Energy Medicine 101. How to overcome despair, loneliness, debilitating doubt, suffering, pain...

MANILA - In the middle half of 2008, I edited the book Healing Hands by my Indian friend Samuel Martin and worked my editorial hands on the manuscript long and hard, so that I knew everything that the book was saying about the Bible and Nature in relation to alternative medicine. Here, I can summarize the book in 2 simple phrases: The healing hands of God. The healing hands of Nature. In 2 words: Prayers, Plants.

About that book, I never told my good friend and outstanding (and astounding) medical doctor Antonio C Oposa, 87, but now he comes with a copy of the book Energy Medicine with the subtitle balancing your body's energies for optimal health, joy and vitality (New York: Jeremy P Tarcher / Penguin, 404 pages with Index) by Donna Eden, with the request that I read it and tell him what I find out. I've browsed the book, and I feel it is also both outstanding and astounding with its insights, if not wisdom. Donna has a website: Energy Medicine with Donna Eden (innersource.net).

"Energy is the medicine," she says in her book (page 4). "Your body's energies know how to mobilize themselves to respond to all manner of illness and threat, bringing the purest and most natural elixir that exists to care for your maladies. Energy gives life to the body." On another page (17), she says, "Energy is all there is." And she quotes Albert Einstein's planet-shaking formula, E = mc2. Energy equals mass times the square of the speed of light. To cut the story short, Einstein's light came from God.

Right now, reading almost word for word, I'm only on page 30, but I can't help begin sharing with you the wealth that this book offers to everyone in matters of information and instructions. Ask and you shall receive.

So, here is an excerpt from the book, pages 26-27, that is self-explanatory:

How to Overcome Despair Through Spiritual Connection

Whenever you are in despair, feeling alone, sick at a crossroads, suffering with physical pain, in anguish because of an illness that will not heal, or otherwise unable to find the answers you ache to find, the following can be an uplifting practice. It can put you in touch with the sacred dimension of your life, infuse you with the knowledge that you are not alone, and give you the odd comfort of realizing that all you see is only a glimpse of a larger picture.

If at all possible, do this out in nature, perhaps under the stars, or in another setting that feels sacred. For me, this is like a prayer. It connects me with the spiritual realm. I call it Heaven Rushing In (time - 2 minutes or longer):

1. Stand tall. Take a moment to ground yourself in spreading your fingers on your thighs, breathing deeply, feeling your feet on the ground, and being conscious of your connection to the Earth as the energy pours out of your fingers, down your thighs, and into the ground. You are preparing yourself to make a sacred connection.

2. Take a deep breath in, open your arms wide, and bring them into a prayer position in front of your chest. Exhale.

3. With another deep breath, open your arms wide and lift them. Look to the heavens. Reach toward heaven as heaven reaches back to you. Release your breath. Bask in the knowledge that you are not alone in this universe and that you are worthy of this blessing from the heavens. You may feel a tingle, a buzz, or heat in your hands. You are touching heaven with your hands, and you are inviting healing energies from the cosmos.

4. Scoop this energy into your arms and bring your hands into the middle of your chest. There is a vortex here called Heaven Rushing In, and "heaven" rushes into your heart with healing, with a glimpse of your true nature, and with a peek into who you are in the larger plan. Even when you do not receive guidance or inspiration, know that they will unfold in their perfect time.

5. If there is a specific area in your body that needs healing, place your charged hands over that area and let the energies stream in.

Donna says (page 30), "Having taught healing classes all over the world, I firmly believe that virtually anyone can learn to influence their energies to improve their health. You can do this! Instinctive knowledge of how to heal themselves was a possession of your ancestors, and it still resides deep within you."