits cascading down through to the physical body.

3. Education on aspects of physical bodily health.

    a. Discussion.   
        i.  Education on physical bodily health involves education on environmental factors that may be involved in the disease process. It is the finding of these factors and how they are interfacing with the emotional and spiritual causes of the disease and then educating the patient accordingly, that is both the art and the science of holistic healing.
        ii. Patients usually want and expect fast results in treating their disease but they need to be informed that generally, the older the physical malaise experienced, the longer it takes to correct. A rule of thumb time frame used by some practitioners is 1 month to "heal" per year of malaise.
        iii. There are many differing approaches and views on this physical area of healing. Some of the basic environmental areas influencing bodily health are listed below.

    b. Dietary habits.
        i. Our diet is one of the major influences on our health. The foods we eat provide the materials for the building and maintaining of our physical body and the nutrients and the calorific energy for our daily function. Our diet is also an area that has undergone substantial change in recent times. Medical research continues to verify the importance to our health by eating a balanced nutritious diet high in vegetables and fruits.
        ii. To understand the basis for this importance in relation to holistic healing, we need to look at what has happened historically to our diet. We have evolved over many thousands of years in an earthly environment with many variable factors including climate, different foods and social behavioural patterns.

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       iii. In ancestral times we were hunter gatherers living in earthly regions to which we had adapted for survival in that particular environment. In the last few thousand years and especially in the last 200 - 300 years, the diet of the majority of us has substantially changed from that of our hunter gatherer ancestors. We as a world populous have also moved to other countries and climates. Our ancestral diets mainly consisted of;
            - low fat red and white meats and fish.
            - fruits, nuts, seeds and vegetable matter.
            - in more recent times, cereals, dairy and vegetables were included.
            - water.
        iv. The changes in our diet will be more suitable for some than others and in general it is better to eat an all round balanced diet and to seek the advice of experts if needed.
        v. Dietary behavioural patterns are often "learnt" very early in life and for the patient, are increasingly difficult to change as they age. Gentleness by the practitioner around this area is advised as the stress of the dietary changes they may recommend may be more stressful for the patient than the stress of the incorrect diet.
        vi. As hunters and gatherers we were omnivorous, eating a variety of plant and animal products to provide us with the nutrients for optimal health. Vegetarian only, fruit only, cereal only, dairy only, or meat only diets and other poorly balanced diets are likely to provide unbalanced and inadequate nutrition with the potential to lead to disease.
        vii. Thus a part of holistic healing involves education on the need eat a well balanced, wholesome diet to which we are best suited.

    c. Fluid intake   
        Our body consists of over 80% water and is a most important "nutrient" in many ways.
            i. - quantity - We need sufficient water intake (estimated for an adult to be around 2 litres a day) to provide an aqueous base for our bodily functions including circulation and to replace the fluid lost through urination and "evaporation" through breath and sweating. Less than enough water can result in poor circulation, reduced or stressed kidney function, reduced clearance of toxic metabolites, a wrinkled dehydrated face and body skin and many other subtle unhealthy processes.
                            - Drinking alcohol and caffeine containing beverages such as tea, coffee, chocolate drinks etc has a negative input on our fluid intake as both increase fluid loss through the kidneys. In some countries a glass of water is 'served' together with a cup of tea or coffee to bring in the balance. (Indian tradition).
            ii. - quality - Our fluid intake has an important role in supplying additional minerals such as magnesium and calcium. Much town and city reticulated water consumed today in developed countries has added chemicals such as chlorine to kill any bacteria present.
             It is best to obtain the best quality drinking water possible and where necessary boil the water to kill any bacteria and to remove the chlorine if required.

    d. Bowel and kidney function.
            i. As important as the need for adequate nutritional intake of food and water, is the need for the removal of the debris of metabolism through our bowels and kidneys. 
            Using the bowels once a day may be regular but if it takes more than 1-2 days from mouth to anus then the re-absorption of much toxicity in the lower bowels is a possibility that can affect health over time. A healthy bowel movement is one that is at least once daily and is of 1-2 days transition.

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            Our kidneys function as a filtering system for the blood stream, removing toxic debris and other metabolites. Insufficient fluid intake can result in inadequate clearance of these waste products and a stressed kidney function.
            ii. An over active bowel or kidney function is unhealthy and should be investigated.

    e. Activity levels.
        i  This can be best summed up by the statement "what you don't use, you lose." Exercise is of paramount importance in many ways and is a major component of maintaining wellness and longevity. The muscles, bones, joints, and circulation all need "exercise" to maintain function and their vitality. Natural exercises such as walking, gardening, jogging etc are perhaps better than fitness club circuits as they provide the exercise around which the body has evolved.
        ii. As with everything, exercise can be over-done and can actually reduce vitality through exhaustion.

    f. External toxins.
        i. Since the industrial revolution and especially in the last 30 years there has been a plethora of chemicals produced and released into the world environment. Many of these are of unknown long term toxicity and many are of known but disregarded toxicity.
        ii. This article has insufficient space to cover the subject fully, but herbicide and pesticide toxicity to our earthly environment and to us is becoming more widely realized as its effects are more experienced and recognized.
        iii. The best advice to give with these chemicals is "maximum avoidance." The main areas of ingestion being from water, foods and personal contact.
        iv. These chemicals and their toxicity are historically unknown to our genes and appear to be selective as to their toxic affects on individuals indicating the potential for the evolution process of natural selection to be occurring.
        v. Their effects are variable and insidious, and virtually un-recognized by modern medicine. They often have a slow and accumulating affect leading to major and some times fatal consequence on health.

    g. Electromagnetic  toxicity.
        i. We are physical beings with an electrical capacity of considerable complexity and sensitivity. This electrical capacity is realized by eastern medicine but is little understood in its application and effects by western medicine.
        ii. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that some of the electromagnetic wavelengths to which we are subjected may have dangerous emissions at the concentrations present that can negatively affect some of us in our day to day lives. Some of the appliances causing radiation problems are:
                    - cordless and mobile telephones - microwave radiation.
                    - quartz watches - a very small constant pulsing of a electrical charge through a quartz crystal.
                    - TV and computer screens - radiation both in front and behind the unit.
                    - overhead and underground high voltage electrical cables.
                    - electric blankets. - electrical current running very close to the body.
                    - any electrical machinery where high voltages or currents are used.

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        iii. The potential effects are related to frequency and intensity of exposure. The closer to the "radiating" source the greater the intensity of exposure. The negative health affects are controversial but appear to again be somewhat on a selective basis. Often the health effects are beyond the experience of and are not recognized by current medicine.

    h. Breathing
        i. Breath is essential for life and is more than the intake and exhalation of air as it also involves the intake and distribution of "vital" energy within the body with "incorrect" breathing leading  to disease processes. Our breath is influenced by both our physical needs and our emotional state.
        - increased physical needs exampled by the effect physical exercise has on our breathing rate.
        - emotional influences exampled by some one in a state of shock who is breathing short shallow breaths
        - breath is also a means for the release of emotional tension and conversely for the holding of emotional tension. In negative emotional outburst, the controlled breathing such as in a child who holds their breath in a tantrum, can result in the bodily storing of negative emotional energy. 
        ii. As exampled above, negative and positive emotional energy may be released or held within the body according to how we breathe, thus breath awareness and the need for deep and relaxed breathing is important in holistic healing education.

    i. Our movement and posture.
        i. We are held upright and are moved by the contraction and relaxation of muscles. Our emotional state can unconsciously influence the muscular tensions in our body as exampled by relaxed and tensed facial expressions. When applied to other parts of the body such as the spinal column and limbs, muscular tension can lead to incorrect posture and restricted and painful movement. Educating awareness of this and the need for conscious correcting of body posture and movement can help relax muscular tension, improve posture and movement.
        ii. Many physical healing modalities such as massage and chiropractic and osteopathic adjustment, endeavour to release and balance muscular tensions and correct posture, and to reposition displaced bones.

    j. Internal and external environmental allergies and sensitivities.
        i. Allergic conditions such as hay fever are the result of the body's immune system overacting to "irritants" in our environment. We can be allergic or sensitive to many environmental "triggers" such as dust mite faeces, plant pollens, and even certain foods. We are also being subjected to increasing levels of toxic and irritant chemicals in our environment. The load these allergies and sensitivities place on our immune system can lead to immune dysfunction and disease states along the principals outlined below.
        ii. It is our immune system that primarily protects us from these allergens and irritants. The three stages of reaction that our body exhibits to any injury including allergic responses are described as the "General Adaptation Syndrome" and were first reported on by Dr. Hans Selye in 1927. 
           The first stage consists of an initial stage of a shock or an alarm reaction when the body is acutely affected and mobilizes all its defences to the "challenge" of the injury/infection/allergen.

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            The second stage is the stage of resistance, when the body is at a maximum capacity to resist the insult. This stage is where there is an increasing resistance to the insult leading to the body adapting and potentially becoming addicted to the trigger. 
            The third and final stage of the "general adaptation syndrome" is one where the body either adjusts and heals or becomes exhausted and diseased.
        iii. Allergic and sensitivity reactions that lead to second and third stage reactions are a significant causative factor in many physical diseases. 
        iv. With the many changes in our environment around diet, life style, and chemical exposure etc, our immune system is increasingly being challenged. Identifying and educating on the avoidance of "triggers" in our environment is a major component in holistic healing.

    k. Mental and emotional stress.
       Previously discussed.

    l. Infections.
        i. Infection is the result of an opportunistic invasion, by one or more organism types, of sufficient virulence over the immune defences of the person, allowing them to multiply and "gain a foothold" within the host.
        ii. The predisposition to infection is complex, it being a function of:
        - the immune status of the host which is influenced by:
            - the history of exposure to previous similar or same infectious contact, vaccinations and in new born children, the given "immunity" from the mother.
            - the nutritional status of the host pre-infection and the current nutritional intake.
            - the degree of "reserve" the host has in respect of the ability to rapidly "adapt" and "respond" to the infection and the level of others stressors including mental and emotional states currently affecting the host.
            - the virulence of the infection.
        iii. Any infection places an added burden on the health and immune function of a person, opening the door to other opportunistic infectious organisms.
        iv. Education in this area can address:
            -  avoidance of disease contact through hygiene and through the quarantine of infected individuals. Quarantine involves avoidance of those infected and the avoidance of our infecting others when we are contagious with infection. This way the spread of the infection is reduced or stopped.
            -  immune enhancing factors such as nutritional intake and immunization.
            -  stress reduction both environmental and emotional and physical exhaustion.
            - the use of vitamins and minerals needed in increased quantities during infections to support the bodies fight against the infecting organism.
            - the use of herbs that increase the bodies resistance to and ability to fight infections.
            - the use of homoeopathics to support the bodies immune system.
            - the need for antibiotics in cases of serious disease.

 4. Summary on education.

    The body is of such complexity in its actions, and interactions with the mind, emotions and spiritual aspects of self, that this area is not fully understood at this time. However, helping the patient to understand the potential reasons for their disease, explaining how they can change to remove these causes, providing medication and other support to alleviate their suffering and if necessary providing them with the opportunity to seek advice from another more specialized, is all I believe that God asks of any in helping another to a better state of health.

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F. Prescribing of products.

     This is where a great diversity of approach is available that is beyond the scope of this document. A brief outline on some modalities is provided.
    It is best to use the least number of products possible at the least cost without compromising the healing potential. Some patients see themselves as "so many bottles or dollars sick" and the less of both can be a positive assurance towards wellness for the patient and their pocket.

    1. Allopathic drug medicines.
    Allopathic medicine is the term used to describe the system of medicine currently used by most medical practitioners in western countries in which a disease or abnormal condition is treated by creating an environment that is antagonistic to the disease or condition. An example of this is when an antibiotic toxic to a pathogenic organism is given in the case of an infection or an iron supplement may be given to increase the synthesis of haemoglobin in iron deficiency anaemia.

    This system of medicine is in contrast to that of complementary medicine where in an infection, the underlying reasons for the success of the invading organism against the infected persons immune system is explored and corrected along with appropriate means of treating that infection. And in anaemia, finding the reasons why there is a deficiency in iron in that persons whether through insufficient dietary intake or increased loss such as through heavy menstrual bleeding, and then correcting the reasons for the anaemia and if necessary supplementing the diet with an iron.

        a. Drug medicine in the main acts to manage, reduce or suppress disease symptoms and can halt the disease, but generally does not address the underlying causes of disease.

        b. Drugs are especially useful in severe and acute disease and in times of crisis, providing symptomatic relief. They also provide release from discomfort in chronic disease states. Many have side effects, some have slight side effects and some having considerable side effects that can lead to disease in its own right.

       c. The general principle in prescribing of drugs is an evaluation of the potential benefits versus the potential side effects.

        d. The suppression of disease symptoms can provide the patient with symptom relief but potentially also a false "belief" of wellness that "allows" the disease processes to continue without many patients considering the need for positive life style changes.

        e. In practice, drug medication little encourages "self-responsible" health and there is a trend for the need to prescribe further drugs ahead to suppress the progressed disease or the side affects of the drugs already prescribed.

        f. The current delivery of drug medicine via the western "reductionist" medical model is very much disease focused, is increasingly costly and has minimal provision of education in the holistic sense. 

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        g. There are many people still enjoying life on this planet through the help drug medicine provides, there are also many not on this planet through their lack of awareness or non-acceptance of beneficial life style changes, and through the toxicity of the allopathic system including the drugs prescribed.

    Death from iatrogenic disease, caused by treatment or diagnostic procedures, is the third leading cause of death in United States of America. (Appendix 7)

    "An iatragenic disorder is a condition caused by medical personnel or procedures or though exposure to the environment of a health care facility, including fears instilled in patients by remarks or questions of examining physicians."

    Thus it is the responsibility of the medical attendant to ensure not only their "clarity of thought" processes during diagnostic procedures, but to also maintain a strict "control" over the nature of their speech when near patients. Respect and concern for the patient must be to the fore at all times.

    2. Nutritional medicines.

        a. These include vitamins, minerals, pro-biotics and enzymes. They can function as "enhancers" or modifiers of bodily biochemical systems, enzymes, "friendly" bacteria and amino acids.

       b. They are often but not always, used as health "bridges" as the patient makes the dietary and environmental changes necessary for better health.

        c. Where there are genetic, emotional or environmental stresses on the patient's wellness, or an inadequate diet, it may be necessary for continued nutritional supplementation.

        d. Nutritional supplements are not an adequate or holistic replacement to eating nutritional foods.

    3. Herbal medicines.

        a. Herbal medicines are or have formed the backbone of the medicine for most cultures throughout the ages. They are plant extracts either freshly prepared or in some way "preserved," providing both material substrate and energetic properties for the promotion of wellness in humans.

       b. They are "close" to the human organism in that they have evolved with humanity in the active interface between the plant and animal kingdoms. They may be regarded as "specialized" foods and are generally non-toxic in their actions with minimal side affects when used appropriately and in the correct dosage.

        c. Practitioners of herbal medicine will tell you that there is an underlying "synergism" between medicinal herbs and their potential for healing the human being by helping the healing process at a physical level. They can also provide relief from some aspects of mental and emotional stress. They have a function potential for helping the body and the emotions, and consequently the mind, and in that capacity they  may be regarded as holistic medicines.

        d. Herbal medicine functions effectively at all levels of medicine but in times of medical crisis and acute disease, they are of less value than allopathic drugs. They can however be supportive at that time.

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        e. As herbal medicines are becoming integrated into the mainstream western medical system, they are increasingly coming under many of the "controls" within that system. This is placing them more out of reach of the ordinary person and increasingly costly.

        f. In times of social disorder and breakdown, it is plant medicine that has historically been used as the main source of medicine.

    4. Homoeopathic medicines.

        a. These are best described as energetic medicines working on the principle of "like cures like." They are vibrationary liquids and pillules carefully prepared from often toxic substances so that very little or none of the original material product remains but that the vibrationary energy of the original material is still present.

        b. The homoeopathic preparation is then prescribed on the basis of the toxic affects of the original material and their similarity to the disease symptoms in the patient. There being virtually none of the original material left in the medicine, they are non toxic but they do have the healing potential to initiate "healing" crises as the disease is "cured."

        c. This form of medicine has been in use for over 200 years and has historically proven its effectiveness. It requires considerable knowledge levels to be effectively prescribed for many conditions, the diagnosis being based on the whole person. It is mostly a holistic medicine and of minimal cost to produce.

        d. Homoeopathics being energetic in nature are beyond current sciences ability to measure their vibrational qualities and are thus at this time little accepted by scientific medicine. Homoeopathic medicine is used extensively in Europe, India, Africa and parts of South America. It is gaining in popularity world wide.

    5. Flower essences.

        a. These medicines are similar in nature to homoeopathics, being the "captured" vibrational energy of different flowers. They work mostly on the emotional states, being "soft" and gentle in their healing approach. They have the potential to help people through difficult emotional times by nullifying or modifying the emotional experience.

        b. They have little if any direct physical activity for the relief of such things as pain but can help release the emotional background to the pain thereby helping the person as a whole. They are thus principally holistic medicines.

        c. They are relatively inexpensive and can be self-prescribed but are better and more successfully prescribed by someone skilled in their use.

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6. Aromatherapy.

        a. These are based on quality essential oil extracts from plant material and as with flower essences are "soft" and gentle in their actions. Their gentleness makes them of less use for major diseases, they are more suited to emotional and mental conditions where they have a reputation in providing benefits.

        b. Flowers have been used historically as gifts for the sick and both flowers essences and flower aromas are "extensions" of this practice.

G. Modalities in holistic healing.

    The major medical modality used in western countries in recent times has been the orthodox or allopathic model which is based mostly on the "reductionist" process where the person is examined on a narrowing disease focused perspective which is the virtual opposite to the holistic model.

    There are many emotional and physical "healing modalities" that in part or whole use the holistic approach, they being too numerous to list. Many of these modalities are increasingly being sought and used as their benefits become known and the general public seek a more holistic, self-responsible approached to their health. The degree to which these modalities address the whole person being dependent on the nature of the modality and the practitioner.

    Many of the newer "new age" healing modalities have yet to stand the test of time as to their true benefits in promoting wellness.

H. The Practitioner and Patient interface

    It is for the healing opportunities that the interface between the practitioner and the "patient" offers, that has "motivated" the un-well person seeking help in their healing. This "interface" provides the opportunity for the patient to gain "the facilitation of an increased level of well being in one or more of the levels of body, mind, emotions and spirit" by "the in flow of  God's Light and by education, prescription and physical healing techniques."

    The personal very close interactive nature of this interface allows for positive opportunities for healing and equally allows for negative spirit influence interplay to occur between the two parties due to the presently inherent negative emotions within all. It is an interface of increased opportunity both ways and one inherently needing care particularly by the practitioner.

    The physical causes and symptoms of disease are often the easiest and quickest to address. Addressing emotional and spiritual causes can bring about "emotional releases" in patients with immediate positive wellness benefits but disease states are also often karmic in nature and may require time for true healing to occur.

    Below are points that address the patient practitioner interface and the potential for healing.

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1. God's ONE Law.

    a. Practitioner insurance against liable claims by patients is a major cost factor in many practices. There is only one law of God that overrides all man's laws, applying to all interactions between humans in every aspect of life. 
God's one law is:
            "What you do to others will be done to you."

   b.  When a person asks for help with healing, they place upon that practitioner, a degree of responsibility enhanced by the openness that the patient allows for inquiry into their personal private being. Any pain caused to the patient through the negative usage or abuse of this given privilege will see the return ahead to that practitioner of a "reflection" of that pain caused.

    c. No insurance policy can cover the reality and function of this one law and thus it behoves that the practitioner to fully informs themselves of the nature of the darkness and how the "underhand" of God can entrap the unaware. (Appendix 4)

2. Who is the healer?

    a. It is important to understand and remember:
        i. That the "practitioner" is purely the facilitator and not the healer. It is God and God through the practitioner and patient that does the healing.
        ii. The practitioner needs to "make the glove to suit the hand," meaning that one of the major skills in helping people with their health, is "delivering" the advice at a level and in a way that is understandable, acceptable and able to be applied by the patient.
        iii. It is the patient's choice and God's decision as to whether they "heal themselves" or not.
        iv. Often when a person seeks help for their health, they are ready and it is God that is inspiring their seeking of help and thus the potential for healing is real and possible.
        v. The most valuable "asset" for helping the patient that the practitioner has, is the patient's wish to get better and their willingness and ability to make changes for that to occur.
        vi. It is recommended that practitioners read the "Spiritual Healers and spiritual healing" document. (Appendix 6)

    b. The patient/practitioner interface is a fertile ground for negative ego expression and power play. It is of value for the practitioner to continue to remind themselves of the reality of their circumstance and that they are "acting as a facilitator for God's healing hand."

3. The Practitioner's practice.

    a. If you treat the patient out of love and respect then that is generally what the patient reflects back to you.

    b. If you treat the patient as "more dollars in your pocket" then others ahead will treat you similarly either in your business or personal life.

    c. Should you endeavour to "hold on" to "your" patient by whatever means then ahead you may well find that the patient "holds on" to you. Many practitioners of all persuasions find themselves "bound" by the patients in their practice. They complain that they "can't get away" or "they do not have a break" from their practice as their patients keep contacting them. This can be the karmic result of the practitioners "holding on" to the patients.

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    d. If the practitioner approaches the patient with "I am holier than you" or "I am superior" or in any other dis-respectful way, the potential has been seeded for that practitioner to find "his" patients thinking of them as arrogant and egotistical and loses client patients.

    e. Success in helping patients to a healthier state can lead to some patients seeing their "practitioner" as "their saviour." The potential for this happening can be reduced by the practitioner reminding the patient that it is God, their personal actions and their choosing of change and the products recommended that is the initiator of their better health and that they should recognize and claim responsibility for it. The practitioner being only the facilitator.

    f. We all have a level for absorption of knowledge and understanding beyond which our ability to absorb new information is substantially reduced or ceases. Practitioners need to be aware of when the patient has reached that level and ceases the consultation to continue another day, or to provide either a resting space for "mental" recovery, or the information in a written form that can be digested at a later time by the patient.

    g. There is a need for a focus and direction in helping the patient but not swamping the patient with processes, products and possibilities. The practitioner needs to try to identify the main and underlying emotional and physical causes for the disease and support the healing of those with "education" and the minimum number of products at the minimum cost to the patient.

    h. Basic principles for practice being: 
            - be truthful.
            - do no harm.
            - provide the information in an absorbable and understandable format with written information if necessary.
            - educate, then refer the patient to another if the healing modality needed is outside your area of skilling.

4. Practitioner requirements.

    a. These requirements are; knowledge, experience, understanding and patient empathy. It is these practitioner resources that provide the base from which the causative factors of the disease in the patient may be alluded to and addressed.

    b. In addressing the physical causes and symptoms of disease it will depend on the patient's openness to change and the  skills of the practitioner and the healing modalities used. In part, the skill of the practitioner is measured by their ability to find the key areas of the patient's physical interaction with their external environment that are negatively affecting their state of wellness, then successfully educating the patient accordingly.

    c. In addressing the emotional causes, understanding the points raised in E 2 is needed to be truthfully help the patient with education and advice. In this area of education it is best to encourage the patient to read the information themselves and thereby gain their own personal interpretation of what is written.

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    d. Practitioner empathy, their comfortable body language and real and perceived confidentiality are needed to encourage a free flowing of communications between the parties.

    e. One of the greatest resources the practitioner has is the ability to listen and to know when to tell the patient that they must now listen as the patient's story may never end and it may not all be truthful. Another, is the ability to "hear" what the patients is saying and asking for, and to positively endeavour to address those requests.

5. Patient requirements.

    a. It is the patients honest willingness, openness and motivation for the causative factors of their ill-health to be found and addressed that "opens the doors" for a "healing potential" to occur through the practitioner/patient interface.

I. Summary

    1. Healing from a holistic perspective considers the whole of self and involves addressing the disease and dis-ease of the spirit, emotions, mind, and body of that person.

    2. True holistic healing by definition incorporate all aspects including the spiritual aspects of the patient. Helping others and self in this area requires an understanding of spiritual truth. This now available understanding exposes the power and deceit of the dark spirit realms and their influence on us.

        Permanent healing at an emotional level has a positive cascading healing effect on all aspects of the self. It is the wisdom of only being loving in our actions and importantly of non-retaliation when being hurt by others, and the means of achieving "a steady mind," that is the basis of this non-religious spiritual understanding.

    3. Being a facilitator in holistic healing processes and using those God given gifts places the practitioner in a position of increased responsibility. The opportunity of doing good accompanied by the opportunity of doing harm. It requires wisdom and a deep understanding of spiritual truth by that practitioner if they are to avoid the negative potentials in the practitioner/patient interface in today's world.

    4. All healing modalities have a potential role in helping those of us who are diseased and dis-eased to obtain a state of wellness. There is at this time a great need for these modalities to work together for the good of all with a sharing of information, techniques and resources to create truly complementary medicine. When this occurs the opportunity for holistic healing and the encouragement of self-responsible health will be greatly enhanced.

    5. The helping of another in a loving and caring way towards a happier and healthier life is one of the more rewarding occupations available on earth. Helping a person with physical modalities and through prescription can help heal the physical body. Education on the reality and impact of negative spirit influence and of spiritual truth on mental, emotional and spiritual health, provides the patient with the "missing link" that can enable them to attain a state of well being at all levels of existence.

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J. Appendixes

Appendix 1. "Physical healing and spiritual truth document" on this web page.
Appendix 2. "Emotional healing and spiritual truth document" on this web page.
Appendix 3. The Testament of Truth document available at:
                     www.the-testament-of-truth.com and www.the-testament-of-truth.co.uk 
Appendix 4. The Testament of Truth document page 33
Appendix 5. The Testament of Truth document pages 1 to 100
Appendix 6. "Spiritual Healers and spiritual healing" document.
Appendix 7. JAMA 284(4), 26 July 2000