Cosmic Awareness - sr005 spiritual healing techniques

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This document, titled "Spiritual Healing Techniques 1-2-3," is presented as a work manual and guide for members of Cosmic Awareness Communications. It is based on a lecture given in Honolulu in October 1966 by Wm. Ralph Duby, Spiritual Leader of the Organization of Awareness.

An Introduction to Spiritual Healing

The introductory lecture begins by posing the question of what religion is, suggesting that for the Organization of Awareness, religion involves being and doing certain things: healing the sick, teaching those who do not know, and inspiring divinity or demonstrating creative love. The focus then shifts to spiritual healing, which is presented as a fundamental aspect of this religion. Awareness has identified key ideas about healing that are repeatedly emphasized.

According to Awareness, prevention is more significant than treatment, and disease is viewed as an illusion, an external manifestation of an internal error. The forces used for healing are the same as those used for prevention. To understand these forces, the text introduces three basic healing procedures: Charismatic healing, Sacramental or prayer healing, and Magnetic healing.

Within these techniques, a primary force is involved, referred to variously as a life force, an odic force, or a radioactive substance. Awareness teaches that every human being is surrounded by this 'radioactive force,' often called an ethereal 'something' or an etheric body, which is composed of several rings with distinct colors. This concept of the etheric body is presented as foundational to understanding spiritual healing.

The mind force is identified as the controlling element over changes in this force field, and it can alter the vibrations of the etheric forms surrounding the body. The text suggests that spiritual healing can be approached scientifically, focusing on these unseen forces that work for the prevention and treatment of human illness. These forces are named as electro-static, electro-magnetic, magnetic, and resonating electro-magnetic.

Awareness emphasizes that the mind force can change vibrations and that suggestion is the force that heals. The patient, therefore, "heals himself" through their own faith, as Christ stated, "Thy faith has made thee whole." This power is described as an attitude of mind, a definite mental condition, or a state of readiness for what needs to be done.

Faith, as defined by Awareness, includes the spiritual energies of the human soul and is "the justified confidence in our capacity to understand who, in fact, we really are!" The success of spiritual healing depends on the patient's attitude of mind, or faith. Since individuals differ greatly, no single technique can work for everyone.

Awareness indicates that no objective or God-mind is directly involved in these healings; rather, it is the subjective mind or soul mind that is the power controlling the body's functions and sensations. This subjective mind force is controlled by suggestion, and resistance to suggestion arises from barriers such as mind, emotion, and feeling.

Misconceptions and Correct Answers

The text addresses misconceptions about spiritual healing, quoting Awareness: "There are no angels with large wings and stern countenances, no awful judge in the high court of heaven, no wolves to betide us for misbehaving." It dismisses the idea of external divine or demonic forces causing illness, suggesting that these are internal manifestations. Historical accounts of cures, such as those at Lourdes, are mentioned.

Spiritual healing is described as increasing in the twentieth century, yet much of its phenomena remains challenging to scientists. The text contrasts modern spiritual healing techniques with those of primitive religions and witch doctors, suggesting many are fantastic or idiotic. However, it asserts that the Organization of Awareness seeks to understand the "how and why and what" of these phenomena.

Three key principles are presented regarding healing:
1. Mind controls all bodily functions.
2. The mind can be controlled by suggestion.
3. Suggestion is the force that heals.

The power that affects healing resides within the patient, stemming from their mental attitude and faith.

Several 'wrong answers' that hinder healers are identified:
1. "I am a poor miserable sinner who can do nothing of myself."
2. "This life is all there is, other than this is unknowable."
3. "Hating others gives me more comfort and ease than loving others."

These are characterized as self-defeating. The corresponding 'right answers' are:
1. Divinity is acquired, not an endowment; it can be experienced and known.
2. Divinity and all power are latent within oneself and others.
3. Love, as a positive force, is the greatest of all right answers, capable of substituting for negative beliefs.

Procedural Manual: Type I Healing Technique - Charismatic

The document then provides a detailed procedural manual for Charismatic Healing, divided into steps:

• Step I: Preparation and Identification of Energy Leaks
• The channel must wash hands thoroughly and avoid touching other objects.
• The patient should be in a comfortable position, with feet apart and uncrossed, wearing loose clothing. Jewelry should be removed from both patient and channel.
• Illness is identified by determining areas of energy leak or leaks. Hands are held palms down, about one-half to one inch from the skin, moving over the patient's body (front or back). Touching the skin requires restarting the procedure.
• Changes in the channel's hands (temperature, tingling, drawing up) indicate energy leaks, which are areas of 'short circuit' in the body's force field, hindering self-healing.

• Step II: Opening the Patient's Mind and Creating a Channel
• The channel must understand information from pages 2 and 3.
• The patient's mind must be opened, possibly through surprise, emotion transfer, or by suggesting a peaceful occasion.
• The channel must act as a conduit for the healing force, focusing their mind on the task and not on themselves. The mind should concentrate on the Law of Love and the Law of Mercy.

• Step III: Applying Healing Energy
• After repeating the Laws of Love and Mercy, the channel touches the energy leak with one hand, while the other hand is placed on the back of the neck, heart, or solar plexus.
• The channel then states aloud: "In the name of the Inner-Awareness you are now clean, whole and well."
• For mental illness, hands may be held near the body instead of touching.

• Step IV: Returning the Patient
• If the patient appears to be in a trance, the channel counts them back by name.
• The channel washes hands thoroughly.

Notes on Charismatic Healing

Success depends on the openness and spiritual development of the channel and patient, as well as the patient's karmic background. Healing is described as instantaneous and permanent, requiring a religious atmosphere, faith, and belief. The channel acts as a conduit for a force that heals and lessens illness. The text notes that in cases where proximity might cause offense, hands may not be placed directly on the patient. A physician's diagnosis may be helpful but is not used for treatment decisions based on energy leaks.

Practice Techniques

Suggested practice involves asking a member to lie down or sit, with the channel sensitizing their hands and moving them over the subject's body to note sensations and identify energy leaks. This helps distinguish between healthy and unhealthy areas. The text emphasizes that headaches feel different from muscle cramps, and joint issues differ from digestive tract disorders. Charismatic Healing is recommended for children, small animals, and those asleep, as their conscious minds are quiet.

Hysteria cases may result in instant but not permanent reversals.

Sensitizing the hands involves holding hands facing each other, fingers separated, and drawing them apart and together slowly, focusing on sensations like heat, a magnetic pull, or tingling. This develops the ability to feel a non-material energy field.

The Law of Love and The Law of Mercy

The document concludes with definitions of "The Law of Love" and "The Law of Mercy," revised by Cosmic Awareness in July 1978.

The Law of Love is defined as placing the welfare and feelings of others above self, being closely aligned with forces associated with good, and denying the existence of evil by not resisting it. Love follows the course of least resistance.

The Law of Mercy is the law that allows one to forgive all error, including those who err against you and your own errors. Being merciful is akin to the Law of Love, and obeying it ensures no error in the world.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes revolve around the power of the mind, the concept of energy fields (etheric bodies, life force), the importance of faith and suggestion in self-healing, and the rejection of external divine or demonic intervention in favor of internal spiritual forces. The editorial stance, as presented through Wm. Ralph Duby and the Organization of Awareness, is that spiritual healing is a scientific and practical discipline rooted in self-awareness, personal responsibility, and the understanding of universal laws like Love and Mercy. The document promotes a holistic view where mind, body, and spirit are interconnected, and healing is an internal process facilitated by specific techniques and a positive mental attitude.

This document is a "PROCEDURAL MANUAL" detailing two distinct healing techniques: Type II Spiritual Healing, referred to as "Sacramental Healing," and "Magnetic Healing - Technique III." The manual provides step-by-step instructions for practitioners, along with notes and anatomical references. The content is primarily instructional, focusing on the methods, energy manipulation, and patient interaction required for these healing modalities.

Sacramental Healing (Type II Spiritual Healing)

This section outlines the procedure for Sacramental Healing, which requires participants to form a circle around the patient. Key steps include:

1. Preparation: All participants (channels) must wash their hands thoroughly and sensitize them, following instructions from "Charismatic Healing." Participants are informed about the procedure.
2. Patient Positioning: The patient is seated or reclined, depending on their condition.
3. Circle Formation: Three or more channels form a circle around the patient, holding hands with thumbs touching. A male-female alternation is suggested. A minimum of three channels and a leader are required, with seven being an ideal number. The leader can be inside or outside the circle.
4. Meditation: Participants meditate on the concept of "love as defined by the Law of Love" for four seconds.
5. Visualization: A great white form is visualized settling around and through the patient.
6. Affirmation: The leader states, "Let the Love of the Inner-Awareness make you whole, make you clean, make you well."
7. Anointing (Optional): For severe pain, the leader may apply a few drops of camphor oil to their hands and anoint the painful area simultaneously with the affirmation.
8. Mindset Shift: During the healing, the minds of the healers focus on reducing the concept of the illness to a very small size, while simultaneously increasing the patient's body in size, goodness, health, harmony, and beauty. The leader voices this shift: "The body is increasing in size in the sense of balance, harmony, goodness, beauty and health. That which is error is becoming less and diminishing in size. Now the disease and the error and the pain are no longer present."
9. Energy Amplification: The collective mind force is amplified by intense concentration on the word and concept of LOVE. The leader says "and," and the channels respond with "LOVE" in unison.
10. Final Cleansing: All channels wash their hands thoroughly.

Note on Sacramental Healing: It is more effective for skin diseases, bruises, open wounds, and burns than for deep internal or emotional problems. It should not be performed on an individual more than three times.

Magnetic Healing (Technique III)

This section details Magnetic Healing, a technique involving electromagnetic energy manipulation.

Procedures:

1. Illness Determination: The energy leak is determined as described in Charismatic Healing, Type I, or by special direction. The channel identifies the particular vertebra and ganglion to be treated using a treatment chart.
2. Access: The portion of the patient's back being treated should be exposed for direct thumb contact. A pencil or chalk mark may be used to indicate the point of contact.
3. Hand Preparation: The channel's hands are washed and sensitized, and must not touch each other or any object afterward.
4. Patient Positioning: The patient is positioned comfortably (standing or sitting), facing the channel. The patient's hands and feet should not touch each other.
5. Thumb Contact: The channel places their right thumb on the patient's right thumb for 5 seconds, then the left thumb on the patient's left thumb for 5 seconds. Both thumbs are then held together for 10 seconds to establish a mutual energy flow.
6. Hand Passes: The channel passes their hands over the patient's body from cranium to waist, 1 to 3 inches away, with hands slightly cupped inward. This should take a minimum of 10 seconds.
7. Aura Manipulation: The force field or aura is broken up using quick chopping, circular, or slicing hand movements. This may be done in one or several places and should take a minimum of 40 seconds.
8. Sweeping and Shaking: Cupped hands sweep away the broken energy. Hands are shaken with force to cast the energy aside. This step should take a minimum of 30 seconds.
9. Trance Poem Recitation: The "Trance Poem" is recited from memory in a clear voice while using a smoothing motion with cupped hands, 1 to 3 inches from the patient's skin.
10. Ganglion Contact (Right Thumb): The right thumb (positive force) is placed on the ganglion slightly to the left and upwards of the vertebra to be treated, with very light pressure for 4 seconds, while inhaling for 2 seconds and exhaling for 2 seconds.
11. Ganglion Contact (Left Thumb): The left thumb (negative force) is placed on the ganglion to the right of the vertebra to be treated. Light pressure is applied for 4 seconds while taking a deep breath and holding it, releasing the breath with the thumb.
12. Sustained Contact (Right Thumb): The right thumb is placed on the ganglion left of the treated vertebra and held for 4 minutes while the channel breathes normally. The opposite hand of the channel is held away from the patient and others.
13. Sustained Contact (Left Thumb): The left thumb is placed as indicated and held for 4 minutes.
14. Patient Affirmations: The channel repeats suggestions: "You are now relaxed; the pain or headache or upset stomach (et cetera) need no longer exist; you are full of energy; you feel pleasant and you are very comfortable; there needs to be no recurrence of that which has been."
15. Final Touch: The channel's right hand is placed on the back of the patient's neck, and the forefinger of the left hand on the forehead between the eyebrows, with very light pressure for 10 seconds. The channel repeats: "In the name of the Inner-Awareness, you are now clean, who e and well."
16. Relaxation: The patient is allowed to relax. If they appear to be in a light trance, they are gently guided to awaken.
17. Final Cleansing: The channel washes their hands thoroughly.

Notes on Magnetic Healing:

• Touch is to be strictly limited to the procedural steps. Accidental contact requires restarting the process, including hand washing.
• The patient's hair must not touch the channel's hands, as this can disturb the sensitive patient and potentially require restarting the procedure.
• At least two treatments are suggested. Treatments may need to be repeated on a scheduled basis (daily, weekly, or monthly) until reversal of the condition is effected.
• The "Trance Poem" can be pre-recorded if recitation from memory is difficult.

Treatment Chart and Anatomy

The manual includes a "TREATMENT CHART" that lists specific vertebrae and their corresponding afflictions or areas of influence:

• Second Cervical: Head, gums, jaws, upset stomach headaches (limited effect on optical centers).
• Fourth Cervical: Normalizes blood, effective for blood diseases, reduces infections and fevers.
• Sixth Cervical: Heart conditions.
• Third Thoracic: Abdomen organs.
• Fifth Thoracic: Pituitary and pineal glands.
• Seventh Thoracic: Lungs.
• Third Lumbar: Nervous emotionalism, tension patterns, reproductive anatomy.

Notes on the Chart: The chart points out vertebrae and ganglia on a diagram. The size of vertebrae and ganglia varies. Locating these areas can be more difficult on obese patients. A "ganglion" is defined as a collection of nerve cells serving as a center of nervous influence, located just under the next vertebra above and to the side. Finding the second cervical is aided by the patient dropping their head to form a hollow.

The document also includes diagrams of the vertebral column and the human nervous system (cerebral, sympathetic, and parasympathetic systems), illustrating the anatomical basis for the healing techniques. The energy used in Magnetic Healing is described as electromagnetic.

Trance Poem

A "TRANCE POEM" is provided, consisting of verses about floating, sleeping, and dreaming, leading towards "wholeness," "oneness," and "Awareness." It is intended to be recited during the Magnetic Healing process.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this manual are the systematic application of energy healing techniques, the importance of intention and visualization, and the connection between physical ailments and energetic or spiritual states. The editorial stance is instructional and prescriptive, providing detailed protocols for practitioners to follow. There is an emphasis on cleanliness (hand washing), mental focus (meditation, visualization, affirmations), and the specific manipulation of energy fields (aura, electromagnetic energy) through precise physical actions (hand placement, movements).
The manual presents these healing methods as structured procedures with defined steps and expected outcomes, suggesting a belief in their efficacy and a desire to standardize their application.