By Stephen Russell-Lacy A woman was walking along a road when she was attacked by a thief. He took her purse, beat her up, and went away, leaving her injured. A few local cars passed but nobody stopped to investigate the body lying on the path. What the woman needed was the spirit of compassion to … Continue reading The spirit of compassion – Is it within me?
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Below we explore spiritual questions about healing of the body and healing of the spirit.
This topic usually involves the word ‘how’. How we can find a spiritual energy for healing our body. How we can stop hurting. How we can better deal with our own negative emotions and discover inner well-being. How some of our unhealthy attitudes can improve. The ways to restore unhealthy relationships. Recovering from misfortune. Finding inner well-being.
Spiritual healing of emotions
Articles address for example what to say to someone recently bereaved. How to alleviate dissatisfaction and discontentment. Healing the tendency to be suspicious. Learning patience when faced with frustration. Finding the energy for sympathy and compassion for the suffering of others. Gaining relief from anxiety and stress. Using spiritual awareness for lifting depressed mood. Working on healthy self-respect in the face of guilt feelings. How to discover gratitude in yourself when this is lacking. Recovering from resentment. Tackling unhappy childhood memories.
Spiritual healing of attitudes
We may be aware of an unhealthy attitude that is self-defeating and needs to change. Perhaps we want to be cured of hero-worship or a miserly response to charity appeals. Do we want to improve an indifferent attitude to those in need?
What is our attitude to work?
What about one’s attitude to oneself? Do we avoid the issues for example of self-restraint, procrastination or a false sense of inferiority or superiority? What is our attitude to asking to be helped for the sake of inner well-being?
Is there a need to examine one’s attitude to old age, dying and death?
How might one discover a new direction in life that involves a sound idea of one’s potential true self?
Does one have illusions that destroy hope that need healing?
Spiritual healing of relationships
Articles here make suggestions about how to heal difficult relationships.
Helping to build confidence between people in fraught circumstances. Finding a happy medium between being sceptical and too trusting. Working on couple disharmony. Safely criticising others.
Suggestions are offered about when to be and not to be honest, in dealing with one’s enemies.
Other issues dealt with include mending one’s relationship with God through prayer, and cultivating the spiritual energy for a healing presence with others.
Misfortune
Posts also deal with misfortune. Misfortune for example of disappointment, chronic pain, challenging situations, or when everything goes wrong.
Healing of the inner person
Ideas are available on how we can learn to heal our inner person. Gaining positive awareness and spiritual awakening, exploring one’s inner journey, dealing with personal change and personal flaws, Finding food for the soul and healing of one’s spirit.
Inner personal change – How to do it?
By Stephen Russell-Lacy It’s never too late for inner personal change despite our ingrained habits. We don’t have to reach rock bottom in our lives before making the necessary effort. Looking at one’s faults can be an uncomfortable business. The spirit of kindness to oneself is necessary. This is needed to acknowledge the habitual presence of … Continue reading Inner personal change – How to do it?
A better life – Do I need one?
By Stephen Russell-Lacy It doesn’t matter who we are, there is always something going wrong from time to time. The central heating boiler packs up, family discord breaks out, or an illness starts up. Most of us are sometimes tempted to throw up our hands in dismay. Why can’t I have a better life? After … Continue reading A better life – Do I need one?
Difficult people – How to get on
By Stephen Russell-Lacy. Difficult people include those who think they are right all the time and always want to have the last word. Others are nosey and are quick to gossip or invade our privacy leaving us feeling uncomfortable. There are some who want to provoke an emotional reaction in us and so wind us up … Continue reading Difficult people – How to get on
Strain of lockdown – 6 tips for Survival
By Stephen Russell-Lacy. Listen to this podcast episode Social distancing rules in Britain, like around the world, mean all non-essential travel and public gatherings have to stop. People can only leave home for exercise, to shop for essential items, for attending medical care, or when their work cannot be done at home. Being on top of … Continue reading Strain of lockdown – 6 tips for Survival
Coronavirus anxiety – How to reduce it?
By Stephen Russell-Lacy. Listen to this podcast episode A lot of people can’t help wondering, ‘What if I get the coronavirus and am bedbound?’ ‘Who will do what is needed?’ ‘What if the economy doesn’t recover?’ ‘Will I have a livelihood?’ No sure answers are possible. No-one knows how long the pandemic will last and how … Continue reading Coronavirus anxiety – How to reduce it?
Disease – What causes bodily healing?
By Stephen Russell-Lacy. Anyone can fall ill. Medical science reveals natural causes of disease such as genetic predisposition, toxic environments, and microbes. Like the rain and hail, sickness can fall on anyone. But what about factors that make us better? What causes healthy recovery, healing, and cure? Universal power of healing According to many spiritual thinkers, … Continue reading Disease – What causes bodily healing?
Spiritual poverty – What does it mean?
By Stephen Russell-Lacy. A report of a comprehensive study of poverty in the UK in 2012, was edited by Esther Dermott and Gill Main (Universities of Bristol and Leeds respectively.) It was not about spiritual poverty but social exclusion. They found that those surveyed thought poverty is not being able to afford to live an ordinary … Continue reading Spiritual poverty – What does it mean?
Social division – How to reduce it?
By Stephen Russell-Lacy. At the time of writing, normal politics in the UK is on hold. At least nothing much is happening until the issue of Brexit is resolved – if it is to be resolved. The country is divided sometimes bitterly so. Add to this social division the normal conflict between conservative, liberal and socialist … Continue reading Social division – How to reduce it?
Inner well-being – Can I rely on myself?
By Stephen Russell-Lacy. We all probably want happiness and inner well-being. Yet sometimes we lack uplifting thoughts, forget the meaning and purpose which gave our life a sense a of direction, or feel discouraged and stressed when facing adversity. Is it really so difficult creating inner well-being for ourselves? Reliance on others for inner well-being … Continue reading Inner well-being – Can I rely on myself?