What we call spiritual healing is perhaps the oldest form of healing on Earth, but what exactly is it? A fantastic definition was given by Dr. George King:

“Spiritual healing is a science in which the Universal Life Forces are conveyed from the healer to the patient.”

Apart from being a very advanced Master of Yoga, Dr King was also a brilliant healer – having given his first treatment at the age of eleven. As a result of this experience he investigated spiritual healing and developed a very safe and effective technique which he then passed on to many students throughout his life.

He also dispelled the myth that the success of spiritual healing depends upon the faith of the patient – for even animals and plants respond to this form of natural treatment. So how does it work?

Universal Life Forces – Prana or Chi

Although we may not realise it, we live in a vast sea of energy – the energy of life – known as prana or chi to the Ancients. The whole of creation is filled with these Universal Life Forces which form a matrix upon which all of creation is built. We receive these pranas from the cosmos, the major source being the Sun. Without them creation would cease to move whether that movement be a thought or physical object such as an atom or a sun. Prana is vital to life and an imbalance or lack of it is what is called disease.

The Aura and the Chakras

The Symbols of the 7 Major Chakras or Psychic Centres Around our physical bodies there exists a subtle body called an aura. This is interrelated to the physical body directly through subtle energy channels which are called nadis or meridians. Every part of our body has its subtle energy aspects and could not exist without these. Just as our physical body needs energy or food to survive, so does the aura or subtle body need energy. Unlike the physical body however this energy does not have to be obtained from food.

Energy or prana enters the aura through openings in it called chakras or psychic centres which are like little whirlpools. The health of these psychic centres within the aura has a great influence over our mental and physical health. What effects the aura directly affects its physical counterpart – the body.

Negative emotions and thoughts tend to contaminate our aura and inhibit the flow of prana through the higher psychic centres within it. One result of this is that the aura slowly becomes unable to absorb the higher energies of intuition. These higher aspects of prana bring balance and inspiration, and without them disease can manifest.

What is a Healer?

A healer is a person who can draw upon the great sea of prana all around them and so energise their aura that they have an excess of this energy. This can then be sent outwards to others, sometimes with miraculous results.

Everyone can channel this energy through themselves and there are many ways to do so such as through prayer, mantra, visualisation, and healthy living. However, the Ancients found that deep breathing was perhaps the most potent. They devised systems of breathing exercises to energise the aura with this energy of life, these are known as Pranayama.

The King Technique

Dr. King, after deep psychic investigation and meditation, brought together a simple and powerful healing technique which revolutionised the spiritual healing movement. This technique, later called ‘The King Technique’, was published in a pioneering work on spiritual healing called You Too Can Heal (also included in The Magic of Healing). It was designed to bring a balance to the psychic centres within the aura of the patient, and also to help treat the condition they suffered from.

Unlike some schools of thought that believe a person’s illness is a result of their karma and therefore should not be tampered with, Dr. King stated that it was the duty of all people to help others bear their karmic burden through giving service which he regarded as the greatest of all the yogas, namely Karma Yoga.

He maintained that anyone can become an effective healer provided they have:

1. A deep feeling for those who suffer
2. Faith in their own ability

Combine these with a safe technique and miracles can happen. If you doubt that you can heal, here are some words of encouragement from Dr. King:

“You should remember that the greatest yoga of all is the yoga of Service, and by the administration of Spiritual Healing, you are giving a true, selfless Service to suffering mankind. You are helping him to progress as well, for your Healing power not only cures the physical effects in the body, but will often help to cure the mental causes in the mind as well. This will bring the patient a greater realisation of the wondrous world of the Spiritual forces. As well as this, you are progressing yourself by performing two great types of Service, namely, the Bhakti Yoga of love and compassion and the Karma Yoga of actively helping your fellow man.

By the Divine Law of Karma, you must also reap your own reward. Because by your potent Service, you will balance your Karmic pattern to such an extent that you will gain a deeper realisation and appreciation of the Divinity around you, as well as a knowledge of the use of the miraculous tools contained within Nature’s finer forces.”

Learn. Apply. And you will discover that you too can heal.

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