Healing is always ongoing. It never stops. Many do know and intuitively sense it when spontaneous regression of disease occurs. It is interconnected and interdependent with a mystical interactive quality of body, mind and spirit. It all happens through the mass media that is the central nervous system of the world.

Insights

From creation, religious and other writings have provided a wide range of human experiences. Their depictions that are presented in myths, allegories and different levels of symbolism provide us with illustrations that range from the mundane to the sublime. Some of these stories call for role-playing. Integrated scenes capture aspects that are especially beneficial to children and adults. In instances, individuals have become familiar with the icon of the Virgin Mary, saints, crucifixes, consecrated oil and holy water used in some denominational churches.

All over the world, many millions from diversified religious faith traditions, cultures and ethnic groups read newspapers, magazines, and secular and non-secular books. Although some of these are limited in various cultures, it is sobering to learn through the mass media that the major religions of the world have remarkable commonalities. Their main attribute is that God, or Consciousness, or any other designated name for a Supreme Being, might tend to reward and heal us depending on our faithfulness. In time of crisis like during the Civil Rights era, Watergate, the Vietnam or Iraq wars there are the faithful that point to the healing hand of God in the process. These observations are remarkably similar regardless of our cultural, ethnic, linguistic, historic or geographic differences.

Is there the same “blue print” engraved in our souls? Some major faiths in the Eastern traditions e.g., Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism have their doctrinal beliefs rooted in reincarnation and the importance of karma. On this matter there was a change concerning such a belief during the 6th century under the tutelage of Pope Gregory IV that some European church officials noted was meant to ensure the viability of the Christian faith. Hence, came the doctrine of the “death, resurrection” and a Christian’s fulfillment of “everlasting life.” Audiences are also familiar with some religious sects that believe in the precepts of nature-taking-its-course with personal and natural disorders, illnesses, pain and depression, after which they are able to claim God’s healing grace.

The Secular

Some religious scholars have concluded that all healing should not be based on the perception of one’s senses. In determining healing it is best to focus on “the wholeness” that transcends the physical and psychological. Healing occurs at various levels via all media. This is why some spiritual persons that may be chronically ill are able to transcend what might seem to be unbelievable suffering caused by cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. As incongruent as this might seem, some of these same individuals that are depicted in the media might become catalysts for the healing of others. Healing in its complexity might not necessarily mean physical well-being of persons. In the truest sense there would exist some unknown and qualitative dimensions.