Notes
The topic of this generally agendaless conversation evolved into a discussion primarily about "healing." Emissary expands upon illness in the body as projections of healing of the energy system and the role of the dying in the healing of others and the Earth. Red Bear makes a brief appearance to discuss the role of the healer as a "tool" of Spirit, which is the source of healing. Emissary also refers several times to "others" also present who were not in form.

Session

Emissary:
Good morning. it is good to be with you again. Those of you, as the Peter would say, "in form and those of you not in form." There are quite a few interesting characters that have joined with us this morning. Some are curious and others have their own agendas, to use a phrase that was used earlier.

Let us begin with a very brief exercise. If you would, KD, pass the chime to DB. What we are seeking in addition to KD's excellent chiming, is a sense of what the pure sound of the chime might be. And so what we would like for you to do is to each have an opportunity to strike the chime in just such a way that the purity of the tone of the chime is released. You may strike once for practice if you wish, but keep in mind that the real chime will be one single stroke. Is this clear?

DB & KD:
Yes.

Emissary:
Yes, the pressure is on, eh? Do this with some sense of fun.

[DB strikes the chime]

Emissary:
Yes, very well. This was not the practice was it?

DB: No.

Emissary:
KD now, your turn.

[KD strikes the chime 2 times]

Emissary:
Which was the practice?

KD:
I'm not sure.

Emissary:
Interesting, huh? The first had quite a very nice tone. If you were thinking of it as the practice, we suggest that the practice came second. But if you were able, perhaps you were, to sense the response of those others in the room you would have heard many "oohs" and "ahhs" as the tones were released from the chime.

DB:
It seems like sound is a tool just like imagination. But I don't know how to use it, but I can feel it vibrate as a physical sensation in addition to an audible sound.

KD:
We recently heard some singing bowls, and some sounded dissident, but there was one that resonated with the whole building and it was so amazing. You could feel the whole space around you in this complete, resonant way. We didn't want to leave it felt so good.

DB:
It sounds like sounds can create feeling.

Emissary:
Yes, sound is in a sense a tool. It can be seen that way. If it is viewed as a tool, it is quite a complex tool. It is not as simple as a screwdriver, for example, that can do one, two, or three different things depending on your use. Sound has a complexity to it that crosses not only physical barriers, but dimensional barriers as well. So that is why there are entire disciplines that are dedicated to learning more about the tool of sound. It is one of those complex ones that is difficult to simply pick up and begin using.

So some study is necessary to do as what you seem to be wishing, DB, to use it in such a way as to affect the reality system, affect the environment. Though it can certainly be used that way as KD's experience at that particular center would illustrate.

So, what one can do is find the instruments that create a particular resonance with one's own vibration, and by doing this, one is enhancing both the sound and one's vibration so that they work together in a resonant sort of way to send out waves of energy, send out waves of feeling-tones into the environment. So if you do choose to use an instrument of sounding, it is well to choose the instrument wisely and with a sense of feeling for what that tone or that note will do for you. This one, for example, spent quite some time in one of your shops sampling all of the different chimes to find one that was just the right tone. And one of the sales people came by and was interested in why he was opening all the boxes and trying all the chimes. Because they were all the same, says he. But this one knew that each one of the chimes had a slightly different vibration, and so he was choosing as carefully as he could among the different instruments. We would say that the one that he chose is close, but not quite the same. His use of the chime in our transition is a good way of beginning because it sets up a certain vibration that allows him to clear himself, but it is not as specific as it could be. If he knew enough about how the tones were made, he could modify the chime. Failing this, he will have to keep searching.

And another way of doing it, of course, is to know that that is what he is after and allow the universe to provide it to him. It works that way.

And we are reminded, KD, that you play your flute. Do you still play?

KD:
Yes. [could not hear what she was saying so some text is lost]

Emissary:
and Steve plays his didgeridoo.

KD:
Yes. He went to some workshops and came back inspired. We did some sounding with the didgeridoo.

Emissary:
Yes, one must choose quite carefully the tones when used in this sort of way. You can imagine choosing an instrument of such power that is not tuned well to the individual and placing it against their heart, for example. Although it may feel interesting and perhaps exciting to the one, it may also be a little bit off frequency and so may create some unexpected results. So we would merely suggest that such experiments be undertaken with mindfulness. But it is very good to do.

KD:
Yes, part of me really liked it and part of me was concerned about what I might be opening myself to.

Emissary:
Yes, sound is a very, very powerful tool for healing and also can be a tool for creating discord, dissonance, as well. But keep in mind that the individuals are always protected by their own energies and their own, what you think of as helpers, as well. Nothing really does happen that will be harmful to the individual because everything is… um, it is not accidental. If the didj was used in such a way that it would create a dissonance in a center, for example, it would be part of that person's experience to encounter that dissonance. So from a perspective of "you can't do it wrong," as the Peter often says, that is absolutely correct. From the perspective of healing, it is wise to be mindful of the match of tone and frequency and vibration between instrument and individual.

KD:
They had 5 or 6 bowls and I tried all of them and there was one that really resonated for me.

Emissary:
Yes, and the tone that you resonated with more strongly was because its particular frequency and yours, in that time and place, resonated very well together. It created, in a sense, we are thinking of a triangle of vibration and that particular resonating triangle within that particular structure was perfect for you. Others may not have experienced it quite the same way. Other bowls or other sounding instruments may have done it for them. It is interesting when you have a smorgasbord of instruments to see if you can feel the particular vibration of that instrument. Know also that it is part of the environment, the context, so that the sound of the chime in one place hit exactly the same in another will have a different effect. Again, it is very complex. It has not just to do with the instrument and the particular note or vibration of the instrument, but it is a cooperative experience for the entirety of what you might think of as a nexus of space time.

KD:
So are you saying as we change, our basic vibrations change as we go through experiences so we might resonate with different tones.

Emissary:
Yes, exactly. And places also, as you say.

KD:
I picked up several instruments and looked at quite a few and they just didn't feel right. I couldn't figure them out.

Emissary:
Yes, if one cannot play it, it comes from a different place.

We understand that there is no specific point of discussion for this morning. Is this correct, or have we generated something more interesting to discuss?

DB:
I have a question about healing. We did a ceremony with the 12 Many Friends about "would be healers" and since that time I've been thinking about what is healing. It seems that I define as healing what my mind thinks should happen in a situation.

Emissary:
So you have a checklist that says, "If this is healing then this and this and this would happen." Is this what you are saying?

DB:
Yes, in some cases. For example, if I were healed, my vision would be 20/20. And now I think I don't even know what healing is and even believe in it.

KD:
It's just another experience. Is there even an end point to it? It's like cleaning the house-you never get it cleaned. Maybe it would be static if you came to an end point.

Emissary:
Interesting. If you were completely healed, would you be happy? It is quite an interesting observation.

DB:
And since all is illusion, and you can see things from so many different perspectives, it doesn't seem to matter what happens. It is just an experience and it can be flavored different ways. I guess I was more comfortable when there were rules about "this is right" and "this is wrong." And now, it is sort of a big mush.

KD:
Last year when we went out to California, I hurt my back very bad. And this year I was partly afraid [to go back] because of that memory. And we went to some of the places we went before and I became very clear about not wanting to experience that pain again. Part of the healing for me is what I do NOT want. It was funny to be in the same place and feeling so much better-in a sense to be healed from where I was.

DB:
That's a good description of healing-knowing what you don't want.

KD:
I created the same disease in a lot of different ways and it became real clear to me that I don't want to do that again.

DB:
So healing is like getting rid of the things you don't want. Shifting into a new way.

KD:
No way that I want to go through that again.

Emissary:
Healing may also be avoidance?

KD:
Being clear on my intent not to go down that path again. To do it differently.

Emissary:
Interesting. Interesting, is it not? The whole concept of healing being identified as doing away with what one does not want, if one has a cut or broken leg or poor eyesight. Identifying what one doesn't want and then working to get rid of it. That is one way of looking at healing.

DB:
I wanted to do healing work and it really comes from a love of people and wanting to express that love. So I've looked for ways of doing healing, trying to find my way of doing healing. And now the word is sort of meaningless.

Emissary:
Yes, many of those who are in your times have a notion about healing which is somewhat specific to your time. Your, when we speak of your we're speaking not of you, but those existing in this particular time. It might be interesting to you to know that when you brought up this subject those others with us rather sat down on the floor and began to listen intently. Because many of these who are with us are interested in the concept of healing, what it is. Some of them are healers in one sense. Others are in need of healing, even though they have no bodies, do you see.

Healing, like sound, the whole notion of healing and health and so on, are quite limited by your labels. Someone who says "I am a healer" has a particular notion of what that means. But the next person who says the same thing has a somewhat different notion of what that means. And they are all correct. It is not a label that can be fixed in terms of pointing and saying, "this is what healing is," because it is many different things. Most healers, most individuals who think of themselves as healers and who have studied and practiced a variety of techniques of what are being called the healing arts, operate from a position of caring. They are connected with other individuals and use an out of love, or caring, or out of connection or compassion or whatever word you choose. But it is a feeling of oneness, really. It is a feeling of oneness. And what one experiences then at that level is the desire to enhance or to fulfill or to take care of the other. It has less to do with oneself, but the other.

So what one is doing in healing, in the broader sense, is identifying for the other places or ways in which one can enhance --or fulfill or assist or whatever-- the other in whatever way is needed. The most obvious is when the other has some illness or some malady. One is drawn to want to take care of that, or fix it, or in someway fulfill whatever it is that causes that malady. That is one level. But actually what is happening (but also what is happening is a better way of phrasing it) is that the individual is experiencing the malady as a projection of something going on within their own spirit, their own energy body. And so they are literally healing themselves by becoming ill, and so the illness is a manifestation of clearing of the energy body. It is as though something inside is broken and so something outside becomes broken as a way of pushing it out, clearing it. Not pushing it out as though it is bad and getting rid of, because at that level there is no such thing as bad. It just is. It is something that is moving away, moving out of the frequency or vibration of the energy body as no longer needed. The breakage is no longer needed and it becomes expelled often through physical manifestation of it to be released. When you get a cut it is because your energy body is clearing what it is within itself that has been cut. That's why sometimes there are accidents that - quote accidents-that happen that result in some injury. There are no accidents. Why did this happen? Because the energy body is clearing itself. The healing has already occurred.

KD:
If we suppress those things, like through modern medicine, we're actually interfering with the healing.

Emissary:
Sometimes this is true. An analogy is the idea of fever, that a fever is good for the body. It clears the body of things that have been determined that cause the illness. And so by taking medicines to reduce the fever one is not really addressing the physical cause, for lack of a better term-the bugs, the flues, whatever. And so by suppressing the fever it has the opposite effect of what is really being intended. But left unchecked, sometimes the fever can cause the individual to expire. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? That would be a judgment. It is not able to be determined that way. The individual chooses. But on the other hand, there is value in identifying physical maladies and working with the individual to take care of the physical body while the illness is being cleansed.

You are speaking perhaps of somewhat extreme cases of your cancers and your AIDS and so on. This fits into rather a different category in that the struggle within the individual is a life and death struggle. It is as though the entity itself is making choices about whether to continue within the physical or move on to something else. Which is certainly what would happen if left unchecked. Do we agree?

DB & KD:
Yes.

Emissary:
And so what this individual energy essence does is to negotiate with one of your physical healers-your physicians-and say, "I don't know whether I want to stay or go. I cannot make this choice right now. Help me to stay for a while, while I decide." Or maybe the individual has more that it needs to do and over time can get everything accomplished that is needed. But most often with individuals in this particular category, there are significant connections that are made external to that individual that are connections with important others outside. Everyone around the individual goes through the experience with them. Do they not? And so the individual is moving his own energy out and as a part of his choosing to leave, is raising the energy awareness of others. In fact, you can think of it this way, that the one who is struggling with the physical death is healing others. So what is the definition of healer, then?

It is a very powerful notion. Those who are taking these particular paths in your time, and we understand there is a growing number of them, are healing on a much higher scale than most individuals are giving them credit for. They are healing literally the skin of the earth. They are sacrificing themselves, gladly in a way. But it is an expression of their own energy form, their own energy being. So when we talk about healing then, we need to look at it from a different perspective.

And that, we believe, DB, is why you are becoming disconnected from the notion of what is healing. It's because it is bigger than that. It is much more comprehensive then that. And healing is not a band aid. Healing is not a gift. Healing is not an act of love. It is not these sorts of things. It is a direct recognition of the oneness of everything. That urge to be a healer is an urge to connect with the oneness of everything.

Emissary:
Now then, what is healing? With that definition under our belts, then healing becomes more a matter of assisting the energy body, the energy being of the other, to further express its own inner essence. And this may be a physical healing. It may be a spiritual healing. It may be something to do with the mind which we have already suggested is part of the physical. And it also can have to do with even deeper connections, deeper vibrations. And so if you think of yourself as a healer, and we would suggest that everyone is a healer, it is a matter of how aware they are of their own abilities to do this. Then you would connect with the one in whatever way and help them to expand. Help them to clear themselves. And it may not become a physical expression of the malady. It may simply go. It is a matter of choice.

And we would say this to you, that many times in your experience in this reality system, the best way to handle these kinds of internal, spiritual, energetic issues is to project them. You project them outside so you can see them and you can connect with them in a full and more comprehensive way through the physical sensory system. So you project an illness and you can deal with it on the physical level as a way of helping your own healing. Does it make sense when we say it this way?

DB & KD:
Yes.

Emissary:
Very well, it is because it is all part of the same thing. In the past we were talking about how you project yourself out onto others so that you can see yourself. You project yourself into your environment so you can see yourself-this room, this building, in this location is an expression of this one and the [wife of this one]. And the children. And the cat. And so on.

It is an expression, and by looking at the environment one can learn a great deal about oneself. This is not to say that anyone coming into this space would be able to make accurate judgments about them. Do you see the difference?

DB:
Someone coming into the space would have their own filters they would be judging by.

Emissary:
Yes, precisely. So we are wishing to be cautious that those who hear or read these words do not think of it that they can go into an environment and psychoanalyze the owners. It does not work that way. One is psychoanalyzing oneself, even within an unfamiliar environment.

DB:
I just had this flash of psychoanalysts just analyzing themselves, not their clients.

Emissary:
Precisely.

KD:
When I was in medical school, a lot of people I met that were going into psychiatry were the ones that needed help.

Emissary:
It's a well-known axiom that those who go into that kind of work are going there "to work on themselves, free." And in many cases this is true. This does not mean, however, that there is no value in counselors and psychoanalysts because those individuals are also in a sense healers. The difference is that they must recognize their own projections within the dynamic. That is why for the most part they are taught, at least it is explained to them, that this is a potential problem… that they may work on their own projections. Not all are taught this, or they may hear it and not integrate it. But if they are "good" counselors then they are aware of this danger and work as hard as they can to make sure that they are clear with their clients. So it is another kind of healing. It is a different approach than hands on, but it is nonetheless helpful if done carefully. No different than hands-on healing.

KD:
I needed to heal myself first before I could help other people. I felt I didn't have much to give until I could feel a major healing in myself first. The back injury I had was major. I feel much better since I've cleared it out. It brings home to you pretty intensely where the dissonance is. You can pinpoint it and focus on it better when it's in your face rather than a vague mental thing.

Emissary:
Yes. When you are saying to yourself that you cannot, or perhaps have difficulty healing others until you have healed yourself, there are two things that are happening. One is that it is a recognition that the healing of yourself confirms that you can do this. And when your back felt better and you felt that you had gone through that healing of yourself, it confirmed to you that healing works. And so from that point on you're able to act with more, what you think of as authority. "It's ok, now that you know more about what it is that you're doing." The other thing is to recognize that when you are healing yourself you are basically working with your own filters. You know this, this is not new. But what you can still do with another is to bypass your filters and work with them so you don't have to be completely healed to work with someone else. This is why in your past you have had some success in working with healing others. It is simply that you can, from your own intent and your own feeling of oneness with the other, basically bypass the filters as long as you know they are there. You may not be cognizant of it. It may not seem like you did anything, but in effect, when you connect with the other, there is a higher, different, stronger-whatever term you wish-part of you that does the healing. It is not a mind thing.

DB:
What a relief.

Emissary:
Yes, we thought this was understood.

DB & KD: Laughter.

DB:
So one can walk through one's day and be a healer every moment, whether it's a look, a smile, a word, or an intention.

Emissary:
Yes, indeed. Could be, or nothing at all. The only thing that is really needed is that sense of oneness. So that if you're in the position where you're walking down the street with 30 people and you have a sense of being a part of them, at one with them all, you are in essence healing them as you're walking. You do not need to know what their issues are. Simply by acknowledging and becoming one with them you share your energy and that is a healing thing. And they go back to their offices and their headache is gone, that's because they went for a walk, do you see. And so, yes, you can be a healer every moment of the day.

[Long pause.]

The others here are also quite relaxed.

[Long pause.]

We would like to suggest a quick break. And while we are in break, if you would decide other issues that you might like to discuss. We can then come back to them. Or not. But we would like to get back together with you for some while after a short break. Is this acceptable.

DB & KD:
Yes.

Very well.

[Short break.]

KD:
We're back. Emissary, are you back with us?

Emissary:
Yes, we have returned. Did you come up with any thoughts, questions, comments that you would like to continue with?

DB:
we had discussed a bit about the group of energies that Gerry works with. The Orin energy and Red Bear and Emissary…..

Emissary:
and whomever….

DB:
Whomever is waiting in the wings. Is there any framework, structure, or illumination that you can say a few words about how that works or what's that about.

Emissary:
Yes, but we'd rather not talk about frameworks. Perhaps it would be more interesting… as a suggestion, perhaps, in our future times together it might be interesting to reserve some time to visit with one of the other players in this arena.

And we are not at all surprised, DB, that you brought up the issue.

Probably one of the more dynamic would be an individual, we hesitate to say, that this one has not yet even met. But short of that there would be the Orin personality. But this one has need of more experience with the one who identifies himself as Red Bear. We say "need" because there is a particular link of information that is coming up for this one in which Red Bear can be most useful. So it might be entertaining to communicate with Red Bear briefly. Do you agree?

DB & KD:
Yes!

Emissary:
An enthusiastic yes. And, of note, some of the others who are with us did not get up and run for the exits. So we are assuming that Red Bear has something for them as well. Do recognize please, that Red Bear, is not part of the Emissary energy. Red Bear is its own energy. It has its own structure and its own message and its own intention for participating with us all in this way, in what you may think of as an experiment. And so while we can give some general information about Red Bear, it is important for you and especially for this one, to recognize that we are dealing with here separate energy essences, energy beings, that are structured completely separately from Emissary or other structures. Is this understandable?

KD & DB:
Yes.

[Long pause.]

Red Bear:
Yah te'eh!

KD and DB:
Welcome, Red Bear.

Red Bear:
So, it is of some interest to you that we are here. We are pleased to join with you at this time. We have only one message that we would like to share with you. But are also interested in your questions too.

When you are speaking about healing, you are speaking about medicines. We would add to this that it is not just the individual and the one to be healed involved here. There are other powers who also are involved. And they can be invoked with knowledge. These are plants, they are animals, the very ground is part of the whole that is the healing. And so when you are healing, when you are using your power to assist someone who is ill, do not forget the other powers. There is an understanding among the medicine people that the healing does not come from the medicine man, but from spirit. So the healer is not the do-er, merely the tool. If one forgets this, one closes off the power. Spirit will not assist. So it is good to be grateful. It is good to acknowledge the power.

DB:
Is this also the power of the air, the sun, the elements, the clouds, the moon, the heavenly bodies.

Red Bear:
Yes. It is spirit. It is not one thing. It is spirit and you can think of the powers as being keepers, holders of a particular kind of part of spirit. Spirit is one thing, it is all things. But stone has a particular spirit, a particular kind of vibration of spirit which can be used in a particular way. Same with air. The four directions are holders of great powers and can be requested to assist, or requested to heal, actually, not assist. It is not the person, it is spirit. What the person does, what the medicine person does, is have knowledge of aspects of spirit that are useful in the healing. One has the knowledge of the stones and the animals and the plants. And through that knowledge then, can invoke that aspect of spirit to heal. This is not to say that there is a book…

DB & KD laugh.

Red Bear:
… it is still spirit speaking. The medicine man has a responsibility to learn about spirit, to learn about the workings of spirit, the weavings of spirit. And through that knowledge make of himself an opening through which spirit works.

DB:
I have read books that say the direction of the south represents the summertime and fullness of the season and there is a particular color, etc. But that seems like an intellectual thing.

Red Bear:
It is a way of organizing knowledge. It is a way of teaching. To say that the south is the direction of red and water and blood, it is held by mouse. Is a way of making a connection between the knowledge and the medicine man. (In your time, [medicine] person. In my time, medicine man, regardless of man/woman.) So it is partially an intellectual structure. But its purpose is to provide an ordered framework that can be used to better organize the understanding…easier to transmit to others.

So the medicine wheel is a structure, an invention that has been developed over many many many many many many generations. It is thought out and is therefore a powerful way of knowledge. Much like many of the books that you may read of knowledge. But it has a structure which is also a power as well.

DB:
The circle?

Red Bear:
The medicine wheel – north, south, east west. And the powers assigned to them.

So.

KD:
In different directions, sometimes I'll feel more connection with one than the other, and then at other times that will change. Is there always a foundation or basic connection that is consistent underneath the connections that these move around? In the structure of the medicine wheel, does one have a certain orientation that is basic to one's energy that supports the movement and identifications around the wheel? Or are the movements complete changes within a person? Like the totem animal. At times I feel a connection with one animal. And then at other times I don't feel that connection at all and I'll feel a connection with something else. And I'll think, well how can this be my totem animal when just last year the other one was? Is there a basic life connection with one thing while you also connect with the others? Or may one pass away and you move into another?

Red Bear:
It is a common question because there are many who wish to think of themselves as one. In our time, one had many names through their lifetime. It was never a single name, it was an evolving reflection of their path on the wheel. Now individuals also had inside them another name that was theirs. And often they would not share this other name. It was part of their spirit and as they moved on the circle, as they made their journey around the wheel, their connections with the earth and with others would change. And if it changed sufficiently they would get a new name. But the personal name never changed. It is the same with the relationships with the powers. You are thinking in your time of power animals. Relationships with the spirit, with the powers, were not so fixed. There are animals, there are plants, there are rocks, and so on. Animals are useful because they have recognizable characteristics and the people can relate to them in a certain way. Can see the wolves, the buffalo, and watch them move. The rock just lies there. Less connection. But no less spirit.

So, relationships change as you make your journey around the wheel, and again and again. It is said that in the beginning there were many journeys around the earth. This is a way of saying there are many journeys for you around the wheel. And so relationships change. Each spiral may come back around to the same relationship, but different.

KD:
Can you talk a bit about your relationship with Gerry, the nature of your relationship?

Red Bear:
His spirit has called to us, not just Red Bear or others. His spirit has called in a particular way to many. It is part of his journey to walk this path with many branches. It is understood that there are important points in this journey where there is connection. A special arrangement that can be used two ways: to assist in this part of the journey, but also to serve as a doorway for other information that is useful in your time. So, he is not unusual in that there are many in your time who are opening these doorways. Yes?

DB & KD:
Yes.

Red Bear:
But there is a particular frequency, a particular tone of spirit that will bring through him a kind of message that can be helpful for those in your time as well as for him. So it is a two-way opening, a door.

We would say that this one needs a guide in these areas. There is a particular part of the dynamic of him that is connected to my time and space. There is more. Much to explore.

DB:
Is your role serving as a guide?

Red Bear:
One. There are many knowledges.

And so. Perhaps we can speak again at another time.

KD & DB:
Yes, we would like that.

Emissary:
And so, one small step into the world of Red Bear, perhaps. We are sensing that it is again time to see if there are last questions or comments.

DB & KD. No.

Emissary:
Very well. In that case, we wish you good day and until we meet again, be well.

KD & DB:
Thank you