Foundational Principle for this Lesson: To explore tools and strategies for reinstating emotional balance.
Definition: Emotional Damage - Structural patterns, attitudes,
and behaviors reflective of emotional and physical events
(instead of the emotions themselves) that subconsciously
influence our lives, often in limiting and/or destructive ways.
STUDENT: How would you define the common
slang term “emotional baggage”?
LEWIS: There is a philosophy that states that all
of us, no matter how aware or spiritually evolved
we maybe, are going to have some stored emotion
– structural patterns reflective of emotional and
physical events (instead of the emotions themselves)
that subconsciously influence our lives and which
are stored in muscle, tissue, various connective
tissue and other tissue systems in the body.
These “cellular memories” are linked to internal
mental conflicts which are themselves linked to
hidden feelings existing at a subconscious level.
STUDENT: Are these cellular memories good or
bad and what is their connection to emotional baggage?
LEWIS: We may be unconscious concerning these
hidden feelings. In fact they may not even be
relevant to ones daily life or patterns of living.
Then one day a circumstance may arise and
some action may need to be taken that for some
unknown reason one is paralyzed to act on. At
that moment you have come face to face with
the consequences of your emotional baggage.
STUDENT: So it is as if you are carrying around
this 50 pound sack of emotional trauma that weighs
you down wherever you go?
LEWIS: Yes. You may be so used to it that you do
not even realize you are even carrying it around.
For example, some might not realize that you make
friendships with certain types of people because
they remind you of people you were fond of in childhood.
STUDENT: What is one to do when they become
aware of this emotional baggage?
LEWIS: There is no one way. Simply exploring
who you are and how you got to where you are
is a good start. There are so many valid approaches
to exploring cellular memory and emotional baggage.
STUDENT: Where would I begin?
LEWIS: Here are some ideas and systems
you can research: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy,
Inner Child Work, Dream work, Emotional Release
Bodywork, Bach Flower Remedies, Meditation,
Gestalt Therapy, Rational-Emotive Therapy,
Drama Therapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy,
Pastoral Counseling, Family systems Therapy,
Life Coaching, as well as a wide array of workshops,
seminars and support groups. To explore this
further see a Conversation on Cellular Memory
in the Level: Qi
STUDENT: I have heard of a concept called the
“Wounded Healer.” Are you familiar with it?
LEWIS: Yes. This is a concept recognized in cultures
throughout the world for millennia and which serves
as a foundation in many shamanically based
healing systems. In essence the concept called
the “Wounded Healer” states that the best physicians
are those that can combine information based
knowledge with the experience of the healers
own healing process.
STUDENT: How far back does this concept go?
LEWIS: I do not know the origin of the idea
however it is described in Plato’s Republic
(Book III).
STUDENT: Is it a part of western medicine?
LEWIS: It has only been part of the philosophy
of Western medicine since the late 1950s. In
essence the concept called the “Wounded Healer”
states that the best physicians are those that
can combine medical knowledge with the
experience of the healers own healing process.
(c) Lewis Harrison - http://www.RealUGuru.com
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