DarkElectric
Hi everyone.
I was wondering, has anyone else had an experience lately that could be considered initiatory? I mean this is in the sense of having something happen to them which was so profound in some way, that it changed not only their perspective, but their entire way of life?
Last October I was involved in a major accident. I was a passenger in a car which ended up in a head on collision with another vehicle. No one was killed ( a miracle there) but I was seriously injured, and have finally recovered to the point where I could resume normal activities (it was a knee injury, I was unable to walk much for 8 months.) July 18th I came down with some horrendous upper respiratory virus, which put me in hospital and nearly caused respiratory failure twice. Not only that, I was mis-managed by my doctor, who perscribed a common, usually well tolerated antibiotic, which I turned out to be allergic to. I stopped taking it AMA, but the damage had been done, and I went through more medical hell in order to stop the allergic reaction. (Prednisone. Ugh.)
My mom thinks these events are somehow related, as there was an awful lot of fluid in my knee, and it was there for a long time. As the knee heals, that stuff is being released into my bloodstream, so my body can clean it all out. My resistance was low, and I caught the horrible flu, which has been going around here this summer. The rest is history.
Finally, my condition has improved. Exactly 31 days of The Tower.
On August 1st, I decided that I had had enough of substandard medical care, and doctors who were using the 'guess' method of figuring out what to do, ineffectively. I decided to clean my whole life out completely, and began with diet.
I considered that the organic food route was a good place to start. I got rid of anything I had here which wasn't organic, and replaced it completely.
Especially important to me was exchanging conventionally produced American meat for organic meat. American commercial meat is loaded with hormones and antibiotics. The animals are raised in ways which stresses them out, so they lead unhappy lives before they end up in the food chain. I am not a vegetarian, and was eating such meat. I think this is the reason for the sudden onset anaphlaxtic reaction to the perscribed antibiotic. My Gramma lived by the maxim "You are what you eat", and when I considered what that was, I ditched the commercial foods, and went organic. As far as clearing any residual infection, 2 large cloves of raw, crushed garlic in the morning. (By Jove, it's working, really really well!.) I also cut out sugar, mostly all caffiene ( I still drink a half cup of organic coffee in the morning...oh well!), and milk. I'm also drinking much more pure water than I was before, and the difference here is amazing.
I'm also finally able to lose weight. Those unhealthy extra pounds are are dropping off, because I can walk longer distances now, and have been doing so regularly. I wonder if the growth hormones in American meat are also partially responsible for the epidemic of obesity in American people? And that it's difficult to lose weight because one has all these second hand ingested growth hormones working against them? You are what you eat, I think my Gramma was right.
Not only has my health drastically improved, but my energy has been returning in a different way. It feels stronger, less scattered and seems to be operating at a higher level vibration than before. Along with this dietary change I've been Reiki-ing myself every night, and have spoken to my Reiki master about receiving my Reiki III. My meditations are more peaceful and effective, and my psychic/magickal ability has also become more pronounced.
I also made a concerted effort to become more in touch with Spirit, and this is a very positive thing indeed.
I realised negative thoughts and attitudes had been seeping into my consciousness more and more. This was causing stress and actual dismay. I figured that my perspective needed an overhaul too, and have been doing what that old song so wisely councils - "Accentuating the Positive, Eliminating the Negative".
My life has turned around 180 degrees. I also thank my Deities every day, upon waking and before I go to bed, for the blessings and opportunities which they have provided me with. Cultivating an "Attitude of Grattitude" has caused me to take a good look at the gifts I had been taking for granted. I now see this illness as a gift in disguise, and thank my Gods for it; because if it hadn't happened, I would have gone on careening down the unhealthy path, and may not have decided to make such important changes until it was much later on in my life.
I am convinced that this was some sort of purification event, which is either the precursor to, or the actual initiatory experience itself.
Maybe my subconscious got together with my guides and made the decisison to not be unwell any more, and this Phoenix experience was the harbinger of it all?
"Bad days are over."
DE
I was wondering, has anyone else had an experience lately that could be considered initiatory? I mean this is in the sense of having something happen to them which was so profound in some way, that it changed not only their perspective, but their entire way of life?
Last October I was involved in a major accident. I was a passenger in a car which ended up in a head on collision with another vehicle. No one was killed ( a miracle there) but I was seriously injured, and have finally recovered to the point where I could resume normal activities (it was a knee injury, I was unable to walk much for 8 months.) July 18th I came down with some horrendous upper respiratory virus, which put me in hospital and nearly caused respiratory failure twice. Not only that, I was mis-managed by my doctor, who perscribed a common, usually well tolerated antibiotic, which I turned out to be allergic to. I stopped taking it AMA, but the damage had been done, and I went through more medical hell in order to stop the allergic reaction. (Prednisone. Ugh.)
My mom thinks these events are somehow related, as there was an awful lot of fluid in my knee, and it was there for a long time. As the knee heals, that stuff is being released into my bloodstream, so my body can clean it all out. My resistance was low, and I caught the horrible flu, which has been going around here this summer. The rest is history.
Finally, my condition has improved. Exactly 31 days of The Tower.
On August 1st, I decided that I had had enough of substandard medical care, and doctors who were using the 'guess' method of figuring out what to do, ineffectively. I decided to clean my whole life out completely, and began with diet.
I considered that the organic food route was a good place to start. I got rid of anything I had here which wasn't organic, and replaced it completely.
Especially important to me was exchanging conventionally produced American meat for organic meat. American commercial meat is loaded with hormones and antibiotics. The animals are raised in ways which stresses them out, so they lead unhappy lives before they end up in the food chain. I am not a vegetarian, and was eating such meat. I think this is the reason for the sudden onset anaphlaxtic reaction to the perscribed antibiotic. My Gramma lived by the maxim "You are what you eat", and when I considered what that was, I ditched the commercial foods, and went organic. As far as clearing any residual infection, 2 large cloves of raw, crushed garlic in the morning. (By Jove, it's working, really really well!.) I also cut out sugar, mostly all caffiene ( I still drink a half cup of organic coffee in the morning...oh well!), and milk. I'm also drinking much more pure water than I was before, and the difference here is amazing.
I'm also finally able to lose weight. Those unhealthy extra pounds are are dropping off, because I can walk longer distances now, and have been doing so regularly. I wonder if the growth hormones in American meat are also partially responsible for the epidemic of obesity in American people? And that it's difficult to lose weight because one has all these second hand ingested growth hormones working against them? You are what you eat, I think my Gramma was right.
Not only has my health drastically improved, but my energy has been returning in a different way. It feels stronger, less scattered and seems to be operating at a higher level vibration than before. Along with this dietary change I've been Reiki-ing myself every night, and have spoken to my Reiki master about receiving my Reiki III. My meditations are more peaceful and effective, and my psychic/magickal ability has also become more pronounced.
I also made a concerted effort to become more in touch with Spirit, and this is a very positive thing indeed.
I realised negative thoughts and attitudes had been seeping into my consciousness more and more. This was causing stress and actual dismay. I figured that my perspective needed an overhaul too, and have been doing what that old song so wisely councils - "Accentuating the Positive, Eliminating the Negative".
My life has turned around 180 degrees. I also thank my Deities every day, upon waking and before I go to bed, for the blessings and opportunities which they have provided me with. Cultivating an "Attitude of Grattitude" has caused me to take a good look at the gifts I had been taking for granted. I now see this illness as a gift in disguise, and thank my Gods for it; because if it hadn't happened, I would have gone on careening down the unhealthy path, and may not have decided to make such important changes until it was much later on in my life.
I am convinced that this was some sort of purification event, which is either the precursor to, or the actual initiatory experience itself.
Maybe my subconscious got together with my guides and made the decisison to not be unwell any more, and this Phoenix experience was the harbinger of it all?
"Bad days are over."
DE
