Mystery School Healing
You have read the stories of healing, ranging from the simple to the complex, believable to the extraordinary, if not unbelievable.
- What about John of God, the famous faith healer from South America?
- What about Lourdes, France, and their holy water?
- What about those claiming to see the face of Jesus or Mother Mary, and all sorts of subsequent miracles that happen?
- What about the tears appearing on the statue of a beloved saint, or the face of Jesus appearing on your French toast?
- What is sacred and true, and what is profane and questionable in this confused and conflicting world of perception that we are all tethered to?
You have read several remarkable stories of healing in this book. They are all true, and I am alive to write about them. All the people involved are every bit as real as you are. Some healing experiences appeared to come through other people and relationships, though much of the healing appears to have been channeled through my own consciousness. Yet, what is the nature of this healing, what is its source, how do we access it, and how to we apply it to ourselves, each other, and to the world?
Jesus Christ was a healer, and the inspiration behind the creation of Christianity. I have no problem with Jesus. He was a prophet and understood our connection with God as well as anyone in the age he arose from. His teachings were later edited and collated, and, in a questionable display of Roman imperialistic power, he was chosen from several other important prophets and made the savior of the world and his works codified within the bible by a collective effort by an assembly of fourth century spiritual power brokers, headed by the murderous and corrupt Constantine, emperor of Rome.
Christianity was offered to me several times growing up. My parents never pushed religion upon me but instead offered it to me when I was a first and second grader when they attended a local Presbyterian church in1960-1961. I did not get a lot out of church, finding the stories irrelevant and unbelievable, as that is what my young, innocent mind told me. When I heard stories of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, my BS detector rang loud and long. When he pulled loaves and fishes out of the air to feed hungry people, all I could do was wonder how people could read and believe these stories? Oh, and how about that big cross he was hung upon at the end of his life, and his eventual rising from the dead three days later? That was a real whopper! And yet, billions of people over the millennia somehow suspended their common sense and good judgement and made a decision to join the tribe of understanding where this questionable theology and storytelling became legitimatized.
I am a three-time dropout from the faith, the last time being in 1987 after a baptism at a local prominent Baptist church. After I spoke a spirit inspired message to the attendees during the baptism, the minister was taken aback by the message and later counseled me that I needed to take classes at the church to get my understanding and belief systems in alignment with community standards. I smiled at him and stated he would do his Spirit a favor by listening with his heart as to what I had to say. Of course he could not listen, just as I could no longer listen to his wayward theology.
In 1987, I had several miracle interventions. The first was a loving vision announcing the birth of the divine into my awareness. The second was the direct experience of seeing as “God sees” through an unconditioned mind. The third was where I was taken beyond the body of man, through its mind all the way to the very source of creation itself. Believe me when I say this that everything the world believes to be true must be taken with a grain, or in many cases, a shaker, of salt. I was blessed with the vision to see that our entire conceptual universe (not the real spiritual universe) was a fraud, a poser, a substitute teacher because the real teacher was being silenced and held hostage in our collective consciousness.
So where do we go from here?
- What is truth, and where and how can we experience it?
- What is the nature of spiritual healing, and how can we experience it?
- If I heal my spirit, will my diseased and dying body be healed, too?
- Is there a direct relationship between healing my body and my spirit?
Buckle your seat belts, you are in for a quite a conceptual adventure.
My family doctor has always been my go to person for healing of my body. I trust in their competency, and I have rarely been disappointed. I have experienced healing of virtually every malady a young boy could experience, all directed by my trusted family physician.
In the 1950’s through the 1980″s, the majority of the doctors were not as attuned to our spiritual needs, instead leaving this area for us to explore and find our solutions, though now many doctors have awakened to our spiritual potential in supporting full healing experience.
But what exactly is our body, at least as far as our spirit is concerned? Our body is a vehicle for our consciousness, and, in effect, a laboratory where we get to experiment with what it means to have a body and a mind in an Earth based experience. We are the actor, and the body is, in effect, the costume that we wear, plus being the vehicle that drives us around while we participate in this collective experience called being a human being.
Yet, on a more profound level, the body, your body, exists as a living, dynamic image in your mind, but, as the Zen master asks, is the finger pointing at the moon really the moon?
Is our image of the body really the body?.
Does it have a real existence outside of your mind?
Well, your spouse, parents, and children would certainly say that your body exists independent of whatever concept or narrative that you have about it. Though your concept or narrative is primary about your body, and your experience of it, others, as you know fully, also influence your experience of your body, especially if there is body shaming, or comparison made between you and others that negatively impact your self concept. Yes, self concept often revolves are body concepts.
Yet, are we the body?
Are you your car, bicycle, or airplane? Are you your clothing?
Does the suit make the man?
So let us start over. We all know that we have a body. We all know that we have a concept of our body. We all know that others have a concept of our body, as we do of theirs. Yet, are any of these concepts real? Is there something much more fundamental to our body than our concepts, which the reader by now has probably surmised are too vague, limited, or self-serving?
Humanity has wrestled with this confusion for millenia. Jesus of Nazareth was a spokesman for the revolutionary thought that our bodies are the temple for the living God.
Wow, God lives within my body?
God is infinite, is it not?
How can infinity be contained within the finitude and limitations of a mortal body?
How is that possible when all that I see is the limitation of the human experience?
Where did God go?
If God is infinite, then somehow, I must be a part of God?
Remember the Old Testament in the Bible when Moses asks God what his name is?
God said, “I am that I am”,
“Tell them that I am sent you”.
Wow, there already is one I am within me, and I am that I am, so how or why do I make room for two?
Isn’t that schizophrenia?
This is the stuff of the toughest of understanding and conversations, is it not?
Religiously inclined people over the millennia have had a big emotional and spiritual dilemmas when they heard the voice for God and mistook it for their own ego. There has been countless non-religious people over the generations who have made the same mistake, and in recent years some were committed to mental institutions, though the harmless ones were placed on antipsychotic drugs and managed within their home networks.
Now I am going to take you into the deepest teaching you have ever received about the nature of human consciousness, what is real, what might be real, and what is total bullshit.
I have had several primary teachers about the nature of the body, and the nature of consciousness itself. They are
- Jack Boland, who authored the transformative tape series Twelve Steps To A Spiritual Experience.
- Joel Goldsmith, spiritual healer and author of over 30 books, including A Parenthesis in Eternity,
- Jiddhu Krishnamurti, beloved speaker and writer of dozens of books, including The Ending of Time, and
- Stephen Levine, Buddhist writer and healer, writer of many books including Who Dies.
They all provided wonderful road maps for understanding the often-times esoteric path of spiritual enlightenment and the nature of the body and mind.
Jack Boland, in a nutshell, emphasized that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, and by practicing the 12 Steps of AA, we can create a new spiritual understanding that eventually supplants all of the painful interpersonal illusions we have created through trauma and addictive cycles.
Joel Goldsmith believed that the nature of this conceptual world is hypnotism. All that we see, until we overcome that hypnosis, is the effects of that hypnosis. Our minds tells us that illusions are what is “out there”, not being able to see what is really there. His understanding is that everybody is God made manifest, and that our real bodies are invisible and spiritual in nature, subject to the laws of God rather than the illusions of man, but until we free ourselves from the mind of man, the mind of God cannot help us. He would “impersonalize” anybody experiencing disease, seeing only God present where the person was caught in his illusions of disease (which is not possible in the mind of God, where only perfection and health and well-being resides), and then “nothing-ize” that disease or discomfort, and by waving that spiritual wand in a meditation experience he could free the diseased person from the false spirit of disease. In the mind of God, disease is not possible, thus all of his miraculous healings arose from that insight.
J. Krishnamurti saw the diseased nature of the collective human consciousness and saw how the social need to belong and the corruption of powerful people kept people in a very limited and diseased understanding of themselves and others, especially while the powerful marionettes of money and power kept their control in place. He saw the conflict between being and becoming, seeing that thought created psychological time, which is an illusion. He emphasized an awareness that is uncommon in mankind, an awareness that sees reality as it is, without changing it internally. He called that seeing “choiceless awareness”, and in that seeing is liberation gained from that which is seen. Can we see something without thought interfering in what we are witnessing?
Stephen Levine had a very Buddhist outlook and understood the relative unreality of all perceptions emanating from the human mind, including the perception of our own self! Our own perception of our self, and each other, creates an unreal world, confusing who it is that really dies when the body dies. Do we die, or only an individual, or even a collective, concept die? Who again dies?
Overcoming Collective Hypnosis to Bring Spiritual Awakening
Have you ever felt like something was holding you back from realizing your true self? Perhaps it’s an invisible force, woven into the fabric of society, steering our minds and lives without our conscious awareness. This force, often referred to as “collective hypnosis,” deeply shapes how we perceive the world and relates to the profound challenge we face in attaining spiritual awakening.
This chapter will explore what collective hypnosis is, how it manifests, and how we can consciously break free from it to uncover deeper truths about ourselves and existence. Along the way, we’ll draw from personal experiences and the wisdom of transformational thinkers like Jack Boland, Joel Goldsmith, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and Stephen Levine.
Prepare not just for reading a chapter, but an invitation to transcend the illusions of the collective mind and fulfill your potential for genuine spiritual awakening.
Collective hypnosis is the shared set of beliefs, assumptions, and narratives that dominate humanity’s consciousness. It is the “false consensus” created by societal norms, cultural conditioning, and institutionalized systems that convince us of a limited, illusory understanding of ourselves and the universe.
Spiritual teacher Joel Goldsmith referred to this phenomenon as a form of hypnotism, where people mistake man-made illusions for reality. We live in structures reinforced by religion, governments, and media, all of which serve to perpetuate this hypnosis. These structures become the lens through which we see the world and our place in it, concealing our spiritual essence and the boundless potential within us.
The consequences are profound. We become disconnected from our higher selves and trapped in patterns that do not serve us. Fear of rejection, blind materialism, and the need for validation from others become the chains we wear. Without realizing it, we surrender our freedom to self-discover and self-realize. Breaking this hypnosis is the first step toward waking up spiritually.
Breaking free from collective hypnosis may feel like an abstract notion, but the universe is replete with experiences that shake us awake. I’ll never forget the miracle interventions I experienced in 1987.
The first was a vision announcing the birth of divine awareness within me. The second was a brief but life-altering experience of “seeing” as God sees, unfettered by the conditioned mind. And finally, something remarkable happened that took me beyond any illusion of the physical body, right to the essence of creation itself. I saw clearly that much of what the world regards as true is not truth at all but a cleverly woven illusion.
What I experienced in those moments is difficult to articulate, but the message was undeniable—we are not bound to this collective hypnosis. We, as individuals, have within us the ability to break free, reconnect with the divine, and see the universe for what it truly is.
Throughout history, certain individuals have illuminated the path to awakening. Their teachings offer timeless methods for challenging conditioned beliefs and reclaiming inner truth. Here’s what we can learn from them:
Jack Boland emphasized that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. Using the 12 Steps of AA as a spiritual framework, he taught that we could dismantle the painful illusions created by past trauma and addiction. Boland’s teachings reveal that overcoming collective hypnosis begins with recognizing our spiritual core, which is untouched by societal conditioning.
Goldsmith believed that collective hypnosis stems from humanity’s reliance on the conditioned mind. He taught that disease, suffering, and fear are illusions perpetuated by this hypnosis. True spiritual healing, he argued, can occur only when we impersonalize these illusions and allow God’s mind to replace man’s limited perception. Goldsmith’s view challenges us to shift our focus inward and align with divine awareness.
Krishnamurti unflinchingly critiqued the diseased nature of collective human consciousness. He observed how the desire for social belonging and the corruption of power perpetuate illusions of separation and control. His key teaching? Real awakening comes from the dissolution of the self. When we dismantle the false image of who we think we are, we can perceive reality and freedom beyond the veils of hypnosis.
From a Buddhist perspective, Stephen Levine argued that even our inner self-perceptions are illusory. According to Levine, much of what we think we are (our stories, thoughts, and labels) is a distortion of truth. Dismantling these mental constructions reveals the profound peace and interconnectedness that exist within each of us.
Healing from collective hypnosis is a spiritual adventure requiring intention, courage, and practice. While each person’s path will look different, the following steps provide a starting point for awakening:
1. Question Everything
Challenge your assumptions about the world, yourself, and the forces shaping your beliefs. Are your values truly your own, or have they been passed down unquestioned? By critically examining cultural norms and inherited ideologies, we begin to loosen the grip of hypnosis.
2. Develop Inner Awareness
Practices like meditation, mindfulness, and journaling help you connect with your authentic self. These tools allow you to observe your mind without judgment, helping you distinguish between your conditioned thoughts and your deeper intuition.
3. Embrace Presence
Krishnamurti emphasizes the importance of living in the present moment without conclusions or prejudices. By stepping out of the stream of linear time, we avoid getting lost in regret or anxiety. The present is where truth resides.
4. Cultivate Compassion
Compassion for yourself and others creates a resonance that helps dissolve illusions of separation. Love is the antidote to fear, and fear is at the heart of collective hypnosis. Practicing empathy opens your heart to divine awareness.
Collective hypnosis may be a powerful force, but it is not an eternal one. The veil of illusion can be lifted, revealing a reality where truth and spiritual depth replace material distractions and societal conditioning.
Somewhere within you, the divine already resides, waiting to be rediscovered. Take your first step forward by questioning the beliefs that no longer serve you, reconnecting with your spiritual core, and reclaiming the freedom to see things as they truly are.
The promise of spiritual awakening isn’t just reserved for mystics and spiritual guides; it’s available to every single person who dares to move beyond the hypnotic pull of collective illusion. Are you ready?
