I consider it a high compliment that you took the time to dog-ear and highlight stuff. Thank you. All that hard work does not go in vain when people take the time to try to integrate the words into their life. Those people not getting as much out of it are simply reading it. When I ask them about parts of it they can't recall reading those parts.
I lived and slept with Dr. Sarno's books. If I could have married them I would have, sex, maybe. If they didn't get wet I would have showered with them. To this day I can quote many of his lines and I haven't read them for about 5 years. I took his words into my body. In the beginning was the word...
That's how you heal, you live what is written, you don't just read it. Those folks who got only a tiny bit of help from mine can't remember most of it, and definitely aren't doing many of the things I did. You cannot check off everything in Appendix B and still be in pain.
I see a pattern when I consult with people. They're jumping from one book to another hoping to hear or see that one thing that suddenly heals them. Although that has happened rarely with my book it's not the norm. I still believe that all you need is Healing Back Pain. I see the breadth and scope of Dr. Sarno's intention. When he says, "some of them need more (last 20%)" he means they need to find a way to "get there" ...
to where he's pointing. Sometimes people will tell me, "hey man, I just wanted to tell you I healed, but not with Sarno's stuff." Then as I talk to them more it's clear they healed exactly with Dr. Sarno's stuff. They just feel better if they think they came up with the idea themselves, much like some of the TMS doctors. Ego is at the heart of our problems because it shields consciousness, and serves only itself.
You don't have to pick or choose one view or another to heal. Whether it's a distraction or message is irrelevant to healing. Be careful not to get caught up in the minutia of the knowledge gathering process. I used to be surprised when people weren't healing with the good doctor's books. But looking back with more experience I see why. There's still resistance to the message. People will often say..."I'm not sure if I totally believe in this or that from Dr. Sarno."....I think it's this way." He warned me to not let people try to pick and choose what they wanted to believe in. His work, works. But it has to be seen for what it is, and not for what people choose to believe. When I got my manuscript back from Dr. Sopher, he had marked it and circled things, etc. In the section where I wrote, "people tend to pick and choose what they want to believe."..he circled it and wrote..."exactly!!" Belief is the key to healing. You have to believe your body is ok or you can't heal. So everyone who heals from the knowledge that they're structurally ok, is healing from Dr. Sarno's work, and no one else's work. All the other mechanisms of conjecture are irrelevant.
1) you have to believe you have TMS and that
your body is ok.
2) once you understand about TMS,
stop gathering information on it, it's antithetical beyond the
repetition needed of the current information.
3) everyone needs confidence and support, but don't lean on others to heal you, it becomes paradoxical after awhile and will hold you back by the need for constant reassurance;
codependency.
4) don't hang out in pain groups talking about symptoms, we love you here, but we're happier if you never have to return
5) find more
joy in your life, if you have chronic symptoms you aren't having enough pure pleasure to counter your current situation
6) don't be "deceived" into thinking that everything in your life is good, and ok, if you have symptoms. The symptoms are proof that things are not good or ok, as through your eyes.
7) shift your awareness from body to happiness through passion.
8) stop seeking grails, you have what you need to heal, already inside you. Find it by looking.
Good luck Rachel Dear
Steve
