But I think the important point is that any real healing has to come out of some kind of psychological openness. There are constant opportunities for such openness constant gaps in our conceptual and physical structures. If we begin to breathe out, then we create room for fresh air to rush in. If we do not breathe, there is no way for the fresh air to enter. It is a question of psychological attitude rather than of being taken over by external powers that heal us.
Openness seems to be the only key to healing.
People tend to feel that their particular sickness is something special, that they are the only person with such an illness. But in fact, their illness is not so special nor so terrible. It is a question of acknowledging that we are born alone and that we die alone, but that it is still okay. There is nothing particularly terrible or special about it. But somehow that is missing the point.