I became
aware of needing to eliminate the Western medicine from my body.
I looked for alternative methods of healing. Acupuncture, acupressure
and chiropractic care for pain management, Chinese herbs for post
menopausal symptoms and depression, and a medical intuitive that
could help me understand the cause for my illness.
I was introduced
to a medical intuitive with the gift of seeing physical and emotional
blockages in and around the body by reading a person’s aura.
Her method of healing has been helping me to break life long habits
causing my own personal hell. She helped me realize that I became
a victim at five years old, and I never let the momentum stop. It
is not an easy journey confronting your deepest fears and emotions,
especially since they began at such a young age. I became experienced
at hiding from myself, never facing reality, never letting anyone
get too close. Dealing with my emotions in this manner only attracted
more negative energy, hence, the breakdown in my immune system
attacking itself and the strokes.
I was encouraged to go on a journey to Brazil. I was to meet a
healer, John of God. I went without expectations or judgment at
what was occurring. I met people from all over the world: Australia,
Bosnia, France, and the Middle East. I saw people in wheelchairs,
canes and crutches, the old and the young, the rich and the poor,
all in white clothing, making their way to the casa of Joao de
Deus. These people came from all religions and believed they would
feel the presence of God.
I was one who experienced his gift of healing on the first
day. Eva, my medical intuitive, was at my side when I first went
before John of God. The cane I leaned on was removed from my grasp.
My hands automatically went into the air. A voice within me was
saying, “Everything is going to be O.K.” Within seconds,
I was feeling a wave pass inside my body as a waterfall would feel
going up, and then I exhaled to release the cleansing energy. I
was told by John of God, “never use the cane again,” as
it was thrown into the corner. I felt the most wonderful love encircling
me, running through my veins, holding my body up to feel its’ power
as I walked without my cane.
In six months, I will be 41 years old. Life is what
happened when I was busy trying to live, too busy ignoring the
past, too busy inviting negativity into my life. I was introduced
to a new possibility of living and accepting positive change in
my life. With guidance, I am consciously letting go of the past
40 years and moving forward.
Life Happens While You’re
Busy Making Other Plans By Donjenna Yokley
Life is what happens when you’re living. Actually John Lennon
said it better than anyone, “Life is what happens when your
busy making other plans.” New Years Day 1997, I had a stroke
at age 31. A stroke was unusual for my age, extreme in that I kept
having smaller strokes, odd since I was in great physical shape at
the time.
Three months prior to this occasion were endless visits to
the neurologist. Spinal taps, blood work, drugs by trial and error.
Nothing could determine what was causing the headaches, the exhaustion,
nor the vision problems. The adversity faced New Year’s Day
is quite a feat in that I survived. However, what became even more
daunting after the fact, were the chemotherapy and steroids I endured
to combat the organism eating away my blood vessels. I was entangled
in a catch 22 situation. Take the Western medicine approach with
chemotherapy and live, or do nothing and die.
I went from jogging in the park with my 18 month old, to waddling
like a duck due to the weight from the steroids. I was using a cane
for balance, in the beginning. The heavy dosage of steroids caused
severe osteoarthritis and extreme pain. I moved on to a wheelchair,
eventually having a total hip replacement and both knees replaced.
I was now 36 years old. I had succumbed to living with a body no
longer my own, but that of a 70 year old woman.
Deepak Chopra states, “negative and repressed emotions
are one of the most fundamental causes of illness.” At
this moment in 2005, eight years after that fateful day, do I realize
the impact of Chopra’s statement from my own personal experiences.
I am just beginning to grasp the spiritual aspect of this journey
of disease and healing in my life.
