Several years ago, while walking from one machine to another at my gym, I heard a snap and I stumbled as my foot gave way. I felt a sharp pain in the side of my foot, but since I still could walk on it, I assumed I would just be able to shake it off. Three weeks had passed and the bump I acquired during my snap, crackle, pop session at the gym had not subsided. I continued to rub my foot trying to alleviate the pain, but nothing really helped. I finally headed to the doctor’s where I was told that nothing was wrong with me. I argued that I was certain my foot was broken and wanted an x-ray to confirm my speculation. While the doctor did not agree with my findings, she did refer me to a specialist.A few days later, I was in the orthopedic surgeon’s office. The nurse took my x-ray and said there was nothing wrong with me. My irritation was obviated in my voice as I told her that there was not only a bump on my foot where the bone was sticking out; the pain was undeniable. I maintained that I was certain it was broken. She simply rolled her eyes and left the room. I wondered whatever happened to positive bedside manners. Do they not offer that course in medical school any longer?
The orthopedic surgeon strolled in a few minutes later, x-ray in hand, and announced that this was one of the worst breaks he had ever seen and it was going to be tricky to fix. He continued that because of the location of the break I may have difficulties with it for the rest of my life. He prescribed a boot for my foot for a couple of months. He admitted that I likely would need surgery, but should try the boot (a modern day cast) to start with. I asked him why everyone before him argued with me about the break and he explained that it is not an easy break to detect unless you are an expert. I felt better that my diagnosis had finally been confirmed. While I was allowed to walk on my foot with the boot on, he would not allow working out or driving during my recovery. Needless to say, the inability to drive was a little worrisome.
I was determined to not have surgery and I heeded to his ‘2 month sentence’ and hired a driver…ok, I still worked out, but don’t tell him that! Yes, I was the one on the recumbent bike with the huge boot sticking out the side. When I completed my two month stint in the boot, I was healed. I didn’t need the surgery after all and my life continued.
A few years later, I was heading out the door to start my drive to the Grand Canyon. While carrying my suitcase downstairs, I slipped and broke my foot in the same place. This was a hiking trip and I now had a broken foot…again! My interest in spiritual healing had begun around that time and I was determined to not wear a boot this time around. When I arrived in Arizona I purchased a wrap for my foot and I began telling myself various healing affirmations while visualizing my foot with a healing energy surrounding it. Within three weeks my foot was healed and I didn’t need a cast, or a driver for that matter. I believed I could heal my foot on my own and that is exactly what I did.
Time marched on, and last Monday, guess what I did? I broke my foot for the third time. As with everything, I knew there was a message to be learned with this experience. Maybe I was being told to slow down; maybe the lesson was about fear of moving forward; maybe it was simply to prove to myself that I could heal it with my intention in less than a week. As I have moved down the path of spiritual healing I have increased my intention and ability to manifest healing more promptly. I knew that I would be able to heal my foot much more readily than my previous two excursions down Broken-Foot Lane.
I continued to walk on it and while I did so, I repeated in my mind with the bravado of a televised Italian chef, “My foot is happy, healthy and feels fantastico!” I figured I would throw in the Italian word for fantastic since it made me laugh and laughter was the best medicine, after all. I visualized my arms above my head as though I was Evita standing on her balcony addressing her audience. My audience was the Universe and I was definitely pronouncing my intentions to it. In my mind I pictured a green healing energy surrounding my foot as I ‘threw’ reiki symbols and my own symbols to the break. I probably repeated this sentence with the continued gusto a thousand times per day. As I did so each day, the pain subsided more and more and by Friday, four days after the original break, my foot was as good as new.
Interestingly, I had been working for a client who had been living with a broken ankle for the previous three weeks. When I was with her, I would hear her telling every single person she saw, with an ever present sigh, that she would have to wear her cast for ‘three months or more,’ and I knew she would. Her doctor told her this was how long it would take to repair the break and she believed it. So, this is how long it will take for her to heal.
During this time I also had begun reading Deepak Chopra’s The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, where he discusses how quantum leaps happen instantaneously. The electron in an atom doesn’t move from point A to point B, it is just suddenly arrives at point B from point A as though a transporter from Star Trek moved it there. He continues that it’s not simply about atoms and their quantum leaps that are instantaneous, but thoughts manifesting into reality that can be immediate, as well. It occurred to me that there are probably those that can heal broken bones within moments of the accident and perhaps someday I will be one of them, but for now my belief system stipulated I would be healed in less than a week and that is exactly what occurred, just as my client believes that she will be healed in three months and that is what will be true for her.
One has to firmly believe, or rather know, that they can heal themselves before it will actually work. Wanting the healing will only create the ‘wanting’ of the healing; not the actual healing. Knowing it in your heart and soul as truth will make it true, but we are not all there yet.
I have to stress that I am not making a declaration against western medicine. It certainly should not be ignored. What I am suggesting is why not utilize western medicine in conjunction with repeating a positive affirmation, utilizing visualization techniques or while using any form of spiritual or Eastern healing. Western and Eastern ideologies can be used integratively with one another. After repeating an affirmation a number of times, your mind will begin to believe it to be true and your body will begin its mission of healing, whatever healing means for you.
Perhaps this was the real reason why I broke my foot again, to write this paper and share my findings. The mind is a remarkable instrument. If we are reportedly only using around 5% of our brain power, imagine how many more opportunities we have to evolve to use our minds for more mysterious abilities such as self-healing. I encourage you to explore your own abilities to heal. Know it to be true and it will be true for you.
Thank you for reading and Namaste! (The Light in me recognizes the Light in you!)
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