The Five-Minute Miracle

by Tara Springett

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  This case study shows that higher-consciousness healing can bring solutions to our problems that are very unexpected and astonishing. Therefore, it is important to keep an open mind as to how our problem can be solved. If we are lucky, we may find that the solution is easier than we thought.

  There is a multitude of possible healing symbols that may pop into our mind after we make our request to our higher consciousness. In order for a symbol to work, however, it needs to have a beautiful form and a bright color. A symbol that looks ugly or boring, or has a dark or dull color, cannot represent the solution to our problem. Here is a non-exhaustive list of possible healing symbols:

  a brightly colored geometrical form

  a piece of beautiful jewelry

  gemstones

  the sun or a shining star

  a brightly colored animal

  an angelic being surrounded by beautiful light

  the blue sea or a green meadow

  a brilliant white cloud in a radiantly blue sky

  a brightly colored flower or a bunch of flowers

  a bright green tree

  How to Choose the Right Symbol

  It is important that we only accept a healing symbol from our higher consciousness that we feel really good about. If we don't like our symbol, it won't be able to enter deeply into our unconscious mind and do the transformative work that is necessary. The following two examples illustrate this point.

  A client of mine who suffered from depression received a beautiful red ruby as a healing symbol. When she came back to me, she complained that she hadn't improved one little bit. When I quizzed her about the details of her process, she told me that she had initially liked her red ruby, but then it reminded her of blood, which she found very repulsive. Obviously, she couldn't get better in that way. Her next symbol was a blue sapphire that helped her to overcome her depression beautifully.

  Another client had a great problem with throwing anything away, so her apartment was filled with an incredible amount of stuff. She received a pink axe as a healing symbol, which seemed appropriate at first glance. I was suspicious, however, because usually the higher consciousness doesn't give such “aggressive” symbols. I asked my client how she felt about her healing symbol and, sure enough, she said she felt ambivalent about it. I suggested that she ask for a more pleasant symbol and, in the end, she received a pink heart, which she used successfully.

  Don't take a symbol you feel ambivalent about.

  If we receive a healing symbol that doesn't feel really good to us, for whatever reason, we should ask our higher consciousness for another. Don't take a symbol you feel ambivalent about and don't try to change the symbol yourself. Always ask your higher consciousness to give you another symbol. One word of caution, however. If you haven't received a good healing symbol after three or four tries, give yourself a break and try again later. The part of your mind that can receive information on an intuitive level can tire quickly. This is especially true if you become impatient or frustrated.

  Sometimes, people receive more than one symbol. If this happens, simply choose the symbol you like best.

  The Importance of Bright Color

  Different colors have different healing qualities. That is why they are used to cure emotional and physical problems in different forms of color therapy. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem to matter whether we experience “real” colored light from a lamp, or whether we just imagine it. The healing process works in either case. So when we work with higher-consciousness healing, we must always use a healing symbol with a bright and beautiful color. If our healing symbol is white, it needs to be a very radiant and brilliant white. In my experience, the following colors don't work for healing symbols:

  If you receive a symbol that is one of these colors, or one that is transparent, simply ask your higher consciousness for a brighter color or for a new symbol altogether. For example, one acquaintance of mine had worked with higher-consciousness healing all by herself, but had achieved hardly any improvement with her anxiety disorder. When I asked her about her symbol, she said she had received a transparent ring. I told her that a transparent symbol doesn't work, and that her symbol needed to have a strong and radiant color. So she sat down and asked for another symbol. This time, she received a golden ring and her anxiety reduced greatly.

  If you know a lot about color therapy, it is best if you put to one side your knowledge about which color traditionally cures which problem when you ask for your healing symbol. Instead, allow yourself to be surprised by the color your higher consciousness shows you. What matters is that you like your symbol. For example, in traditional color therapy, the color red is an invigorating color, while blue has calming properties. However, quite a few of my “anger clients” have successfully worked with bright-red symbols. Why that is I cannot say—I leave all this to the wisdom of the higher consciousness.

  Trouble-Shooting

  Once we have asked our higher consciousness for a healing symbol, it will just pop into our mind as anything ranging from a precise image to a vague thought. As I have said before, we don't have to visualize it clearly. If you have received only a vague idea about a symbol, just ask your higher consciousness if this is the right symbol for you, and check for an inner feeling of confirmation. If you get an inner feeling of “yes” (or at least not a “no”), and if you really like the symbol, go ahead and work with it. If you can't “see” your symbol at all, try making a simple drawing of it.

  For most people, their symbol comes to them within a split second after asking their higher consciousness. So it is important to pay close attention so you don't miss it. Sometimes, people dismiss their first image and, afterward, feel as if their minds are blocked. To avoid this, try to acknowledge whatever comes into your mind. If you don't like what you see, you can simply ask for another symbol. We should never accept a symbol that has popped into our mind before we asked for it. We should always ask for our higher consciousness first and then see what pops into mind. If you still have problems receiving a symbol, here are some suggestions:

  Check to see if you have dismissed the first thought that came into your mind after asking for your healing symbol. If this is the case, ask your higher consciousness if your first thought was the right healing symbol.

  Maybe you expected to “see” a symbol, but instead “heard” an idea for a symbol. Maybe you even “felt” a symbol. Check to see if you received a symbol through a different channel from the one that you expected.

  Maybe you weren't relaxed enough to receive a symbol. Go back to your relaxation and try again a little later.

  Try to make your request for a symbol to your higher consciousness with more passion. Really mean it!

  Before you ask for your healing symbol, picture a lake. When you make your request to your higher consciousness, see a symbol emerging from the middle of the lake.

  Before you ask for your healing symbol, picture the dark night sky. When you make your request to your higher consciousness, see your symbol emerging out of the sky like a UFO.

  Before you ask for your healing symbol, picture a desert. When you make your request to your higher consciousness, see your symbol emerging like a mirage.

  Before you ask for a healing symbol, take a notepad and a pen. When you make your request to your higher consciousness, let your hand draw or write down an idea of a symbol.

  Before you ask for your healing symbol, imagine a radio. When you make your request to your higher consciousness, “hear” a response coming from this radio.

  Before you ask for your healing symbol, take a medium-sized piece of clay or something similar into your hands. When you make your request to your higher consciousness, let your hands form a rough symbol.

  If a friend or a therapist is guiding you through this part of higher-consciousness healing, they can ask your higher consciousness for a healing symbol on your behalf. They should ask out loud in the following way: Please give (your name) a healing sym
bol to overcome his/her suffering from feeling (emotion) about (problem). Listen to their request and then pay close attention to any idea of a symbol that may appear in your mind.

  If all else fails, let your friend or therapist receive a healing symbol on your behalf. Only accept a symbol that you really like.

  Last, but not least, thank your higher consciousness once you are satisfied with the symbol of your choice.

  John

  John came to see me because he suffered from depression. Like many of my clients, he launched into a long explanation of why and how his depression had been caused by his alcoholic mother who had severely abused him when he was a child. After empathizing with John's feelings, I told him that—despite the popularity of these ideas—there is no proof that our current problems are caused by our childhood experiences. In actual fact, I have found that blaming our parents causes people to feel like victims and become even more depressed. To help John solve his problem, I showed him how to send love to himself and to his mother with the help of a healing symbol, and how to wish sincerely for himself and her to be happy. At the same time, I told him to relax the tensions in his chest that were associated with his depression. In that session, John completely dissolved all his depression, which hadn't happened in years. It took exactly four weeks before he could do this all by himself and feel joy and optimism in all areas of his life. Simultaneously, his relationship with his mother improved. To John's great surprise she started to phone him regularly, which was something she had never done before.

  Summary

  Ask for your healing symbol in the following way: Please give me a healing symbol to overcome my suffering from feeling (emotion) about (problem).

  Your healing symbol must be beautiful and have a bright color.

  If you don't like your symbol, ask for another one.

  If you receive more than one symbol, pick the one that feels best for you.

  Chapter 10

  WORKING WITH OUR HEALING SYMBOL

  IN THIS CHAPTER, WE'LL EXPLORE in more detail how to work with our healing symbol. Since a careful exploration may make the process appear more complicated than it is, I will first give you a short summary of how to do it.

  See or sense your healing symbol in the middle of your chest.

  While you breathe out, radiate the color of your healing symbol throughout your body and surround yourself with a bubble of loving joyful light.

  When you breathe in, just relax. Then exhale the positive qualities of your symbol again.

  If other people are involved in your problem, see them surrounded by bubbles of loving joyful light as well. Your bubble and theirs may touch, but they should not merge. Know that everyone who is genuinely happy will immediately repent their wrongdoing and become very likeable.

  Relax the physical tensions that are associated with your painful emotions.

  Quite a few of my “anxiety clients” immediately start to worry that they are not able to work with their healing symbols correctly. My advice is always the same: If it feels good, it will do you good. Working with your symbol should be an altogether pleasurable activity; at no time should it feel like a strain. Therefore, it is important not to worry about whether you are doing it correctly. If you get distracted, simply relax and come back to your healing symbol.

  Our Spiritual Heart

  In the middle of our chest, beneath our breastbone, is what I call our spiritual heart. It is from here that our deepest fulfillment and happiness arises. Our spiritual heart is the source of the love and the wisdom that we are all searching for and it is the only place where unhappiness can be transformed into happiness. Our spiritual heart is the place from which we can reconnect with our higher consciousness.

  If we could experience our spiritual heart directly, we would experience only space—a space as wide as the universe and as bright as the sun, a space that is vibrant with the beautiful energy of love and joy. This space is the true nature of our being and the true nature of our higher consciousness. It is pregnant with possibilities. Anything can arise from it, including the solution to our problem. Into this space, we place our healing symbol. Don't think of your heart as a small physical organ, but as a limitless space that vibrates with love and joy. By putting our healing symbol into this space, we can connect more and more with our higher consciousness and gradually learn to receive the answers to all of our problems.

  How does opening our heart contribute to finding happiness? Remember a time when you talked about a painful problem to someone and afterward you felt better. What exactly made you shift from unhappiness to happiness? Was it how you analyzed the problem when you talked about it? Was it the clarity of the advice you got from the other person? Probably not. When we are unhappy, our heart is closed. We feel better when our heart can open again, because this is the only way to reconnect to unconditional happiness. This opening of the heart is most likely to happen when someone listens to us in a sympathetic and appreciative way. The other person's sympathy comes directly from his or her heart and touches the hardened walls of ours. If we can surrender and allow ourselves to be touched in our most vulnerable spot, the walls and knots in our heart will melt away and we'll feel better again. Our emotional space can widen and fresh ideas about how to solve our problem may come to us.

  Unfortunately, most of us don't have access to such a supportive listener all the time. However, higher-consciousness healing gives us the opportunity to get in touch with our spiritual heart and gently activate its power to transform unhappiness into happiness. When we visualize our healing symbol in the middle of our spiritual heart, the transformation of our problem comes from the most loving and sacred place within us. Doubts, confusion, and neurotic symptoms fade away and our self-confidence becomes much stronger. All our relationships improve, even if those involved in those relationships don't know about our practice. In other words, an open loving heart is part of the solution to all our problems.

  Sometimes, people have difficulty visualizing their healing symbol clearly. It can appear vague and fragmented; it can disappear or become distorted; it can change into another symbol or even break apart. All this needn't be a problem. Simply return to your original symbol as it was given to you by your higher consciousness each time you lose it. If you have trouble visualizing, you can also make a simple drawing of your symbol and look at this picture instead of trying to visualize it.

  Ruby I

  The following case study stretches throughout the next two chapters, but it recounts just one single session with Ruby. The actual work with her symbol took roughly fifteen minutes. Ruby came to see me because she suffered from stress at work. In particular, she was afraid of a colleague who had been bullying her for a long time. On top of this, Ruby beat herself up for being unable to stand up to this colleague. Ruby was in a state of great anxiety while she was with me; she measured 8 out of 10 on the scale of fear (which is near to a panic attack). She received a blue flower as a healing symbol. After working with it for fifteen minutes, all her fear was dissolved and she was at 0 on the scale. For Ruby, who was in a chronic state of fear and selfloathing, that was a very unusual state. However, before we even started, Ruby had trouble visualizing her symbol and was very worried that she wouldn't do it correctly. Therefore, I reassured her that the correct visualization wasn't necessary and asked her to draw a simple picture of her blue flower, which she did.

  Radiating the Color of Our Symbol

  The second step in this process is to let the color of our healing symbol radiate throughout our body and around ourselves with each out breath. The positive qualities of a symbol are transmitted through its color and its particular vibration. For example, the symbol of a bright yellow sunflower can stand for joy in life and childlike innocence. All these qualities are contained in its yellow color. So when we breathe out, we both feel and see how our body becomes filled with and surrounded by loving and joyful yellow light. As a result, our whole being becomes filled with the love and the meaning o
f our healing symbol. If we have a pink healing symbol, we lovingly breathe out pink light; if we have a blue symbol, we breathe out blue light. If we have received a healing symbol with two or more colors, we can choose one color on which to concentrate. Alternatively, we can visualize one color after the other; or we can visualize several colors together.

  When practicing higher-consciousness healing, we must never force or exaggerate our breath. We should always inhale and exhale in a very relaxed and natural way. It is important always to breathe through our nose. After we have exhaled, we let the inhalation come in its own rhythm and simply relax. Then we breathe out again and let the healing light of your symbol radiate out once more.

  Never try to breathe in more deeply than you feel is natural.

  In higher-consciousness healing, all the “activity” occurs on the out breath, never on the in breath. During inhalation, do nothing; simply relax. Only during the out breath do we visualize how the loving light of our symbol radiates out. There is an important reason for working in this way: Breathing out makes us relaxed; breathing in makes us tense. You can try this out. Simply breathe in deeply twenty times, filling your lungs to capacity. Most people will start to feel slightly tense and some will even develop a bit of headache or chest pain. By comparison, after concentrating on twenty relaxed out breaths, most people feel a lot calmer.