In my age group–I’m 59–it’s pretty common for people
\nto have arthritic knees, and to be told by their
\ndoctors that it’s “bone on bone”–meaning the cartilage
\nis gone, and it’s time for a knee replacement.<\/p>\n
I’ve always thought of myself as younger than my
\nchronological age, so it was quite upsetting to find,
\nafter that Mt. Rainier trip I told you about last
\nmonth, I could barely walk due to knee pain. The pain
\nwas even waking me up at night.<\/p>\n
Was I getting OLD? Would I be limited for the rest of
\nmy life?<\/p>\n
After a month of not getting better, I finally broke
\ndown and went to an MD to see if he could refer me for
\nphysical therapy or even surgery, since I
\nself-diagnosed both arthritis and a torn meniscus.<\/p>\n
He recommended no walks, especially avoiding slopes,
\nand an intensive program of ibuprofen to get the
\ninflammation under control.<\/p>\n
The surprising result of taking the anti-inflammatory
\ndrugs was not only no improvement in my knees, but
\nincreased pain elsewhere in my body!<\/p>\n
After that, I decided it was no good not walking, so
\ntried going for the lovely walks in nature that I so
\nenjoy. My knees hurt so much after each one that I felt
\nquite discouraged.<\/p>\n
Then, I went off to a sacred music festival for a few
\ndays. <\/p>\n
I love music, so you’d think I’d have been thrilled.
\nInstead, I found myself feeling awkward, out of place,
\nand not very open to all the opportunities for
\nconnection.<\/p>\n
I scoffed at the free digeridoo sessions being offered
\nfor healing, because to me, nobody external to me could
\nheal me. <\/p>\n
I wasn’t into the network of crystals being placed all
\nover the land to create an energetic field of love and
\nhealing because to me, my own thought field is so much
\nmore powerful than any external energy, whether it’s
\ncrystals, positions of the planets, sun spots, or
\nelectromagnetic fields from power lines. <\/p>\n
I didn’t want a free massage from some stranger.<\/p>\n
I knew I’d benefit from stretching, but couldn’t do any
\nof the yoga that required putting weight on bent knees.
\nPlus, I felt pretty awkward and stiff since I don’t
\npractice yoga regularly.<\/p>\n
Notice a theme here? RESISTANCE and NEGATIVITY.<\/p>\n
This is not exactly the recipe for healing, wouldn’t
\nyou agree?<\/p>\n
When I was in my normal home environment, I hadn’t
\nnoticed it, but in a new setting, it was pretty
\nobvious!<\/p>\n
So, how, with all this resistance and negativity going
\non, did my knees heal?<\/p>\n
My theory is that it was a few significant, blissful
\nperiods of dropping all my resistance — musical
\nperformances that for me, were utterly heart-meltingly
\nbeautiful. I was moved to a state of unconditional
\nlove.<\/p>\n
It could just as easily have been the digiridoo, if I’d
\nbeen willing to receive the loving intentions of the
\nyoung man playing it, and allow the physical vibration
\nand centuries-old wisdom of Australian aboriginal
\npeople to move me.<\/p>\n
It could just as easily been the crystals, if I’d been
\nopen to their subtle energy.<\/p>\n
It could just as easily been yoga, or massage, or
\ndancing, or prayer, or qi gong–anything that I could
\nhave been open to joyfully experiencing and using as my
\nexcuse to let go of my negativity.<\/p>\n
It just happens that on this particular summer, the
\nmusic was what it took to get me to disarm.<\/p>\n
I’m telling you this story so you’ll really get that
\neven if you worry that you’re chronically critical,
\nnegative, anxious, frustrated, angry, overwhelmed,
\nscared, feeling out of place, that it doesn’t take a
\ncomplete life change for significant healing to occur.<\/p>\n
It’s true that for a few days I was away from my
\nregular environment, my computer and phone. <\/p>\n
It’s true that I have had experience of other miracle
\nhealings in my body, and that I often practice
\nmindfulness and pay attention to what I’m doing with my
\nattention.<\/p>\n
It’s true that I knew that somehow, the condition of my
\nknees was about my own vibration, even if I could point
\nto the injurious circumstances of my challenging
\nmountaineering trip, and the high likelihood that I had
\ninjuries that would show up on medical imaging.<\/p>\n
But I think it was the blissful states that allowed the
\nhealing to occur. I’m still listening to CDs of that
\nmusic. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Have you had experiences like this? Please share!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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