I do so much and never know what to say. 'I'm developing a 2-week program for cancer patients,' I said.
'Wah!' The lady burst out crying, and poured out her heart. Her husband had died four years ago because doctors couldn't help him. And her nephew and brother-in-law are now both dying of cancer too.
I handed out tissues. 'So many people cry when I meet them,' I said, 'my left hand pocket is for clean tissues, and the right hand pocket for dirty ones.'
She smiled. 'Doctors can't help my nephew and brother-in-law. Perhaps they'll be interested in your program. It's better to have some hope from you than no hope at all from doctors.'
Since her husband died, she explained, she's felt such sadness, so dresses as a clown for a children's hospital. I offered to dress as a clown too, and help sick children have fun. That's fun! I'll help her tears of grief then too. A great start to helping our world on my birthday.
In Austin, I met "Francis the Healer" at his busy healing center. Francis is Scottish, a classic spiritual/spiritualist healer, and works mainly by recommendation. Many patients drive hours from other cities. Like me, he has no breaks until evening. He heals individual patients in one room, while patients sit for as long as needed in the ‘meditation music’ room, or in silence in a private room. Elizabeth takes phone calls and welcomes arriving patients. He’s almost as busy as I was, with about 60 patients a day, every 10 minutes from 7.15am to 5.30pm.
As some patients came out of the healing session with Francis, Elizabeth introduced me as a “famous healer from England”. (Her words, not mine.) I’m sure Francis’s energy could have cured. But it felt right, during conversation, to help a little too. Not with energy or therapy, because that’s Francis’s job here, but with suggestions of ways forward. More healing fun!
After visiting the University of Texas, the evening was spent at a Deepak Chopra lecture, The Future of Wellness. Science and mysticism show integration is needed for all aspects of well-being, even though mind is separate from brain. This brings harmonious existence with cosmic concepts of creativity. Consciousness creates reality in an emerging paradigm for future well-being.