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ClifNotes 8
April 2001
On the way from Australia to Europe we had five days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and discovered an amazing group of young men in their mid-twenties. Friends since kindergarten, all seven of them are blind.
“There are very few work opportunities for blind people and none of us wanted to join the boring workforce as telephone operators,” spokesman Joe (26) told us, “and we searched for something with more future and more satisfaction. So we created a company called ‘Blind Elite’, found a teacher and learnt foot reflexology, traditional body massage and treatment for light physical injuries.”
Very quickly they found they became very busy because people appreciate the extra sensitive fingers and ability to sense what is wrong with clients.
Galina and I couldn’t resist booking three sessions on consecutive days!
During these three days, Ahmad, Zul, Anwar, Najim and Joe, our therapists, asked all sorts of questions about our own work and became excited about the possibility of learning how to include ‘Intention in Action’ in their work.
They offered to put us in touch with the Blind Association of Malaysia in order to organize trainings for other blind people there.
We saw this as a wonderful idea for blind people all over the world and we’re in the process of defining the particular needs of visually impaired people and we are looking for potential sponsors of this project.
If you have any ideas or names in mind let us know as we intend holding the first training in Kuala Lumpur in October this year.
A small group of people in Holland have been continuing the work of ‘Intention in Action’ (IA) while we have been away. Now it is time to form an Association of professionals and bring IA into the bigger world. Unlike other forms of energy work, such as Reiki, which has been very expensive to learn, we are determined that this should be within easy reach of all people.
Buckminster Fuller (inventor of the geodesic dome among many other inventions) called it ‘precession’. Precession puts the ‘Action’ into ‘Intention’.
Bucky put it this way: a bee will spend it’s entire life tightly focusing on one thing - gathering the nectar to make honey. But at the same time, without any deliberate action, it is also pollinating the flowers.
If you have an intention to help others the most powerful action is to relax your tight focus and allow precession to happen. It’s much the same experience as when you are trying hard to find a solution to some troubling question. Often your eye will catch a headline on a poster, or you overhear a few words of a conversation or the TV program ‘happens’ to speak of the same thing.
Simply relax your focus and see precession in action.
For many years one of my brothers has been practicing “Intention in Action”. Dave is a science, mathematics and IT teacher and he is also well known in theatrical circles as a singer of leading roles in such Musicals as “Oliver” etc. Recently I asked him if he would mind sharing some of his personal healing stories. Here is his answer.
Dave’s report:
“Three or four years ago, when I was about to take part in a Healing Fair, I asked some of my past patients to write down their answers to some questions about what they had experienced when I had given them healing. My intention was to use their answers, (anonymously of course) to help explain what healing was all about to anyone at the Fair, the patients' first-hand experiences being more informative than my assumptions as to what the effects had been”.
These Were The Questions Dave Asked:
What was/were the ailment/s that prompted you to ask for (or accept the offer of) healing?
About how many healing sessions have you had?
About how long did the session/s last?
What did you feel during the healing session/s?
Was the ailment made worse? Slightly better? Cured? Unchanged?
If there was improvement, has the problem returned since then? (How permanent was the effect?)
Did healing produce any other effects (good or bad) that hadn't been expected?
Any other comments which may be of interest to someone inquiring about healing.
PATIENT A:
ailment/s: Back pain - Lower & middle spinal, due to the deterioration of the muscles around the discs.
how many: Numerous, over a number of years
how long: 15 - 30 minutes.
What did you feel: A tingling sensation, down the spine.
A warmth coming from the hands. A dragging sensation down the spine, as if drawing out the pain.
made worse: better: The ailment was made much better after treatment.
problem returned since: After five sessions of treatment, during which I was involved in a stage show and suffering quite badly with pain due to the extent of movement required for the show, the pain was greatly reduced and I found that I had very little pain for over a year.
other effects: I have been able to stop taking painkillers to the extent that I only need about five tablets a year, depending on what I am doing.
other comments: My back was damaged some 30 years ago and has been prone to popping the discs out about every 2 - 3 years. Since having treatment from Dave, the discs have stayed in place and the pain has almost disappeared and I only now have mild pain and discomfort to a much lesser degree.
PATIENT B:
ailment/s: 1. Late 1997 - Tennis elbow. 2. Mid 1998 - broken / fractured arm.
how many: Around six (?)
how LONG: Approx. half an hour
What did you feel: First one (for tennis elbow) - nothing. I was a bit dubious at this stage.
Others - a range, over the sessions - warmth in my arm, pain, shortness of breath.
made worse: better: Definitely not worse! Second one improved my arm, certainly added to its recovery
problem returned since: I still get pain in my arm, if I use it a lot - it probably needs more healing!
other effects: The first one - I thought it had no effect - then a couple of weeks later, I had my first pain-free period in years
other comments: I began as a skeptic, and with the results I've seen in myself and others, I'm now a real "believer" in the powers of healing.
PATIENT C:
ailment/s: Chronic foot pain due to congenital deformity.
how many: Took one to fix it.
how long: 20 - 30 minutes
What did you feel: Warm energy entering and circulating around my body in waves. A tingling sensation, relaxation and general peacefulness
made worse: better: The pain was cured! I entered the room on crutches and exited carrying them under my arm!
problem returned since: Has been aggravated again.
other effects: No. Very relaxing.
PATIENT D:
ailment/s: Sore neck. Fractured ribs. Daughter - glandular fever.
how many: About 10 between us
how long: Approx. 10 minutes
What did you feel: Burning sensation - every time. Relief from pain. With ribs, I felt the heat concentrate into a ball until it became intense and then dispersed.
made worse: better: Every time, relief gained - not cured, but definite relief.
problem returned since: Depends on the problem. e.g. ribs healed. neck problem does return.
other comments: I had a colleague, in terminal stage of cancer. Dave visited her. She did not believe in "healing" but told me that she had definite relief from her pain when Dave gave her healing.
PATIENT E:
ailment/s: Migraine - back injury and other injuries.
how many:
how long: 10 - 15 minutes
What did you feel: Tingling through body and pain in isolated area.
made worse: better: Cured.
problem returned since: Yes, but through further injuries, strain, or eating wrong food. e.g. lactose intolerance creates migraines.
other effects: Relief of muscle tension and emotional well-being.
other comments: After years of trying to seek medical help from G.P.'s specialists, etc., it is recommended that natural healing be tried. It really works!!
PATIENT F:
ailment/s: I tore my medial & lateral ligaments in my left ankle.
how many: 3
how long: one hour.
What did you feel: I felt no sensation whatsoever in my foot injury, but instead a muscular sensation in my back. A twisting type of sensation and it made my back feel quite tight, arms were very heavy.
made worse: better: After I left Dave, I felt like I was as light as a feather. I could actually sleep right through the night, whereas before, I hadn't been able to because my foot hurt too much. I found that whatever Dave did to my back, prompted my body to respond to my injury.
problem returned since: My foot was at a stage where I had undergone weeks of physiotherapy and recovered to a certain degree, but it wasn't getting too much better. After my visit with Dave, I felt my body was almost jump-started. I started to improve, so that I didn't feel the need to go back!
other effects: None whatsoever that were negative. However, I can honestly say that I have never felt as relaxed as I did during the session. I usually struggle to relax or even sit down for five minutes!
other comments: Give it a go, see for yourself. Hard to explain until you have it done to you!
PATIENT G:
ailment/s: Chronic fatigue syndrome (M.E.)
how many: 8 - 10
how long: 10 - 20 minutes
What did you feel: Weird sensations / warm heat throughout you body / heightened certain symptoms / tired once the session was over.
made worse: better: Felt much better after the session, but would need a 10 - 20 minute rest afterwards.
problem returned since: Ongoing illness, but helped at the time.
other effects: No, but some sensations were very unexpected.
other comments: Be open minded and go with your feelings rather than try and stop or avoid facing the physical feelings that you are experiencing in healing.
PATIENT H:
ailment/s: Torn calf muscle
how many: Ten
how long: Ten minutes. (by phone, 30 minutes).
What did you feel: Relaxed, Warm
made worse: better: Much better
problem returned since: No more problems
other effects: No
other comments: Try it! I am sure it is of benefit.
PATIENT: I
ailment/s: Pain in toe (crushed ten years ago).
how many: one
how LONG: About ten minutes
made worse: better: cured
problem returned since: Not yet (after a week)
other effects: YES! The toe had been "locked" since it was crushed ten years ago. It is now able to be moved.
PATIENT J:
ailment/s: Lower abdomen pain, very painful periods.
how many: 2 or 3 times a week, to begin with, then down to 1 per week, then only when I requested them. This process stretched over a period of 4 to 5 months.
how long: The sessions would vary in length, some 15 minutes, some up to an hour long.
What did you feel: The sensations felt during the sessions were quite incredible. Sometimes, I would have no pain, just a warmth flowing throughout my whole body. At other times, the pain was "brought out" by the energy and would peak, before subsiding into nothing. During these sessions I have fallen asleep, felt very relaxed and always felt that the "problem" was being addressed
made worse: better: After every session the pain/problem would always feel better. Overall I believe that this ailment is now better and under control.
problem returned since: I have been pain free for five years and also had been diagnosed with endometriosis, to which there is no apparent cure. This one certainly works for me.
other comments: I believe that all you need is a will to be receptive to something that science, etc. cannot explain and that an open mind to other energies can and does help. You do not need to believe in anything other than getting well.
PATIENT K:
ailment/s: A very painful knee injury, swelling, ligament damage.
how many: Approximately six sessions.
how long: About 1/2 an hour
What did you feel: Feelings were varied throughout the sessions. Generally, there was a great deal of heat around the affected area. I could almost associate this with blood circulation increasing to the joint itself. At times the pain was increasing during the sessions, but it always subsided before the session finished.
made worse: better: The particular injury was healed completely and I have no doubts that this injury would have taken several weeks to heal. My doctor was quite amazed at the progress and eventual shortness of the healing time
other effects: I believe that the healing made my general state of well being higher. I always feel "lighter" after healing and the affected area generally has no pain or symptoms immediately after the sessions. There were no negative effects of this process, at all.
You can email Dave at: d.m.sanderson@xtra.co.nz
Here again are the questions Dave asked his clients.
What was/were the ailment/s that prompted you to ask for (or accept the offer of) healing?
About how many healing sessions have you had?
About how long did the session/s last?
What did you feel during the healing session/s?
Was the ailment made worse? Slightly better? Cured? Unchanged?
If there was improvement, has the problem returned since then? (How permanent was the effect?)
Did healing produce any other effects (good or bad) that hadn't been expected?
Any other comments which may be of interest to someone inquiring about healing.
If you would like to join in sharing your own healing experiences please copy out the questions and email me
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