Montana Healing Connections

Thanksgiving is the one time of the year when our western society sets aside a time to be thankful and give gratitude. Sometimes it appears difficult to find that time hidden among all the holiday shopping, parties, and pressures of commercial aspects of Christmas. Thanksgiving gets sandwiched momentarily between the hype of Halloween and Christmas time.

Dr. Joe Dispenza, author of “Evolve Your Brain” spent several years studying spontaneous remission in people who were diagnosed with terminal illness. I recently watched his movie and I am fascinated by his findings. It’s well worth watching this video; I highly recommend you do so.

When we are not feeling well, or have a healing crisis in our body, we tend to sleep a lot. The sleeping state is also known as the healing state. The brain wave cycle known as beta is the brain’s time of healing. So it’s understandable that when we’re ill we want to sleep. The body is in a state of deeper relaxation, allowing all its systems to recover. During this time the brain is able to be in a place of no time, no space.

As Dr. Joe interviewed these hundreds of people, he found there are four commonalities they shared. First, all of them accepted that there was a greater mind giving them life. That this greater mind is within each of them. Second, they all said: “My thoughts and reactions to my life created and caused the conditions of my dis-ease.” They took full responsibility for their situation and illness. Third, they all began to think in new ways. They began to allow their body and mind to work together. Each person realized that who we are is what we mentally think and act. Our body and mind are a finite set.

Finally, they had long moments where they were not in time and space. As they got out of linear thinking, they found that their brain began to evolve in new ways. It’s proven that sickness tends to put our minds into our body. As they each devoted long times to being in a place of no time and space, they began to bring their minds back into the brain. This was achieved through meditation, relaxation, listening to classical music, or to the sounds of nature. Through creativity they moved into a time when they could forget about the self, into a state of nothingness.

Another way to shift from linear thinking is with gratitude. The very same neuro chemicals are emitted by the brain when we are in a state of gratitude as those produced when we are feeling and thinking happiness, love, being excited and positive.

Regular daily expressions of gratitude are essential to our mental, emotional, spiritual and physical health. Based upon the scientific research Dr. Dispenza speaks of, gratitude is a leading technique of healing. And it’s so easy!

One of our family traditions is during our Thanksgiving dinner we all share things we are grateful for. Even the little grandchildren have fun with this one. And their perspective brings new gratitude’s to the adults. The unique and open excitement of children for the simple things of life is a great reminder to all of us.

As you start your daily gratitude’s on Thanksgiving day, make a commitment to yourself, and your health, to continue this tradition every day. In a journal or small notebook, record at least three things you’re grateful for. I usually do this in the evening before I go to bed. It’s a relaxing, peaceful way to embrace the night. Rather than ruminating on all the things that were wrong with the day, we focus on what went right. And it’s healing too.

“With each blink of my eye

With each beat of my heart

With each note of music

Each time I reach out with my arms open wide

And I give thanks for each of you who this message may reach -

For our journey to greater understanding, greater love, greater expansion.

Love, Light and Blessings,

Donna Rae