Homeopathy Tips for 7/27/10 Mental Health and Homeopathy

Homeopathy is the only real healing art that treats the entire organism aside from possibly acupuncture and spiritual laying on of hands. Because it is not a drug therapy the medicine will inspire us to heal at all levels and in all aspects; mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. In the mental and emotional realms the changes can sometimes be profound. Other times it is more subtle.

When we receive a case it is important to pay close attention the how a person tells their story. How they see their world and relate to others will give us many clues that may lead us to the best remedy.

One of the greatest frustrations I see in clients happens when they have taken very well selected remedies and feel that they are not changing in the mental realms quick enough. If the homeopath goes along with the frustrations of the client then this can lead to prescribing many remedies. Treating other homeopaths can be the most frustrating when their expectation is so great.

The mind is a creature of habit as well as an organ that has been imprinted by our genes as well as life experiences. It is said our personality is fully developed by age two. Everything we experience from then on is filtered by our basic world view. Because it is about survival of the ego or our physical survival, the mind will do all it can to make the best decision.

I often see frustrations of people who have a vision of themselves that they do not live up to. They may want greater success, more confidence, less fear around others, etc. These are conditions that homeopathy can help, but are ingrained in our life view and habits of thinking. Even with the best remedies I find that people who suffer in this way will report that the change is not quick enough.

What we are dealing with are the habits in thinking that do not surrender easily. It could be so easy for an individual to simply make a different choice about themselves and have the change they are looking for but it does not happen in this way. The dis-ease in the mental sphere does not surrender easily. Most people will cling to the old belief and suffer greatly even with the best homeopathy.

Those conditions of the mind that have suffered acute challenges of a not so severe order are able to heal quicker than our deep seated personality traits. We do have the ability to heal and change but we never become someone totally different. The healing response to the remedy will help us to lessen and fine tune our sufferings but is not going to create a fundamental change in our self/world view. This can happen over a longer period of time but those alterations in our mental state that developed and are never treated also contribute to the stubbornness  of our disease.

For those persons who have a streak of evil in them and a true malicious intent, I have never seen homeopathy take this away entirely. I am not saying that with time and good prescribing that it is impossible, but that it takes a very dedicated person or a person that is their advocate to have them continue with the remedy. Most often they will say that they feel better and can make a better choice, but still suffer the lack of conscience that one would hope could change.

I do not mean to be negative about the possibilities for mental healing with homeopathy but to share the reality. As homeopaths we need to have a balance expectation about our healing art when it comes to the mind.

The mind is the highest in the heierarchy of our being and therefore primary to all expression of dis-ease. Without a clear mind there is not a superior level of health. We must use our reason gifted mind to our highest possibility to be the best reflection of health. All dis-ease begins with the lack of free choice and when the dis-ease leaves and health returns the mind will then return to clarity. It takes years of good homeopathy for this to happen and our fundamental world view to change.