| Healing is our Journey Back
Home From the editor | by Tim Miejan "Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing -- peace is the measure." -- George Melton Ultimately, from the first breath of infancy until the final breath of death, each of us is a work in progress. Our soul adopts this spacesuit we call our body and proceeds to use it as a tool to further refine itself. It's the same for each one of us, regardless of the role we have established for ourselves on this physical realm, be it president of the United States, elementary school teacher or infant child who becomes a portrait artist. We all share the opportunity of transforming ourselves and becoming more real, and actually more transparent, lessening our density so our soul shines outward like the sun. Each day, we are given a blessed opportunity to redefine ourselves, shedding bits and pieces that we've collected and adopting new aspects that we've gleaned from watching others navigate along the way. It is our choice of whether or not to proceed, and at what speed. We can choose to sleepwalk and go nowhere for a long time, or we can seize the day and journey the inner expressway, making good time on our journey back to ourselves. It's up to us. If we choose to proceed, and are committed to walking the walk, we learn that it's not a solitary journey. We meet fellow travelers along the way. Through an interconnected web of relationships, we help each other become more aware of who we are. We hold the mirror up for each other. Through others, we see ourselves. By becoming aware, we understand that everything -- and I mean everything -- that makes up your life now (go ahead and scan the scene) is a reflection of who you are. We don't always like what we see and sometimes it makes us feel uncomfortable, but by accepting it, we accept ourselves. Case in point: my anger. I rarely expressed my emotions growing up, and as a young adult, life was like floating on a raft on a calm lake. There was little for me to get upset with, because I lived by myself and did things the way I wanted to. But as circumstances changed, I was in a relationship and had a child to support. That idyllic ride on the raft became a roller-coaster assault that turned me every which way and inside out. I began to explode. That scream by Gov. Dean was actually me. After years of smooth sailing, suddenly I was being called "mean" by people I loved. I avoided the screen of my life for quite some time, until one day, I sat down to see what was there for me to look at. My outbursts were a replay of what I had experienced as a child. Wanting to run and hide, I avoided situations that could cause me pain. I stuffed the feelings way down deep, so deep that it took more than 30 years for them to resurface. I realized that I was becoming the person who had caused me so much fear, all those years ago. I was experiencing pain and anxiety. And then, I was reunited with my Dad after not seeing him for more than 25 years. He was shorter than I remembered, and he was not scary any more. In fact, it was hard for me to remember why I had been afraid of him for all that time. Perhaps my fear had turned him into a monster. Now, I was hugging this man and knowing him like I never had before. And I was truly understanding that part of him was inside of me. By accepting him, I was beginning to accept a part of myself that I had hid away for too long. By unconditionally loving him, I was beginning to love myself. Each of us has similar journeys. Some are less turbulent while others burn like wildfires for decades. But it's the same thing. It's all a matter of coming back to who we are, coming back to wholeness. It often frustrates me that such a small percentage of people in the community have heard about The EDGE and what it offers, because what this publication does is support the journey back home. We may offer varying topics throughout the year, from meditation to healthy food to holistic business, but each and every theme is healing work. We may be promoting and featuring healers in this month's issue, but in truth, every issue is about healing. Because spirituality is about healing. Our lives are about healing. Healing is the walk back to who we truly are. Let us join hands and enjoy the journey. "A human being is part of a whole called, by us, universe. A part limited in time and space, he experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion, to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty." -- Albert Einstein Tim Miejan is editor of The EDGE. Contact him at (651) 578-8969, toll-free 1 (888) 776-5687 or editor@edgenews.com Copyright © 2004 Tim Miejan |
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March 2004 |
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