Intention And Brain Therapy
© 2005 Dr. Barry R. Gillespie
Intention can be a very powerful force in the healing
process.
Our thoughts become our actions and eventually our reality.
Our clients often have “incurable” conditions
in the medical model. In looking at their problem in a different
light, we can expect positive outcomes by releasing the craniosacral
dental fascial system, allowing the body to heal more fully.
This article discusses the power of intention for Brain Therapy.
Intention: My Personal Method
Many students ask me, “How do you prepare yourself
before you work on a client?”
Before I start any discussion, this is a very subjective
and personal method. There is no right or wrong way.
Whatever method you have, it is your way.
I am just presenting my way.
I have been doing this for so many years; it has been ingrained
into my being. It is not something that I consciously do before
every treatment but is a part of who I am. I have many facets
of my being like a driver of a car and a watcher of television.
In a moment I just click on to the healing intention part
of my being.
The following three aspects define my intention.
First, I always ask for healing.
For the client to be healed of this condition(s), I ask that
it be granted.
Now I learned very early in the healing game that there is
my will and there is Divine Will. My will (ego) wanted and
expected everyone to be healed of all of his or her conditions!
Since my existence is through my rational mind, which is a
very small slice of reality, I realized that I did not have
the power to fix, heal, or cure anyone. The healing aspect
really works through Divine Will. Life is unfolding perfectly
through the Divine Process.
My job is just to facilitate the healing process, to help
a client peel the layers of his onion. I cannot take credit
for the actual healing process.
If you take on the role of healer (one who heals), it is
a very stressful one. If the client heals, you are great.
If not, you are not great!
When you are just there to help him peel his onion, healing
becomes a function of his being. I am just a floating piece
of wood in the ocean of healing. I surrender all control and
judgments realizing that the game is much bigger than my rational
mind and myself. This first concept is very important to accept.
Second, I must get out of my head and into my heart.
I have to go from my ego/mind to my soul consciousness. Therapy
is a process of quietly listening to the body and totally
letting go of my thinking, analytical, scientific, technical,
rational mind.
When I am treating, it is very important to let go of all
control and judgment.
Since we were all trained in a left-brained educational system,
to flip over into the intuitive and instinctive right brain
world can be very challenging. We live in a culture dominated
by computers and other devices but need to look into soul
consciousness and who we really are.
The golden rule of Brain Therapy is that the body
knows best how to heal itself. When we truly listen to the
body and let it do whatever it has to do to heal itself,
we can appreciate how it knows its own healing process better
than what is in our or any healthcare provider’s mind.
As a clinical example, all that I know about craniosacral,
fascial, and TMJ/dental therapies (Brain Therapy) does not
serve me one ounce when I am treating a child.
My goal is to get out of my thinking, knowing mind and get
into my soul consciousness. The better I can do this, the
clearer I can be for that child.
Thus, on a clinical level, all of my students are as good
as I am in treatment. As a matter of fact, if I am into my
ego of who I think I am and all of what I think I know, my
students will be better than I am! The key to this whole game
is to realize that our job is just being present in the now
for our client with our knowing hands.
Third, I Ask This Question.
That brings us into the third aspect of asking the following
question, “Is there any strain between my two hands
that the body needs to release right now?”
When we are in a particular part of the body and doing a
technique, we are listening to the body to feel if it needs
to release any strain right at that moment.
There are times when the tissue releases, and times when
it is quiet.
In the latter there may still be strain in this area, but
the body is not ready to release it at the moment. The onion
is now unpeeling in layer forty-three somewhere else in the
body, but there is strain trapped here, which will present
later at layer thirty-five.
Our job is to go from the “I think” (ego) to
the “I am” (soul), just to be present for the
client.
We are here for you now to facilitate your healing and
allow your body to do whatever it has to do to heal itself.
We are listening very intently to the body and allowing
it to do its thing.
We understand that the body knows best how to heal itself.
We have to be present but get our judgment and ourselves
out of the way to let the healing happen. We must be involved
but not attached because we cannot fix, heal, cure, or control
the outcome.
Intention: Its Power
The power of intention is an important aspect of healing.
Highly educated and extremely bright professionals who try
to think their way through the healing process can be quickly
bogged down.
Young grade school children, who have a pure intention to
serve and help in the healing of others, can be experts at
this work in a short time. This article serves as a guide
for you to possibly develop your intuitive and instinctive
skills further.
For
more articles about the role of Brain Therapy in correcting
chronic conditions in children and adults .
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