The John of God Crystal Bed Healing Experience

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This is my personal blog about my experiences on the crystal bed inspired by John of God in Brazil. THIS BLOG IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH OR SPONSORED BY JOHN OF GOD. IT IS ONLY MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ON CRYSTAL BEDS AND GROUP MEDITATIONS WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO JOHN OF GOD'S APPROACH TO HEALING.

The crystal bed I use for my personal healing is in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona Books & Metaphysics. This wonderful healing energy place is located at
125 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 and the phone number is
(386) 236-9969. Website: www.daytonametaphysics.com

The store is owned by Mannie Billig who is following his personal vision for healing the world. Or at least healing one person at a time!

BEFORE EXPERIENCING THE CRYSTAL BED PLEASE READ THIS WEB PAGE:
http://www.daytonametaphysics.com/crystal-bed-and-therapy-session.php

Mannie visited the Casa of John of God in Brazil and it changed his life and so he is making the crystal bed available for the public.

The blog postings below are my OWN personal experiences. Rather than talk about abstract ideas I wanted to write something personal and experiential so others can learn from this.

I hope you enjoy reading my blog!


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My First Crystal Bed Healing Experience

The first time I tried the crystal bed at Daytona Books & Metaphysics I had no idea what to expect. I had not read about crystal beds or even John of God at that point.

I was brought there by a neighbor of mine who does light therapy healing, which seemed to work very well in regenerating cells in the body to provide health.

My first experience was about 20 minutes which was more than long enough since I was a Newbie! It was almost a mystical experience for me in that my mind went off to places I was not expecting. It was kind of like a deep meditation combined with a dream state. I remembered very clearly what I saw and experienced and it was meaningful to me.

My body also felt rested and rejuvenated, but it took me a few minutes of sitting quietly afterwards to get acclimated back to "the real world." (My neighbor said her experience that day was like getting a chiropractic adjustment.)

So I think the energizing of the chakras on the crystal bed had a very positive effect and I was looking forward very much to the next time I would be back getting my crystal light therapy!

Crystal Bed Day 39 - Einstein and Marilyn Monroe

Today's experience on the Crystal Bed was nothing but spinning energy.  I felt completely energized and fully charged.  I felt like everything about me -- soul, mind, emotions, and body -- was pure energy.

Many scientists have confirmed that the entire Universe is nothing but spinning energy.  Subatomic particles can be broken down to elementary particles, which are made of energy.  Some believe that different vibrations of energy create the different dimensions.  One-dimensional strings vibrate and so create our three dimensional world.

This makes me wonder how many dimensions there really are.  When I have the feeling of being pure energy it seems as if the number of dimensions are limitless.

Maybe this is where spirituality and science intersect, or overlap.  Because many believe that the cleansing and activating of the Chakras raises our vibrations to make us more attuned to the spiritual world.

However, this explanation of spirituality also sounds a lot like a scientific explanation.  The theory of relativity states that Mass is nothing but Energy. 

  

Relativity is a theory of the structure of spacetime. It was introduced in Einstein's 1905 paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" 

Notice the word "electrodyanamics" which means having to do with electricity and energy.  This is the same as the Crystal Bed.

My point is that maybe what we call spirit is just energy at a higher vibration.  Maybe God is nothing but all the energy that exists everywhere.

What's interesting is to consider the forms of our bodies, our world and the Universe.  Maybe our lives are nothing but energy given form by our thoughts.  Maybe we are nothing but thoughts in the mind of God.

On the Crystal bed, I felt like I was pure energy, but I was thinking about it while I was experiencing it. Consciousness exists in the middle of a continually vibrating Cosmos.

This convinces me that even if we are pure energy, our thoughts are what determine our lives.

Einstein attracted the attentions of starstruck young women all his life. Marilyn Monroe was reputed to have said she found him sexy.  I like that about her. To me, she is an excellent example of a thought in the mind of God.

Crystal Bed Day 37 - Bodhisattva, Take Me By The Hand

Today on the Crystal Bed was really a Buddha kind of experience.  I  couldn't get out of my mind that every human being -- every soul -- was essentially the same.  By this I mean that we are all part of God, and thus all worthy.  How can one part of God be better than another part of God?

For example, Ascended Masters:  are they a better part of God than an average person?  Every person can teach us something, in my opinion.  Maybe a lesson we learn from a homeless person we encounter in Daytona Beach is more valuable than a lesson we learn from a visiting guru.  Who's to say?

Maybe some will disagree with me and think that all people are not equally part of God, and thus some are better than others.  I'm just saying that today on the Crystal Bed I couldn't get the thought out of my mind that we are all equally part of God.  It would not let go.

In fact, it seems to me that if one person proclaims "I am an enlightened Master" then it sounds a little bit like an ego-centric person talking.  I'm just saying it sounds like that.

The other thing that struck me today is how much I agree with the Buddhist concept of The Middle Way.  Buddha thought there was a path between the extremes of austerities and sensual indulgence.


It's easy to be "non attached" to a world of austerity and denial, since there are no pleasures and nothing really to enjoy.  It seems a much greater accomplishment to me to live a normal life and still be non-attached.  Does non-attachment mean no pleasure and complete self-denial?  I don't think so.  I'm with Buddha on this one.

Crystal Bed Day 36 - Let Your Light Shine

Today was a very intense personal experience on the Crystal Bed.  In fact, I felt super-charged, on every level.  It was another day for a good "Chakra Buzz" as I've come to call these experiences.

When I lay on the bed I could both feel and see my chakras spinning and generating light.  When my eyes were closed I had a vision of my body as an electrical system with each chakra being a battery, all lined up like in a flashlight.  At the end of my body was a huge, blinding beam of light shining out into the world.

To use some other analogies, I felt like all the parts of my body and mind were "in sync."  Like I was "hitting on all cylinders."  This was definitely an uplifting feeling.

This image of me as a bright flashlight seemed to be telling me that I was supposed to use the chakra energy to help others in some way.  As usual the message was for me to "communicate" and "share."

"How can I help you?" is what I felt like I should be saying to people; to the world.  And maybe to my divine Self.  We are all here to give Service to others.

Ask not what your divine Self can do for You, but what You can do for your divine Self.

Or, to quote Matthew:

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.     --Matthew 5:16 

 

 

Crystal Bed Day 35 -- Roots

Today was a day full of many messages going through my mind at the same time:

• Take Care of Business
• Get Grounded
• Get Rid of Junk
• Deal With the Root Chakra
• Understand the Nature of Desire

Somehow all of these messages seemed interconnected.  I think I'm supposed to understand the Root Chakra better:


Also called the First Chakra or the Earth Chakra, the Root Chakra relates to our sense of physical security and our ability to provide for life’s necessities. It also relates to our sense of belonging to our family or group. 



When opened and balanced, the Root Chakra keeps you grounded and centered. It has to do with survival and safety issues, feeling connected to the earth, and feeling welcome in the world.


The Root Chakra governs sexuality, sensuality, and stability. 


In meditations, energy flows from the top (Crown Chakra) to the bottom (Root Chakra), which is symbolic of energy coming from Heaven into Mother Earth.  Today I got a message that the Root Chakra is not the end, but rather the beginning.  Our goal is to activate and then transcend the Root Chakra.  It is a gateway into our Higher Nature.


Energy flowing through us into Mother Earth also flows back into us and gives us healthy energy that helps balance and heal us on all levels.  Being grounded with Mother Earth does not require giving up spirituality, but enhances it.


Since the Root Chakra is associated with sex and sensuality, some people think the energy is bad and part of our lower nature.  This is not true.  It is the source of desire that propels us to higher levels of achievement and evolution.


It doesn't do us any good to ignore our Roots.  We are better off if we nurture them, keep them healthy, and understand their purpose in our lives.  We must not live in denial of our true nature.  My Crystal Bed Experience was helping me see that, and how to live a balanced life.

Crystal Bed Day 34 - Good Vibrations

Today I went to the Crystal Bed at 4 p.m. and had a 30 minute session.  For some reason, everything seemed to annoy me today.  This was unusual in that I was generally very calm on the Crystal Bed, and was not bothered by anything in the external environment.


But today was different.  There were a lot of loud sounds which I told my mind to ignore, but my mind didn't obey my orders.  I guess my mind has a mind of its own. Which annoyed me.


Anyway, this made me realize something important about Chakra stimulation:  Sound vibrations are at least as powerful as the light and color vibrations from the Crystal Bed.   In fact, they may be MORE powerful.  


There are some wonderful Chakra Chimes in the bookstore and when they are played while on the Crystal Bed it is a great experience.  Combining the light and crystal and color and chakra chime sounds is really powerful.


(Anyone interested in Chakra work should try this.)


It occurred to me how important it is to have Good Vibrations.  In fact, Vibrations might be the key to everything.


It also occurred to me that we can all help each other with this.  By which I mean, we can give each other Good Vibrations.  


If we think positive thoughts about other people, and send them love and regard, that is sending out Good Vibrations.  Why not do that more often?


I think the point of sending out Good Vibrations is not just to feel good.  Just like the Chakra Chimes help with healing and balance, so I think sending out Good Vibrations to other people helps with their healing and spiritual development.


I decided that in addition to finding healing on the Crystal Bed I would also try to help heal others by sending them as many Good Vibrations as I possibly could.

Crystal Bed Day 33 -- Social Media & The Golden Rule

Today was an incredibly deep experience with many meaningful thoughts, and I couldn't remember any of them.  I was exhausted before my Crystal Bed treatment because I'd been working on a YouTube video project for a couple of days and definitely needed to recharge my batteries.

When I concluded my Crystal Bed session there was one word running through my head -- "Social." What did that mean?

Was I supposed to write more blogs?  Make more videos?  Post more on Facebook and Twitter?  Make new friends?  Go out more often?  What was my Crystal Bed message telling me today about being "social?"

I have no idea.  Sometimes we see the world through a glass darkly, especially after we just wake up or come out of a deep meditative state.

Social media, social networking, social bookmarking -- these are all the hot terms in internet marketing these days.  YouTube and Facebook and Twitter and blogs are all forms of social media.  They provide lots of different ways for us to communicate with each other that are unprecedented in human history.

For example, when I post the links to this blog on Facebook, people from my hometown (Hampton, Iowa) read it who I have not seen in over 40 years.  Sometimes they write messages about it to me.  So that's kinda cool.  This is social media on the world wide web.

The word "social" is derived from the Latin word for "allies."  So maybe the lesson is we need each other as allies in the battles that we fight every day.

The biggest battles we all have are within ourselves.  Usually the battles are between our selfish Self and our non-selfish Self.  We're supposed to care about others as much as ourselves.  This is The Golden Rule:  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, or something like that.

We grow spiritually when we follow The Golden Rule.  It's a challenge isn't it?  We do need allies; we do need people who help us.  Being "social" and involved with other people is a good way to make sure that we fight the good fight, and win.

We would all be better off being more "social," having more allies, and following The Golden Rule. This is the message I got on the Crystal Bed today, and it is an important one.

Crystal Bed Day 32 - Keeping The Spiritual Machinery Running

Today I had another relaxing session on the Crystal Bed. Even though my mind drifted into a dream-like state, I could not let go of thoughts about the material world.  As much as we might want to live in Dream Land, we also have to deal with the stuff of this world in which we live.

For example, we have to keep machinery running -- maintain it, oil it, repair it.  This applies to our bodies, our automobiles, our computer systems and the buildings where we spend most of our time. 

Someone once said that the goal of life is to make order out of chaos.  Which is certainly one way to look at it.  Keeping order -- and keeping all of our machines running -- does take a lot of our time and energy. 

Most people who are spiritual and or idealistic find this a nuisance.  Wouldn't it be nice if we could live in a glorious spiritual world without having to worry about the humdrum concerns we face every day?  

But that's not "the way it is."  Life in the material world is what it is, and we have to deal with it.   Somehow, along with all the work we need to do for spiritual growth we also have to find the time to keep the machinery running.

If we don't do that we won't have buildings where our churches meet and where our schools hold classes.  We won't have a lot of other things we need also.

Even though the spirit is where "we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28) our activities take place on Planet Earth.  The more time I spent on the Crystal Bed the more it seemed I was able to live in both worlds simultaneously. Perhaps this is the lesson I am supposed to learn in this lifetime.

Crystal Bed Day 31 - Unlimited Clarity

Today  on the Crystal Bed was one of those very deep, refreshing experiences that made me feel good all over.  Feeling this way was becoming more common; almost a routine. I had nothing left to complain about.

My mind was also relaxed since I had meditated before coming to the Crystal Bed.  I was calm and seemingly had no issues to resolve today.  I was hoping it wasn't the type of calm that precedes a bad storm!  There was no reason for me to think it was.

Today was a day when I felt that anything was possible in life.  Maybe it is; who's to say?

Looking at my present life and my future everything seemed clear today.  Possibilities seemed unlimited.  I could see no obstacles or hazards on the horizon.  Is it possible life is really going to be this way?  That would be surprising, but I'd take it.

Having these feelings was a bit unsettling.  Maybe I'm too used to dealing with problems.  I thought I'd better just go with the flow and enjoy the calmness and clarity while they last.

Is it possible that we needlessly create our own problems in life?  Yes, it is possible.

Calm, clarity and unlimited possibilities for the future.  Everything seemed good to me today.  Another good day on the Crystal Bed.

Crystal Bed Day 30 -- Om, Om On The Range

Today I went into a deep meditative state on the Crystal Bed and had a basic insight that seemed very profound yet simple.  I saw that my true inner self never changes, but the world around me changes constantly.  And that I could affect and effect that change.

I saw that I am always in the same place, which is “here” and never “there.”  Someone once said “Home is where you are.”  And we are always Home, and always with God and part of God.

What we perceive as the world around us changes as we change ourselves internally.  Change yourself and you will change your world.  If you want improvements in your life then you must change yourself first.  Do this, and the world around you will change accordingly.

One thing this made me think is that there certainly is no hurry to get anywhere.  We are already in paradise.  We are already Home, now and always.

Sometimes we really have to stop and think about what’s going on within us and without us.  And truly appreciate our surroundings.

The Crystal Bed was helping me do this.

Crystal Bed Day 29 -- If We Build It, They Will Come

Many people are familiar with the Kevin Costner movie "Field of Dreams" in which he builds a baseball field in the middle of his Iowa cornfield, hoping to bring back Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb and other late great baseball legends.

Today on the Crystal Bed I had a dream-vision of Mannie and me sitting in a baseball stadium eating hot dogs, relaxing and watching a baseball game.  It wasn't the "Field of Dreams" we were in though, in an Iowa cornfield.  Rather we were sitting in Fenway Park, in Boston, which was also featured in the same movie.  It was a huge stadium, and crowded with people having a good time.

At first I thought the message was that Mannie and I should be relaxing and having more fun, including using his new fishing boat.  Then the more I thought about it I wondered if the message was the same one Kevin Costner had received:  Build It And They Will Come.

Mannie's vision and dream is to build a healing center in Daytona Beach, modeled after the healing center at the Casa of John of God in Brazil.  John of God also utilizes Crystal Bed Healing in his work there.  Aligning and energizing chakras is a very important part of the holistic healing process.

Mannie has already taken many steps toward realizing his vision, and one could in fact argue that Daytona Books & Metaphysics is already a healing center, because healing is already taking place there.

There are healings that take place in the store every day.  The church on Sundays also has many healings taking place every week.  There are classes being held on healing and spiritual development several nights each week.  Many people are being helped. 

In fact, people are coming from far and wide to participate in and experience healing at this Healing Center.  They are coming -- the Prophecy is true.

I'm not sure what my role in building the Healing Center will be, other than writing this blog and helping Mannie with publicity.  But it doesn't matter.  I know I will be a part of it.  I will do my part.

I'm hoping that everyone reading this will also consider how she or he can participate and help with the building of this wonderful center for healing and spiritual renewal.

I think Mannie would agree with me on this point:  the more you give, the more you will receive.  I feel lucky to be able to give as much as I have, and to have benefited so much.

Each person involved in the Healing Center is playing a very important role, unique to them. Please consult your own guidance and figure out how you can help and what your own role should be.

Crystal Bed Day 28 - Dreams Within Dreams

Today I went to the Crystal Bed late in the afternoon and fell into a deep state of relaxation where I was only partially conscious.  This was happening more often; I had vivid images that came to me like dreams I couldn't remember.


I wanted to be able to interpret the dream-like images because they seemed to contain powerful messages.  I couldn't decipher these messages because I didn't remember them.  This was getting frustrating.


Maybe today's message was simply that I needed to learn how to remember the images I was seeing, and then learn how to interpret their meanings.


My Crystal Bed Experience seemed to be opening up new channels of communication between my conscious and subconscious minds.  If I could learn to interpret these dream-like images I felt like I could really get some valuable information and make advances in my life situation.


Since dreams have been a popular subject in literature through the centuries, I decided to do some research and copy a few interesting quotes below.


Dream Quotes


The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream material that re-establishes, in a subtle way, the total psychic equilibrium.


CARL JUNG, Man and His Symbols


All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.


EDGAR ALLAN POE, A Dream Within a Dream


Dreams are the seedlings of reality.


NAPOLEON HILL, Think and Grow Rich


If I dream I have you, I have you,
For, all our joys are but fantastical.


JOHN DONNE, The Dream




Dreams are useful in learning more about the dreamer's feelings, thoughts, behavior, motives, and values. Many find that dreams can help them solve problems. Further, artists, writers, and scientists often get creative ideas from dreams.


By thinking about what each dream element means to you or reminds you of, by looking for parallels between these associations and what is happening in your waking life, and by being patient and persistent, you can learn to understand your dreams.


From the website of the International Association of the Study of Dreams  (http://www.asdreams.org)


AND HERE'S MY FAVORITE QUOTE OF ALL:

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream

Let's Enjoy It!!

Crystal Bed Day 27 - Throat Chakra Messages

Today on the  Crystal Bed my thoughts and insights were totally about Communication. This was important to me.  I'd been working on the Throat Chakra; connection to the divine.   The Crystal Bed helps align all the chakras but for me the Throat Chakra needs special attention.


The message I got today was to be very pro-active in communicating.  This is not a time for me to sit back and keep silent.  Maybe that applies to a lot of other people also.


There was a recurring thought in my head that simply wouldn't go away:  My communications must be very direct.  They must be clear.  They must be simple. This is no time to beat around the bush.


I started thinking about what this means in my professional and personal lives.  It really was very important to me to get this message today.  


I have been guided in a certain direction in recent weeks:  to do communications for businesses, especially small local businesses that need marketing and advertising help.  I feel in my heart I can really help people this way.


When you have been given talents you are supposed to use them. Don't let them sit dormant, because that would be wasteful.  That was my message.


Somehow this message seemed a lot more profound though, so I decided I'd better research the meaning and purpose of the Throat Chakra.  Below is a further explanation of this chakra and how important it is to us in connecting to the divine and getting what we want from life.


This is the true message of the Throat Chakra.  

Someone with a balanced  Throat Chakra  has the ability to clearly and openly express himself.  He or she is also able to express their weaknesses and 
strengths honestly.  This is why this chakra is characterized with communication, self expression, eloquence, free will and creativity.


http://www.janeterickson.com


Resting at the back of your throat, the Throat Chakra is more than just the words you speak. It is the mouthpiece by which you communicate your truths. Energy from the fifth chakra is rightly associated with a pure blue color – representing the ‘true blue’ essence of your soul. When you express your thoughts, beliefs, and opinions to others, you are sharing this essence through your energy. 


http://www.chakrahealing.com


The Throat Chakra is associated with aspects of expressing and receiving. Expressing means communicating what one wants and what one feels.  It can also be artistic expression, as an artist painting, a dancer dancing, a musician playing music.  The Throat Chakra helps us bring to the outside world what is inside of us.  


Self Expression is connected to receiving what we want, as in  the saying: "Ask, and Ye Shall Receive."  


This chakra is associated with listening to one's intuition, which guides one in an optimal flow, in which one sees one's goals manifest.


In this state it seems that the Universe provides all of our needs with no effort at all. It's a state of Grace. 


Abundance, therefore, is associated with this chakra, as is the aspect of unconditional receiving necessary to accept the abundance of the Universe.


This is the first level of consciousness in which one perceives directly another level of Intelligence, and experiences one's interaction with this other Intelligence.


Metaphysically, this chakra is related to creativity, creating, manifesting in the physical world the fulfillment of one's goals.


http://www.healer.ch/throatchakra.html

Crystal Bed Day 26 - Why Am I Eating So Much Spinach?

Today on the Crystal Bed was all about Intuition.  My intuitive insights had never been so powerful.  One of the issues in my life that I gained intuitive insights about was the question, "Why am I eating so much spinach?"

Clearly this is not one of mankind's most pressing issues, but it was important to me to understand.  Since I'd started on the Crystal Bed my diet and eating habits had clearly changed.  For the better, I might add.  My body seems now to be telling me what to feed it, and it usually (but not always) wants me to feed it healthy foods.

Like spinach.  Let me go on record as saying that until recently I never ate spinach, at least voluntarily.  So for me to start buying spinach at the grocery store at least once per week was a revolutionary lifestyle change.

I think I'm getting used to it, although when I find myself grabbing handfuls of spinach from the bag in the refrigerator it still doesn't feel quite right.  This is part of the adjustment I'm going through due to the alignment and cleansing of my chakras on the Crystal Bed.

Today's insight was very simple:  the Crystal Bed Experience was not just healing my body, per se, but also healing my actions and behavior to give me a healthier body.  Maybe it's because the healing is on all levels:  the soul, the mind, the emotions and the physical body too.

This is a good thing.  It makes me believe in a Higher Power.  What more evidence do I need of the influence of a Higher Power in my life than for me to start eating spinach on a regular basis?

If you want proof of God's existence, this is it.  

Crystal Bed - Day 25 - Manifesting Our Potential

Today on the Crystal Bed I had a very deep and restful 30 minute treatment.  Once again I saw a lot of dream-like images I couldn't immediately understand.  


Regardless, I felt there was a lot of activity in my subconscious mind that involved resolving conflicts.  I couldn't tell if the conflicts being resolved were just in my own mind or involved people in my external world.


Conflict is a normal part of our life on earth and not necessarily something to be avoided all the time.  Sometimes by working through conflict we grow, as individuals and as a group. If conflicts can be resolved amicably, so everyone benefits, then we're all better off than when we started.


Perhaps the growth that takes place in resolving conflicts has to do with understanding other people and compromising our own points of view.  Each of us has a unique perspective that we need to share with others.  By taking into account everyone's perspective, the entire group is better off.  


Being involved with other people means we don't always get our own way.  We don't have to compromise our principles and beliefs necessarily, but we should be open to letting in new information by hearing what other people have to say.


Ultimately what this does is make us all able to accomplish a lot more by collective effort.  If we all work together to a common end then we can achieve about anything.  We have to really learn to trust and respect each other.


These sessions on the Crystal Bed were making me see that I was part of a larger group that was also growing and healing and changing as I was.  It made me curious to find out where all of this is heading.  


I could see now that there was a tremendous amount of potential for us to achieve and accomplish something great. This applies to me as well as the larger communities of which I am a part, such as the the People's Church and classes sponsored by Daytona Books & Metaphysics.


After today's session I was filled with hope that we could maintain the positive energy and keep the groups of people working together in a positive way. If we do this I believe we can make manifest the great potential that we have latent within us.


Who knows what we can accomplish?

Crystal Bed Day 24 - Holding It Together

Today on the Crystal Bed I had an experience that was becoming more common.  I went deep into my subconscious mind, even though I was conscious.  It is like having a vivid dream while being only half asleep.


These experiences always seem very profound yet I am still unable to remember them in any detail.  And the images I do remember are difficult for me to interpret and give meaning to.  I've decided I need to work on this because I think that I am receiving some valuable information when this happens on the Crystal Bed.


My thoughts today revolved around the words Connect and Communicate.  It seemed like I was being told to help people with these things.  For example, the recent internet developments in Social Media have made it easier for people to connect and communicate with each other.  This is a good thing.  We all need to do this.  My mission in life may be to help others do this who don't know as much about the internet and social media as I do (having spent years studying these subjects).


One challenging aspect of modern life is the pace of change.  This is especially true when it comes to the internet.  A few years ago nobody had heard of Facebook, and now it is challenging Google for internet dominance.  The reason for Facebook's success is the way it helps people connect and communicate. 
Other sites like Google and LinkedIn and even YouTube do these things also.


But still, coping with rapid change is not easy.  This applies to changes in our personal and professional lives as well as changes in technology.  It is necessary to be in balance, and to find one's center.  I think the Crystal Bed is really helping me do this.


When Yeats wrote "things fall apart, the centre cannot hold" I think he was referring to the rapid changes the world went through in the early 20th century. We all are responsible for being centered -- for holding it together.


Yet we do need help in doing this.  It's helpful to have a community to be part of and connect with.  In today's world it's up to each of us to find our own communities and support groups.  This is important as traditional and historical communities have gone by the wayside.


The Crystal Bed seems able to give me what I call a "psychic energy recharge." Where it is located -- Daytona Books & Metaphysics -- seems to have become a place where like-minded people with positive energy can connect and communicate about important topics.


I think it is the job of each one of us to help others in our communities to learn and grow -- and to connect and communicate.  This is a great opportunity for us to grow as individuals also.  Maybe this is why we are here.

Crystal Bed Day 23 - Just Get Over It

Today I did a 30 minute session and it was just great.  I was thinking about a question someone had asked me:  What was my health condition that required Crystal Bed Healing?


I could give a laundry list of my ailments but that might be considered whining so I won't do that.  The real reason for me getting Crystal Bed treatments is that I contracted a serious case of MRSA -- medicine-resistant staph infection -- several years ago and I felt that I had never fully recovered my health after that.


I had a MRSA infection along a 10-inch surgical wound in my abdomen which I'd contracted in a hospital in Annapolis after part of my large intestine had been removed due to an infected and perforated colon.  This was a double-whammy that almost killed me -- I was on the strongest oral and intravenous antibiotics for two months fighting for my life.


Then I found out a few months ago that MRSA never really leaves the body, it can reoccur at any time, and it permanently damages the immune system.  This really upset me since I was hoping that that terrible chapter of m life was completely over.


Thinking back on that time of my life brought back a lot of bad memories and emotions.  So today on the  Crystal Bed I had to confront them again and I realized that part of my healing was to get over my bitterness about everything that had happened to me several years ago.


I suppose this is not unusual in that most people have things that have happened in their lives they could be bitter about.  With the  Crystal Bed and my healthier lifestyle I was determined not to let the MRSA reoccur -- I didn't want to live through that horrible experience again.


I also had figured out that I had better get over the bitterness and regret if I was going to truly be a healthy and happy person.


And I felt good this day -- I was really feeling happier than I had felt in a long time.  This shows that healing is not just physical.  There is the mental and emotional part also.


If we have things inside us making us unhealthy and unhappy then here is some good advice:  Just Get Over It.  It's time to move on.  The Crystal Bed was helping me do that.

Crystal Bed Day 22 – Live The Life You Have Imagined

Today I went to the Crystal Bed after church and had a very deep and relaxing session.  There was an increasing feeling that I was receiving guidance about the direction I should take for the remainder of this lifetime.

It usually takes quite a while to get where we want to go once we decide to go there.  Of course one could argue that there is never anywhere to get to because we are always on the Journey.  There is only “here” and never a “there.”  We are all works in progress, not finished products.  

We are all on the way.  Our own special and unique Journey.  The Way is the Way is the Way.

However, it is useful to have definite, specific goals in life also.  When I do this I always accomplish a lot, even though I often end up in a different place from that which I had originally intended.

One thing my new psychic business coach JacQuaeline has done for me is require me to not only identify my goals but also to pick my #1 goal out of all possible goals.  This is a useful thing to do, because if I can accomplish my #1 goal then all my other goals will be met in the process.

The reason I want a business coach is to reinforce good habits of thought, keep me focused on my #1 goal, and to make me accountable to someone for accomplishing what I want to accomplish.

It’s harder than many people realize to choose a single #1 goal.  People generally don’t do this, and they don't get what they want because they have not identified what they really want.  This is the crucial first step in getting what you want out of life.

It’s also difficult to make sure your goals are truly your own and not someone else’s goals for what they want you to do.  You have to know your own heart and follow it.

Once you identify specifically what you really want, and visualize it, and believe you can get it, then your chances of success are extremely great.  Especially if you consistently and boldly take action in the direction of your Dreams.

Today I felt that the Crystal Bed was helping me tremendously to clarify not only my goals and life purpose but also exactly how to accomplish them.  For this I am very grateful.

“If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” 

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

-- Henry David Thoreau

Crystal Bed Day 21 - If The World's A Stage, What Is My Part?

Today was another good day on the bed.  I can feel the healing and changes taking place in me at all levels.  I continue to experience a lot of things that I don’t remember afterwards but seem meaningful at the time.

Today I had subtle thoughts about my life’s purpose.  There was no flash of lightening but I felt that I was receiving information about what I was supposed to do.  What role I was supposed to play.

The quote from Shakespeare kept going through my mind:

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

As You Like It Act 2, scene 7

This has become almost a cliché, but it still seemed important to me.  Not because of the general thought but because of how it might play out in my own life.  What role was I to play for the next act of my life? 

I was also thinking a lot about:   Financial Abundance, Money Magnetism and Psychic Attraction.  I was hoping during the next age of my life I would be able to play a role that involved financial abundance.  Surprise, surprise.  Who wouldn’t want that?!

Somehow today I felt that the Crystal Bed was going to help me not only clarify the details about the role I was to play, but also make me able to demonstrate the principles of Money Magnetism and Psychic Attraction.

I was ready for it.  Yet I felt like I still needed to work out some details in my own mind about my reasons for wanting these things to happen.  Even though I was receiving a lot of information on the Crystal Bed at conscious and unconscious levels, I needed more in order to understand what was my real life’s purpose.

If all the world’s a stage and we are merely players, then perhaps it was time for me to have a talk with the Great Playwright of Life and get some clarification about my part in this drama.  I was really hoping the Crystal Bed could help me get that conversation going.  I was confident that it would.