Medical Intuition & Medical Intuitive

Written by Bruce Dickson, Director, COLLEGEOFSELF-HEALING(TM) see CollegeofSelfHealing.net

Definition

Medical Intuition converges capacities of authentic clairvoyance, awareness of human anatomy, the scientific method of hypothesis, trial, result and retest.

No official consensus on purpose exists; "assisting clients to connect the dots between their issues and their illnesses" [footnote 1]; and when successful, "clients throw off burdens they no longer wish to carry" [1] possibly describe the general aims.

The interests of Medical Intuitives cover a wide range from viewing strictly physical-tissue-metabolic processes directly to discussion and uncovery of life purpose and spiritual directions. Sometimes both these activities occur in a single client session.

How clairvoyant are M.I.s?

While all M.I.s use intuition, practicing medical intuitives vary widely in clairvoyant ability. Some are literally "human MRI machines," a phrase used by several M.I.s. Some can go deep into the nature and structure of the DNA. Many more have lesser gifts while remaining focused on assisting clients to understand the "issues in their tissues," as one practitioner calls it [footnote 2]. Compatibility between client and practitioner seems to count for more than clairvoyant ability per se.

Viewing vs. Treating

Some M.I.s only view into the physical body, giving useful insight into health conditions invisible on the surface. Some both view disturbances and treat clients. Those who treat use very diverse, often unique, approaches.

Use of testing & muscle testing

Many M.I.s use testing of one kind or another. Muscle testing is only the best known and most visible form of explicit energetic testing.

The therapeutic potency of M.I.s who both test and treat, seems to come from the unlikely convergence of clairvoyance, a very "yin" activity; and, a very "yang" activity, inductive and deductive reasoning. Sherlock Holmes is the "patron saint" of inductive and deductive reasoning and many M.I.s often feel like detectives in tracking down the origins of mysterious health issues. Combining intuition and clairvoyance on one hand with precise discriminations made by the conscious mind on the other, and bringing them to bear on a single client issue can produce surprising and wonderful results.

The degree of change, how effective an session is, as perceived by clients, appears to have 90% to do with the client's willingness to heal, not to the skill of the practitioner. The greater a client's willingness to heal, the easer the healing and the more dramatic results are likely to be. Consequently some M.I.s experiment with measuring client's willingness to heal their issue as a preliminary intake question.

History of Medical Intuitives

Huge overlapping universes of human psychic phenomena exist. If Medical Intuition is characterized, even loosely, as converging these capacities: authentic clairvoyance, human anatomy, and t he scientific method of hypothesis, trial, result and retest; then, the history of Medical Intuition can only said to have begun no earlier than the 1970s and more probably with Carolyn Myss in the 1980s, who unquestionably is the initial and most prominent early figure.

The practice of MEDIUMSHIP for medical purposes has a much longer history, includes, the experiments of Mesmer, Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866) and their ilk. Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) would be the most prominent figure in the field of mediumship applied to purposes of healing the body. Dr. Norm Shealy along with Caroline Myss coined the term "Medical Intuitive" in 1987 as part of Dr. Shealy's research on converging intuition with medical problems. The new term was significant because it signified a person with both strong psychic and strong scientific inclinations. This was new in the 1980s, a very significant departure and upgrade from the idea of "psychic" and "card reader" from the 1950s.

Myss and . Shealy gave medical intuition credibility as a valid phenomena and treatment adjunct thru years of double blind studies. Their Institute for the Science of Medical Intuition (now largely inactive) is well-grounded in the scientific method. Today graduates of various small M.I. certifying programs pass examinations verifying their ability and accuracy. Despite carping from dedicated skeptics against the possibility of medical intuition (i.e James Randi), medical intuition has stood the test of time and remains an invaluable alternative healing modality, especially useful after client symptoms have not yielded to multiple medical interventions.

Future

Several M.D.s believe a large fraction of the future of health care lies in collaborating with intuitives who can clarify medical issues; that is, head off unnecessary medical interventions; and, identify when the primary causative agent in a disease is primarily psychosomatic or of a counseling nature.

The likelihood of this direction seems high as a new paradigm of physical illness takes root in mainstream culture; namely, that 90% of physical disturbances 'trickle down' from our higher frequency bodies. In other words the theory that 100% of the origin of physical illnesses lies in disturbances first found in in our imaginal, emotional, mental and memory bodies [see footnote 5]. If this theory proves true, then virtually no physical illnesses are possible without a pre-disposing disturbance in a higher frequency body. Conversely, removing the higher frequency disturbance permits the physical immune system to return to the work of producing health here in the physical body.

Comparison with "health intuitive"

Karen Grace Kassey, a student of Myss's and another brilliant talent in the field, has copyrighted the term "health intuitive," an regrettable development because this term covers virtually the same set of talents as "medical intuitive" a phrase given into popular language. "Health intuitive" connotes addressing nutrition and many garden variety life issues clients bring to sessions.

Comparison with "psychics"

Medical intuition overlaps with the older field of psychics (i.e parapsychology, psychic, psychical research). Some psychics call themselves, and function as, medical intuitives. The two activities tend to contrast this way. While both employ high levels of intuition and empathy, practitioners aligned with the way psychism was practiced prior to Caroline Myss often deal with issues in more symbolic, indirect, and abstract terms; for instance, in psychic Tarot readings.

Since Myss, Medical Intuitives tend to be much more direct, offering very specific detail on practical, physical issues and inviting verification and testing from outside sources even those unsympathetic to M.I.s. Since Myss M.I.s are more frank, less likely to pull punches about connecting illness with personal issues and choices. In other words, as the University of Santa Monica (gousm.edu) put it, they value "telling the truth quicker."

Comparison with "shamans"

Some shamans function as medical intuitives and claim this. Comparable practitioners in the two fields differ mostly in language and jargon. The two fields contrast in that shamans are more likely to welcome in any dis-incarnate beings who show up. Medical Intuitives and especially M.I.s with a spiritual perspective are likely to discriminate spiritual beings aligned with the "highest good and brightest future" [footnote 1] of the client and ask spiritual beings with different alignments to stand back.

Comparison with "mediums and channelers"

A striking contrast exists between most mediums and channelers on one hand and MIs on the other. Where the activity of mediumship and channeling asks for surrender of the practitioner's conscious mind and/or body to disincarnate entities, the activity of medical intuition requires practitioners to be fully present, awake and alert to all changes in both themselves and in the client. No Medical Intuitives yet surveyed go into trances or channel entities who take over the practitioner's body.

Comparison with energy medicine

The term energy medicine has very broad definition covering many therapeutic modalities, usually including working with the pre-physical etheric energies flowing in acupuncture meridians. Some medical intuitives practice energy medicine modalities, some do not. The two fields overlap considerably as both employ intuition, empathy and inductive-deductive reasoning to unravel health issues. The two fields mostly differ in that most practitioners of energy medicine do not claim to be clairvoyant--tho they may be!

Comparison with "mystics"

Some medical intuitives are also mystics. The topic of mysticism is not commonly connected with the term "medical intuitive" because of the nebulous connotations of the first and the scientific connotations of the second. Still many of the most powerful and influential mystics in the world today tend to be medical intuitives i.e. Carolyn Myss, Christel Nani and Maryann Castellanos. Medical intuitives are much more likely to discuss aspects of quantum physics theory than the Book of Revelation. Medical intuition as a field, fills a gap between lay persons and mystics by introducing various tools and techniques designed to put people in touch with themselves at deeper levels, i.e. "talking to your own cells."

Comparison with faith healers

Faith healers often claim to have (divinely appropriated) medical intuitive abilities. William M. Branham, the father of the Pentecostal Latter Rain Movement was said by his followers to be able to discern the health condition of people that attended his services, and in many cases heal them of their affliction. Evidence for these healings is all anecdotal and testimonials have not been medically verified. Were such healers today willing to submit their work to objective verification and were it proven to be effective, such faith healings would likely be indistinguishable from the results of many medical intuitives

Safety issues

Ethical practitioners of medical intuition are no danger to clients, as long as their insights are regarded as useful second opinions, not to replace the advice of a doctor, especially for clients with acute conditions.

Safety for practitioners is altogether the larger issue. The turnover and burnout rate for professional Intuitives is very high, similar to that of rock musicians and comic book artists. Main issues include the field attracts persons with high empathy who, once successful, may over-give and fail on self-care. Successful practitioners require high self-care and adequate and sufficient psychic and spiritual protection. In other words talent is one thing, being able to sustain a practice while continuing to grow yourself, are separate challenges all on their own.

Training opportunities

Various trainings exists, each with a unique focus. While Myss and Shealy's training program was undeniably the first in modern times, the program with the greatest number of participants nationally at the moment appears to be the several hundred students in Peace Theological Seminary's Masters and Doctorate program in Spiritual Science [footnote 4]. Its stated aim is to "study, integrate and experience the teachings of soul transcendence." While not claiming to produce medical intuitives, this is an excellent description of the outcome. Graduates are led to primarily heal themselves, before working on other people. A great strength of the PTS program is its focus on adequate and sufficient psychic and spiritual protection. This program is known to be completely safe for sensitive persons.

Footnotes 1 - link: Bruce Dickson IntegrationArts.net

2- Link: Maryann Castellanos HealthyEnergetics.net

4 - Peace Theological Seminary http://pts.org/master/master.html

5 -- Spiritual Geography 101 at IntegrationArts.net > Free Stuff > Articles

Links Association of medical intuitives http://www.medical-intuitives.net/

Charles Lightwalker http://www.familyoflightnetwork.com/

http://myss.com/

About this document - written by Bruce Dickson in early 2007, submitted to Wikipedia but never approved opr posted. Submitted for comment to International Assoc. of Medical Intutitives (IAMI) and approved by all who commented. Revised slightly for clarity 2008.