SAMPLE CHAPTER
Your
Healing Hands:
Discover the Art of Energy Healing
BY MICHAEL
STELLITANO
with MARRI RILLERA
Becoming a Healer
Heal Yourself and Others
The magic of the new millennium is that
the average, common, ordinary, everyday person has incredible access to information and
discovery. What was once held tightly and revealed only to initiates in religious or
spiritual inner circles, or shared with royalty and the elite, is today increasingly
available to anyone with an open mind and an open heart. All beings are innately healers.
It is actually the exception, rather than the rule, that someone is unable to connect to
this ability.
Everyone can learn to direct the natural healing energy. Anyone can do this. It is simple,
effortless and an automatic part of our being. Once you learn it you can teach others the
simple techniques and basics. How skilled you choose to become is up to you. It does not
take more than once or twice to begin to feel the energy. It only takes a few days to
practice a few fundamentals. Then the rest is up to how much you want to learn, how much
you think you will use this skill and how much effort you put into turning the desire into
a reality.
So many people rush away from anything that will take a little time, a little commitment,
a little practice. Tapping into the natural ability is very easy. Choosing to become a
skilled healer or professional practitioner will take a bit more effort. Because we all
intuitively know that this should be easy, we rebel against anything that makes it seem
difficult. Because our natural abilities were not nurtured from birth, we have to
rediscover how to use them.
Though it may be natural to heal, it is a rare person that utilizes this energy with skill
and expertise. As an infant, to discover that you have feet does not make you
automatically able to walk, run, or be an expert mountain climber. Each phase takes
practice, desire and commitment. The repetition an infant uses to rise from crawling to
those first unstable steps creates the foundation for the toddler, the child, the
adolescent and adult to walk with authority and stability. Standing and walking becomes
second nature. Healing can become that instinctual and effortless, too.
There are really two aspects to becoming a skilled healer. The first is learning the tools
and the second is using them. Not everyone must do healing for a living, but it is our
responsibility to learn basics so that we can assist ourselves and our fellow beings
whenever necessary. Learning these basics should be as required as reading or writing.
Think of the difference a healer in every household could make. Think of the difference a
healer in every classroom, every office and every grocery store would make. It does not
really matter what level of proficiency you reach. What matters is that you learn the
basics. If everyone on the planet knew CPR, think how many lives would be saved. If
everyone on the planet knew how to relieve headaches, muscle pain, tension and stress
— think of how we would all be uplifted.
How many times have you wished you could help someone when they were ill or distressed?
How many times have you wanted to reach out and touch an aching friend or stranger? How
many times have you pulled back your hand or rushed away from a situation because you felt
helpless? If you carried a box of Band-Aids in your pocket and came across someone who had
just skinned their knee or scraped their knuckles, wouldn’t you offer them
assistance? When you learn the basics of healing, you will always have an invisible box of
Band-Aids. You will always be able to offer assistance. Plus you will be able to
continually share with others the techniques so they have the ability to assist, too.
This is the quick course in healing. It is meant to get you in touch with the energy, help
you learn to trust your instincts and set a solid foundation. How skilled you become is up
to you. Your own heart will direct you.
Remember that desire is half the battle, but the other half is made up of knowledge,
practice and skill. Want to be a healer? Then zap – you’re a healer! Now do the
things a healer must do. Learn your craft, practice and hone the skills to the level your
inner guidance tells you is appropriate for you. Remember that this may change over time.
You might start out only learning one thing and not add to that until years later.
Whatever your individual timing is, is perfect for you!
Sometimes students try something and don’t get the results they expect. This is
normal. It’s part of any learning process. There are many reasons for this. Maybe the
attempt was beyond your skill level. Maybe your concept of what was supposed to happen was
inaccurate. Maybe the person you were attempting to assist was not ready to heal.
Recognize that you can never impose healing on another. You can only offer the light
energy. What their body does with it is guided by their own divine plan. Don’t ever
be discouraged. Failure is only a stepping stone or a pointer to give you direction to try
things differently.
One of the most difficult aspects of energy healing is that it is invisible. It is often
difficult to trust things we cannot see. But be reminded that love is invisible, the
chemical reactions to a drug are invisible to the naked eye, and pain is invisible.
Everyday all of us are dealing with, and accepting as viable, many invisible things. In
time, a student becomes familiar with what they study and practice. Just because it is not
evident the first day of class, does not mean they cannot learn the subject.
There is, however, a quiet responsibility not to get puffed up about helping others. It is
helpful to remain humble. After all, this energy is not yours. It is universal. It is
Gods. It belongs to us all. A traffic cop does not think he owns every car that follows
his direction, or the drivers that benefit from his efforts. You should not think the
energy that is directed through you, belongs exclusively to you. Nor should you think that
those who benefit are your medals of achievement. The absence of ego and
self-aggrandizement, are advantageous to a healer. No one wants to become a notch on
someone else’s belt. Be humbled by the ability to heal.
If you use those you assist to pump yourself up, you actually drain or capture a piece of
them. This is not the work of a healer, but rather the work of an energy sucker. Those you
assist owe you nothing. If they pay for your services, that is fair trade. But they are
not obligated to return. There is no requirement that they heal or that they continue
healing in any way. You, on the other hand, have the right — even the responsibility
— to treat only those you feel utilize your energy in a way that uplifts you both. If
you ever feel drained by a situation, it is a good indication that either you should not
participate in that exchange, or you are not centered in your own energy. We don’t
always have the benefit of foresight or insight. We often do not know all that is going on
in someone else’s life. Sometimes we must trust that God has a plan beyond what we
see or wish.
I often express that my job is to be available. People find me when they need me. I simply
have to give them ways to find me. Which is why I do radio, TV and print interviews. If
someone is hurting, where do they turn? Most cities don’t have a heading of
‘healer’ in the yellow pages and 411 information can’t point them to a
healer unless they know the name.
If you want to become a professional healer you will need to practice, practice, practice.
As you learn to direct healing energy, as you become proficient in certain areas of
healing, offer your services. You can volunteer in convalescent homes or resident living
centers. If you see a stranger hurting, offer to help. You don’t have to promise you
can take away their pain, you can simply suggest that maybe you can help. Let them make
the choice. Let them decide what is best. There is an abundance of stress, tension, pain
and discomfort in our world. Be willing to acknowledge when someone is uncomfortable and
offer your services.
You can find people who will let you practice and discover. Form a group of friends who
practice on each other and learn through discussion and observation. Don’t ever
pretend to know something you are only guessing at. Be honest. Think of yourself as an
intern giving loving care while you learn. Medical doctors go through many years of
schooling and internship where they learn from both their patients and their peers. They
make mistakes (hopefully not life threatening ones) and they learn.
Don’t be in a hurry. Just because you desire to heal, just because you are excited
and sense your natural ability, does not mean you will be great immediately. Nor does it
mean you will not make mistakes. Keep your goal clearly before you. The goal of all
healers is simple . . . to heal. To offer the energy they sense, feel, see or hear to
those who need it most. Be careful about replacing that with other needs of living. We all
need to earn a living, put food on the table and a roof over our heads. Just don’t
sacrifice the purity of healing energy in the process. If you find you get muddled and the
energy isn’t as strong, check out where your focus is. One of the magnificent things
about energy is that it is pure. It can’t be corrupted. What we do with it can be
corrupt, but we are always in control of how we utilize energy. If you ever find
you’ve deviated from your pure intention, just get yourself back on course. The
energy will help you — it is always waiting to rush to your assistance.
