Coming Out Of The 'Woo Woo' Closet

My mother gave me an amazing gift on Saturday… the gift of acknowledgment. Acknowledgment that maybe there’s something to this woo woo stuff after all.

I first started down the woo woo path of a seeker almost 25 years ago. At that time, my family was so concerned that I had gone off the deep end that they wanted my brother to come to Austin to ‘deprogram’ me. Much to their relief, my life took some twists and turns that took me off the path. Temporarily.

Several years ago, I got back on my path of seeking and healing, and this time I kept my mouth shut about it to my family, knowing they don’t understand that my belief system is just different from theirs. It’s not better, or worse, it’s just different. So for several years they just didn’t know what I was doing.

But not being able to talk about a life I’m very passionate about to my family took its toll on me. So, a few years ago I decided to come out of the woo woo closest and tell them about the breathwork and energy work I’m involved in, about my path of spiritual exploration.

First I talked to my mom, told her that I needed to share with her what I was doing. I told her the reason I hadn’t told her before was that I couldn’t handle her judging it or me, that it was really important that she be supportive, not critical and judgmental. She didn’t have to agree with it, or understand it. But I needed her to be open minded about it. And she was. She looked at the books I took her, and didn’t criticize me. And I think for the first time realized that I was probably more of a spiritual being than most of her church friends. But we still didn’t talk about it much. I knew she couldn’t really wrap her head around it, that it was still a little too ‘out there’ for her to understand.

With my sister, the evangelical Christian, everything I told her was met with complete silence. But that was ok. She can judge me all she wants. It was my mom’s understanding and support that I needed. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned a class I’m taking to my sister and she asked what kind of class it was. When I told her it was energy healing, again the response was complete silence. There wasn’t even the judgmental ‘hmpf’, just silence.

Then, last Saturday, my mom gave me the most incredible gift. She’s in a nursing home and in ill health, and for some time now, I’ve been observing what seems to be a thinner veil between the worlds for the folks in the nursing home. (see the previous blog for more on this) My mom started telling me about dreams and conversations she’s been having with dead family members and relatives. She said that she’ll wake up after having a conversation and think that it was a dream that didn’t feel like a dream, that it felt real, so she doesn’t k now what’s a dream and what’s not a dream. (And from my personal experience, I know it’s not always a dream) And then she said, ‘the only person I can talk to about this that I know will understand, is you.” And we probably had the best conversation that we’ve ever had. A conversation where I could totally 100 percent be me. I told her that I thought the separation between the worlds was lessening for her, and that when she first hurt herself and was in pain, on pain meds and delusional, that the people she saw when she was in that state, she really did see. There’s no doubt in my mind.

The reason I’m sharing all of this, is that so many people I know that are on a similar path have families they can’t talk to about this, have families that flat out refuse to acknowledge it or discuss it. And those family members, if they stay on this plane long enough to experience the thinning of the veil, will someday see that yes, sometimes weirdness is truth.

Francis the Healer - More Healing Stories

This post is a continuation of the healing stories from my Weirdness Gone Wild newsletter. (If you didn't get a copy of the newsletter, email me at mgbullock@aol.com. For a text reprint of the 1st newsletter, go to www.weirdnessgonewild.com) If you have your own healing stories, please send them to me! Most of the stories are about Francis healings. But one of the stories is about someone I know through Dr. Gladys which shows it's really about the work itself. Every Monday night at the end of our class, we do group healings on folks with terminal or chronic conditions. Four months ago we had maybe four or five people coming at the end. Today we have 25 or 30 and the numbers are growing.

Frances Meyer’ Story...

For 30 years, doctors couldn’t help Frances Meyers. She was first treated for thyroid problems when she was around 16 or 17 years old, and since then she’s had at least 6 or 7 doctors, endocrinologists, that couldn’t fix her problem, they could only try to regulate it with medication.

Then recently Frances M. started suffering from vertigo. After 15 days, the specialist she went to couldn’t clear it up, telling her she had somehow damaged her inner ear. She went to Francis Campone, who after one session cleared her inner ear problem and the vertigo. She went back to the specialist and it was confirmed – her inner ear problem had disappeared.

After three sessions with Francis, Frances M. asked him to check her thyroid and he told her she didn’t have a thyroid problem. When she went to her appointment with the endocrinologist, he confirmed that her thyroid issues had disappeared as well. He didn’t understand how it had been healed but told her ‘whatever you’re doing, keep doing it.’

Through all of this, Frances was also having problems with her blood sugar, her diagnosis being borderline diabetes. Her glucose test had spiked to 154, then 159. After her sessions with Francis, her blood level had normalized and she was taken off the medication.

Keith’s Story...

Keith has a form of Muscular Dystrophy known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease that affects muscles throughout the body, but the most severely affected muscles are those closest to the trunk of the body. Involvement of respiratory muscles can lead to a tendency for pneumonia and other lung problems.

After only three sessions with Francis, Keith, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, noticed an improvement in the circulation in his feet and that his breathing has improved. In addition to the overall improvement in his health, Keith said that psychologically his whole outlook has improved, and when I talked to him, this seemed as important as the physical aspects of his healing.

B.B.'s Story...

While I would be the first one to stand up and say that Francis Campone is the most amazing energy healer I’ve ever come in contact with, not all of the stories are about him. Here’s one that’s about the energy work itself, and the end result is just as amazing.

Last year when I participated in the Phoenix Experience with Dr. Gladys McGarey, each evening after dinner we received energy work and bodywork as part of the workshop. As a medical professional, Dr. Gladys knows, without a doubt, how important this is in the overall healing process.

One day a woman helping facilitate the class told us a story about her husband’s illness. He was diagnosed with the rarest form of lymphoma and his diagnosis was terminal, his chances of survival being about 5%. So he started chemo. Throughout his chemo treatments she said he was bombarded with energy work, non-stop. He breezed through chemo, even ran a marathon during his chemo regimen, and ultimately went into complete remission, complete recovery from the rarest form of lymphoma there is. Another miracle? Absolutely. Energy work is one of the most miraculous forms of healing I’ve ever experienced.

Lori’s Story...

In June, Lori went to the doctor to have the pain in her pelvic area checked out. Doctors discovered a sizable cyst on her ovary, over three centimeters in diameter, which is considered to be a very large cyst. She immediately started seeing Francis and when she went back to the doctor in August, the cyst was completely gone. Can these cysts disappear on their own? Possibly, but very unlikely. When I had a cyst, I had to have it surgically removed, and ultimately had a hysterectomy. Wish I'd had other options at the time.

Carment's Story on Animal Healings...

In addition to healings for humans, Francis also offers healings for animals, in this case, a six-week-old piglet named Isabel. Carmen, Isabel’s owner, also has three dogs and her wish was to be able to take her dogs and piglet on outings. After Carmen began taking to Isabel to Francis for sessions, she (Isabel, not Carmen) started squealing less (I’m assuming this is a good thing?) and adapted to her new surroundings better. She (Isabel) has developed confidence and self esteem in her new environment and even found a playmate, a boxer, at the dog park to play with.

Carmen has also taken her two-year old dog, Louis Pepper, to see Francis. Louis Pepper was a little wild and would take off at the dog park. After one session, Louis Pepper was much calmer and obedient. All in all, for Carmen, taking her animal family to Francis has led to stress free fun outings, which in her words is a ‘milestone’ they all feel great about.