Chow Ming - 14th C. Herbalist and Healer
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Ray Stockton: "I never wanted to be a healer......"

Since I can remember I have always been at ease with so called sensative-spiritual ways, be it with listening to people or making them smile - helping in any way I can. I suppose the word that comes to mind is "caring". We are all able to care - to give and receive. What we are doing is healing in some way. As we are all different energies, so we heal at different levels. But what we tend to do is give of our own energy and yet a little understanding of who and what we are can change us forever.

I never thought about "healing". I wanted to see 'spiritworld' and give philosophy. This was not to be. Yet another lesson learned- as I explain to you how my number one spirit guide and the spirit world bestowed the gift of healing on me.

Frances and I both have Chinese guides. My wife's guide is Chi Li and I am honored to introduce my guide to you - Chow Ming, born in the 14th Century. He lived some 100 miles south of the Great Wall. In physical life he was an herbalist/healer.

My wife and I found ourselves taking a 3 week journey through China, the homeland of our spiritual mentors. I was informed by Frances that in a few days while at the Great Wall we would see our guides. I was so excited. I was going to see my guide!! - and so having arrived at the Great Wall, the tour party proceeded to go to the right and climb. We were directed to the left, to the highest point where there was a lookout post. As we reached this point Frances said "Look Ray. They are there." pointing to a spot 20 yards up and along. "Where?" I said. I could not see. I felt empty, my dream gone. Having reached the designated place we sat and through Frances I was told I had been given a robe and a pouch with herbs in it had been placed around my neck. I accepted the gifts graciously not understanding their meaning.

On our way back down I asked Frances what was the meaning of the gifts. She told me I had been given the gift of healing. I remember saying "Healing, I know nothing about healing. I don't want to." Of course this was me being selfish. Until a few days later, having looked deeper into myself I began to understand all that had gone before and of course this was the natural step to take. To be given such a gift, the power of healing - the most wondrous gift given to man. To be able to help others to heal physically, mentally and spiritually . And so having accepted, I began that never-ending journey to which I share with you. Be it knowledge,understanding of the self, hands-on healing or absent healing I share....

Understanding Healing

As with religion there are also many avenues we may take as healers. But at the end of the day there is only one energy. This energy is at hand, within us and around us. This energy, which suspends us within super universes and is but one energy, universal, cosmic, spiritual, Reiki, Tao - the name matters not. As in healing, a healer will learn and use that rise and fall of this energy to heal. Whatever one calls it - the rule is the same -- there is only one Energy.

We, you and, I are energy. We are surrounded with 7 layers of energy called an aura. Within this aura you stand, and attached to the physical are 7 major energy centers, called chakras. Each of these relates to a level in our aura, but also are part of our physical body feeding our heart, lungs, kidney, etc. I don't wish to go deeply into how they work - that can be found many places. But, I would give you the following description given by my spirit guide Chow Ming to describe the chakra or any energy centre:

Try to visualize your own chakras, and take a trip through your body. You will see a grid made up of various size lines, some thick and long, some short and thin - a meridian - as used in acupuncture. The entrance to all of these lines is through the top of the vortex outside the physical body. Imagine positive and negative energies being taken in through the vortexes. They are held in store much like a fly caught up in a spider's web, imagine all thoughts, and negative emotions stacking up in our energy field, staying there unable to release themselves, as like a cobweb, it is strong and durable to all conditions, thus denying the positive energy to flow through our bodies. The healer will, through his or her training, acknowledge these blockages, and begin to unblock them by using a much finer energy - bringing back balance and a cleansing of the energy field.

I use meditation and visualization to enhance the healing process, having attuned with my guide Chow Ming and his circle of helpers. I become no more than a channel for this divine, universal energy to pass through me, to be given unconditionally to my client.

We can also use tools, as in crystals, which contain DNA or colour which contains a vibration of its own, or sound as in music, as each vibration is uniquely programmed to vibrate on certain energy centers.

In all of this learning process, one must care, and that caring comes from the heart, the centre which holds the key to our well-being here on Earth.