The Buddha said, “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
The TRUTH is, Emotional trauma, if left unattended, causes imbalance. Imbalance causes disease.
To understand this concept let’s first consider a physical body injury. When someone breaks their leg there is a list of lifestyle, routine and behavioral changes that will occur as a result. These changes are not decisions that are made by the individual as much as they are naturally occurring byproducts of the injury.
Here are some examples.
1. Taking medication at specific times of the day
2. Planning ahead when going out
3. Taking breaks and resting the leg to relieve pain
4. Cultivating patience and taking more time
5. Exercising in a certain way, different from before the injury
Again, this list contains examples of natural behavioral byproducts of a broken leg. Without choosing, these behaviors arrived in someone’s life as a result of the physical body injury. These behaviors will not change until the injury is healed.
Our emotional body behaves in the same way with one great exception. Our emotional injuries and the behavioral and routine byproducts are not as easily observed. Here is an example.
A 4th grader is excited to share his “show and tell” item. He has been waiting for months for his turn to be the star student and to share his prized possession. Just as he has planned, he brings in his special toy. This toy brings him so much joy. He steps up in front of the class, pulls the toy out of his backpack with a smile and begins to share. To his surprise, his friends think the toy is weird and start to giggle. The student, shocked and embarrassed, walks off with tears in his eyes.
This event will cause an emotional injury. Just like a physical injury, this emotional trauma will cause a list of routines and behaviors that are a direct result of the emotional trauma. Here are some examples related to the story above.
1. Fear of speaking in front of groups
2. Fear of opening up in relationships
3. Social anxiety issues
4. Feeling disconnected from society or like he doesn’t fit in.
This is a short list of the possible emotional issues that would naturally arrive in someone’s life as a result of the hurtful moment described above. And just like a broken leg, these behaviors will continue until the injury is healed.
People are not aware of their emotional injuries or how they have naturally created the subsequent behaviors and routines. This emotional injury becomes so embedded in us that it paints our personality and becomes a part of who we are. Because we cannot see these injuries, we tend not to notice the injury or the behaviors that appeared as a result.
The larger problem is realized when we understand the truth of human physiology. Whether studying ancient yogic philosophy or modern quantum physics we learn that we are layers of vibrational energy. Making a longer story short…deep-rooted injuries lying within the mental and emotional bodies can have a “trickle-down” effect painting the health of the physical body.
The result is simple. Emotional trauma causes physical body imbalance and eventually, if not tended to, illness and disease.
Emotional Evolution with Modern Ayurveda
This is my focus moving forward. Using Energy Restoration Therapy I will support you in diving into the depths of who you are in order to eliminate, in a safe and organized fashion, the long-standing stress patterning that is affecting your health and well being.
If we are interested in efficient healing, we must attack the problem at its root. Just like cutting the top off a weed won’t stop it from reappearing in your garden, imbalances will keep showing up in some form or another until the root is snipped.
Now is the time to blend the intelligence of modern medicine with the truth of the matter. As the patient’s physical body is healed through herbs, medicine and treatments, let’s target the root of the issue lying at the deeper levels. Experience Energy Restoration Therapy in order to evolve through your health concerns.
If there is one thing I have learned from my 10 years of working with people it’s that the truth of the illness always lies within.
