A Spiritual
View Of Depression
By Julie
Redstone
There are many views today regarding the
source of depression,
those that involve an understanding of brain chemistry and of
neuro-transmitters being among the more popular. Yet, there
remains a vast gap between what is considered a way of treating
depression as an entity - clinically, chemically, and in terms
of the body - and the way of treating depression as an energy
related to consciousness. This energy moves from the energy
bodies that each human being contains into the physical layer
of our being, thus affecting our brain chemistry. The energy
of our larger, spiritual self influences the way in which brain
chemistry and neuro-transmitters work, and when changes are made
to the flow or current, these can selectively improve the
situation so that a new balance within the brain is achieved.
To see depression as related to consciousness is not as simple
as saying if one thinks thoughts that are positive, then
depression will vanish. It is more of a way of saying that the
vital energy that surrounds the body in an etheric envelope and
that infuses the body at all times, is itself infused by the
higher vibrations of light that sustain the physical level of
our being. When these higher vibrations are depleted, or when
energy is blocked along channels that transfer fuel and
sustenance to the cells of our body and to the brain cells in
particular, then depression or any one of a number of other
‘syndromes’ can result.
In order to investigate this line of healing further, it is
necessary to have an openness to understanding the spiritual
dimensions of life and of our individual construction as
spiritual beings. The fundamental premise of this perspective
is that the physical layer of our being which gives rise to
symptoms, is itself governed by energy, and energy is governed
by consciousness. To put it slightly differently:
consciousness gives rise to energy, and energy gives rise to
physical functioning and patterning within the human body.
Why is it important to know this? Because all of suffering has
a purpose, including the pain of depression. Every pain that we
feel, every heartache that we are familiar with, is here as a
teacher. For this reason, though we can desire to make
ourselves more comfortable and more functional through the
application of physical forms of treatment to physical
problems, the underlying cause of depression will not be
addressed this way; only the symptoms will be temporarily
suspended or removed. This doesn’t mean that these symptoms
will return within a given lifetime. But without an alteration
in consciousness they will eventually return, because the need
for learning on a soul-level is the primary need, and because
the symptoms of depression are purposeful and are meant to lead
us in a new direction.
Though addressing depression physically will more likely have a
quicker, more noticeable effect than holding depressive
thoughts, feelings, and bodily experiences within a spiritual
perspective, it is the latter which can create more permanent
healing. This is not a reason to avoid physical forms of
intervention, for these are needed and useful in many cases.
But it is a reason to see beyond these forms to the broader
issues involved, even while appreciating the holding and
stabilizing process that modern and traditional medicine both
make available, allowing us to regain enough balance, strength,
and stability so that we can pursue the deeper question of what
depression is really about.
About The Author: For other writings by Julie Redstone see
Pathways of Light-
http://lightomega.org/PathwaysofLight.html.
To learn more about holding depression within a spiritual
perspective see the Purification section in
http://lightomega.org and
the Calendar of Healing -
http://lightomega.org/CH/Cal-Healing.html.
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