The Personal Healing Journey
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
– Dao De Jing
“In the beginning was the one who is called the Word” John 1:1
Our healing journey begins with a single thought, our intention to heal. We establish our goals through an act of Will, an activation of the Self…. I Will Heal …..This activation of Will, requires us to begin the search for Truth in our life, an exploration of what we “should be”. This will lead us to what we “can be”, a better version of ourselves which is in harmony with natural law. This can lead us to seek an understanding of how the energy flows in our life and our body. Managing this energy in our life, the Qi, requires us to acquire knowledge and methods to achieve this end.
The virtue of “humanity” can be described as kind words, loving actions and support and care of the Self. This leads us to be naturally supportive of others, using the balance between the 5 elements within ourselves to charge and generate interaction and social connection. We are naturally social beings and, at our core, we want to be with others and to help others.
This process completes the full cycle, leading us back to the Self, and our place in Life, best described by Hexagram 63, Completion, in the I Ching.
“Though completion implies a period of restful pause—one that has been well earned—it is not an actual ending; it is a harmonious flat spot in the constancy of change and movement, like the still point between the inhalation and exhalation of one’s breath”.