INCORPORATING SPIRITUALITY WITH E. AND ILLNESS

I JOINED MY. E. A FEW MONTHS AGO, BECAUSE I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. I HAVE LEARNED MORE THAN I EVER EXPECTED. I HAVE READ ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THE PROBLEMS SHARED BY SO MANY AND MYSELF, AND THE HORRORS OF MEDICATION, AND THE HELPFULNESS OF MEDICATION. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I KEEP LOOKING FOR AND CANNOT FIND. PERHAPS IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE ON THIS SITE, OR PERHAPS PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT IT. SOME FIND IT VERY OFFENSIVE. I KEEP WONDERING: WHY IS NO ONE TALKING AND SHARING THE BENEFITS OF SPIRITUALITY ON THE SITE. NO TALK OF MEDITATION, AND THE BENEFITS OF MEDITATION. NO TALK OF THE POSITIVE AFFECTS OF THE KIND OF MUSIC WE LISTEN TO, THE BENEFIT OF ACHIEVING A HIGHER STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, OF WORKING ON HEALING OURSELVES, WITH THE GIFTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US BY GOD, NO MATTER WHAT RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE, OR NO RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE AT ALL. I AM LOOKING AND READING, SEARCHING FOR THAT DISCUSSION, YET I NEVER SEE IT. I READ MANY PEOPLE'S BLOGS, THE FORUMS, AND HEAR THE MENTION OF GOD SO MANY TIMES, YET THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE AN ABSENCE OF WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OURSELVES, GIVEN THE GIFTS WE HAVE, USING SELF-HELP BOOKS, BE THEY SPIRITUAL OR NOT. I STARTED ON A PATH OF HEALING IN THE '90, WHICH TOOK ME TO PLACES I OFTEN DESIRED, BUT NEVER THOUGHT I COULD ACHIEVE, AND SOME THAT I NEVER HAD HEARD OF: THE USE OF CRYSTALS, HEALING HANDS, POLARIZATION, ETC. SURE, AT FIRST I THOUGHT THESE PEOPLE WERE CRAZY, BUT SOMETHING DEEP DOWN INSIDE ME, ALLOWED ME TO CONTINUE………..A NEED, A DESIRE, TO BE CLOSER TO MY GOD AND MY LORD, AS I AM CHRISTIAN, BUT NEVER RULE OUT THE BENEFIT OF ANY TEACHINGS WHETHER IT BE BUDDHISM, HINDU, BABA, AND ON THE LIST GOES. GOD IS GOD, NO MATTER WHAT RELIGION, OR WHAT BELIEF SYSTEM YOU HAVE. OR IF YOU HAVE NO PREFERENCE AT ALL. I DO NOT KNOW IF I AM OUT OF LINE PUTTING THIS ON MY E. WEBSITE, BUT I GUESS I WILL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE COULD SO MANY PEOPLE JOINED TOGETHER IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND NOT HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF EACH OF US. WHAT ABOUT HEALING IN MIND, BODY, AND SOUL THRU ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THIS EARTH, THIS GOD, THIS BODY AND MIND HAS GIVEN TO US. WHY DO I NOT READ ABOUT POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS………….I DO NOT HAVE E. I AM WELL WHOLE AND PERFECT IN MIND, BODY AND SOUL. WRAP WHITE LIGHT AROUND AND THRU EVERY PART OF ME. THE MIND IS A POWERBOX. WHY NOT PUT IN THAT MIND, AND IN OUR HEARTS THAT WHICH WE DESIRE MOST, AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER SPIRITUALLY ALSO. WHY NOT GIVE SUGGESTIONS, AS TO GREAT MUSIC, GREAT TEACHERS, GREAT BOOKS, HOLY MEN AND WOMEN…….AND DRAW STRENGTH FROM THAT ALSO. WHY NOT SHARE OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH, AND HOW IT HAS AFFECTED OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH? I JUST DON'T SEE HOW I COULD BE THE ONLY ONE ON THIS SITE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE FOUND TO BE TRUE, AND I GUESS, HAVE ALWAYS KNOWS. TO ME, IT IS A PRIORITY. THERE IS A WONDERFUL CHANT: IT MEANS: IN EVERY ADVERSITY, THERE IS THE SEED OF EQUAL OR GREATER BENEFIT. WHERE DID IT COME FROM? THE BUDDHA………..NAM MYO HO RENGE KYO. I SAY IT........WHEN I AM WALKING, SHOPPING, WHATEVER........CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK.......INCORPORATE EASTERN PHILOSOPHY WITH WESTERN. GET THOSE CHAKRAS OPEN AND FUNCTIONING AND HEAL, AND LOOK TO THAT HIGHER POWER OF LIGHT AND LOVE THAT WE TALK ABOUT, AND NEED TO TALK TO ON A DEEPER LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING!