Adversity as an Opportunity for Healing

The soul sees opportunities for healing, expansion and enlightenment in the adversity that we encounter in our lives as it is the way in which we face and handle our predicaments, dilemmas and difficulties that defines who we are and why we are here.  These situations also shape what we are trying to achieve through physical existence as our egos judge our worth by status, security and material achievement where the soul gives clues to individual mettle through tasks and challenges.

Illness and injury may be chosen by the soul to heal aspects of individual consciousness but also to heal an aspect of the greater group consciousness, advancing the many through the suffering of the few.  Physical issues indicate deeper psychological evasions and as we evolve so do the tests that we are put through.  Bodily distress alerts us that issues exist and demands that these are addressed by making the physical consequences of attempts to deny or ignore our issues so painful that we must address them.

The physical body is nourished by elements from the physical plane where the astral and mental bodies are nourished through the chakras via their respective planes.  When our physical selves are clear and free of distortion, the vibration of our entire human energy fields are clear and even.  Physical issues create distortions as do problems in the subtle bodies as these can block the flow of energy through the chakras.  When chakra energy is distorted for a period of time, these blockages can advance into diseases.

Many times, these illnesses are brief and passing, including things such as indigestion, headaches, colds and flu but prolonged and habitual distortions of the energy fields predispose the body to far more serious diseases such as cancer.  Many times we need to remember and reincorporate the frozen and rejected aspects of ourselves and our experiences that have damaged our subtle bodies as this damage must be addressed and dealt with if we are to restore healthy physical functioning.

Incarnation allows us to expand our consciousness through many experiences over many lifetimes.  The beginning of our journey is ruled by animal instincts, urges and appetites and then as we gather experience and learn and grow our consciousness develops, bringing with it the capacity to choose.  Young souls struggle to learn the basic principles of self control which is the earliest stage of physical, emotional and mental development and as such is limited chiefly by the degree of pain that an individual is able to tolerate within their physical body.