Healing Oneself - Retreatsupdated 27.11.2006
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Introduction
After I went through my experiences with Fibromyalgia, the same disappointments were repeated with my Hernia: There was no real healing offered from the established health system. At the end I was left alone and had to search for an alternative solution by myself. This was extremely difficult when I had Fibromyalgia due to the lack of energy. Luckily I had no depressions, which happens often with Fibromyalgia and inhibits to be active enough to look for information outside of what is offered from the medical system. People who have a base supported by meditation, are doing much better and I was meditating since about fifty years. So my intuition still worked even under the heavy weight of Fibromyalgia. So when I found out a treatment what felt right, then I treated myself with it. Like this a whole bunch of various treatments came together which I strictly followed. With the result that I was healed after about one and a half year. There is written about it in details in my health pages.When something similar happened with me a few months ago and I got an inguinal Hernia, it was not so difficult to search for an alternative way to heal this disease, because although I was lacking energy, I was motivated and having recovered from Fibromyalgia, this gave me additional strength. But I needed several months to get a treatment for the Hernia together, to avoid surgery, which seems to be the only conventional solution. Since a few weeks I am treating myself and I am already better, what means there is no pain anymore even when doing occasionally heavy work, but to be healed it will need quite some time more. Also like with Fibromyalgia it's a 'process' which includes the whole system on all levels and not only one specific part of the body. I have written about 'my Hernia experience' and will continue to investigate and to report about it. (But as there is hardly anything about alternative healing for Hernia, I would appreciate very much if somebody knows about it, also I would like if you can report about your own experience after surgery. Until now I mostly heard horrifying stories...)
The Vision
I had the vision about 'healing Oneself retreats' since many years and I had thought that first a good team should come together to take care of the retreats and the people in it, and this was one of the reasons why I founded an 'Intentional Community', but it turned out that such a group of people is using nearly all their energy for themselves and the maintaining of the place and there is hardly left any interest to realize a project like 'healing retreats'. So I have dropped the intention about a 'community' and I'm not waiting anymore that there is enough motivation and interest from an established team. It can be done in a different way, it is just a question of organization. (And by the way: It doesn't even depend on this place. 'Self healing retreats' could be done every where if a group of interested people come together...) at FalconBlanco the installation is there: enough common rooms and space, individual living room (single and double bed rooms) for about 15-20 people, kitchen, a big meditation dome, also possible for other activities, like Reiki, massage, Yoga, Qui Gong, Tai Chi, singing, music, etc. There is an ozone sauna and more can easily be build, as well an Inippi for sweat lodges.
There are bicycles and some body building equipment. There are fruit trees and a vegetable garden which can be amplified. The place is in the middle of unspoiled nature and there are walking paths all around through pine forest and fields. The nearest beach is 9 km away. So the place seems to be ideal. It is not a handicap that there are no paid employees to take care of participants, this has a positive side: It can be organized in a way that it functions with the initiative and help of all participants. This will built up creative energy which will serve also for the healing process of the participants. That of course needs 'self responsibility' and some enthusiasm. As there are no paid workers, all work to maintain the place, taking care of animals and plants, the cleaning, the cooking, etc. will need to be done by the people who are participating in the 'retreat'. What means that only people can join who are able and willing to do the work, sharing with each other all what needs to be done and then participate in the different healing modalities.
There is help available to be initiated into meditation, yoga, Reiki, EFT, Sun gazing, the right alimentation, how to do the ozone sauna, etc. but then it has to be done by each individual by oneself, what includes that the participants help each other. There is no guidance from any 'health professional'! I personally can not give any advice. Access to information is available through the Internet, also there is gathered a lot of it on the FalconBlanco Health pages and more on files and also books and CDs and there is the possibility to search for more. There are several computers available for common use, to be in contact with the outside world or to search the Internet for alternative health solutions. People also might bring their own laptop, which can be connected to the intern red and so to the Internet. (Up to three more. Now there are five connected.)
So far it means that people who are searching for an alternative way to heal their health problem will have the space and information to start with. There can't be given any health advice, as there is no 'health professional' present. (Although it might be possible that there will be some guests present who are 'health professionals' and who share their knowledge... I will invite some who might be interested to support our project...) Who joins the retreats, will in togetherness with others search for a healing way, all depends on one's own intuition and decision what treatment to try. The first step is to get out of any dependency from the established health system and so there will only be people interested, who had enough experience and are able to do this step. As it was said before: 'Community' as a concept doesn't work in practice, it will always collapse after some time, unless it is structured as an interest group and serves for this. It functions if there is an actual urgent common goal. In this case it would be the intention of all who are suffering from a disease to find a new way and a new vision about healing and disease, in this we are all interested and so we will be motivated to do each our part. But not only those who are suffering from a disease, also those who feel desperate about the world situation and also one's own situation, feeling impotent to do something about it, looking for new perspectives as part of one's growing process.
Another aspect of 'disease' I need to point out: Disease can be a 'trigger' which turns the sufferer to 'oneself' and then can start a 'healing process' which goes much further than the healing of a disease or making the symptoms disappear. 'Healing' which goes beyond the physical body doesn't necessarily need a disease, one can start it consciously out of an 'inner need', not needing to treat oneself but even though can use the same methods like meditation, yoga, reiki, sungazing, Tai Chi, Qui Gong, etc. to further one's intention to liberate oneself. It depends on your upbringing which religious or philosophical background you have or nothing like this at all. At FalconBlanco this will not have any importance. We don't favor any direction or spiritual concept. It is enough if one wants 'to grow' and that one has reached the moment when there is the urge to do something about it out of one's own decision and own responsibility. This of course one can do at any time and not depending on any place, but we can understand that often it is difficult to start with it because of the situation to which one is bound; and so it might help for a start to begin with it in a surrounding which is favorable for one's intention, without too much distraction and responsibilities to other people or occupations and the space and time to take care of oneself...
Duration of staying
From experience with guests during many years it can be said, that the duration of staying in this kind of retreats should be two months as a minimum, better three month, as it needs a few weeks to get settled and to get the process started...
"How much will this cost?"- This question might arise now.
Well, in FalconBlanco money is no motive for one's doing. Never has been and also will not in the future. This is a step in one's growing process and is from a certain moment on a 'spiritual' step, - which is completely different than concepts about 'spirituality'. Who has realized this in one's life will have the experience that if one trusts in oneself and in the healing energy which is present every where and always, then there opens up a field of abundance and every thing needed will be provided. One even don't need to look for it with much effort, one only need to be open to receive. This is widely unknown in our society where every thing turns around money and the efforts to get it. Even 'spiritual healer' don't mind to charge for their service. The really negative aspect of charging for healing is that the need of sick and desperate people is often used without scruple to get their money. Who is sick since some time will know about this and it also might be a good reason to look for another solution.
I am convinced that to change the materialistic attitude, which is deeply rooted in the collective consciousness and is destroying ourselves and our world, we should share freely with each other our gifts and we can start with taking care of people and so all healing should be given for free, furthering every ones growing process and so rising our consciousness and then as a step going beyond the materialistic world view. All disease is part of a healing process which includes the whole being and treating only the symptoms to make them disappear, no matter if this is done with chemicals or 'alternative healing methods', is short sighted and no real healing and so it is no wonder that mostly there are money interests involved. Let's break this vicious circle and let's start to do it differently! Let's take care for eachother! The opportunity for this is given at FalconBlanco.
The consequence: No money involved!
At FalconBlanco there will be no charge for anything, especially not for participating in a 'healing retreat', - as the healing is mainly done by the participants themselves and also the daily needed work, so there is no charge: No body pays or gets paid! You know already: There is NO service of any kind. The work to take care of the people during the retreat and for the place is also done by the participants.
So this place is offered totally for free, included the individual sleeping and living room, all common rooms and even the food. There is no trick and no trap hidden behind, not even the intention to convince the participants of something! I ensure you that my offer and intention is not connected with a sect of any kind or any religious or spiritual concept!
From experience over many years I can say that for maintaining the place and taking care of the daily needs of people, animals and plants, about four hours of daily work from each participants will be necessary.
Working in nature, with plants and animals, can be a helpful part of one's healing process. If somebody wants to participate who has not enough energy to work, then we can see how many participants there are present and so that they can support this person.
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So this is the concept of the 'self healing retreats'. What is needed now is that people are getting involved and see it as their project, coming out of the need of all. Then there might come suggestions and questions. You can write an email.
Update: It became obvious during the last few months that this project is too far ahead of our time and so it seems not be possible to realize it. The only way it would be possible if there would be a well known organization behind or at least a medical doctor as the 'director', without this my vision probably has no chance. I spend about thirty years on my intention for an 'Intentional Community' and I have not enough time left to spend another thirty years that 'self healing retreats' might be realized. I will use my remaining time and energy on my existing Web site and will develop it more and also translate it into other languages. My Web site has now about three thousand visitors a day and I feel responsible to give the best information I can, for those who seek for help.
I read a note which said: "I really believe that a person is only as valuable as they are of help to others." I agree with this wholeheartedly... and I accept it as part of reality that there are not so many people who feel in the same way... not even capable to help themselves... not even able to receive and use the information to help themselves...
Remark: I just read this all again several months later and I still believe it is a good and necessary idea. It looks to me that the established health system first must collapse before sick people will doubt this until now untouched authority. Now most people prefer to stay in dependency, they like to be manipulated and been told what to do, to eat and to think. Probably this will not change during my life time, but this doesn't mean that a very few people dare to start with it. Anyway, the place is there and I will go on with my Web site and giving information as good as I can for all who seek and are capable to receive...
Update: Meanwhile a few people responded and want to come, even there is no health professional present. So I will go on with this project...