Discovering the Healer Within explains the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit. The material within will shed light on why one man is happy, healthy, loving, and successful, while another struggles.

The happy, healthy, loving, and successful man knows how to use the Universal Law of Attraction. He understands how to use his conscious thoughts to design his life.

This man understands and does not fear illness or disease, because he understands the self-healing functions of the physical body and what to do when illness and disease occur.

Finally, this man understands his purpose in life. He understands that he is a spiritual being having a physical experience. To make the most of our time on earth, we need to understand why we are here, what we are supposed to accomplish, and the purpose of life and death.

DISCOVERING the HEALER WITHIN

DISCOVER THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT IN BALANCED HEALTHBy KAREN D. GILROY

BALBOA PRESS

Copyright © 2011 Karen D. Gilroy
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4525-3424-4

Contents

Foreword..........................................................................................ixAcknowledgments...................................................................................xiIntroduction......................................................................................xiiiChapter 1. The Subconscious Mind..................................................................1Chapter 2. The Subconscious Mind and Our Health...................................................18Chapter 3. The Conscious Mind.....................................................................29Chapter 4. The Superconscious Mind................................................................36Chapter 5. Self-Healing, Inner Intelligence.......................................................51Chapter 6. Detoxifying the Body to Improve Physical Health........................................74Chapter 7. Proper Food Combining..................................................................84Chapter 8. Overeating.............................................................................107Chapter 9. The Fruitarian Eating Plan.............................................................110Chapter 10. Microwave Ovens.......................................................................115Chapter 11. Exercise..............................................................................118Chapter 12. Fresh Air.............................................................................122Chapter 13. Sunshine and UV Rays..................................................................127Chapter 14. Pure Water............................................................................135Chapter 15. Rest and Sleep........................................................................137Chapter 16. The Brain.............................................................................141Chapter 17. Life and Death........................................................................151Chapter 18. The Evolving Soul.....................................................................156Chapter 19. Soul Families.........................................................................171Chapter 20. Completed Contracts...................................................................177Chapter 21. Spirit Guides and Teachers............................................................180Chapter 22. How to Start Living a Happy, Healthy, Loving, and Successful Life.....................185

Chapter One

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

There is more to the mind than meets the eye. There are actually three aspects of the mind: the subconscious mind, the conscious mind, and the super conscious mind or God-mind. How many times have you found that most everything in life comes in threes? I discovered my personal power, through the proper use of my subconscious mind, more than twenty-five years ago, and I was able to transform my life. I learned that whatever I could feel deeply or clearly imagine would be impressed upon my subconscious mind, and I could experience it in my life. By choosing my thoughts, beliefs, and opinions wisely, I could experience those things I talked about, believed in, and loved.

I learned of Dr. Joseph Murphy's 1963 book The Power of the Subconscious Mind one day in a seminar presented at the bank where I worked, in my hometown of Hayden, Colorado. The bank president was Mr. Joseph B. Boyd. I always addressed him as Mr. Boyd, as I had a great deal of respect for him. Mr. Boyd taught finance, both through example, and as an actual teacher of college-level classes. He played an important role in my future business opportunities, as well as the future of my husband's business. Wonderful things started happening for me after I attended the seminar at the bank.

I was a new employee, and I didn't realize it at the time, but Mr. Boyd rarely, if ever, interrupted our workday with things like seminars, unless of course the topic was required by the FDIC. However, this seminar was for the ladies who worked at the bank, and the subjects covered included makeup, wardrobe, and positive attitude. The timing of this seminar was divine indeed because things in my life were kind of rough. I was trying to adjust to working full-time while raising two children, and my husband was working two jobs. We were making ends meet, but not in the fashion to which we had previously been accustomed.

My husband Tim and I had recently made the decision to make a major change in our lives. Tim had operated a feedlot—a cattle-feeding operation—for the past eight years. Tim was always an independent thinker, and he had been raised around cattle and machinery his whole life. He felt that he wanted to begin a business of his own, where he could benefit from his knowledge and willingness to work hard. We had never fully settled into the community where the feedlot was located, and we wanted to raise our children in a smaller school district. Moving back to the area where we had both grown up in northwestern Colorado, the small town of Hayden met all our needs, but with it came many changes.

At first, we moved our single-wide mobile home into a park, where we were not only required to pay rent, but where we had very close neighbors. Both Tim and I had been raised on rural ranches, where the closest neighbors were several miles away, and this was also what our children were accustomed to at the feedlot. With all of these changes to our living environment, as well as the increased expenses, we were experiencing considerable emotional challenges. So this seminar and my introduction to positive attitude and the power of thought were heaven-sent.

I don't believe I ever told my boss just how much this seminar helped me, but it literally changed my life. All too often, we never know if the recipient of our good thoughts and gestures has benefited in any way. But I want to tell you a story about the lady who taught the positive-attitude portion of that seminar.

Some years after I left the bank, I was attending an Angel Workshop in Grand Junction, Colorado. At the end of the day, the instructor—whom I thought I had just met for the first time—asked us to share an experience that had had a positive impact on our lives. When it was my turn, I spoke of how I had learned of the book The Power of the Subconscious Mind. I went on to say that although I had never read this type of material or even heard of it before, the seminar leader had impressed me so deeply that I felt the need to immediately purchase Dr. Murphy's book. I told everyone how I changed my life because of the wonderful advice in this book. When I looked at the instructor, I noticed that she had tears in her eyes. She said, "Oh, honey, I was that instructor, but I never knew if I had a positive impact on anyone." She thanked me for my story, and I discovered that I had already met this wonderful woman, who actually grew up only twenty miles from my hometown. Her name is JoAnn Mathers Thompson, and I think of her often when I wonder if anything I am doing is having a positive impact on others.

Let's discuss the subconscious mind first. The function of the subconscious mind is similar to the fresh spring water that melts from beneath the snowdrifts in the Rocky Mountains. That water, like the subconscious mind, will flow in the path of least resistance. The water can be controlled if we will make ditches and give it direction. Likewise we control the flow of our life through the subconscious mind with our thoughts, words, and emotions. We control the subconscious mind by giving it direction with our conscious mind or our conscious thoughts by setting intentions, making plans, and setting goals.

"It is the mind that makes the body rich." —Shakespeare

By consciously setting your intentions you use your thoughts constructively, you actually create a steering wheel by which to control your own destiny. However, you are the only one who can do this; no one else can do it for you.

"You create your own universe as you go along." —Winston Churchill,

The subconscious mind is also our friend, because it takes care of us around the clock. It attends to the proper functions and rhythms of our beatingheart,digestion,circulation,andbreathing,allindependentofour conscious thoughts. We all want to be the best that we can be and have a happy, healthy, loving, and successful life. So let's draw up our itinerary or flight plan and set the course to obtain those things we desire.

The first thing that everyone needs to understand is that each of us is a mass of vibrating energy, and we control that energy with our thoughts. Most of us simply have never known how to use these life-creating powers that we all possess. However, the messages have been in books dating back to the 1800s, and as you will recognize, these messages are also in the Bible.

Each of us has the awesome power to make our life what we want it to be. Different thoughts, words, and actions are how we create different energies, which is how we set our desires and dreams into motion. These different emotions determine the frequency at which our energy vibrates. Likewise, the emotions that we are willing to hold will determine the frequencies that we attract. The Universal Law of Attraction or the Third Law of Physics is the scientific explanation of this power to attract that which we think about, talk about, and hold the emotions of. Once we understand this law of attraction, we can empower ourselves to attract that life where we are happy, healthy, loving, and successful.

We are a vibrating mass of energy, and love is the frequency that represents everything positive and good. Likewise, fear is the energy frequency that takes everything good and makes it something less, depending on the degree of negativity. Most of us are unable to see this energy frequency, but its power is indisputable. For those who are able to see this energy, it looks like a halo or a field of energy surrounding all things. The evidence of the energy of love is present in everything in the world; for without love, there is nothing. Love is the glue that binds us and all things together.

Because the frequency of love is not visible to most of us, I want you to visualize love. I want you to think of the wave of energy or heat that you can see radiating up off of a hot roadway. These heat waves shimmer and shine as they rise from the ground. That is how the energy of love or fear radiates out from every living being. Most of us simply cannot see it.

Think about the person who is always in a good mood and always has a smile for everyone. That person has the ability to make everyone feel great, because he is radiating the energy or the frequency of love. You cannot see the light that he is emitting because the light is nonphysical. It is the light of the soul, and even though it cannot be seen with the naked eye, this light moves instantaneously between the one who exhibits the emotions and the object of the emotion. Like the wonderful person who chooses to be positive and loving, you too have the ability to choose to live in the positive energy of love. Accept that every single time you experience something good in your life, you are experiencing the positive energy frequency of love. The shortest distance between two people is a smile.

Your subconscious mind creates your life, but it does so because of the guidance of your conscious mind, your conscious thoughts. The main point to remember is that once the subconscious mind accepts an idea or a desire from your conscious mind, it begins to execute that idea. All you need to do is have faith that you can have the things that you desire.

"all things are possible to him that believeth." Mark 9:23

The steps that I took to change my life after reading about positive attitude were to write out some personal affirmations on index cards and read them several times each day. For instance, I wanted my financial situation to be eased, so I wrote, that "Our financial future is bright and secure." I wanted to be able to purchase a home on rural acreage, so I wrote, "We have a beautiful home not far from town, and this property meets all of our needs." I would reread my notes several times each day. I imagined while I read the notes that I could see the desired outcome as already being mine. I made myself reread the cards anytime my thoughts were fearful or negative.

I know from my past experience that I used to find myself dwelling on the negative conditions in my life instead of the positive ones, and this can be true of anyone who has not yet trained himself to always look for the positive. You consciously need to think positively and reflect on all the good around you. Try not to let your mind idly float through your day and only observe, without consciously guiding your thoughts constructively. If you do not set goals you allow your life to travel down the path of least resistance and you may miss great opportunities. Remember if you see something that you want, set your intentions, place that something in your heart and use your loving energy to help bring it into your life.

Quite simply, if you think good, good will follow; if you think evil, evil will follow. This is the way the energy flows, and you control the energy with your mind, or more precisely with your thoughts and emotions. The main point to remember is that once the subconscious mind accepts an idea, it begins to execute it, to sculpt your life. Never again should you laugh at that person who is telling you to think positive or to see the bright side. Thinking positive is your job; it is how you mold your life. Looking at the bright side is how you develop an attitude of gratitude, but only you can do it; no one can do it for you.

To develop an attitude of gratitude, you simply need to take the time to appreciate the things in your life that are good. People often tell me that there is nothing good in their life. This is when I help them understand that the good in their life can be very small things, which once recognized will expand. I can point out the simplest thing in someone's life, for example, for me I was struggling financially and emotionally, but I had a job and I was able to contribute financially. Not only that, I was fortunate to have a job in the community where I lived, so if one of my children needed me, I was within minutes of their school. And there was the seminar that changed my life, which I would not have experienced if I had not had that job.

You can begin this moment to attract more that you will be grateful for. You can change your life beginning this moment. Mark your calendar, and for the next thirty days, make the effort to record each thing small or large that you are grateful for. Don't leave out anything. Read your notes often, so that you make yourself remember the good in your life. It is especially important to read these notes if you are feeling discouraged. Once you have begun to develop your attitude of gratitude, you can go one step further and begin to set the course for your future, write out your goals, give your dreams a foundation. You are the captain to your destiny.

Another way to start using the wonderful powers of the subconscious mind is to create a dream journal. This is another way to write out your desires for the future. Don't worry about how your dreams will manifest; just know that the answers to all your dreams will come of their own accord and in the divine right time if you simply use your thoughts constructively. Remember the words from the Sermon on the Mount:

"Ask and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you." Matthew 7:7

You must first take the time and show that you have faith. This is very simple, but in our seemingly complicated world, it can be difficult for us to understand that all we need is a plan and to have faith in that plan.

One word of advice: as you allow yourself to formulate your dreams in words, or by creating a picture journal or perhaps a dream/vision board, make this your personal project. There is no need to tell others about your methods of acquiring your dreams and desires. You don't need to have anyone telling you how "lame" your plans are. A negative person who has no self-confidence can drag you down, can spoil your momentum. You can have a positive influence on this person and others once they see changes being made in your life. Then you can start sharing your knowledge with them. Another important part of your plan is that your dreams must be good for you and everyone around you. Your dreams can't include things that make others suffer or never allow another to win the race or contest. Those dreams are not of good report, they are not worthy dreams.

Understand that your thoughts and emotions need to be focused on the things you desire. If you see something someone else has, which you desire for yourself, you will want to feel love for that item. Be thankful that the other person enjoys the item that you desire, and by doing this you will make room in your life for the same. This is how you use the power of love to attract a particular item into your life. You can also use the emotion of love to attract better relationships. If you are looking for a loving relationship, and you see a couple who are very much in love, you will want to be happy for what they have. This will allow you to use the energy of love to attract a similar relationship to yourself. One word of caution: never allow yourself to feel jealousy or resentment toward the good that others possess, because this will block your ability to attract the same.

Remember, we are all composed of vibrating energy, and the frequency of love is the very highest frequency. We all think of ourselves as a mass of flesh and bones, when in fact we are actually a mass of vibrating energy, as is everything in the universe. The density of our energy is determined by the frequency or rate of vibration of this energy. The loving person vibrates higher than the fearful person. We all feel good when we are around the loving person; they lift us up. The fearful person, on the other hand, drags us down.

The power of the mind works best with the high frequency of love. You do not want to hinder your chances of experiencing the good that others have by exhibiting a low energy or negative frequency. Love attracts because it is a positive energy force, whereas envy, jealousy, or resentment repel because they have a negative force. Visualize a magnet; one end attracts objects, whereas the opposite end pushes objects away. If what you see is what you want to attract, feel love for it, because love attracts. Remember when you are positive you attract all things that are good, whereas, when you are negative you attract all things negative while you repel all things positive.

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