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2.6 Healing and Recovery
Internal body images or images of trips inside the body to observe
and repair damaged tissue. The most effective images are the ones
that have some meaning to you. You may imagine your ailment as
an enemy that you attack, or how some external force (nature, God,
angel, …) helps you to push it back. Another way is to imagine how
your life will be again after you conquered the sickness.
For instance, when healing tumours, people might imagine that their
healthy cells are plump, juicy berries, while their cancerous cells are
dried, shrivelled pieces of fruit. They might picture their immune
system as birds that fly in and pick up and carry away the raisin-like
cancer cells, while the rest of the cells flourish. Another common
image is that the immune system cells are like silver bullets coming
in and annihilating the tumour cells.
Other experts recommend actually personifying your condition and
"reasoning" with it. This way you also have a chance to learn from
your condition. If you're plagued by headaches, for example, you
might imagine your headache as a gremlin tightening a vice across
your temples. Ask the gremlin why he's there and what you Ask the
gremlin why he's there and what you can do to make him loosen his
grip. He might "tell" you that you have had too little sleep, too much
junk food, or not enough rest and time away from work. Take his
advice, and there is a good chance your headaches will subside,
experts say.
Case example 1:
I sit in a quiet place (if at all possible). I close my eyes gently and
take a few deep breaths. During this time, my mind travels to the
spleen and watches as red blood cells (rbcs) come out to travel
around the body. They travel to the heart and to the lungs and I
watch as they pick up oxygen and return to the heart to be sent to all
parts of the body. At this time, the rbcs have also picked up glucose
and there are white blood cells and antibodies travelling with them. I
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