“Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater” – old proverb origin -Thomas Murner 1512
I have been with many teachers in this lifetime and have narrowed my vision as to the path I take; yet there has been much wisdom passed down by those whose paths I diverged from. Having acknowledged David Hawkins Calibrated Levels of Consciousness as a valid and now indispensible tool in my understanding of reality, I have also come to a deeper understanding and application of it.

There is a video about a well known enlightened teacher who is now departed. The narrator did a wonderful job of explaining some seemingly cryptic words spoken by the teacher. At the very end there was one quote which although visually displayed in its entirety, was truncated in quoting by the narrator. This gave a totally different meaning from the original statement. It also had the effect of oversimplifying an aspect of spiritual reality. Another student of the same teacher, who had himself transcended linear reality to a high level of consciousness, used that same misinterpretation to justify non-integrous actions. Those actions in a person of lower consciousness might be considered a slip; in that particular enlightened being, the consequence was a “fall from grace” and a deep wounding of and sense of betrayal for some of his students.

Over the years I have wandered from one teacher and teaching to another in search of truth and healing. Many were the times when some aspect or personality lured me only to show up as less than advertised. As a consequence, I have let go of many healing practices, which no longer sit well. Lately I have let go of many judgments of the entirety and looked at the specifics of the issue. Many of these practices are based upon keen observations and these understandings are worthy of respect.

My time spent teaching for what became a cult-like organization, gave me a deeper perspective on entities and their various forms and nuances. Some of the observations about human behavior are very astute while some explanations appear to be nothing more than glamour with the effect of hooking people into specialness, all the while denying that hook. Using muscle testing, to show me where the line between truth and falsehood lies, I am benefitting greatly from my past experiences.

The practice of soul retrieval has been a great gift to the therapy community. Traditionally, the healer is the one who goes out to find the fragment, at times going into lower realms and then relating the story; hopefully inducing an integration of the fragment back into the recipient.  If instead of using one’s intuition to retrieve the fragment, one were to use it, with muscle testing as a confirmation, to guide the client into a retrieval and self integration, the experience can be much more empowering, truthful and consciously expansive.  One can take it another big step forward by turning the whole process into a prayerful request, invoking an even greater power.  Utilizing the same principal as the 12-step programs, surrendering one’s own personal will to a higher power (God, Divinity, etc.) the healer and the client can step out of self-importance and invite the highest expression of Divinity to come forth in assistance.  It is tapping into the levels of consciousness, which makes these programs successful, where all else failed.

I readily admit that it has taken me some time to let go of the negative energy I carried about some of my past journeys. A lot of it was tied up in the hurt and resulting judgments I carried, from betrayals of spiritual trust on the part of the various leaders. Often the betrayal is hidden and when it is exposed, can prove devastating to an innocent aspirant. Even those experiences, over the course of time, have a positive aspect.  I now have the memories of those traits as examples of what I choose not to be. They are indelible markers as to the boundaries of the straight and narrow path of integrity and consciousness.

©2008 David Lowell – Permission is granted to forward, publish or otherwise distribute this article as long as this resource box is attached. David Lowell has been working with energy and healing for 30 years. His clients and students include people from all walks of life on 5 continents. He is the author of “The Struggle to Surrender: Love, Consciousness & The Quantum Field” and publishes “Perspectives” an irregular free Ezine. To see more articles by David and find out about his work go to => http://davidlowell.com/1home.html