Barbara I wish I had your way with words. These thoughts and those of Barb Rager really caught my attention this morning. Maybe its the gloominess of the day or that I ache a little more with this weather but ............whatever these words gave me food for thought. Thanks. Hope things are looking up today for you. Rosemary > Subject: Re: Healing > > Barbara Rager's description of the journey she's on to foster the > healing > process within herself called to mind another woman I greatly admire > named > Vivian Verdon-Roe. She is an academy award-winning filmmaker for her > film > Healing the Planet and the last I knew was also a lecturer and > distributer of > documentary videos along that theme. She tells the story of having > been in a > car accident which left her back in great pain and her future mobility > questionable and of experiencing healing through her own spiritual > journey. > > Upon hearing the diagnosis of PD and learning the implications of that > diagnosis, something within us besides the physical dopamine-producing > cells > is attacked.. Often our very innermost concept of self and > self-worth is > impaired and needs to be healed. Ridding our air of toxins--chemical > (body) > and psychological (mind)--appears to me to make sense, and may need be > accomplished at both the personal and societal levels. > > I am grateful for the intellect, feistiness, humor, deep thoughts, > minute > informational details, trials, successes--in sum the spirit which > exudes daily > from this list, and prejudicially I admit, especially by the many > voices of > Barbaras! > > Barbara Blake-Krebs > Merriam KS > [log in to unmask] > I agree you Barbaras keep the list humming:)) > In a message dated 7/25/98 4:53:12 AM, you wrote: > > << > > I am quickly coming to the conclusion that healing, all healing, is > > primarily a spiritual process. > > Barb Rager >