Amani.
"Healing," being healed, and related terms are used a lot in today's age, and while reprogramming oneself from trauma is vital, I wanted to bring to the reader's attention the TRUE meaning of healing, or being healed. My wish tis hat this brings you clarity and encouragement as you progress on your journey.
The word heal has the following meaning and etymology:
Old English hælan "cure; save; make whole, sound and well," from Proto-Germanic hailjan (source also of Old Saxon helian, Old Norse heila, Old Frisian hela, Dutch helen, German heilen, Gothic ga-hailjan "to heal, cure"), literally "to make whole" (from PIE kailo- "whole;" see health). Intransitive sense from late 14c. Related: Healed; healing.
While we can see the numerous definitions of the word heal, the majority of them seem to indicate wholeness, completion, and wellness. This means that healing is essentially about making yourself whole after being hurt or damaged. Even if we look at the human body, you clearly see that when you break a bone or cut yourself, the body will inevitably work to reconstruct the missing part. We know that "as above, so below," which means that the human mind can be likened to its body. In other words, the mind (and subsequently the soul) also heals itself, although the process is a bit different (only in degree, however).
When it comes to traumatic experiences, the mind tends to heal itself through compartmentalizing the experience. In other words, we come to terms with a situation via creating a story around it that causes us to be able to grasp the reality of what happens. For example, someone who fell off of a bike when younger may have a fear of bikes as they get older, and they may not understand where the fear came from. It's not until they regress into their memory, and see where it came from that they begin to heal.
This is something that the mind will always do: interpret its experiences from the lens of its perception, while using future experiences as well as conditioning to reinforce those interpretations. This means that if we have patterns of fear, or destructive patterns, that we have to learn to "rebuild" our own minds again.
This sounds good, and familiar... but how many people have realized their own unhealthy unconscious patterns? How many people have realized where their daily habits or ways of thinking really stem from? And further still, are they doing something about these habits to have a happier and healthier way of living?
While I don't have the answer for the individuals above, I can say that working on my own thinking patterns and habits (while it is always a process) is a rewarding experience because you get to see the change in yourself, as well as in environments you enter. You become a happier and healthier individual, full of a zest for life, uninhibited by fear, and motivated by passion and love.
Reflect on this today. And Happy Healing. Amani.
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