Nothing Is Lost

One of the nice things about writing beyond the wisdom I live - as mentioned in the sidebar - is that at times when my thinking has gotten all messed up I have my own words in some file, here or there on my computer to help put me back on track.  It is odd, yet wonderful.  I wrote this piece this past June.  I needed to read it tonight.  I didn't know it was the piece I needed to read until I read it.

Nothing Is Lost

There is no effort that is lost.
There is no experience that is wasted.
There is not anything that goes un-utilized in wakening
To What Is.

I will not presume to tell you What Is.
I couldn’t anyway, it is beyond words.
I will tell you, as many times as you need to hear,
Nothing is ever lost.

No experience can fail to lead us to awakening,
Good or bad, it is all the fuel that ushers in Awareness.
There is but one purpose for anything,
To know What Is.

And What Is will absolutely succeed in getting our full attention.
It will use everything that arises to do so.
What Is, is that which causes us to seek peace, equality, balance, joy.

I tell you, nothing is lost.

I tell you, fulfillment of our desire for the goodness we seek is the only possibility.

June 1, 2010
Elizabeth Clair Wescott

Describing Qigong Healing

Quite naturally, people often ask me to describe what it is I do when doing healing work, or to describe Qigong healing.  Unless I know the person well, or have a grasp of their paradigm of reality I am hard pressed to describe this incredible art.  If I had a better understanding of Quantum Physics there are those I could describe it to quite easily… but, it’s a rare person who I run into who has even the very elementary knowledge of Quantum Physics I do.  Then another route for describing it is Taoism, oops.  Precisely the same problem arises as with Quantum Physics.  Our comprehension of the influence we have over energy (so that means everything) is not really up to the task of describing this healing art or understanding it.  It’s a simple fact.  Yet, because I am asked so often, I have made an attempt here to put some of my understanding into words.

Qigong healing has been in use in China for thousands of years.   It’s based on a simple principle expressed by Albert Einstein, ‘Every thing is energy.’  Einstein found that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed, something Taoist masters understood long ago.

Illness, stress, excessive fatigue, chronic pain, financial distress, emotional imbalance, relationship issues… are each an expression of energy that is out of balance.  To put it another way, it is energy that is seeking to be transformed by our skilful attention.  The personal practice of Spring Forest Qigong and Qigong healing are very accessible ways to bring skilful attention to any area of life.

It could be said that when something is out of balance, something is stuck.  There is a hindrance to the natural flow of energy.  We were all born with the ability to heal ourselves and others.  It is the interconnectedness of being that Quantum Physics is revealing to us that helps us understand this reality.  As an energy healer, learning through Spring Forest Qigong and other areas of study, through my connection with the client and Life itself I use my understanding of the effects of awareness and intention to focus energy in a way that facilitates a return to balance, essentially utilizing my client’s innate ability to heal.  Much of the work is done through my visualization and a ‘felt sense’ of the flow of energy to send silent messages to my client.  In a face-to-face healing session I use my hands in certain ways to help me focus my attention where my client needs assistance in reclaiming the natural, balanced flow of their energy system – on the levels of thought, form and spirit.  When doing Long Distance healing I use visualization.  In any case, I am always calling upon the energy of Life itself to express the natural balance that is always present.

In addition to freedom from pain, the rapid healing of wounds, greater emotional stability, greater mental clarity, increased motivation and ability to stand up to addiction, increased energy, vitality… my clients have also experienced a sense of peace and ease that they have found unique and delightful.  I may not be able to explain how this occurs, but a lot of us are happy that it does.

Stepping Stones to Health

Stepping Stones to Health

Change is a lot of different things.  Sometimes it comes in a flash, sometimes it comes in fits and starts, sometimes it comes in discreet increments.  To be very philosophical about it, however it shows up, it is always taking place.  Where ever it is we happen to be in the moment when we recognize we want something to change, we are in standing on the first Stepping Stone to that change.  Awareness brings change, desire can fuel action.  In that first moment of recognition that we want change, we have Awareness and Desire.

There’s another aspect to change worthy of discussion, change we don’t want.  It happens in all the same ways noted above.  In that moment we recognize that something has changed in a way that we are not happy about, we are once again on a Stepping Stone, the first stepping stone that leads to peace with what has happened.  Again, we have Awareness that we are not at peace with what has unfolded and we have a Desire to be at peace.  Awareness and Desire are powerful allies to anyone who wishes to know their wholeness.

Stepping Stones to Health is a blog that carries the name of my business, a business that, at its core, is dedicated to assisting others in finding right where they are is the perfect place for forward movement in life.  The tools I use in my business are Spring Forest Qigong Level 1 practice groups and classes, and coaching; and Qigong healing – face-to-face as well as long distance.

There are many times in my life that I have been quite certain that where I was could not possibly be on the perfect stepping stone to experiencing peace, health or wholeness.  I have come to know that what I experience doesn’t always represent what is true.  Depression is a good example of this.  I have spent a lot of time with the negative thoughts depression sends across the screen of the mind.  It shows me how little is possible, how little I am loved, how little I love and many other things that suggest things are unworkable.  It shows me a great and convincing variety of things about how wrong where I am at the moment is.  When the depression lifts, I see that I have fallen sway to a pack of lies.  While in the depression, what I saw seemed very, very real to me.  Yet it wasn’t.  It was an experience I was having at the time, it was not the truth.

It’s easier to see the pliability of emotional states than of health, financial difficulties, relationship issues and all things physical.  Yet, they are much more pliable than we realize.  Very often, what vexes us is more smoke and mirrors than reality.  As we give attention to practices like Spring Forest Qigong, practices that invite us to relate to life at an energetic level – while usually we relate to the physical and mental aspects – we begin to experience the presence of serenity we hadn’t noticed before.  We also begin to see life unfolding more easily and we begin to loosen our grip on the controls.

Though this blog carries the name of my business, the topics are likely to vary a lot.  There’s so much to explore in life, so many moments to sit with and delve into.  Be prepared with spelunking gear, scuba gear, climbing cleats, surf board, and you’ll probably want a hang glider, too.  We never know what life’s going to offer up, and I’m a bit like that; I can go off in a lot of different directions.  I’m looking forward to riding with you!

Elizabeth Wescott