tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29727888.post8659002980789041607..comments2024-01-12T03:42:23.259-05:00Comments on My Story Lives: The Journey We Take Alone: Part EightClaudia Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18413419636028791932noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29727888.post-75627190550429025512011-06-16T13:05:04.392-04:002011-06-16T13:05:04.392-04:00Dr Waldman,
You are right, my life has NOT been i...Dr Waldman,<br /><br />You are right, my life has NOT been immersed in darkness. Perception is reality and I appreciate the exercise you propose. Thanks for your interest and concern.Sandy Prisanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469180943074887710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29727888.post-80795190785006816702011-06-14T00:41:41.037-04:002011-06-14T00:41:41.037-04:00Dear Sandy Prisant:
In Plato’s Allegory of the Ca...Dear Sandy Prisant:<br /><br />In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, human beings were chained to the wall of a cave. They lived inside the cave in darkness for the duration of their lives. But while these primitive humans faced a blank wall, a mammoth fire blazed behind them. And these human prisoners saw shadows on the wall created by people moving in front of the fire. They believed these shadows were reality just as they thought the echoes they heard were real sounds rather than reflections of reality-the noise of people walking past the monstrous fire.<br />What would happen to these prisoners if they were suddenly freed from their life sentence of darkness? What would happen if they were released into the real world outside the cave? Could they tolerate the glorious light of the sun? Or would they choose to return to the darkness of the cave where shadows were perceived as reality?<br />Sandy, the prisoners in Plato’s cave could not perceive the glorious rays of the sun, for they only knew the darkness and the shadows. Chained to a wall, they could never have even a glimmer of the wondrous world beyond.<br />The life you’ve led, overflowing with ominous medical problems, symptoms, and diseases, is the life you’ve lived. It’s the reality you’ve known and experienced through which you’ve filtered your thoughts, emotions, and actions. You’ve been immersed in a sea of darkness throughout your life, a phantasmagoria of illness that at times seems more like a dark dream that never ends. <br />But unlike the prisoners in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, you have transformed this darkness into light. A brilliant alchemist and magus, you have created a magical metamorphosis-an uncanny transmutation. <br />I agree with your conclusion that “the medical reality” has helped you “to live in the present.” Indeed, I believe it has empowered you, for you are a survivor. You ask whether your subconscious has been telling you “from the beginning” that “you don’t know how much time you have.” Perhaps, it has. Yet you’ve molded this uncertainty into something beautiful and splendidly positive. <br />Now, I wish to recommend a mental-spiritual exercise that sometimes empowers those who play this game. I can’t guarantee it will work. Yet it may open your heart and soul to divine possibilities. I’ve played this game many times. Even when I don’t achieve my specific goals, the process transforms me, opening me up to higher levels of consciousness.<br />It’s a game of visualization. I want you to imagine yourself healing and approaching a perfect state of health. Soon, you are immersed in a healing environment. You have received your new heart and kidney and your body welcomes your new organs. Each moment, each hour, each day your body is stronger and stronger. Right now, you feel strong and young. You’re a powerful man bathed in a sea of love. And you’re healed. Here and now, you’re healed.<br />Dr. Mel Waldman<br />Psychologist<br />Director<br />WriterDr. Mel Waldmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29727888.post-325641068465338922011-06-13T20:16:12.685-04:002011-06-13T20:16:12.685-04:00Hang in there Sandy, your fans are rooting for you...Hang in there Sandy, your fans are rooting for you!Two Cookbook Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335781525305019661noreply@blogger.com