ENERGY WORK AND SELF DEVELOPMENT

Energy field is scientific and one doesn’t exist without it. Yet there is a lot of debate and different shades of acceptance with regard to energy field and healing it to heal the body or mind. Here, I would like to share my first hand experience of the wonders that I have experienced and continue to, as a result of working with energy.

As a youngster, I was an impatient and aggressive adolescent. Reasons- some known, some unknown. Soon after college, my first job gave me the first ever exposure to the filed of energy work. The centre being a centre for holistic healing and therapy practiced reiki, pranic healing, acupressure, jin shin do, foot reflexology and many more. A few sessions of personal experience made me experience some shift in emotions . I was surely curious to know more but then , it was not the internet zamana, hence I just let them be, amidst other activities and chores and the curiosity and interest in energy work took a back seat, although in hind sight, I realise that it was only temporary. Marriage and two kids later, I was desperately searching for some supportive therapies to help my children with health issues and I came across a pranic healing centre.

My journey began that day, when I stepped in to that pranic healing centre. Although my need, then was to heal my daughters, I began to lend my healing skills whenever there were requests and simultaneously I continued my journey in the field by equipping myself with more skills. As I proceeded to equip myself and regularly practiced self healing, besides healing others, I began to observe many changes in me. First few things were very overt, such as a glow in my face and texture of my skin getting better( although I have never had any skin problems and so never gave any healing for just that) , slowly, my emotions began to develop more maturely, my thought processes , more balanced and objective, my ability to let go, my courage to forgive and more important ask for forgiveness began to surface and these changes were there to say. With all these changes, my capability to handle situations and experiences were more mature and responsible. Slowly and gradually my immediate family too began to experience these changes in me and the interpersonal relationships improved in every level. Self healing, meditation, healing others continued….. I gradually and steadily transferred from being religious to spiritual. In the beginning, I did face hurdles as I used to get upset when my “ non religious” practices were questioned. But with time and further practices, I was able to accept these comments too objectively as I empathised with those who questioned me as they obviously could not observe my growth and they were free to their opinion.

Energy healing and working with energy strengthens one’s energy field , increases one’s state of wellness and also enhances one’s spiritual growth. Regular practice empowers you to perceive every struggle as a challenge ; every stress as an opportunity ; every threat as an opportunity. These words may sound quite lofty, but in reality, they are being expressed because of first hand experience. Many a time, I have had loved ones appreciating me for handling certain situations with ease and that is when I honestly realised that those situations seemed extremely challenging for a common man and I had never felt so. Now I am not and never will be a super human. I also and will continue to attribute such growth and maturity to energy work and healing only.

Some very easily observable shifts are of course in physical health. I rarely get affected to any contagious ailments , simple or complex. Be it a simple cold/ viral fever- I remain immune to it. Fever is something that seems to stay away from me. Some years back, I was suffering from jaundice. The doctors were surprised that I did not report temperature even a single day. Another important transition , I have observed is ability to accept the physical ailments objectively, as simply as wearing out of the body and not “ How can I, a healer fall sick?” Then slowly, this also spreads to mental health – better resilience, experiencing more of positive emotions, empathy, loving kindness…..

As one works on his/ her energy field, there are other transitions too- when one’s energy field begins to experience a higher level of sensitivity. During this period, one would feel, “ Oh! Its difficult for me to go to X’s house. The energies there are unhealthy. Or negative.” This is normal. As one begins to work on his/ her energy field, this subtle sensitivity is bound to be experienced. Some people, at this stage stop, thinking, “ my spiritual pursuit is blocking my relationships and hence I don’t wish to continue.” But one needs to mindfully work beyond this state. What I mean to say is, we need to continue to work on our energy field/ aura , strengthen them further that the negative energies in the environment hardly matters. This is possible, only if we pursue our spiritual journey, not heeding these obstacles. As we move ahead in our spiritual journey, using a combination of self healing , inner reflection and meditation, slowly and gradually, we learn the art of perceiving the environment objectively and this helps us in not just maintaining relationships but also nurturing them. We also tend to function like magnets, attracting healthy relationships in to our circles.

The constant need to delve deeper in to self, the thirst to be continuously in touch with one’s soul and listen to it can only be experienced and not explained. While am not sure if this state of experience can be brought about by other practices, I can only speak from my own experience and my experience says for better lifestyle, enhanced growth and evolvement, simply start your journey with energy work today!!