I hadn't thought of it in quite this way before, thank you Dr. Zeff.  Thinking the metaphor of an enzyme another step further, I see that enzymes make the reaction occur in a timeframe that is conducive to life.  So.  Here's me trying once again to stretch myself into uncomfortable territory.

DrZeff@... wrote:

In a message dated 11/17/2007 11:33:23 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, wfranklin_4@yahoo.com writes:

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?

I am a healer.  People come to me for healing.  At best, as you point out, God works healing through me, in concert with the person who comes to me.  We form a relationship, the purpose of which is to facilitate healing.  I am definitely a part of this relationship, and I must be conscious and careful not to get used up in it.  But I am not simply the vessel through which healing pours.  I am actively engaged in the process.  My energy is involved.  My spirit is involved.  My mind is involved.  I study it.  I learn constantly more and new ways to facilitate healing.  I recognize the vis medicatrix naturae.  I am not the power of healing.  I do not generate healing.  I am an instrument of the vis, a healer. 

 

Jared Zeff, ND

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