I'd like to ask a question by which I mean absolutely no disrespect to John Gilbert or the teachings he has shared with us - this is just a humble, I'm-chewing-on-this, question:
I believe you mentioned that he died after a lengthy illness and I wonder if you are aware of how he might have reconciled the MOE teachings (that all illness is spiritual [that trickles down the planes] and that all illness can be healed) with that experience. If you don't know of his own take on it, might you theorize/provide your own thoughts briefly?
(I can see that each soul experiences exactly what it needs to, to develop toward its highest good, and I suppose that's a good enough answer, though I wonder then, why maintain the kind of wording/attitude found in the MOE texts?...)
**** Along similar lines (energy healing), I came across this article the other day (via a link somewhere on Gerald Pollock's lab site) that might be of some interest here.
The tl;dr is that a science-minded guy met a self-described psychic and together they explored his abilities, discovering a method of healing that scientist-guy went on to test in a lab. To his surprise, he was able to achieve a 100% cure rate on mice with a cancer with an expected 100% fatality rate. He replicated it several times but (obviously) couldn't get funding/widespread interest.
What was interesting to me was that the method he used seems very much like the MOE healing hands technique.
Also, I found it particularly amusing to see his blind spot: he planned his research so that it involved "no rituals" - and yet I can guarantee it was chock full of approved sciency-rituals that (unbeknownst to him) probably served a purpose similar to those informed by a spiritual/religious approach.
Oh, and he also noticed some magnetic signals that might be reminiscent of the temple tech, and EEG entrainment between healer and healee that ties in with Buhner's work on heart entrainment, plant communication, and healing.
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I believe you mentioned that he died after a lengthy illness and I wonder if you are aware of how he might have reconciled the MOE teachings (that all illness is spiritual [that trickles down the planes] and that all illness can be healed) with that experience. If you don't know of his own take on it, might you theorize/provide your own thoughts briefly?
(I can see that each soul experiences exactly what it needs to, to develop toward its highest good, and I suppose that's a good enough answer, though I wonder then, why maintain the kind of wording/attitude found in the MOE texts?...)
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Along similar lines (energy healing), I came across this article the other day (via a link somewhere on Gerald Pollock's lab site) that might be of some interest here.
(free of charge: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0161/7154/files/EdgeScience-Magazine-v3.pdf?7861)
The tl;dr is that a science-minded guy met a self-described psychic and together they explored his abilities, discovering a method of healing that scientist-guy went on to test in a lab. To his surprise, he was able to achieve a 100% cure rate on mice with a cancer with an expected 100% fatality rate. He replicated it several times but (obviously) couldn't get funding/widespread interest.
What was interesting to me was that the method he used seems very much like the MOE healing hands technique.
Also, I found it particularly amusing to see his blind spot: he planned his research so that it involved "no rituals" - and yet I can guarantee it was chock full of approved sciency-rituals that (unbeknownst to him) probably served a purpose similar to those informed by a spiritual/religious approach.
Oh, and he also noticed some magnetic signals that might be reminiscent of the temple tech, and EEG entrainment between healer and healee that ties in with Buhner's work on heart entrainment, plant communication, and healing.
Fun stuff!