Spirituality in the Healing Process - Spiritual Practice Into your Life

Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

Anil Coumar: I would really challenge that assumption, Nerak, and ask myself, " is it really true that I'm not worthy of God's attention?" How do you know that it's true? That is what you should ask yourself. See what happens and how it affects you when you believe that assumption is a fact. You begin to dislike yourself even more, so it is important to examine our assumptions.

David: Also, I think that many times when we feel unworthy of another's attention, whether it be a physical person or God or your higher power, it's not because they have said to us "you are unworthy". Rather, it's our own self-talk, the way we feel about ourselves, and we project it onto others as if they feel the same way about us.

Here are a few audience comments about this:

ErikCOBx: I feel as if I'm not good enough to talk to God, but he has been talking to me in my dreams. Though we lose our faith at times, God always remains faithful to us! :)

Nerak: I guess I don't, but that is how I feel.

Londa: Deep down inside, we know we are not worthy. It is something we can say we do not believe, but it is there, all the same.

Montana: I felt I had lost it, but it was just buried underneath my past, in my sacred territory. Once I worked through some of those issues, I began to get connected with my spirituality which helped me resolve much more, and I began to have love of self and live in the serene present.

Londa: I feel the same way, unworthy of Creator's attention. Like, I believe other people can talk and pray and get a response, but I am too ...unworthy.

David: So, maybe as we begin to heal and feel better about ourselves, we begin to feel more worthy and more connected.

Anil Coumar: Precisely.

Montana: That has been my experience.

Alohio: Define 'spirit' to us. Spirit as 'soul'?

Anil Coumar: First of all, it is something that is difficult to express through words. It's a deep felt oneness and the recognition that everything is connected. We are always looking outside for solutions. It's like we have a big flashlight which we are shining all around us... What happens when we shine the flashlight unto ourselves?

What I mean by that is to look at the source of the problem, which is the I. Most of our problems exist because we are ignorant to the true nature of ourselves, so it's important to ask, "What Am I?" When we first ask that question, we will begin by describing things about ourselves: our name, our relationships, our behavior; but behind that there is the entity that cannot be described.

In asking this question, "What Am I?," we come across a brick wall, and it's important to observe that state of silence.

David: Here are a few more audience comments about what's being said tonight:

Alohio: We all start off as children who need to learn. Therefore, wisdom comes from outside of us.

sher36: I believe that spirit is something inside of us, and unless you nurture this spirit, you can never heal. If you are true to yourself, you nurture your spirit and, in return, are happy with yourself. You feel better about yourself and will find yourself worthy of anything, including a high power.

ErikCOBx: I think in order to feel God's acceptance of us, we need to learn to accept ourselves. To me, we are not human beings experiencing a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings experiencing a human experience.

Montana: Connection of mind, body, and spirit/wholeness/oneness.

species55: And one must integrate the past with the present if one is to move smoothly enough towards the future to integrate that future with the now 'present past.'

ErikCOBx: Hi, my name is Erik. I've been worrying about my health and feel my constant worrying is making me feel symptoms. Can your mind really make you believe you have symptoms?

Anil Coumar: Absolutely, Erik. There have been experiments conducted where a hypnotherapist put a coin on a subject's arm and told the subject under hypnosis that t he coin is red hot, in reality it was not hot but the subject's body reacted as if the coin was very hot. So because the subject believed that the coin was hot, his body produced a reaction as if there was a burn.

gigi: My therapist also has a prayer group. Do you think it is a good idea to see a therapist in more than one role?

Anil Coumar: It's hard to comment. Ideally, a therapist should have only 1 role. However, in small towns and communities, this may not be possible. It is important to find out if there is any pressure from the therapist to join the prayer group, gigi.

eveinaustralia: What happens if you can't remember the past and you have many troubled souls inside you, fighting so much for the present that you can hardly bear to open your eyes in the morning? What, then, of spirit?

Anil Coumar: The spirit can be felt only when the mind is somewhat clear of the pain that you are describing. I encourage you to go and talk to a professional so that you can have some mental peace to welcome the spirit.

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Thank you, Mr. Coumar, for being our guest tonight and for sharing this information with us. And to those in the audience, thank you for coming and participating. I hope you found it helpful. We have a very large and active community here at HealthyPlace.com. I invite you to stay and chat in any of the other rooms on the site. Also, if you found our site beneficial, I hope you'll pass our URL around to your friends, mail list buddies, and others: http://www.healthyplace.com

Anil Coumar: It's been my pleasure and I thank you for this opportunity.

David: Good night everyone.

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