So by now most if not all of us have heard of this cool thing called holistic healing. If you haven't, it's basically the idea that in order to treat any ailment you must treat the root cause, the spiritual or energetic problems that have arisen, and the symptoms of the ailment. It's become really big in the U.S. at the bare minimum and I assume it's either become or is in the process of becoming really big in the rest of the world too, particularly because there's actually all sorts of research and evidence supporting holistic healing or, to use the technical term, complementary and alternative medicine.
However, that's just a small part of what I wanted to write about today. The bigger part is holistic living, or living your life as a whole. I know from my studies of magic that in order for magic to work effectively we need to keep it separated from the mundane, for the mundane mind works constantly against that which it cannot see, feel, or measure, and sometimes works against that which it can. Despite the fact that magic has observable results and is a method of probability enhancement our mundane or conscious mind is still confused and baffled by it, which causes self doubt, which undermines our workings. Their are two solutions to this. You can either separate all parts of your life into the mundane and the magical, or you can live holistically.
To live holistically is to see the connections in all things. To realize that the physical and the spiritual, the mundane and the magical, the seen and the unseen, are not separate. To realize that separation is an illusion made by society to keep order, and accepted by your conscious mind in order to survive. It is to walk everyday in magic and the glory of the Gods. To hear and speak with the spirits, to live your life fully, in constant contact with all aspects of the world around you, spiritual, magical, societal, and mundane.
This is not to say that you must shout your faith from the rooftops, nor that you must seclude yourself from society. Both of these would not be living holistically, for they would prioritize one over the other. This is instead to say that you must balance all things in your life constantly. That life must become a constant adventure, a constant striving for balance.
To live holistically is to live a life full of understanding, strength, rage, acceptance, compassion, love, kindness, selfishness and selflessness. It is to recognize that all of these things, and more, are part of life. To recognize that the spiritual and the societal are equal parts of life. It is to erase distinction, and to live in harmony with your self and others, and to destroy those that seek to upset that harmony.
Once again, just my opinion. Is this the right way to live for all people? Probably not. Is it the right way for me to live? Yes. Is it a good way to live? I think so, but good is a highly subjective term, just like evil or bad or holy.
See ya folks.
May the stars guide you, the moon guard you, and your heart find peace.
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