Compassion, Healing, and The Practitioner
-- and Detouring "Burn-out"
Originally Published July'88 in "The New Times" (Seattle).

According to the wisdom collected from study, classes, and many teachers,
extracted from contemplative integration and writings, and a limited amount of experience...

Have you heard the one about healing being a "spiritual trap?" It comes from reliable sources, by the way. Could this have something to do with "burnout?" And how about the relationship of compassion to responsibility; of sympathy to "protection," and of love to sacred energy? What is "a healing" and who does it? What would bring "permanent healing" versus a symptomatic alteration of pain or desease? I'm a practical person. What are the key elements of change and growth in a person, and what brings them about? I look for practical definitions for such concepts and situations, and for answers to such questions as regards my work. The following are some of the best I've found so far. On the other hand, discerning feelings and qualities is not easy, so making this sound less than dogmatic, not to mention idealistic, was the major challenge in my early writings as I tried to find words and make statements that covered many kinds of situations. But comon sense can extract the wisdom even from dogma, and ideals can make fine guideposts, and so I hope some good may come from this. (More on that at the end of the essay. So...)

Compassion is the (Higher-) Will empowered desire for the alignment in the flow of unconditional love. It is desire for love raised to the level of the Heart. It is the desire for the integration of, and therefore the Heart's understanding of, Divine Love. Compassion in healing does not weigh probable results of the healing alignment, but trusts that what results is according to the 'Highest Will'. Healing Compassion, therefore, does not involve the prescribing of what would be or what would constitute a healing of someone, except as previously stated. Simply put, Healing Compassion desires the realization of Divine Loving Will manifested in form. And only the receiver and his Higher Self/God knows (less or more consciously) what form/process that is to take from one point in time to the next. Therefore "a healing" might not necessarily appear as a healing at all.

Healing Compassion enables integration of/by/through the Heart: with the Mind and with the Body. It is said that when one truly understands through experience, then one does not have to remember through the mind. Integration enables practical living of that which is learned. Healing Compassion integrates the healing though the whole person - all levels or bodies - and is thus retained; it is permanent so long as the person retains the attitude(s) gained as a part of self. Emmet Fox said that the door to the soul opens from the inside, so we're not just talking about (the one playing the role of) the practitioner, of course.

One implication of the above is that an improvement in physical health (alone) is not necessarily "a healing". I am not referring only to basic symptomatic healing that occurs with drugs or other temporary treatments. Even total physiological health might conceivably be returned to a diseased person, yet if the healing is not a healing of Compassion, then the emotional and/or mental bodies have not been healed as well. As a result, the physical body will eventually reflect that contradiction by re-creating conditions related, if not similar, to the original challenge. This is because the attitudes were not integrated throughout the person.More on the "The 'Emotional-Body' & Motivation on the Path and in Healing."

I would like to make some distinctions to clarify the energy of compassion (from that of sympathy) due to some common misconceptions as to what it is and isn't. Many people say "sympathy" when they are actually talking about heart-level empathy and/or compassion. Compassion acknowledges the Highest in others and in self. It does not maternalize or paternalize, or in any way "take over" for another's learning process. However innocently intended on the conscious level, these serve only to temporarily addict the patient to the energy and/or to the "healer." Compassion honors each person's path, process, inner strengths, and connection to divine assistance and guidance. Of interest here may be the essay, "A Gestalt Perspective" and "Seven Phases of Personal Growth."

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Compassion acknowledges each person's responsibility for his/her decisions and follow-through toward personal change, including healing. On the other hand, "sympathetic resonance" (sympathy or "feeling sorry for") harmonizes one with another's energies - regardless of another's level of health or disease. Sympathy tends to *take* responsibility for another's learning, change, and growth -- where it needs instead, to be given along with honor and trust). It would set unnecessary limits, and protect the patient from the inevitables of life and, in that way, can be a subtle form of condescension. Related keywords for sympathy as so defined: Co-dependence, controlling, fixing, care-taking, martyrdom, addiction, games.

Here is also where the "burnout" process begins: when one takes responsibility (credit or blame or sympathy) for another's process or results therefrom, one "picks up" the patient's energy. This is more evident when a care-taker is (consciously or unconsciously) identifying more with the "feeling level" of the situation at hand than with the "management level". True responsibility and care-giving for self and others is necessarily simultaneous or it isn't happening much at all. I believe that a true sense of responsibility -- understanding to what degree one is responsible for who and/or what -- is where a practitioner's "protection" actually comes from (read: proper attitudes, boundaries, and corresponding communication). Invocative questions for alignment in this regard can be found in "Questions for Boundaries."

From there I'll just comment that it can be challenging to learn that "the universe hands us no more that we can handle". Compassion is also a gift of experience, of pain if you will. And this is not to imply judgment of one who chooses on some level to share into a patient's karma via the healing process as a vehicle. EG: Shamans have been known to "take on" their patient's issues/desease and then process it, while resonating the healing process with the patient. In this way the shaman *consciously* works with the same energies at the same time, and in effect guides the patient (on an energetic level, and maybe also in practical and tangible settings) through the process. That kind of empathic exchange is actually more common than one might think, although it is done to a much lesser degree, usually unconsciously, and usually not with without a lot of pain for all concerned. It is not advised for the average healing practitioner to attempt, and it may be argued that just as effective (and less painful) means of healing facilitation are now used for most any condition.

Related Keywords & References (for now or after reading further below):
* "Cording" & "Warding", "Power of Spoken Word" (Elaboration via WARDING[CordRemoval]-2.Txt (Text file)
* Also on clearing/Cutting/Attenuating Cords: Acknowledging (and affirming) you are responsible *only* for those people and situations you consciously want to be. A special section on that has been added to the "Q's for Boundaries" web page.
* "Energy Redistribution", "Qigong" (Basic Exercises for now) also included in WARDING[CordRemoval]-2.Txt (Text file)
"WHY PAIN? Notes on Pain, Awareness & Denial" (Physical and other levels) -- Aspects in Developing a Practical Approach with Compassion

Responsible compassion, then, raises the levels of both practitioner and patient by acknowledging the highest capacities and potentials -our worthiness to be all that we are. The pain of learning compassion comes from holding on to old ideas, habits, boundaries, and associations; from old ways of being and doing. It comes from the resistance to the changes that one knows deep within are best. One "new thought" philosophy likes to say, "Let go and let God," another "simple but not easy" opportunity. On the other hand, how can one defend the experience pain (against those who would make it "wrong") without increasing the experience of it? I believe that someone in pain needs one to be there and listen, not to either judge their condition or to agree with it. One thing needed then is a 'presence' that honors the path through which the person is learning to fully accept and unconditionally love all of self. I here refer you to the prose, "Communications and Healing: Trusting the Connections," and "Bringing My Family Together."

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     Have you ever wondered why great teachers have contracted great diseases or created intensely painful experiences? Dennis Adams teaches that masters do this intentionally in order to lessen the magnetism of the planetary entity (thought-created consciousness) of that condition. Through unconditionally loving the condition as part of their chosen path, the teacher not only radiates great compassion into the world in general, but also magnetizes the energy of that condition with Love, and when the condition leaves his/her body it rejoins the planetary entity of that condition. But instead of feeding that entity with more helplessness, denial, fear, and shame, the returned Love-Wisdom energy permeates the thoughtform with Compassion-empowered Loving Understanding of it all as part of the planetary process of it becoming whole. This is the greatest means of transmutation and yet we can gradually learn to do this for the conditions we encounter in ourselves and others, including anger, depression, fear, helplessness, etc., not to mention physical situations. Related to integration of Spirit and Body-Mind is the writing, "Class Questions and Topics for 'Body-Mind Integration and the Chalice' "

     Whence comes compassion and understanding? From the pristine heights of the pure and perfect? That's not exactly the way things happen on Earth, according to the ancients: Sacred energy is the basic energy of all Life in manifested form. It is also called "Kundalini" or "Life Force," depending on the context and/or activity one is referring to. One could say that the Sacred energy gets divided into two paths. Yet these two paths are continuously dividing and crossing -- respectively setting and ceasing bio-electric charges along the way -- again and again. This brings about (certainly at least to the senses) a world of duality. Duality and the attraction of opposites is the basis of the manifested universe and even still, it is the platform/vehicle through which we realize unity. - To Artwork with philosophical interpretation related to the Unity/Duality Paradox (you will need to use your browser's "Back" key to return here). Sacred energy in the lower centers might be felt/expressed as desire for sexual gratification (and perhaps only as that initially). It desires/attracts the level of love that corresponds to that level of relating. Sacred energy, when raised to higher levels, is felt/expressed as desire for higher levels of relating. The term "Sexual" originally meant "sacred", and not "profane," by the way. Therefore, it is as unlimited as we allow/will/facilitate that energy to be transformed - and to be expressed. More on related topics at "... Synthesis of Body & Soul... Psycho-Emotional Organization and the Body-Mind... Attitudes, and Chakras"

     Sexual energy raised to the level of the Heart (energy center) expresses as desire for love at that level - "unconditional love." Sacred Energy brings up to the heart-level the gifts of the lower centers, including the drive of the center at the base of the spine, the creative passion of the sacral center, the discernment and discrimination of the solar plexus, and then combines the wisdom of the crown center, the insight of the "3rd Eye" center, and God's Will/Communications/EnergyManagement of the throat center, for transmutation and transformation at that interconnecting/integrating heart center. Whence comes compassion, a desire for Love's permiation - the love that asks for nothing in return, but desires the realization/greater awareness of Divine Love.

     What has all this got to do with healing being a "spiritual trap?" In Bill Cosby's "Noah and the Arc" story, he joked that when a neighbor asked Noah why he was building the ark with all the dry land around, Noah answered, "I'll give you a hint: How long can you tread water (?) haa, haa, haa" So I might answer that first question with, "How long can you tread karma?" Here I am referring to intention, clarity, compassion, and responsibility in regard to what we consider our role to be in relation to other people's growth process.

     I believe that this writing on healing would not be complete without mentioning the quality of Gratitude. One affirmation-prayer I would like to share here toward the healing of other and/or self: "I give thanks for your realization of your (inherent) worthiness to be perfectly healed in accord with the Highest Loving Will for your Divine Plan fulfilled." I have found Gratitude to be a sacred tool for realizing at once (a degree of) both Divine Power and Divine Humility -- another pair of qualities that I believe are either simultaneously realized or not at all. Giving thanks serves as a catalyst: it opens channels and magnetizes Joy and enthusiasm to bind the intender to the intention in Feeling (in the emotional body), and then to the intended (the actualization), transmuting time in the process, and it can bring ready opportunity for praising All Manifestion Present as Divinely Ordained.

     The following poem was written from a state of consciousness that, I must say, I have not been able to maintain through many of my more difficult challenges. I include it here to complement the subject matter of this writing, and to state an IDEAL for attainment.

THE PRICE OF COMPASSION

Compassion is Allowing even of unallowingness,
of apathy, and of disinterest in
another's compassionate (l)oneliness.

Compassion is merciful to its bearer's own suffering
and patient with his confusion
and recognizes the Love-Wisdom that follows.

Compassion seeks Love in the strangest of places-
it being the fuel for the adventuring soul,
the heart of Courage, the Clarity of determination,
the path of Purpose, the reward of hardship.

Compassion is the doorway to realizing adversity
as the doorway to realizing Gratitude
as the Seed of Meaning, and makes a Garden
for the flowers of Grace, and acknowledges both
Victory and defeat as the conception of new Life and growth.

Compassion heals by knowing each and everything
as an essential part of All --
Compassion is Complete, yet is always Open.

Compassion gives up everything-including Freedom,
but allows all into its Heart
that has the abandon of Faith to Enter --
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDHI HUM
My Guru Heart Lightning Manifesting Unbearable Compassion

Compassion values all that is without
anything that is said to be valuable,
yet its price is only that which would bind it-
including expectations of Understanding
or even of Acceptance of its very own Love.

-- Original version, "Sacred Energy, Compassion, and Healing" by Chris Pringer,
published in The New Times, of Seattle, Washington, July 1988 --

More On "Ideals", added Jan'11):
For many readers as well as this author, many of the ideals stated or implied on various pages at my site are supremely challenging to say the least, and understandably so. I present them because I believe they help us formulate a useful vision by which we can effectively develop realistic and purposeful goals. Very few get to live up to our highest ideals, but without ideals, what would we live up to? More pragmatically (?) on the subject: On Potential Realities, Ideals, Goals, and Accomplishment and "The Goal Chart - A Flow-Chart of the Human Psyche in Growth Facilitation and The Achievement of Goals, Attainment, and the Role of Inner-Work". And "Heart's Desire, Ideals, & Accomplishment" (same page, Aug'11) is About clarifying what we most truly want, and how we can have that... also about HOW we respond to Pain & Loss (whether caused by disease, ourselves, others, or the economy) and are brought back together again.
From the section, "Seven Phases of Evolution" (at the 'Evo-Trends' essay): 'This perspective (using a system of evolution/growth phases) is provided as a vehicle or means for the study of evolution - so that we might look at where we are now, relative to where we want to go. So that our ideals and purpose for living might be considered in depth, as well as in the long term, "macro-cosmically" if you will. And thereby, we might develop the goals and plans that may effectively assist us in surviving the impending global challenges we face today.'



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My daughter (8 yo) and some friends to my right in 1991.

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Related Essays

"WHY PAIN? Notes on Pain, Awareness & Denial"
Pertains to Physical and other levels - Aspects in Developing a Practical Approach with Compassion. I begin with basic, more physical-level concepts, and extend into other dimensions from there. There may be more proper medical terms for most of the dynamics I describe, but my purpose is to try to explain a complex but common experience in an understandable fashion. includes short essays, "Intro & Notes on Pain, Pain Reduction, Pain Elimination, Pain Desensitization", "A List Of Factors In The Perception Of Pain", "More On Referral Of Pain", "Delayed Healing", "Why Deep Massage/Bodywork?", "Should A Massage Be Painful?", "Touch-Sensivity of Muscles...", "Stress & Energy Related Pains", "Notes On Pain From Gestalt Perspective", "Internal Separation And Healing".

"A Gestalt Perspective," and "Seven Phases of Personal Growth" (2 Essays)
A perspective on an approach to and regard for life, one's past and present, as well as a basis for personal growth and/or therapy. I could've called it an integrated 'Gestaltist-Humanist-Buddhist-New Thought' perspective. (You could say these are my main sources, from among the various "schools" of psychology and correlating approaches to application of therapy.)

"Notes on Beliefs, Healing, and Prayer"
Practical considerations and a little science to boot. Tools for working with the cells - self-healing on an energetic level, plus supportive science, concepts and references, a summary essay, "Cells & Healing Changes: How I Believe What I See; Building, Cleansing, and Paradigm Management; Body-Parenting & Healing Cell-Talk" [Rev'd Apr 2011] and "'Getting Super': Sample Personalized Visualization Prayer Chart" (more application of science than prayer in this case, actually) [New Apr 2011]. Also "Water-Charging -Group-Fired- Healing Technique", based on some very inspiring scientific findings by Masaru Emoto including Dr. Emoto's message requesting our using his short, simple prayer for transforming the water (molecules) effected by nuclear radiation. [this page is finally begginning to say what I've always wanted it to! ie: more to come in time.]

"The Use Of Questions (and Gestalt approach) In Effective Affirmation Therapy"
Theory & Examples for Practical Application. Theory section explains how this (PRQ) system compares to other affirmation techniques and therapies - how and why they work, advantages of PRQ's, etc. Includes Lots of Sample PRQ's (Positive Response Questions) for learning and affirming any desired knowledge, Simple How-To's in developing Pragmatic use of "the right question" -- from a test situation and/or from regular affirmations. Works well for the intangibles (Personal Growth oriented) which many would say has to come before you can truly enjoy the rest anyway. © `94

"Body-Mind Integration in the Personal Growth Process"
BASIC HOW'S AND WHY'S Of Storage of Tension and Memory in the bodily tissues ("normal" and otherwise): When, how and why it is stored and released; communication between body and mind, benefits; proprioreceptors, personal growth, massage/bodywork, therapist's approach, etc. (Published In Massage Magazine, July-August 1992). May-Oct 2011: Addendum essays added with the goal of clarifying these topics as more easily understandable for *common sense* preventative maintenance application, as well as further completing the context and clarifying the dynamics and processes involved, including "Muscle Q & A" - a Kind of overview of the core topics, "Body Awareness and Communications, as Related to Body-Memory and Integration", "Insight Please", "EQ, IQ, Emotional Integration, and a Synergetic Relationship", and "Sticky Muscles", Reviews for two articles "on Massage, Alternative Therapies, & Pain, with "Study: Massages really can make pain go away"; & Sept 2011 Consumer Report; quotes, commentary & charts.
Chris, Feb'11

"INTEGRATION":
"Integration" (whether of the past, the good, the bad, or the ugly) in the wholistic or therapeutic sense, implies that the information or skills are re-organized and then learned from, in such a healthfully in such a healthfully complete or "Integral" way (*Love-Wisdom* in application), that it is understood and used for the highest good. The process involves "Synergy" of many systems, and the word "Transformative" is often used to describe it.

The "Core Body-Mind Integration Concepts in Context Chart" is now (10/10/11) at the Organization Chart page. It compacts the key points into a relatively small visual space, and provides a summary of them and their implications relative to body-mind preventative maintenance, pain management, other aspects.

"Integration" by Krysta Gibson,
about Common myths vs realities about psycho-spiritual integration; effective guidance about feelings and memories, 'living in the now', 'releasing' events and people, 'forgiving and forgetting' the past - for living the spiritual life fully and meaningfully. Originally published by Krista Gibson in "The New Times" of Seattle. Through the late 80's & most of the 90's, I always read Krysta's essays if I didn't have time to read anything else, and kept copies of various or her articles handy for my clients to take home with them. Still current...

"My Cells - My Children" & other metaphorical prose
Illustrates the dynamic relationships of Spirit, mind, body, and emotions, as well as the inner-child-parent-family, including the cells, organs, and body systems. New section on "Body-Parenting" in Mind-Body Integration and a powerful form of Preventative Health Maintenance [New 12/16/09]. Based on the "Re-Parenting" approach to personal growth & self-healing, I consider it a powerful adjunct to Body-Mind Integration. The page also includes a little artwork in surreal symbolism, "The Chaliverse."

"Love Letter" self-applied journaling technique (Word doc format)
"Nice name, serious work": This letter format is useful for preparing and/or facilitating deeper communications and/or resolving conflict/issues within self or with another person (ie: parent, former mate, etc). This method can fill a special need for therapeutic dialog with someone who is currently not present, including those who have passed on. Because most of what any person can actually heal, or may be responsible to heal, is within ones own feeling body. It is also valuable for/during various strictly personal therapeutic processes, for simply journaling, including self-dialog between two or more parts of yourself that represent mixed feelings about something. Other benefits include introduction to and practice in additional valuable self-healing techniques: "Self-Parenting;" constructing practical, emotionally integrative affirmations; making decisions about your intention and direction for healing change; and verbalizing those decisions in order to etch them into ones being. The latter initiates the completion of (as yet unmet) essential need(s) of the inner-child, and may manifest changes in related physical symptoms (ie: less pain). Titled, "How To Write A Love Letter", this is Available in Word doc format or (Unformatted) Text format. [You may also be able to right click on either of those links, select "save link as" (or equivalent), and save the file(s) to your hard drive for later use.]

"Fibromyalgia - Theory with Examples" [NEW, Apr 28-30, 2011] at the Fascia Memory Theory page - a cause and effect theory - about Fibromyalgia's possible "relationship to a perfuse scattering of waste products throughout the fine interstitial spaces among the cells of the muscle tissues, due to their being chronically held *contracted* and under-circulated, including trauma induced contractedness over a broad-area (including by being forcibly tickled in early childhood)..." (Maybe it's no accident that this came along shortly after the visualization chart at the "Notes on Beliefs, Healing, and Prayer" page.)

"Pattern Triad & Body-Mind-Spirit Triangle Interfaces" sig'd
© Chris Pringer Apr'11 "Understanding the Pattern Triad and The Body Pattern Assessment" About Mind-Body Relationships, (from) coping mechanisms, (to) skills, (to) gifts through challenges on one's Life Path. This page is about how the body has habitually responded to experience is evidenced by the body's holding and movement patterns. Includes [Rev'd & New Sections, 12/27/09] "Notes on Mind-Body Correlations - Source-References, Organization of *Body Memory,* and 'WHAT I DO' ". Other sections include excerpts from "Body Memory and ... Learning Life Lessons." About aspects to be discovered, emotionally cleared, and then employed as mental/emotional assets and guidance towards determining and accomplishing life goals. I provide an explaination for a system of assessments and mind-body correlations -- learned and integrated from/for my work with others as well as for my own life process. Note: Keywords referring to, or related to, the same phenomenon: fascia memory, somatic memory, tissue memory, muscle memory, somatic experience, somatic healing, somatic therapy.

"Opening the Bridges & Firing the Cauldrons"
Integrating Energy Work and Self-Healing Instruction into bodywork, is about a "Chalice-Bridging" style chakra balancing, and may include Reiki and/or very basic Qigong instruction. This approach is based in the view that we each are a bridge between Father & Mother GOD/ESSence, & thus form a chalice for the balancing & integrating of Humanity with the Divine. Or at least ideally so, as our systems are *attuned* & our batteries are *charged* & we fullfill our true role as human embodiments of Spirit. And in the belief that the body-mind can be a primary means of access for finding ones Way, developing appropriate and effective relationship among the three "lower bodies" (mental, emotional, and physical, which compose the "Body-Mind". Ref: "Triangle/Triad Interface" Chart above).

Yi Ren Qigong
Why I enjoy this approach and manner of treatment is explained via Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun's "Guiding Principle # 4: Assist Individuals to Identify and Treat the Root Cause of Their Health Condition. Illnesses do not occur spontaneously. Symptoms are not the causes of diseases but expressions of the body's internal miscommunications. Causes may occur on many levels, including physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. To accurately identify and treat the root cause of diseases with Yi Ren Medical Qigong, there are specific practice routines which can help individuals recover completely. Yi Ren Medical Qigong practice increases both the therapists/practitioners' levels of awareness , assists individuals in identifying the fundamental underlying causes of dis-ease on all levels, and encourages practitioners to work on the root causes rather than symptoms." Articles at the Yi Ren Qigong Center web site include "Guiding Principles of Yi Ren Qigong", "Introduction to Yi Ren Medical Qigong", "Qi Cultivation for Healing Chronic Illness", "The Art of Internal Observation", "The Physiology of the Three Gates". Featuring Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun, PhD., Founder of the Institute of Qigong & Internal Alternative Medicine. Dr. Sun is currently engaged in mind-body medicine and energy medicine research at Bastyr University, Seattle, Washington. He is an expert in Qigong for Functional Pain (pain with no apparent organic causes).

"Effective Affirmation Therapy
The Use Of 'Positive Response Questions' (PRQ's) and Gestalt Approach"
There's more to Effective Affirmation than repeating positive statements, Attitude, Approach, and Technique can make all the difference, especially for highly challenging times, severe pain, etc. How's, Why's, of 'Positive Response Questions' (PRQ's) and Gestalt Approach, Samples, Ref-Links, & more

"Achievement of Goals, Attainment, And the Role of Inner Work: A Flow Chart of the Human Psyche in Growth Facilitation and ..." - Often referred to at this site as "the Goal Chart" - a practical visual tool to complement & help complete other self-help perspectives & presentations - a re-hash of ancient truths created to work for new applications; © Chris Pringer, '92, Rev'd 8'02.

Victims, Compassion, & Responsibility
Notes on The Emotional-Body, Denial of Pain, & Easy Answers (not)

Emotion & motivation on the Path and in Healing

"Questions for INTER-RESOURCING
The Use of Personally Applied Invocative Questions (Invoc-Q's)
for Multi-Dimensional Facilitation of Information Sharing, Integration, & Access"

"Resource Access Prayer Chart for Economy

Page Description:
19 prayers as of Jan 2011, generally invoking Divine assistance, calling for citizen awareness & courage, truth, justice, accountability, related healing, learning, & balance, etc. They include a resource-connecting prayer chart for the Economy (Jan'11) , two that are specific to global climate healing, one to Iraq & Middle East, two for comprehensive planetary healing in general, two specific to media communications (latest Dec'10), and more. Page includes background and related information, links, and printing/downloading tips. (Yes, of course it's free, as I believe prayers are meant to be.)

"Q's Prayer 4 World Peace
"Archangel Prayer for Iraq-MiddleEast"

   "A Global Climate Healing Fantasy and the Spirit of It All" On Sacred Earth Background. PDF versions available for Printing (is 2 pages long)
World Healing Prayers over Sacred Geometry Graphic Backgrounds

The "coverage" (via prayer text) provides a virtual summary of our current world challenges - hints to opportunities to gain the momentum we need to heal/transform the planet and mankind.

Broad Spectrum World Healing Prayer

'Karma-learning-Love Shield' Shared by Chris Pringer 2010

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Iraq-Middle-East Healing Prayer

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1) that it is in it's original and complete form (or an editing or excerpt by agreement with the author); 2) contact info are intact (included visible and readable with the writing or artwork): "Chris Pringer, chrispringer@chalicebridge.com, www.chalicebridge.com"; 3) the following conditions are ALSO complied with: Hardcopy reproduction is ok so long as a) it is only for (non-profitable) personal use (1 copy), or non-profit organizational use (1 copy per employee); b) posting on web pages, blogs, or forums is ok only with my expressed permission in each case (partly because I want to know where it's been put, and I'd be most honored to be asked); c) distribution of my writings or artwork is not ok unless with my prior written permission and/or agreement with regard to appropriate (if any) compensation. 4) Any mirroring of my website in part or in total complies with the above. 5) The only exception to the above being for the World Healing Prayers, which I encourage people to make all the copies desired - as can be used effectively - without obligation to get my permission or even contact me, although I would love and most appreciate hearing from you about that. [ This section edited for clarification Sept. 2010; Original statement Aug 2000 when site at AOL. Also Please Note as needed: I have yet to ever sell -or give permission for anyone else to sell- any of my artwork on E-Bay or anywhere else - Dec'07 ...Feb'11 ]

AUTHORSHIP & ORIGINS: Unless otherwise noted under the titles or artwork, all essays, artwork, prayers, pages at my web site, as at my previous site at AOL (Fall'97 to Spring'06) -- and with exception of a very few and diminishing numbers of the solid color and cloudy-sky color backgrounds, bullets & bars, and the logo/headers from or revised for others' sites (as noted) -- has been composed, created & rendered, and web-authored © by myself, Christopher Pringer, practitioner in Body-Mind-Energy Integration Therapies since 1984, ordained minister since 1987. Actually on August 17, 1987, "Harmonic Convergence Day", with New Age Fellowship, Seattle, WA, more recently with S.H.E.S. (International Assembly of Spiritual Healers & Earth Stewards Congregations, SHES.Org) in 2001 for/as "Chalice-Bridging Body Mind & Soul Ministries" Most of the personal health-oriented essays at this site were written in the early 90's, as compared to the social/political/peace oriented pages since 1997, with the proposed Fascia Memory Research Project first published in 1996, and the "Evo-Trends" perspective in 1995. I have been gradually improving their style over the years, including the dates of revisions therein.

DISCLAIMER: None of my writing or artwork is intended to be, to replace, or discourage the appropriate use of, medical attention and/or treatment, but as educationally informative for the purpose of overall health enhancement and preventative maintenance. So far as I know, I have not quoted any other person without saying so. I have emulated a number of writers and teachers, so I wouldn't be surprised if many of my statements have similar words and meanings as they. In any case, I have always tried to say what I believed, and when knowingly restating someone else's words, I say so (except perhaps in annotated links to their web sites).

"Transition Mandala w/ Transforming Heart Overlay" © Chris Pringer 2008

"Chalice Forming 3D w/Subtle 3DPi-Chalice" © Chris Pringer 2009 [Description]

"Chalice Vortex Bridge over Earth-rS" © Chris Pringer 2007-09

PolyPsyArts for "Pragmatic Idealism"
for getting "from here to there".
Logo © Chris Pringer, PolyPsyArts, web editor for vUSPA (virtual US Peace Academy), member of Veteran's for Peace and of the "Seattle 12" of SNOW (Seattle Non-Violent Opponents of War).

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Professional Bio & Training

Chris Pringer, 2011

Chris by Artwork
(a 2005 photo over 2009 artwork)

Chris at Massage Chair, 2005
I began my studies in multi-level self-healing when in the service, in Thailand in the Winter of '73. The focus then was on self-help psychology, consciousness, and eastern and western mystical perspectives. This continued through my university studies in Norman, OK '74-'79. 1980 took me into naturopathic studies, primarily nutrition and herbology when I lived in Oklahoma City. Not seeing the naturopathic doctor route as affordable at the time, I found direction via a five-evening massage course, Fall '83. That led to a six month professional practice, followed up with the training in Sante Fe, NM, '84-'85 (detailed in my on-line brochure).

Since then I have practiced massage and/or healing facilitation for others, initially in Santa Fe, NM (during/after my training), then San Louis Obispo, CA, and Seattle, WA (with more courses along the way). This includes exploring personal challenges and self-healing methodology. A session may include various energy-body-work modalities, Body/Energy-Awareness based Preventative Health Maintenance Instruction, Cyclist Therapy, office stress treatments (in a chair), or only Reiki or relaxation work in total silence. A client chooses based on whatever stress, pain, or concerns are present at that session. A client may request a "Body Pattern Reading," as well as various massage/bodywork therapies, all of which techniques are listed & described in the Body-Mind Integration Therapies Brochure. Individual, program, and 3-6 week interval-based rates are available. Testimonials are available (on a separate page).

My professional interests have primarily centered in three areas:

1) Body-Centered Psycho-Spiritual Process (as in "Hakomi" style of) counseling and bodywork, including as assessing an individual for the most efficient means of addressing connective tissue injury, short and long term (on physical and/or emotional levels). Related are the basic hows & whys of storage & release of tension and "body memory" in the muscles and fascia. And in the fascia memory storage dynamics - referring to the technical aspects of neuro-physical interface between connective tissue, emotion, and the brain);
2) "Chalice-Bridging" style chakra balancing, including Reiki (energy work) - based in the view that we each are a bridge between Father & Mother God/dess, & thus form a chalice for the balancing & integrating of Humanity with the Divine. Or at least ideally so, as our systems are *attuned* & our batteries are *charged* & we fullfill our true role as human embodiments of Spirit.
3) Therapy for Cyclists and other athletes, related injuries, and preventative maintenance. In April 2011 I responded to a request to offer Century Ride Packages (pre & post 100+ mile rides). My experience with cyclists at that point, including for minor and major injuries, tallied to over 1200 hrs.

Professional Brochure
(Web Page)

Compact Trifold PDF
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My training includes
Over 1700 hours of classes and practicum, including with the New Mexico Academy of Massage and Advanced Healing Arts in Santa Fe, NM (1984-85), and with various accredited bodywork and therapy workshops (`86-present), as well as 100 hours training with the Alchemical Hypnotherapy Institute (1989), over 100 hrs apprenticeship with healing practitioner Robert "Mitra" (`85-`86), 150 hours apprenticeship with Silena Heron in Herbal Studies (`83-`84), Training, Certification, & Empowerment as Reiki Master (3rd Degree Johrei, 1991; Kundalini Reiki to 9th Level w/Gtunmo & Devic Template, 2004). For the detailed version my training, you may go to the latter half of the Body-Mind Integration Therapies Brochure. Which also includes (and relates context for) links to essays elaborating on aspects of imbalance and injury, assessment, and healing.

Personal Notes or Quotes on Body-Mind Awareness [ cp, 12'07 ]

BODY-MIND AWARENESS, at the core of preventive health awareness, is one of the most simple, efficacious, & cost-effective forms of HEALTH INSURANCE there can be. Hence, massage is far from just "a luxury item," and bodywork therapies can be indispensable for the healing of certain conditions.

MUSCLES RELATE TO ATTACHMENTS - to what we use to take our stance, to hold our place, to perceive and respond to our environment, and to extend who we are and/or want to be. Or used to be (in too many cases, perhaps).
That speaks not only to the body's condition and function, but to how it communicates awareness of where one is along one's path (of becoming who one truly is).

THE BODY IS . . . among other amazing things, a unique communications system -- intimately linked with one's TOTALITY.
Establishing rapport with one's body can be a PATH to self realization.

ONE OF MY DREAMS is a society where/in all children are taught how to feel/see/read their own body-mind communications such that preventive health maintenance eventually becomes second nature. And actually, for the most part, they would be encouraged to re-awaken and build upon what I believe to be a NATURAL INCLINATION - conscious self-healing and continuous expansion of awareness.

And the above goes FOR ALL OTHER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, to the degree that one utilizes them to improve such awareness and causative/pro-active connection with one's body-mind, and to employ the most effective tools for maintaining/improving one's health under any given condition or circumstance.

WHY DOES BODY AWARENESS = OPTIMUM HEALTH INSURANCE ?
And How does "Body-Parenting" relate to that in Body-Mind Integration ?

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Compassion, Healing, and The Practitioner -- and Detouring "Burn-out" Originally Published July'88 in "The New Times" (Seattle).

THE PRICE OF COMPASSION

Compassion, Healing, and The Practitioner
-- and Detouring "Burn-out"
Originally Published July'88 in "The New Times" (Seattle).