good thread Lucy! my premise expresses much of the thought on this thread. I do believe that our bodies will reflect our belief systems to outpicture when we are ill at ease, the word disease is to mean not at ease, or dis-eased.
aside from that, we come to be in flesh for a reason, to experience physicality. the body with its sense organs; yet we still relegate the care of the body into the hands of the doctors who actually study the human body. someday, we can learn to rely on our own selves to heal ourself but we are not there yet as a society as a whole.
frequently if we are in pain or have a problem with the body, the way it has been for me is only to discover the reason in hindsight. like you I reach an altered state and find the reason and work on it or its just gone.
then theres exit points in everyone's life. where you can use this or that reason to leave (this on a subconscious level sometimes) I used to entertain in resthomes...most of those souls were not happy campers. it was quite a chore sometimes. good thing the nurses didn't let them throw tomatoes
some very advanced souls choose to do battle with an illness for the sheer challenge of overcoming. if they can overcome, they get to take credit and then teach their method of overcoming which is the fun part, helping others.
I have a theory. I used to not pay too much attention to the care of my body, actually thought the body was not spiritual and so would take care of itself. it does to a certain extent, heal itself, close a wound for you, etc, but I think its true we don't occupy our bodies with our awareness, every single cell, to appreciate the activity which it is contantly doing. my theory is to appreciate the body daily produces if not supreme health, it produces a vital energy..I'm sure its not the latte's I drink!
I'm not saying Laurie didn't appreciate her body, I'm saying I didn't appreciate it that much before now and I was focused on spiritual studies all my life. and I still popped out two vertebrae, ya-ah! writhing on the floor, simply because I was not focused on taking care of this wondrous thing and loath to ask anyone for help. broke on top of that. finally emailed a friend who had worked a bit with absent healing techniques. and he popped my vertebrae back in..he was in Tennessee, I was in New Mexico.
its that easy. nobody need suffer, unless theres a reason for that and we'd have to get to know that person why they go thru this illness..sometimes it can be as simple as a person sacraficing themselves for the sake of others and simply not paying attention to their own needs. the good thing about illness, you get time to baby yourself, something you might have forgotten to do. I see Laurie this way, that she loved her work, but forgot about her own self. now its her turn for her friends to gather around her and celebrate her, whether she continues to be here or moves on.
she surely knows more about the afterlife than the average person so I think she will be just fine whatever she choses.
Hemi sync is just a tool designed to aide us in our development but I don't think we can call it anything other than a tool. a good meditation can balance the left to the right as well, I think its something one must do daily and be consistent with observing every single thought and emotion which is allowed entrance. I wonder how many of us are aware of every single thought that flitters across the brain in acceptance, whether its negative or positive?
and how time consuming to maintain ourselves this way, but we will get there! we will evolve into ownership of our entire beings is my vision, although I may be watching this board from another dimension when it happens!