Relationship with my own self, submission, what? That’s what my response would have been had I not experienced the pain and received the therapy.
At one stage, I had a great deal of pain in my leg which would prevent me from walking. Seeking help from an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) practitioner I was told to have a conversation with my pain and to say hello to my pain, welcome it. Guess what happened? Amazingly, I felt a decrease in the pain and this made me think about the concept of acceptance, and specifically accepting my pain, accepting the situation I was in – the will of Allah (God), submitting to the will of God, followed by the reward – a decrease in the pain. I am fond of alternative medicine and holistic therapies. I believe these are God’s blessings and so I tried another therapy using my sense of imagination where I worked on throwing out the old and replacing it with the new – a cell memory exercise – and, once again, I noticed a further decrease in my pain. With the decrease of pain my insight increased and I became more aware of my resources within me provided by God. I learnt that as soon as I addressed the pain in my leg my subconscious mind received that message and my thinking changed. I would previously think, “Oh, I am in pain. Why am I suffering? Why can’t I function properly?” Now I welcomed the pain and so accepted it. This not only calmed me down but decreased the pain, enabling me to have no/less conflict with my own Self. My thought pattern changed, resulting in the creation of a different electrical energy than before and enabling me to have a different attitude, a different emotional response and a different physical bodily response. I had a better attitude, a better emotional response and a better physical bodily response. Here I learnt the difference between this energy and the physical energy. The energy that flows in our body system is our consciousness, a balancing regulatory factor for our entire system, which, when weighed down by our heavy responsibilities, can lead to depression and I see depression as an oppression – an oppression by us, from us, to us. Being a Muslim I have looked into this from an Islamic perspective and I heard some scholars saying that if there had been a sixth pillar of Islam it would be to refuse and to not encourage oppression - a damaging factor in our lives. So I see this as a holistic way of life, stressing upon the importance of our health, which includes mental well-being. Furthermore a verse of the Holy Quran says that believers shall not fear nor shall they grieve. Reading the explanation of this I understood that grief is to do with past and fear to do with the future – the unknown. Looking into both fear and grief, both can create the kind of energy that leads to the release of the kind of neurotransmitters and chemicals which could lead to ill health and eventually lead to depression. So I realised that the Quran was stressing the importance of the present that we should live in the “here and now” or else we’ll be “nowhere” – Submission, became more insightful to me. Looking in to the notion of living in the now, one could say that things are easier said than done. However, I came up with the word Jihad-un-Nafs, (the greater struggle with our own self, the difficult struggle). Our next challenge is inevitably, “why is it so hard?” I think of our brains as files with templates. When we have a template we can use it as often as we wish. Our brains have a number of templates in the form of patterns. The patterns are where we can become stuck and keep repeating them whether we like them or not. The pattern is the template affecting our psyche, making us run around in circles in places where we may not want to be. While running in the pattern myself I was aware that I needed the help of my Lord – Allah/God – at the same time I know that I have to take the first step to get His help. So I prayed from my heart and tried to keep an open mind, to let my thoughts walk freely. Not judging or paying them any specific attention became handy as this allowed a free flow of energy which led to making me feel good and enabled me to function better. At a later date, while at an exhibition I came across a stand where people were giving therapy. I could hear parrot-like sounds. I looked around and couldn’t see a bird. I then realised that the sound was being made by the therapists in various different tones, sending signals deep into the body through the use of pressure points which boost one’s energy levels. My interest grew and the next moment I was lying on the therapy table having the therapy. I was told that these therapists work with the energy we are given at the time of our conception, which decreases day by day and is drained if we have heavy responsibilities. The therapist claimed that this treatment strengthens one’s immune system for it to function better through increased energy levels. Using sound for healing was new to me yet I was willing to be open to it. So even sound can be a healer – however weird it is! I was once again impressed by the creativity of our Creator and couldn’t stop myself saying, SubhaanAllah (Glorious is God)! Since then I have been getting this treatment and my leg pain has almost gone – an energetic adjustment linked to my mental well-being. I felt my prayers seeking the help of my Lord were answered giving me the chance to work on other areas. However, in relation to my leg pain, my acceptance of the pain and the acceptance of the therapies and my non-judgmental attitude have helped. This is the usage of inner and outer resources provided by Allah (God). I call it worship as He has provided these for us, for our use, to keep ourselves as healthy as we can and serve the purpose of our creation – to worship Him. My success in beating the pain was the benefit of the acceptance, thus living in harmony within me, having a collaborative relationship with me and my issues, seeing the situation as will of Allah (God) and submitting to it. Submission, the essence of our being.
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