Monday, October 21, 2013

Subconscious Healing And Today's Medicine Alternatives

By Elena McDowell


Subconscious healing is based upon two important principles of healing, principles that work hand in glove. The first is that diseases thought to have primarily pathogenic origins ultimately stem from the patient's mind. The second is that the part of the mind capable of making the body healthy or unhealthy is surely not the conscious mind, but the subconscious.

The subconscious, known interchangeably as the "unconscious", is most familiar through its association with classic psychotherapy, whether regarded as a theory or as a clinical practice. But the unconscious has been with us in many forms for much longer, even hinted at in literary characters such as Oedipus. The unconscious has of course been made use of by religions as well, and before that by witch doctors and shamans.

The unconscious is the aspect of the mind that is independent of our conscious control. The most obvious example of this is breathing during sleep. Like most waking breathing but more dramatically, breathing during sleep acts outside our conscious control even though controlled, ultimately, by the brain.

Both conventional medicine and much that is considered "alternative" medicine work through chemical cures that induce the body to respond in ways necessary to effect healing. The difference between the two is in the relatively superficial distinction between highly processed "drugs" and less processed, "natural supplements", and in the less superficial distinction between thoroughly peer - reviewed research and more informal testing. The real alternative medicine isn't one that uses a leaf rather than a processed plant, but one that uses the power of the mind to heal without recourse to the use of any invasive technique whatsoever.

While there are many subconscious healing traditions from around the world, they do have much in common just because they each must address the same organism, humankind. It helps if the patient can manage an attitude of not mere peace of mind but true gratitude toward one's blessings. It might be difficult to generate gratitude while fighting an illness, especially an illness so pernicious it inspired the sufferer to seek outside conventional medical science.

The unique power of gratitude lies in the fact that the subconscious has no conception whatsoever of negation. When sick, the most natural thing in the world is to harbor hostility to the sickness, a hostility akin to the antagonism of chemical medicine and said disease. But all the unconscious knows is that the mind is focused upon some object, regardless of whether that focus is favorable or unfavorable.

This is a theory well known to anyone who has tried to attract wealth but failed because they were really obsessed with their poverty. The same rule applies to health, where the deployment of the mind's resources tends to involve attending to that part of the body that is healthy, inspiring healthiness to spread across the body as a whole. It goes without saying that such an attitude will be conducive not just to healing but to enduring disease and its ravages.

Many therapies use subconscious healing, and while it might strike many as a recent approach, in fact it goes back to ancient times. Mantra, controlled breathing, and guided visualization are all ancient techniques to gain control of mind, aligning conscious and unconscious. Altogether, these techniques are becoming more popular, and closer to the mainstream of modern medicine.




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