Recovery from ME/CFSClick here for an explanation of what the term ME/CFS stands for, and why the advice on these pages can help whichever diagnosis you have been given. What Did I Do To Recover From ME/CFS?What did you do to recover? people ask me.I was bedbound with severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for 14 years. I also had severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivity(MCS) and Electrical Sensitivity(ES). I chose to believe that as I changed my thoughts, my world and my physical health could change. I studied and applied this way of thinking. It took me a while...many years...but I got there. Contents List for this page on Recovery From ME/CFS 1. I Claim Health Through Scriptures On Healing from the Bible 2. I Surrender Into The Reality Of Health 5. I Ask Others To Pray For Me Or go here to... Dramatic HealingIt is important to say that I did not get better in the natural way of things. If anything, I was getting more ill as time went on. My healing was dramatic. Literally from one day to the next my muscles stopped collapsing and I was able to start building up my activity again. I Focus On HealthA small glance at this site will have shown you that although I talk about the symptoms of the illness and the treatment of those symptoms, I do not go into great detail. That information is necessary when you are living with an illness and it can be found on other excellent sites. This website – A-Spiritual-Journey-Of-Healing.com- is focused on the solution, not the problem. I focus on health, not illness. I focus on the role of spirituality in recovery. I focus on possibility not probability, in the knowledge that the more we explore the possible, the more it becomes probable. Below is a list of various healing treatments that contributed to my recovery from ME/CFS by putting me in a place where I was able to receive healing.
1. I Claim Health Through Scriptures On Healing from the BibleIt may not be fashionable, but I used bible quotes on healing to replace my thoughts of illness and redirect my mind to belief that recovery from severe ME/CFS was possible. These bible quotes were a huge part of my healing. I started claiming health through scriptures on healing in 2005. I chose to believe that God and Jesus healed and still heal. I set out to learn how to build my faith for healing. You may think that is not for you, because you don't have that faith. But, faith is not necessary to start replacing your thoughts of illness with spiritual quotes for health. Follow the link above to see if the spiritual quotes speak to you in any way. If they do, apply them and allow faith to come. 2. I Surrender Into The Reality Of HealthA Course In Miracles teaches that
illness is part of the illusion
and not the ultimate reality. I chose to believe that a God of love would not create sickness and therefore - on some level we do not understand - we are always healthy. "I am surrounded by Your Love, forever still, forever gentle and forever safe. God's Son must be as You created him." I chose the belief that God does not want me sick. I chose the belief that I am entitled, through faith, to health. I practised these beliefs over and over and over, in the face of seeming evidence to the contrary. 3. I Think And Speak HealthI chose to think and – to some extent – speak words of health. There is an overlap here with NLP (neuro linguistic programming) and with praying the Bible. 4. I Visualise HealthI filled my mind with images of health. For example, I saw myself able to do the things I would do if I were well. I had a picture on my wall of a hillside, and most days I ran down that hill in my mind. What will you see, feel, hear when you have health? 5. I Ask Others To Pray For MeIt is a spiritual principle in both the Bible and A Course In Miracles that there is great power in joined prayer of agreement for the achievement of an outcome. When I received healing my friend told me her mother - who I do not know - had burst into tears. It turns out she had prayed for me every day for all those years. Ask and allow others to pray for you or visualise you well. Many friends who see themselves as atheists or agnostics will also be happy to do this for you. Perhaps you can ask a few people, for 10 minutes once a week at the same time, to join in a prayer of agreement for your healing and visualise you being healthy. See the illustration below. Picture yourself in the light in the middle, held in a circle of prayer of faith and love by those who encircle you. How do you feel? Click the link to find out more about the power of a
prayer of agreement - minds in joined prayer. 6. I Accept What IsIn contrast to focusing on health, a huge factor in my recovery from ME/CFS was letting go of needing anything to be different. To summarize: Everything God gives is mine forever. I chose to value the connection with Source above recovery When we want something too badly, we are saying that our happiness depends on having it. If our happiness comes from God, then this is not true. Once we are on a spiritual path, the world may very kindly ;-) resist our attempts to find happiness other than through the spiritual connection. Click here to learn more about
accepting illness.
7. I Give My Life To GodI practised allowing God to decide for me. If God wanted me to experience recovery from ME/CFS, then God was clearly not having His/Her way with me. I wanted to change this. I found a prayer quote from A Course In Miracles that I said over and over to keep putting God in charge. Read more in this section:
My journey to overcome resistance to God In 2008, I experienced another deeper step of surrender to God. A few months later, I recovered. I don't think it will be the same for everyone, but for me, this surrender was definitely paved the way for my recovery from ME/CFS. This surrendering was actually more important than my physical recovery. It took me to a new level of peace. I was and continue to be In Love with God and it is a joy. 8. I Practise Forgiveness Of Myself And Others Through “The Release” And Through Prayer For ForgivenessThe practice of forgiveness was very important both to my survival and recovery from ME/CFS. It was and is my main spiritual practice. It is a spiritual principle in the Bible that receiving forgiveness and receiving healing are the same thing. A Course In Miracles agrees with this. It says that forgiveness undoes the illusion, including the illusion of sickness. Do you feel guilty and need to forgive yourself? 9. The Lightning Process™I had been bedbound for 14 years. On the 3rd day of
the 3 day Lightning Process™
– 1st May 2008. I was walking again. Simple, Not EasyI know that all this advice sounds very simple. Well it is simple. There is a great difference though between simple and easy. To live in an ill body and hold thoughts of health takes perseverance and discipline. To believe in a God who loves and values you when your world is reflecting something very different takes perseverance and discipline. To use spirituality in recovery is not an easy option. I am still living with health challenges. Even though I have seen incredible things happen, this kind of mind-training still involves perseverance and discipline. I suggest though that if you are living with illness, you already know something of perseverance and discipline. Am I right? :-) (And yes, I did just repeat perseverance and discipline four times :-)) The great thing is that the spiritual journey is so rewarding and allows us to be a blessing to others. Of course, in order to recover from chronic illness, you first need to survive by finding a way of living with it: Move from Recovery from ME/CFS to the next page - Living with ME/CFS. |
