The energy he unconsciously projected did not help her to heal, but instead aggravated her already compromised system. As a result, the energy that he passed on to his aunt had a harmful effect rather than a healing one. He may have even believed that visiting his aunt was a spiritual act. It is not, for example, being spiritual to deny our own needs and invest our energies in those who are never satisfied and give us nothing in return. Nor is it spiritual to waste our energies on fruitless and unhealthy patterns of thought.
Spirituality thus has a direct impact on our physical and psychological well-being.
When these energies are depleted or blocked, not only is the body s ability to heal itself greatly diminished, but the body s ability to prevent illness is compromised. If our goal is wellness, we need to become aware of what we are doing with our minds. Our bodies are like a fish swimming in a stream. He is now living in Nova Scotia, Canada, where, together with his wife and partner, Penny Margolis, he is building a new Centre for Human Energy Studies near Halifax. All rights reserved.