In Why People Don't Heal and How They Can, Caroline Myss Ph.D and medical intuitive, explores healing from using the age old energy chakra system. As in her previous book, Anatomy of the Spirit, Myss explains the ages old concept of the seven energy chakras found in the human body and how their balance (or lack of it) affects our health. But here she takes those concepts a step further, relating them to both the 2,000 year long astrological ages and seven Christian sacraments. Those may seem like conflicting philosophies but the symbolism as it plays out in our culture and in our daily lives was surprisingly pertinent. The Aquarian Age energy underlies holistic thought and in terms of healing represents the increasingly recognized concept that we cannot heal part of an organism without treating the whole of it-body, mind and spirit.
Why People Don't Heal also addresses five common myths related to the healing process. Much of this information is useful. Myss points out for instance, that illness is not necessarily the result of negativity. Our can-do American attitudes sometimes result in portraying illness as a failure or weakness. We want to believe that our lives are totally under our own control. But illness is usually the result of complex causes and is sometimes our teacher. Myss has a complex yet clear understanding of the nature of illness and more important she realizes the focus on health rather than the treatment of dis-ease.
Some of the stories she relates--and the sentiments she relates along with them-particularly her references to "woundology" early in the book, did not seem in keeping with the tenor of the rest of her work. However, upon further reading the paradox seems more understandable given an understanding of her constant contact with those seeking and struggling with healing on a daily basis in her professional life. Exploring the myths and paradoxes also allow the reader to delve deeper and with more truth into their own path of healing. As she puts it, "your biography becomes your biology." With this knowledge, exploring how to heal the body, also leads to healing of the mind and spirit.
Cami Rice - WriteOnCami@gmail.com
Full Title: Why People Can't Heal And How They Can
Author: Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (September 1998)
ISBN: 0609802240
Reader Tip creation date - Apr 4 2006
