" When patients reach the top level of my imaginary pyramid, when they have surrendered to self-love, they reach a frequency of coherence that is body, mind, and spirit-life itself. They reach the raw source of all healing. They wake up each morning grateful for life and the restoration of consciousness, and everything else in the day-they wake up well."

"Self-love is how we attain mastery in healing."

1. Find out who you truly are: this means as professionals we need to do the inner work of finding out who we are as human beings. We cannot just be identified with our role, skill, or specialization. In ancient times, healers were initiates in inner work of self-discovery. In what we call primitive cultures, it still happens today.

2. Engage in a spiritual practice that will allow you to be aware of your soul. In modern times, this will also prevent stress.

3. Recognize the sacredness of our profession, a health care-related activity. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to be of service. At the level we work, we enter into an intimacy with the feelings, body, and even mind of unknown individuals who come to us for help.

4. Recognize that the companionship of peers is a spiritual fellowship. This will require a shift from an economic-based reality to an essentially inner focus that we are all servants together.

5. When interacting with patients, believe that they are spiritual beings having human experiences, which, at the time of consultation, is usually pain.

6. During patient interviews:
a. Explain clearly that you understand the patient's human experience to be pain or distress
b. Relate as a soul to a soul; do not place yourself above the patient
c. Explain that your intention is toward the patient's overall well-being
d. Make clear what your area of technical expertise is and that you might need the assistance of others to help during the healing process
e. Include family and friends in your evaluation, and, above all, profess respect for the spiritual beliefs they hold
f. Create an environment that is conducive to relaxation
g. Be on time for appointments and value patient presence: make them feel respected, valued, and loved
h. Ask what their belief structure is
i. Be creative when introducing your beliefs and do not be an absolutist: allow for patients to grow and get well in their own belief system
j. Find out what they know about their conditions and suggest that problems really are conditions, not absolute illness, labels that they must wear forever
k. Emphasize that they are spiritual entities having a human experience; engage in a discussion of this experience, not just a diagnosis.

"Spirituality is not "something out there" separate from reality but is a cornerstone in the notions of reality that patients have."

A typical seminar by Dr. Warter will cover aspects of the following:
(1) practical techniques of spiritual healing and spirituality in daily patient care;
(2) introduction to beliefs and practices of major religious groups;
(3) techniques for spiritual history taking;
(4) overview of the individual spiritual evolution from birth to death;
(5) alternative medicine and medical practices or beliefs your patients will never tell you about;
(6) spiritual healing for the terminally ill patient; and
(7) recognizing spirituality in both clinician and patient.

To see more of this philosophy read Dr. Carlos Warter's book:

  Who do You Think You Are?:
The Healing Power of Your Sacred Self


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