How to Heal from Suffering

There are many people suffering in this world from depression, mental illness, spiritual issues, hopelessness, just to name a few. If you are one of these people, you may have tried a host of different things such as therapy, energy healing, meditation, yoga and other spiritual practices. But maybe you still feel like something is missing.

The 3 key ingredients I've found in healing is:

• Learning to love and forgive ourselves
• Learning to forgive those who have hurt us
• Healing our relationship with God

The 4th ingredient I would add is spiritual shamanic healing. Spiritual shamanic healing removes trauma and other blocks on a deep level, so that we can be free of what is holding us back.

Many people unfortunately have issues with God.

You don't have to be religious to find God. God is the wholeness and completeness of pure love and light. We can heal our relationship with God by having a personal relationship with God. The best way to do this is to pray to God in your own way.

We are all spiritual beings having a human experience. This means that we are also pure love and light at the core of who we are. What makes us suffer is negativity that does not belong to us. This negativity can come in many forms, such as trauma, negative beliefs, subconscious blocks, etc.

Spiritual healing goes deep into the core of what is creating our suffering to release these blocks, giving us the opportunity live more as our true selves. This is different than energy healing. Energy healing usually adds more light to heal our energy field. Energy healing techniques also sweep negative energy out. But spiritual healing goes to the root of the issue and pulls it out.

Blocks and issues can prevent us from feeling love for ourselves. Loving ourselves become easier when these blocks and issues are removed. Loving ourselves includes having self respect, dignity, deserving and worthiness.

The more we know how great God is, the more we know our own worth, because we all came from God. It becomes easier to love and heal ourselves. It also becomes easier to love and forgive others, because we realize that they too come from God.

Most people have a huge misconception of God. They associate God with religion, being judged, being "churchy" or something else that doesn't feel good. God is also not a fairy that lives in the sky. In truth, God has nothing to do with these things. God is just pure love. Very simple.

Religions and spiritual practices are pointers that are meant to help us find our own personal relationship with God. With love and light.

Confusion, doubts and disbelief in a God is also caused by negativity that can be healed. Blocks in our consciousness can make it impossible to believe in God. Those who have felt traumatized, anxious or depressed their entire lives might feel it impossible to imagine that pure love and light can exist. This is one of the main reasons people have a hard time believing in God.

Healing is possible for suffering. It is just a matter of finding the right kind of healing.

Spiritual shamanic healing has provided the best results in my experience.

A Serious Spiritual Reason Not to Commit Suicide

There is a reason we are all here on this earth. Some of us may suffer more than others, sometimes in unimaginable ways that most people would not understand.

I understand this, because I suffered a lot in my life. I was often suicidal. In fact, I tried to commit suicide when I was sixteen years old. I thank God that I survived. I still suffered from depression for many years afterward, well into adulthood. But I have an understanding and appreciation for what I went through because it helped me to grow as a person.

There were times that I felt nothing in this world could ever justify the suffering I went through.

However, in time everything finally made sense. I would like to share some of what I've learned.

Every single person in this world is here for spiritual reasons. We are all here to learn, grow and become closer to God, which is our true Home of Love and Light. We are all consciousness, which lives on after our physical bodies die. We still keep our same personalities, we just don't have bodies anymore.

We don't instantly become "enlightened" after crossing over into the spiritual realm after death. Our consciousness stays at the same level as when we were last alive. This means that if there were any dark areas in your personality, it stays with you in your consciousness even after death. We might experience heaven or God or other spiritual realms of the cosmos, but this will only be temporary if our consciousness still needs healing and growth.

What happens after our temporary experience in the spiritual realm is that we reincarnate and are given another life. This is another chance to work out our problems and grow in God's consciousness.

Life as a human being on earth is the most powerful way to learn, grow and heal on a spiritual level. Trying to do this while in heaven would be like learning out to swim in the ocean while sitting on a yacht. You just can't learn while you're blissed out with God. You need to be thrown in the water so to speak.

A special note: For some people, the pain of life is too tremendous to comprehend how their horrible experiences can be justified. It might feel insulting to hear that their suffering is a "learning experience." Please know that I understand. There are few words I can offer except to say healing is here for you and to please do not give up hope.

The trials and tribulations we face force us to grow. Through our struggles, we have the opportunity to mature, to learn how to love and forgive ourselves and others, to let go of worldly attachments that don't serve us spiritually, and so on.

In addition to this, we are here to help the people we meet during our lives. It might not seem like it while in the midst of suffering, but we have valuable duties to fulfill. We teach the people in our lives in very subtle yet important ways. Just by being ourselves, our very presence influences others to learn, to be better people, to learn from their interactions with people.

You don't need to be a celebrity or superhero to have a special role in life. Your particular role already is special just by your very presence.

When someone commits suicide, they have negated a very important spiritual contract.

Please do not misunderstand. I do not judge those who have passed by their own doing. I understand how much suffering it takes to want to leave this world. I have the utmost compassion for anyone who has experience this kind of pain.

But I would like people to understand that when someone dies before they were meant to, there is no more chance to learn, grow and help others. That person has lost their chance to grow in consciousness and to help any people they were meant to assist during that life.

It is not as easy as just reincarnating into another life. The spiritual world is not magic like that. It could take hundreds of years to reincarnate. And in the mean time a very serious ripple effect will have occurred on earth.




You never know where your life is going to take you in the future. You never know where it will lead, how things might turn a corner.

I had no idea when I was sixteen, or during any part of my life, that I would have a spiritual awakening in my 40s that would lead to becoming a spiritual healer.

I had no idea that if I were to perish at sixteen, that certain people in my life would have missed opportunities to heal and grow in consciousness. Not by my Will, but by God's Will through me. People have learned from me and I from them through the course of my life. Not just as a healer, but as a friend, relative, coworker, or even stranger on the street.

What we do matters! Everything we do has consequences-good or bad-that we will eventually have to face!

I have grown in ways that would not have happened if I had committed suicide. It would have been a tragic spiritual loss. And all the people in my life would have experienced a tremendous loss in their growth as well.

And the same goes for you. You are important in this world beyond what you realize. You have a lot of opportunities in your life to grow, change and be better. Please do not waste it!  This life that you have right now is your chance.

The goal in life is to become better in the best way that you know how. Just do your best. And try to grow spiritually the best you can. Pray to God in your own way. There are many different spiritual practices and beliefs. But having a personal relationship with God, in our own way, is the most important thing we can do.

A life of burning karma

We are all here living our lives with the sole purpose to get closer to the Divine, our true home of love and light. Some people are just more conscious of it than others.

As part of our stay here on this physical earth with our physical bodies, we learn lessons, grow and advance in consciousness. Some people will live lives in the normal cultural tradition of having kids and families, or may pursue unique dreams and goals, or do great things to help this world. Other people will struggle in life just to survive.

Have you noticed that some people seem to be able to slide by in life? They are happy and cheerful. People want to be around them. Things seem to come easily to them.

And then have you noticed people who struggle more? They may be more stressed, anxious or depressed. They keep having bad luck with things. They struggle to pursue their dreams and goals. It is harder for these people to succeed.

There are a range of spiritual issues that can cause people to feel like they are struggling. These issues can include: 

• trauma, emotional wounds and other things in our psyche that need healing
• ancestral negativity that passed down your family line
• karma from one's current or past lives
• curses and witchcraft
• negative spirits and dark forces
• being in or around negative energies

 These all consist of heaviness, darkness and negativity that hold us back and make it harder to live. When we are healed and cleared of all these issues, we feel light and positive. Things in life flow better and come to us easier, and we feel clear in our mind, heart and emotions.

Some people, no matter how much healing they get and no matter how hard they try, will find that their lives are very slow to improve. They notice that they have to work harder than other people. This could be because they are carrying a lot of heavy karma from past lives.

These people discover that they are not living life for themselves--in other words, they are not living life for their own desires and goals. Instead, they are living life for the higher good of their soul. There may be a lot of suffering because their soul may actually want to pursue certain things in life. But because there is so much karma, it won't be able to until all the karma is released.

For these people, it is helpful to remember the big picture: that their soul is growing spiritually. It is also best to focus on loving and forgiving the self, as well as spiritual practice that helps them get closer to God. Prayer and meditation are good practices, as well as any religion that helps them feel closer to God.

On Consciousness

The more darkness and unopened ones consciousness, the more confusing and "weird" more advanced spiritual teachings and practices will seem.

This does not apply to all teachings and practices. Some of them really are superficial or not that good.

Surprisingly, someone can do powerful spiritual teachings, yet have a simplistic understanding of God and Consciousness.

However, healer or not, those who are humble and in their heart are most likely to be closer to God.

Someone can have a hard life filled with sorrow, yet experience more spiritual growth and consciousness than a spiritual growth teacher.

A spiritual teaching or practice can be non-beneficial and possibly even hurtful in one stage of growth, yet, after much healing and growth in consciousness, that same teaching may become necessary during a later stage of growth

Nobody has all the answers. Nobody.

Your intuition your spiritual growth is always the best answer and trumps any spiritual guru or master. You know yourself and what resonates with you best.

Different spiritual healings and practices are complicated. There are different factor at play that many people don't realize. Spiritual hygiene. Closeness to high frequencies of God. Effectiveness at helping people love themselves and become closer to God. Also take into account that some of the older techniques may now have become antiquated due to the changing times. And others may have become diluted due to not keeping with the same teachings, understandings and traditions.

Great spiritual teachers and healers may conflict with each other. Yet may still be needed by a person. And they will have reconcile with that.

If it gets you closer to God and helps with suffering, then it is the right way for you.

The Truth about Ayahuasca

Yes, ayahuasca can give most people powerful visions, and even healing sometimes. But this doesn't mean it is as safe, healthy or even as spiritual as most people believe.

 

Five years ago I experienced 18 ayahuasca ceremonies within a one year time period in order to heal emotional, physical and spiritual issues. I wanted the most powerful healing possible, and I thought ayahuasca was it.

Since then I'd discovered spiritual healing that, in my personal opinion, makes ayahuasca seem like tinker toys in comparison. This is not to judge or criticize anyone who does ayahuasca. I respect any decision someone makes for their spiritual or healing path. And I completely understand why someone would turn to ayahuasca. I fully understand the potential of ayahuasca, and what can can be experienced during ceremonies.

However, there are some things most people aren't quite aware of about ayahuasca, realities about ayahuasca and the spiritual world that need to be addressed and also some red flags about the ayahuasca community in general.

If you are serious about healing and spiritual growth, and are willing to have an open mind, I encourage you to read further.

It is important to know that the spirit world is real, with both good and bad spirits and everything in between. Ayahuasca is considered a plant medicine that originates from the Amazon jungle. It is a plant spirit. When consumed it can open people up to visions and experiences and insights. It can also make people purge in various ways such as vomiting, shaking and diarrhea. I will share what I have learned since my experiences with ayahuasca and my own expansion of consciousness as I've trained to become a shamanic healer.

Ayahuasca opens up your consciousness and energy field, meaning anything, good or bad, can come in or out of your energy field.  

 

Please understand that, because ayahuasca makes you spiritually open, ANY negative energies, dark forces or spirits can affect you or gain access to your consciousness during the ceremony. Any energies can start floating around and mess with or "infect" people.

Ayahuasca ceremonies lack spiritual hygiene. 

 

Spiritual hygiene means keeping ourselves clear of dark and negative energies, spirits and any dark forces. Just like we bathe and brush our teeth for our physical health, we need spiritual hygiene to keep us clear and healthy spiritually. If we don't, it can affect our wellbeing.

Spiritual hygiene is THE most important thing for any spiritual healing modality. This is because both client and healer need to be protected from dark energies during the healing sessions. It doesn't matter if you got a really big healing if negative energy is just going to get right back on you again.

Ayahuasca ceremonies are one of the most spiritually dirty healing modalities out there. They are usually held in crowded spaces with up to 15-30 people. Everyone's consciousnesses and energy fields become wide open, everyone's spirits leave their bodies, making their bodies open and  vulnerable to any negative energies or spirits that come along. It doesn't matter how powerful of an experience you have. If there is no spiritual hygiene then it's like cleaning yourself in dirty bath water. In the case of ayahausca ceremonies, it's like taking a bath with 30 other people and all their issues--spirit possession, depression, alcoholism and drug addiction, and so on.

Yes, it is true that the ayahuasceros leading the ceremony can do things to cleanse the healing space and open the ceremony. However, I personally have not met any who are doing it at the highest level, and what they are doing is not strong enough to prevent negative energies and spirits from affecting ayahuasca participants. Although you don't hear about it often, It is easy to find stories on the internet of people who came away with PTSD, psychotic breaks and damaged energy fields from ayahuasca ceremonies. I had really terrible experiences involving negative spirits and ceremonies that had gone wrong.

The highest level of spiritual hygiene that I've ever experienced comes from a natural born shaman who is also my teacher. It is the cleanest, purest and most light filled method, and all other modalities I've tried from other healers and teachers do not compare. I do not use any other methods and will not participate in any healing modalities that do not use these same hygiene procedures.

Ayahuasca is not a "good" spirit. It is neutral and can be used for either good or bad, depending on the person's intention.

 

Ayahuasca is not a spirit of the highest level. I don't claim to be an expert on how ayahuasca works, but I do know for certain that it is not a spirit that is working specifically and only for God {meaning ONLY unconditional love, light and compassion--no darkness whatsover}. Ayahuasca is not good or bad. It is neutral. It is a tool. It is used to open people up spiritually. But someone can use ayahuasca for dark forces or malevolent reasons if they wanted to.

If ayahuasca worked for God, then there would not be so many people who've had bad and traumatizing experiences with it. It would not be allowing negative energies or scary spirits.

Healing should be a beautiful experience filled with love and light.

Spirits and spirit guides that are working for God will only work with people who are of the highest integrity, and who have been healed themselves. As I will explain, ayahuasca ceremonies can be led by anyone who've been taught how, no matter how good or bad they are. Do some research. Pay attention to the bad experiences people have had. Listen to the red flags.

One interesting thing I learned during a retreat in Peru is that historically,ayahuasca was used by indigenous people to help them defeat their enemies. It is also used by "brujos," those who specialize in curses and black magic. People can choose to use ayahuasca for good. But the fact is that it can still be used for bad. There is absolutely no integrity in that.

Ayahuasca ceremonies can be run by anyone--alcoholics, people with big egos, rapists, etc.

 

This is a huge red flag and I never understood why the ayahuasca community was so quick to overlook this. While there are many people with good intentions and in good integrity who do run ceremonies, it is also well known that women have been molested and raped by certain ceremony leaders. I also hate to think of what some of these ceremony leaders might be able to do with the consciousnesses of their participants.

It makes sense that for any healing modality to be in integrity, those facilitating the ceremonies must be in good standing at the highest level. Some people view ayahuasca as something they do independently, and do not consider those running the ceremony to be part of the healing. But participants really are still vulnerable to and in the care of whoever is facilitating the ceremony.

For most people, any healing from ayahuasca is temporary.

 

This was my experience, and I saw this with other people as well. I've heard of a few examples of people who have healed chronic conditions. But those who were healed represent just a few out of many people I've known who had participated in ceremonies. Books have been written with case studies of people who have been healed, but there is no mention of the people who have been harmed. And I wonder about follow up. How many of those people are still healed months or years down the road?

While it is possible for some to benefit from ayahuasca, it is with a lot of risk as already mentioned. I've experience how the ayahuasca community defends themselves and ayahuasca, placing blame on anyone who complains about ayahuasca, saying they didn't do enough work on themselves. This is very unfair and selfish, and only harms those already in a fragile state who don't have anywhere else to go for support.

There are higher forces of Healing Love and Light than what Ayahuasca can offer.

 

It is easy to feel that ayahuasca is the most powerful healing modality out there because of the experiences it provides. I want to make it clear that this is not true. There is no need to spend up to $300 for a 5 hour ceremony filled with terrifying and nonsensical visions, confusing experiences and physical purges that take you to the edge.

Those participating in ayahuasca ceremonies are usually told to use intention to guide their ceremonies. However spirits and dark forces can interfere. In addition to this, I believe someone's own ego and negative energy can get in the way of their own healing. It's like trying to do surgery on yourself.

There is also a harmful belief in the ayahuasca community that "ayahuasca gives you want you need, not what you want." This is a very broad and unfair statement. Nobody knows what one is experiencing during these ceremonies or why it is happening. Nobody "needs" to have a dark spirit tormenting them, or experiences that leave them suicidal for months after the ceremony has ended.

I was fortunate enough to discover faith-based shamanic healing that uses God/Source/Spirit for healing. I didn't believe it was possible at first. But I was amazed to discover that this type of healing was far more powerful and did so much more for me than ayahuasca ever did. It helps people to heal and grow spiritually much quicker and in a much more pure and loving way. It is also costs a lot less!

These healings are pure love, pure light, and only done by healers with the utmost compassion and integrity. We use a very strict protocol of spiritual hygiene that protects both the client and healer. And there is no room for negative energies to interfere. I got more healing from this modality in six months than I did with a year and a half of ayahuasca ceremonies and other spiritual healers/modalities combined. It is only of the highest good and can never be used for bad at all.

  Are people really ready for healing at the highest level?

 

I'm not saying that the healing I use is the best way for everyone. I understand that there are many beautiful healing modalities out there. But if someone is suffering and really wants healing, are they willing to let go of their old ways of doing things? This is what I had to do, and it was the hardest, most heart-breaking thing I ever had to do. I was in love with the idea of doing ayahuasca and wanted so badly to experience lots of healing with the ceremonies. But the truth was that it was not working for me. I was spending lots of money doing ceremonies that often just left me confused, with a community that was not able to give me the support I needed. And my life was spiraling out of control. I had also tried other spiritual and shamanic healers but was not getting the healing I needed. 

When I took my first class with the faith-based shamanic healing that I now provide, it was the first time I felt safe in two years. And I finally felt like I was on the right path. But I knew that many others I knew would not be willing to change their ways to follow this other path--friends, healers and even spiritual teachers. They were too embedded into doing ayahuasca, too attached to their own ways of doing things, to see that there were safer and more effective ways of healing. So I had to let all of my old friends, healers and spiritual teachers go.

In conclusion

 

I do not claim to know the perfect way to spiritual growth and healing. I realize that everyone has their own path and that everything happens for a reason. This is why I do not judge or criticize what others decide to do.  However, there are things that I know now that I did not know five years ago. I am more intuitive, more mature, more healed, more knowledgeable of the spirit world and have grown in consciousness significantly since being on my current spiritual path.

Unfortunately I didn't know what I was dealing with at the time I did ayahuasca: all the spiritual energies--much of them negative or nonsensical, the red flags from ceremony leaders, the egos from those willing to defend ayahuasca when, in reality, it sadly seemed more like ayahuasca had them in some sort of grip. These are things that I can now see and sense due to the powerful healings I've received since then. 

I don't know if those doing ayahuasca are really being taken to the highest level of God's healing and light. I'm not even saying that ayahuasca can't be used in that way. But if any healing modality isn't being used with the highest integrity with facilitators and healers who are working for God and with the highest intention of healing for others, then people aren't being healed at the highest level. Five years ago I did 18 ayahuasca ceremonies with three different reputable and popular ayahuasca healers, and I had bad experiences with all of them. My hope is to help anyone else out there who is looking for healing, and to help them make the best educated decision. 

If you would like more information, have questions or are just curious about the fath-based shamanic healing that I mentioned, I am happy to discuss this with you at no charge. Email me at christine@sacredconnectionhealing.com 

Karma

Karma is real.

If we treat people bad, are condescending, abusive or even just rude, it's like putting a black mark on yourself. I have seen this, not only on other people but also on myself. Everyone has a certain amount of karma.

We erase karma by apologizing, being more kind and considerate, and by changing our ways. We also erase karma by forgiving and forgetting. This can be hard to do sometimes, but it just takes persistence.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF BAD KARMA?

 It comes back to you, and you attract negative things in life simply through law of attraction. I'm not saying this is the only reason bad things can happen, but why make things worse with bad karma? Karma can be unconscious and not something you're even aware of, for example something you forgot you did or from a past life. Spiritual healings can help with this. Karma might not come back to you in this life time, but it will come back to you somehow.

Negativity can also be passed down to children. The energy of parents can be passed down to their children. Just look at certain families and it will be obvious that there are certain patterns and traits they all share, negative or positive.

Nobody is perfect but please be careful with your choices. We can't just do whatever we want in this world without some kind of repercussion.

Is being gay a sin?

No. Being gay is not a sin.

If you are LGBQT and have felt alienated from God due to this erroneous teachings, please know that you did nothing wrong. There is nothing wrong with you. And you definitely don't have to "pray the gay away." I cannot imagine anything more painful than feeling that God would reject you simply for being who you are.

Sexual orientation has nothing to do with sinning.

God is unconditional love. God loves every single person unconditionally and does not "judge" us.

But if we do something to hurt ourselves or others then we may judge ourselves and then feel unworthy of God's love.

To "sin" is simply any action that causes us to be separated from this love.

Being gay is not doing anything to hurt anyone, just like being black, white, Asian or Hispanic is not doing anything to hurt anyone. It is our actions and thoughts that determine how close we are to God. If our actions and thoughts are done with love, then we are being closer to God. This is all that matters.

God wants us to love ourselves unconditionally. This unconditional love for ourselves helps our relationship with God. This is because the more we love ourselves, the more we feel deserving of God's unconditional love. Self love and acceptance brings us closer to God.

If you read the New Testament of the Bible, you will see that divorce is mentioned over and over again as a sin. Yet more than half of all marriages end in divorce today. Jesus Himself said nothing about sexual orientation. In fact he said that the greatest thing we can do is Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' {Luke 10:27}

To love your neighbor as yourself means to accept everyone as your brothers and sisters. Without judgment. No exception. Someone who makes others feel bad because of who they are is not being a loving neighbor.


There are very powerful faith healers who teach that being gay is a sin. However I was shown that, despite how powerful their healings are, these people are confused. They are confused because, when you think about it, it doesn't make sense that an all-loving God would punish people for who they choose to love.

Remember, even healers who seem to be able to do the most miraculous healings don't know all the answers. I've known some pretty remarkable healers who still had issues with ego, and in fact were not even very nice people sometimes. A true healer lifts people up and helps them to feel closer to God. A true healer is in their heart and does not make others feel unworthy.

If anything, those teaching that being gay is a sin will have to pay the karma. Eventually they will have to face all the emotional and spiritual harm they have caused others.

So please do not fall into this false teaching. There is nothing wrong with you. God loves you. And you deserve to be exactly who you are and love whoever you want. Most important, love and accept yourself. It is what God wants. <3