How To Reply? Discussion about Bible/Human Energy
mkat321 said:
On a parenting board I post on, someone mentioned they were uncomfortable/disturbed at their massage session today because the therapist said they fluffed the person's aura. Which I can understand because like 98% of that board is super-strict almost fundementalist Christian and all. But one of the replies steamed me up pretty good. The reply said that the therapist tried to speak sin into the client's life by saying she fluffed the client's energy. It went on to say that the therapist was dabbling in the occult and should be avoided.
So anyways, I responded that I didn't see how the therapist saying she fluffed the clients energy automatically meant she was speaking sin into the client's life. I said I didn't see how it equaled the occult either. That at our core, energy is what we are. The person who made the comments is wanting to see proof from the Bible. Grr. The verses I can find talk about using the energy God gave us, but something tells me that won't quite satiate her.
Any thoughts, ideas, references?
Something we find interesting is that quite often, when my husband works on certain folks, they will notice a very strong energy. Different people will qualify that energy in different ways.
One Pastor said he'd never (or rarely, I don't recall which) felt "such a strong presence of the Holy Spirit" as when he was on DH's table (he doesn't necessarily "pray" while he's massaging; however, we are indeed "believers in the Lord"). Many other Christians have expressed similar thoughts.
We've also had high-level Reiki people exclaim over the powerful Reiki energy they sensed while on the table (he's never been trained in Reiki).
Qigong practitioners recognize it as qi, as do other/various martial arts practitioners (He has been practicing Qigong since he was very young, and has also been highly trained in several martial arts forms).
Each person seems to "interpret" this energy in a way they can relate to. It's all the same energy, from the same Source. For those who are open to it, it will come and minister to them in the way(s) they will receive it best. For those who are closed, they will never "get" it, no matter what "faith" they practice lip service to. We explain the energy as best fits the circumstances and the audience, to the best of our own limited ability. Beyond that, it is up to the person and God (or "the source, the energy, or whatever you believe it comes from) to do the rest.
(And I do agree that the OP should consider leaving that forum, or at least refrain from mentioning their practice there, in light of their tight legalistic attitude. There's a forum to which I belong- also a parenting one- where many of the members are almost "deathly afraid" of homeopathy. I used to be as well, until I learned about Traumeel, and from there, began to study a bit about homeopathy in general. Now, while I don't necessarily run to a homeopath or to the homeopathic section of the health food store at the hint of any trouble, I do have some standard "go-to's" that I rely on that are, indeed, homeopathic in nature. People tend to fear that which they do not understand. If they are not open to learning about energy work, it stands to reason that they will fear it and therefore shun it. Most "sheeple" are only parroting what they're been taught- whether from their parents growing up, the school(s) they went to, or what is preached from whatever pulpit they sit under ['pulpit', in this case, referring to doctrine, not necessarily religious, by which one chooses to live one's life].)