Today I returned, once again, to the psychic healer that I go to in Oak Creek Village, near Sedona. I was also reflecting on what most people refer to as the “placebo effect”, that results when trials are performed on potential medications. It’s the effect that taking a sugar pill can have on the body, if a person believes that pill to be the actual medication. To many people the placebo effect is just thought of a the imaginary effect of a sugar pill. To me it simply demonstrates that the mind can and does have an effect on the physiological processes going on in the body. I go to the psychic healer because another person’s mind, like the healer, can also impact on my own physiological processes. We are connected.
I usually use a guided meditation of a lemon for the recovering people I work with. In that meditation, I have them visualize a ripe, juicy lemon, which I have them cut into quarters and then bite down on. The effect is almost always increased salivation and often being able to smell the lemon or have their mouth pucker up. It is only a thought, there is no lemon, yet they have a strong and noticeable physiological response. The response is not imaginary, though I find that some people think of it that way.
I have been using the placebo effect for many years to my benefit!
