Eastern and Western Healing

patti • February 24, 2021

Blending Healing Principles

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Before I move into my thoughts on healing, I thought it appropriate to preface this post with the following important notes:

1. Healing comes from blending both Western and Eastern principles. We are geometry, which is science and math, and vibration which is spiritual. We bring both aspects into our lives in order to heal, and our bodies truly need both aspects. Eastern is wonderful for pre-disease and Western is useful for diagnostics.

2. You must remember that your hereditary DNA also plays a role in this simple yet complex design we call a body. If you come from a long line of prescription users and meat-eaters, your body will respond more to that type of medicine. You may be a vegan, which definitely forces changes in your body, but the history of your family genes will remain.

When someone is diagnosed with a disease, there are many different options for treatment. For example, someone with a sore throat could go see a family doctor and be tested for a throat infection. They could then receive a prescription for antibiotics, or go instead to an acupuncturist. They could consult a herbalist, naturopath, or homeopath. They could take natural supplements and herbs. They could see a shaman or visit a Reiki Master or Healing Touch practitioner to balance their chakras. 

 Vibrational medicine using the ColorWorks system can be utilized with any treatment program. Only ColorWorks, of all the treatments mentioned above, removes the root cause of the sore throat. None of the others addressed why the sore throat developed in the first place. 

 A sore throat, as with any illness or discomfort, is the body’s way of getting your attention. It’s saying, “I need to tell you something. I need you to pay attention.” No matter what healing modality the sore throat sufferer chooses, he or she can sit quietly and thank his/her body for bringing this to attention, asking what need to be learned from this experience. The body is literal and specific. Then he or she can remove the core issue from the body using color.

 Vibrational healing is not contraindicated in conjunction with any other treatment modality. If given a course of antibiotics, you can ask your body what color it needs to boost the effectiveness. If you undergo acupuncture, you can ask your body what color it needs to clear the core issue out of your body while the treatment aligns and balances the energy meridians of the auric field.

 Most alternative therapies, such as crystals, essential oils, flower essences, homeopathic, Reiki, or therapeutic touch, are passive vibration and deal with the auric energy field outside and around the body. While these therapies certainly do make many of their clients feel better, the effects generally do not last. They require multiple visits over time.

Why?

Because the core issue must be removed from the subtle energy system in order to remove the cause of the symptoms. Vibration must be used to clear the blocked energy flow. Modalities that balance the chakras alleviate the problem. They feel wonderful, but do not alter the vibration of the cells, therefore do not make permanent changes. Color works (ColorWorks. See what I did there?) because it is an active vibration. There are two active vibrations in the universe: color and tone. All other vibrations - crystals, oils, reiki - while important, are passive, which means they do not have the frequency necessary to shake loose cellular memory.

You can read more about ColorWorks here , explore perception and how it relates to healing here , or you can learn a few tips for preparing your body for healing here
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