My background is one of Metaphysics. I came into P.H. after 20 years of owning and operating a Metaphysical store. So, I had come into contact and had practiced many healing modalities, studied the Mystical side of many spiritual traditions. I had studied many “occult” texts, religious and magickal tomes. My first contact with P.H. was with the first American edition of what is now known as Miracles Through Pranic Healing. It was then published by Samuel Weiser in 1985 as the Art and Science of Pranic Healing. I ordered the book for my store, got it in, thumbed through it. I thought, this is good information, and put it on the shelf.
Fifteen years later, was driving along reading out loud in the car, and came across an ad for an Energy Psychology conference happening on my birthday. I was so EXCITED , oh boy I want to go to this for my birthday! my partner at the time was not so enthusiastic. Psychology yuk! you want to do what for your birthday? I said it’s in Las Vegas. Then the response was ….OH OK, lets go!!!!.
To make a medium length story short, we went. On the last day we went to an introduction on P.H… I sat there listening to things I already knew. I said, I know this, I know that I know this, I know all that. Why don’t I know this? Pranic Healing is like having the picture to the puzzle. I already had all the pieces, but i did not know what the picture looked like.
On the way home I decided to take the courses. After the first course I knew I would take all the rest. I took them fast. As fast as I could, as often as they were available, first the healing classes and then the “higher courses”, reviewing everything, every time, for years. When I spoke to other students It was amazing to me, how many people came to Pranic Healing without any background in metaphysics. Some without any spiritual tradition or exposure to any religion besides Christianity.
People came to P.H. because they were sick or wanted to help heal a loved one. They may already have been in the healing profession and were expanding their tool belt. Then there was the rather small percentage that came from the “metaphysical” community. They all came to learn how to heal the physical body, or how to heal more effectively, yet they came to heal the physical body.
In between classes I would talk about how amazing the system of Pranic Healing is. How awesome Grand Masters’ synthesis of so many modalities are, and yet the whole thing is really a hook. Wait, what did I say? A hook how? It’s a hook to get a person onto their spiritual Path. Face it, eventually the physical body passes. Master wanted to give as many people as possible the tools to develop their soul rapidly and safely. How better to cause those imbedded in the “mundane” physical world to recognize their spiritual nature, than to ease their immediate suffering.
Master wanted to help people NOW! People who learn P.H. Recognize the power in what they have received. Then want to learn how become better healers. Master then tells them, ah, by building your energy body you will be able to channel more energy. You develop your energy body by developing the soul. Here is a system that is simple, powerful and effective. By doing these special meditations, by purification, by developing virtues you will become a better healer, I guarantee it.
THE HOOK. This is not a bad thing, it is just P.H. is really a tool of Arhat yoga, not the other way around. P.H. is the tool that helps keep you healthy on your spiritual path. It is the blessing that we are given and are able to give to alleviate some of our negative Karma. All this does not mean that you cannot use P.H. effectively without Arhat Yoga, you can. However, it is way more effective if you practice the gifts of Arhat yoga.
Master had a great ability to take complicated topics and distill them down, pull out and arrange the essence so anyone could understand them. Anyone who can follow simple instructions can do Pranic healing. Almost anyone can become an Arhat Yogi.
The “higher classes” those not specifically for healing the body these are the second wing or school in P.H. They offer us teachings that develop our souls. Character building by practicing virtues, inner reflection and firm resolution. The practice of Arhat Yoga helps us to mediate our karma, pranic healing gives us a way to do service and to take care of physical and emotional problems as they arise on the spiritual path. The other classes enable us to keep our financial stability while continuing our practice. By having two wings we are able to fly with comfort in the inner worlds, while maintaining our “everyday lives”.