Modern & Ancient
Sometimes I feel literally like an alien. When I tell people that our belly needs way more attention than we are willing to give it in our modern Western world. Even people with recent intestine surgery do not seem to relate to the idea easily.
While it makes sooo much sense to me — since I started working with my belly center (balancing) in the early days of my burn-out / spiritual awakening six years ago. Working with that center can have such a profound impact, on so many levels, and certainly when it comes to energy.
A few weeks ago, I even felt like I was healing (mild) respiratory flue symptoms through deeply connecting with my belly center. And people I work with reported similar effects.
But afterward my inner critical voice had started to doubt that that could have happened given that none of our modern mainstream experts seem to be talking about that type of healing capacity in these times when every single drop of healing should be welcomed.
Yes, that is called “intellectual doubt” (David Hawkins, Power vs Force) on my part.
And then I came across this ancient Daoist saying:
“When you are sick, do not seek a cure.
Find your center and you will be healed.”
There might have been more than some wishful thinking after all when my symptoms got alleviated. The argument will not be that “just” finding our center will be sufficient to heal Covid-19 in all cases.
But it’s clear that a lot is still to be learnt in our modern day era. The current crisis might as well be a signal to make just that point. Ánd that there may be more to be learnt from the ancients than we moderners have been ready to admit.
Here’s one thing I know: a popular mainstream narrative/storyline in our civilisation is that progression/evolution is a linear function of time: we become more evolved as time goes by. By implication, the past is outdated and less evolved.
I have become convinced that is absolutely not true. The ancients had access to information/wisdom that we have “discovered” only recently, that we are yet to discover, or that has been suppressed and kept away from being widely available.
