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First of all, we want to thank all of you who have communicated your
caring, and to those of you who have also contributed to Inessa's health
fund so far. Your support means a lot!
We are hoping to send Inessa to Germany so she can get proper treatment.
We are still short of enough money to make all this happen as easily
as possible, so please do consider making a contribution if you have
not yet done so.
http://www.seishindo.org/making_a_donation.html
I am not at all sure when we will be able to send out our next newsletter,
as this takes a lot of work by Inessa. I want you to know that we will
still be "here" even if you do not hear from us for a while.
Please keep us in your hearts, and we will do the same with you.
I want to take this opportunity to offer all of you my best wishes
for the Holidays, and the coming year. The newsletter is a labor of
love, and it means a great deal to me when you write and tell me how
my stories have touched your heart.
I offer you today's story entitled "Cancer can save your life!"
as a way of letting you know we are feeling hopeful and blessed,
and that we look forward to continuing to fully engage in Life's
many mysteries. We hope that you will say the very same in regard
to your life and the lives of those you love.
All the best to you going forward!
Warmly,
Charlie
1. Request for prayers and assistance
My dear Russian friend and colleague Inessa Rebeyko has been the
webmaster for Seishindo right from the very beginning.
She has been invaluable in every aspect of our online relationship
with you.
Recently Inessa has been diagnosed with cancer and is beginning to undergo
various treatment methods.
Please keep Inessa in your thoughts and prayers. The more of you who
can find the time to send caring thoughts her way, the better!
The cost for Inessa's treatment and rehabilitation will be considerable,
and beyond the resources she currently has.
We're therefore asking you to consider making a donation to a health
fund for Inessa. If you're open to such an idea please give in whatever
amount is comfortable for you, as an act of solidarity and simple friendship.
Even if you can only send a dollar or two it will let Inessa know you're
thinking of her, and give her greater hope!
To offer your donation please go to the following link:
http://www.seishindo.org/making_a_donation.html
I thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration of this request.
Warmly,
Charlie
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Cancer can save your life!
"Whoever... sees in illness a vital expression of the organism,
will no longer see it as an enemy. In the moment I realize that the
disease is a creation of the patient, it becomes for me the same sort
of thing as his manner of walking, his mode of speech, his facial expression,
the movements of his hands, the drawings he has made, the house he has
built, the business he has settled, or the way his thoughts go: a significant
symbol of the powers that rule him, and that I try to influence when
I deem it right."
Georg Groddeck; MD
About 35 years ago I had the good fortune to study with a woman who
was a powerful healer. Among her many talents was her gift of helping
people heal themselves from cancer. She worked with herbs, diet, energy
healing, self awareness, and prayer. I learned a great deal from her,
and in the years since I've continued to use and further develop what
she taught me.
My teacher believed that disease was a life affirming communication
from the person's deeper self. A strong voice calling out to the person,
letting them know they needed to redirect their energy and live their
life differently. The more serious a disease appeared to be, the stronger
the signal from the deeper self. The more serious a disease appeared
to be, the more of the person's whole self was being activated for the
task of healing. Life threatening illnesses were understood to show
a strong desire to live a better life.
Clients were taught to listen carefully to the wisdom of their symptoms,
so they could appreciate what their body was telling them,
and begin to decode the life affirming messages their body
was communicating.
On one occasion a man in his early thirties showed up who had late
stage cancer. My teacher asked him to tell her about his life and a
compelling story of self destruction followed. The gentleman was a highly
accomplished stock broker who was using cocaine, alcohol, and stimulants
to keep himself on a wild roller coaster ride of "success".
Over the following months the man cleaned up his life. He changed his
diet, took a range of supplements, got into meditation and praying,
and gave up his debilitating habits. As often but not always happened,
the man wound up healing himself of his cancer.
A few months after he'd been declared fully healthy by his doctors
the man showed up at one of my teacher's classes. He said he was in
the final stages of writing a book called "Cancer can save your
life!".
"As weird as it might seem," he said, "I'm now truly
thankful for having had cancer."
"Without the cancer I would have certainly gone on living the kind
of life that in some strange way had felt like a 'privilege' of my success."
"It would have only been a matter of time before my many excesses
would have killed me!"
I remember the first time I told the story of the stockbroker to a
client who was suffering from a life threatening illness. She said,
"Easy for him to be so positive after regaining his health!"
"Yes," I said, "It is easy to appreciate your illness
after you’ve regained your health."
"The task we have before us now," I suggested, "Is to
begin to engage your own process of appreciation prior to recovering
your health, so that the healing energy hiding within your disease is
given the opportunity to be activated."
"Simple but not necessarily easy," I said.
"At least one of us needs to start out believing you are
indeed capable of recovering your health. I will thus sit here
trusting in your capacity to activate the healing energy that
resides within you, until such time that you're ready and able
to join me. Together, we will find the best way to appreciate
and respond to your system's call for help!"
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