{"id":7449,"date":"2013-01-01T01:10:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T06:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=7678"},"modified":"2012-12-23T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T17:36:49","slug":"ask-your-mama-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2013\/01\/01\/ask-your-mama-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Your Mama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*Ask Your Mama\u2122<\/strong>
\n Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Spirituality and Didn\u2019t Know Who to Ask\u2122<\/strong><\/p>\n

by<\/strong>
\n \u00a9Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Question of Healing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Mama Donna,<\/p>\n

I have a friend who has been very sick lately with lymphoma, HIV related
\nKS, and an embolism. Can you suggest anything from your bag of healing aids that I can get for him?<\/p>\n

Worried in Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Dear Worried,<\/p>\n

First of all, I thank you in the name of all human and holy comfort for being such a good, caring friend. Your healing intentions add blessings to his life and yours and to all life everywhere.<\/p>\n

Secondly, please know that my work is in healing the psyche and the spirit, rather than the physical \u2014 if there is, indeed, a difference. So that is what I will address.<\/p>\n

It is important for you and your friend to understand that healing and curing are not necessarily the same thing. Curing is about reversing the effects of illness; returning the body to health, if not precisely the way things were.<\/p>\n

Healing is about dealing with the current state of affairs and coming to terms with the situation and adjusting to the new reality with equanimity. That is not to say to resign to being ill, but to accept it as a challenge to learn some deep lessons. This process is not only healing, but can also be curative. Attitude is all.<\/p>\n

How is your friend\u2019s spirit, his outlook, his way with himself?<\/p>\n

One of my clients just succeeded in transforming her thyroid cancer. She had been bitter, but determined to get better. She fought the disease with fury. She had chemo and radiation, which succeeded only in making her sicker.<\/p>\n

But at some point during her ordeal, she realized what her body was trying to tell herself. Since she had not listened to the messages from her body or her own deepest inner wisdom for 50 years, it needed to explode \u2014 into an invasive tumor\u2014 to be finally to be heard.<\/p>\n

She came to realize that her cancer was all the suppressed words, anger, outcries that she had swallowed all her life. She made friends with her body instead of hating it for letting her down. She began to embrace the disease as a part of herself, which it was \u2014 her own cells that burst through the repressive boundaries that she had imposed on herself.<\/p>\n

Her realization led to her healing. In her case, she was also cured.<\/p>\n

Encourage your friend to engage in activities that will nourish his soul and help him live with a positive attitude. Journaling, meditating, visualizations and drawing are all excellent ways that pave the path to our self-knowledge and centered outlook.<\/p>\n

Annie Dillard wrote, \u201cI cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam.\u201d It might not always be possible to cure someone. But we can encourage a profound healing.<\/p>\n

Send blessings spirit support to you both,<\/p>\n

xxMD<\/p>\n

*Send your questions about seasons, cycles, celebrations, ceremonies and spirit to Mama Donna at: CityShaman@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*Ask Your Mama\u2122 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Spirituality and Didn\u2019t Know Who to Ask\u2122 by \u00a9Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman A Question of Healing Dear Mama Donna, I have a friend who has been very sick lately with lymphoma, HIV related KS, and an embolism. Can you suggest anything from your bag of healing aids that I can get for him? Worried in Wisconsin Dear Worried, First of all, I thank you in the name of all human and holy comfort for being such a good, caring friend. Your healing intentions add blessings to his life and yours and to all life everywhere. Secondly, please know that my work is in healing the psyche and the spirit, rather than the physical \u2014 if there is, indeed, a difference. So that is what I will address. It is important for you and your friend to understand that healing and curing are not necessarily the same thing. Curing is about reversing the effects of illness; returning the body to health, if not precisely the way things were. Healing is about dealing with the current state of affairs and coming to terms with the situation and adjusting to the new reality with equanimity. That is not to say to resign to being ill, but to accept it as a challenge to learn some deep lessons. This process is not only healing, but can also be curative. Attitude is all. How is your friend\u2019s spirit, his outlook, his way with himself? One of my clients just succeeded in transforming her thyroid cancer. She had been bitter, but determined to get better. She fought the disease with fury. She had chemo and radiation, which succeeded only in making her sicker. But at some point during her ordeal, she realized what her body was trying to tell herself. Since she had not listened to the messages from her body or her own deepest inner wisdom for 50 years, it needed to explode \u2014 into an invasive tumor\u2014 to be finally to be heard. She came to realize that her cancer was all the suppressed words, anger, outcries that she had swallowed all her life. She made friends with her body instead of hating it for letting her down. She began to embrace the disease as a part of herself, which it was \u2014 her own cells that burst through the repressive boundaries that she had imposed on herself. Her realization led to her healing. In her case, she was also cured. Encourage your friend to engage in activities that will nourish his soul and help him live with a positive attitude. Journaling, meditating, visualizations and drawing are all excellent ways that pave the path to our self-knowledge and centered outlook. Annie Dillard wrote, \u201cI cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam.\u201d It might not always be possible to cure someone. But we can encourage a profound healing. Send blessings spirit support to you both, xxMD *Send your questions about seasons, cycles, celebrations, ceremonies and spirit to Mama Donna at: CityShaman@aol.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7216,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7449\/revisions\/7216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}