Once upon a time, in ancient Egypt, a wealthy man was dying. He
called his 3 sons together to discuss how his wealth would be
distributed among them after he had passed.

His wealth was measured in camels, of which he had 17. He decided to
leave to his first born son half of his camel herd, to his second
born he left 1/3 and to his youngest he left 1/9. Well this number
left the sons unsure of what to do!

A wise man, hearing the dilemma of the brothers, offered them his
camel so that they would have an even number. So the eldest received
9 camels, the middle son 6, and the youngest 2. THe wise man then
left with his camel as there was still one left over.

And THAT is how enzymes work!!

Thank you to Dr. Betty for sharing that great story at the
Naturopathic Gathering this year. And it brings to mind, for me, a
branch of a previous conversation on this board.

I personally, do not believe that my role as a physician is to heal
or to become a healer. I see that role as being taken by Nature and
my role is simply to inform my clients how to facilitate healing, to
be an enzyme for the Vis Medicatrix Naturae to use. As a part of
Nature, I recognize my ability to heal myself and I recognize your
ability to do the same for yourself.

For me, this speaks to the concept of not giving my own energy to my
clients, but instead to cultivate myself as a "hollow bone" so that
energy moves through me rather than from me. Otherwise, as I've been
warned by my Reiki teacher and many others, I will quickly exhaust my
own reserves and end up worse off than those who came to me for help.

How do you see your role as physician? Do you heal? Are you a
healer?