Spirituality and Holistic Health
Medication Can’t Solve All of My Problems
Spiritually, healing is about setting intentions
As I write this, I am sick. I just have a cold. I’ll be fine — I am not looking to ingest any chemicals made in a lab in an effort to ease any symptoms or rush the healing process.
Above and beyond this, my soul is sick. Something is off — the feelings are heavy. I am still operational in this world and I can put on a great show of looking “normal” but to be honest, I don’t know what being spiritually healthy even looks like. Maybe none of us do. I am learning every day how to be more authentic and what it means to heal.
Sometimes I am not sure I even want to heal. That’s strange, isn’t it?
It’s not so strange when you consider the physical illnesses of our bodies that people seem to grip tightly. Some people like to be sick. They let it become their identity. They attach to it and don’t even know who they are without their illness. It’s counterintuitive because we assume that everyone wants to be healthy and whole. But do we really?
Setting an Intention to Heal
I’ll admit that I have attached myself to my pain and I have to really struggle to resist the urge to merge…
