Healing Practice Pitfalls

As someone involved in ministry for over 30 years, I've witnessed the rise and fall of various energy healing programs. While I won't name any specifically, there have been many. My personal experience lies with intuitive medical healing, Spiritual Mind Treatment, as taught by Dr. Ernest Holmes, and Joel Goldsmiths healing work.

So, continuing on, a Sat Guru once mentioned during a lecture on Inner Engineering and energy healing systems:

"Energy healing systems have grown very popular in the world today. My take on them is unambiguous. The intention to help others is laudable, it is juvenile to think you can heal someone else because you have learned to harness a little energy into your hands. What most people do not realize is that when you heal, you are only appeasing the Karmic effect. You do not have the capability to take away the cause. If you simply remove the effect, the cause will take effect in some other way.”

Let's examine the quote.

It introduces the concept of karma, suggesting that healing efforts often only address the symptoms (the effects) of a deeper, underlying issue rather than the root cause itself. In many spiritual and philosophical traditions, karma refers to the law of cause and effect, where one's actions and intentions create consequences that shape their future experiences. According to this perspective, every action has a corresponding reaction, and this cycle influences an individual's life circumstances, including health and well-being.

When someone performs energy healing, they might provide temporary relief by alleviating the immediate symptoms of an ailment. However, the quote implies that these symptoms are manifestations of deeper karmic imbalances or unresolved issues that need to be addressed at their core. By focusing solely on the surface-level effects, energy healing may offer short-term comfort but fails to tackle the fundamental causes of the problem.

For instance, if a person suffers from chronic pain, energy healing might ease their discomfort temporarily. However, if the pain is a result of accumulated negative karma from past actions or unresolved emotional issues, simply alleviating the pain does not resolve the underlying cause. The karmic perspective emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing these deeper issues to achieve true and lasting healing.

In this view, genuine healing requires more than just the manipulation of energy. It necessitates a the healer understand the long term consequences of healing effects (symptoms). By healing the effect without healing the cause the cause will create a more significate effect somewhere else at another time. There needs to be more self-awareness, spiritual understanding, and knowledge of how to resolve past actions and emotions. Without addressing the root cause, the karmic effects will continue to manifest in different forms, perpetuating the cycle of suffering and imbalance. Therefore, while energy healing might offer temporary relief, it is seen as an incomplete solution that does not fully address the complexities of karmic influences on an individual's health and well-being.