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THE MIND AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOUL THERAPY
A Psycho-Spiritual Approach to Healing
By Leonard Burg1
October 2008
OVERVIEW
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Over the last 37 years "Len" Burg has worked professionally as an international spiritual activist, educator, and
community program director. Currently he is working actively as a co-founder of the USA branch of an
international interfaith organization working with the United Nations, and Student Success Administrator of the
Office of Student Success at Pace University, NYC campus.
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http://www.barnesandnoble.com/collection/index.asp?r=1&pid=18071&z=y&cds2pid=19312&popup=0
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To lead out of students that which is already within them (From the root of the word “educate” as found in the On
Line Etymology dictionary - http://www.etymonline.com/ - 1447, from L. educatus, pp. of educere "bring up, rear,
educate," related to educere "bring out," from ex- "out" + ducere "to lead")
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Therapy uproots the unique emotional, mental and spiritual patterns underlying particular physical
symptoms. As a result of Soul Therapy, stubborn and chronic body/mind dis-ease conditions more
readily yield to appropriate treatment modalities, or, in some cases, go into spontaneous remission.
Soul Therapy is a way of using one’s consciousness of perceptions, thoughts, words and
deeds as “medicine;” one re-impregnates oneself with ideas, thoughts, emotions and movements
that act as remedies for the conditions that lead one to seek a consultation. It is a method of
divesting oneself of ideas, thoughts, and emotions that perpetuate dis-ease, so that one may
continue to evolve in consciousness, and grow or develop spiritually.
This monograph is for practitioners or lay people who are interested in self-healing and the
practical application of spiritual principles to advanced psychotherapeutic or counseling methods.
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When an entity does not take the time to live more holistically, the organism’s inner attempt to eliminate resulting
morbific matter is blocked; and disease is both the result and the “cure”: NATUROPATHIC HEALTH CARE”;
http://www.drbarrytaylor.com/about_naturopathy.htm ; “The natural state of the human organism is health,
homeostatic balance. In this state, the human organism has the innate ability - the vitality to word off diseases and
heal itself. Vitalistic medicine maintains that when disease occurs, this self - healing ability has been blocked.
Disease Symptoms (fever, rashes, this etc) are not simply caused by an "evasion" of external agents or germs, but
are manifestations of the organism's attempt to defend and heal itself. The "disease" is the cure.” A physician's task,
then is to help remove the agents blocking that healing process, bolstering the patient's own healing capacity, and
this restore homeostatic balance; health.
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You will find that Soul Therapy is consistent with principles inherent in Analytical Trilogy5,
Homeopathy, Chinese medicine, Ayurvedics, Psychosomatic medicine, Psycho-neuro
immunology, Neurolinguistic Programming, mind science, prayer, positive thinking, meditation,
Surat Shabd Yoga (the Science of the Soul), and numerous other methods of body/mind healing.
The ultimate divine purpose of all these disciplines is hopefully the liberation of the soul and its
unification with its creator.
It is the author’s fervent hope that Soul Therapy may contribute to the coming together and
cooperation of practitioners and students of all of the above disciplines for the benefit of humanity,
in the search for truth, planetary healing and the realization of God or the Higher Intelligence
responsible for our existence.
In both secular and religious thought the fundamental efficacy of being truthful has
been invoked. Said William Shakespeare (Hamlet) "This above all: to thine own self be
true." Or the gospel of St. John (Bible: John 8:31 – 32) "…know the truth and the truth shall
set you free."
To conscientize does not mean you are feeding, identifying with, or indulging your
perceptions. Nor are you maintaining that your perception is necessarily "truth". You are
simply being "in the moment". Honestly conscientizing perceptions, opens you up to the
revelation of absolute truth. And, it is the truth that "sets you free" (heals you and brings
higher consciousness).
In the name of mind science, many people are making themselves sick by denying
and suppressing the truth of what they are actually sensing, feeling, thinking, or intuiting.
As if being honest about one's perceptions, especially the "negative" ones (pain, anger,
etc.) is harmful.
On the other hand, when you conscientize (honestly acknowledge the truth of) what
you are intuiting, thinking, feeling or sensing --- without identifying with or dwelling on the
perception --- it helps release you from attachment that leads to dis-ease.
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The release of attachment to perceptions is a release of blocked soul energy. It
tends to undermine or pull the rug from under the dis-ease condition, thus igniting cure.
Thereby, the soul energy may be redirected to ideas, thoughts, feelings and sensations in
a way that is in harmony with one's quest for self –actualization or God Realization.
Positive Thinking
One of the keys to positive thinking is the use of the verb "to be". Learn to strictly
monitor what you think, feel or say, "I am". Because, what you insist "I am" is what you
become --- what you manifest in your life. What you habitually, automatically,
"unconsciously' keep saying, "I am", through indiscriminate use of the verb "to be", is the
seed you are sowing that is bearing (or perpetuating) the fruit or conditions you are
experiencing.
In most cases you should substitute verbs such as "intuit", "think", or "feel" when
speaking or perceiving (especially when you are describing another person). Instead of
saying, "I am sick", say, "I feel sick". Instead of saying, "You are bad", say, "You should
behave better", etc. What you identify others as being, by thinking and speaking of them
using the verb 'to be', is what you help cause them to be. Thereby, you share their
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"karma". And, if they are strong enough to repel such thoughts, the words boomerang
back to you tenfold.
In the long run, the only things worth saying "I am" or "you are" are those ideas and
feelings that when out-pictured result in the achievement of your highest ideals. For many
people, the highest ideal is the unlimited, eternal state of Self and God Realization, the
knowledge and realization of Self as pure spirit. This is the ultimate possession you have -
-- your spiritual nature.
Conscientizing and right use of the verb "to be" is a way of using language that
enables you to be truthful without identifying with or creating negative states or conditions.
Another such technique is the proper use of possessive pronouns.
The constant wrong use of the possessive pronouns "my", "your", "his", "hers",
"ours", etc. is another way of thinking negatively, thereby perpetuating dis-ease conditions.
Instead of saying, "my" headache, say, "the" headache. Instead of saying, "your"
stinginess, say "the" stinginess.
Proper use of possessive pronouns, like conscientizing and right use of the verb "to
be" is a way of separating the essence of a person from their behavior or material
condition. Why identify them with a negative, limited condition? Why not refer to people
and self in a way that is truthful but that also acknowledges that our true identify is divine?
Healing and higher realization is enhanced by proper use of the mind. The mind is
a good servant but a poor master. When the mind is in charge, so too is the ego, opening
you up to negative influences. When you conscientize the spirit is in charge opening you
up to positive influences. Negative influences are those that limit you to the material,
temporal dimension. Positive influences are those that open you up to the experience of
higher states of consciousness and ultimately God Realization.
The most powerful right use of mind comes with the practice of meditation,
especially under the guidance of an enlightened one, thus establishing the primacy of soul
over mind. At its highest levels, meditation takes one's consciousness and spirit above
and beyond the regions of mind to the eternal regions of God. It enables one to contact
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the Holy Spirit or “Word” of God, which is what transports the soul consciousness to the
higher spiritual regions.
Soul Therapy helps prepare one to experience the process of meditation, which
when practiced properly under the guidance of one who has mastered it is the epitome of
Soul Therapy.
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yoga is the connection of the soul with its divine origin through revelations. Incessant or "uninterrupted" yoga
refers to the stage of spiritual practice at which the connection with the stream of divine revelations has become
constant so that it governs all actions of the person concerned”; “The Sacred Scriptures- A Shared Treasure, Circular
Seven, January February 2001; http://centreworldreligions.org
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APPENDIX
The germ theory of disease and the tendency to view drugs and surgery as a first resort
rather than a last resort is part and parcel of a left-side-of-the brain oriented approach to reality.
It is the approach that speaks of “the war on cancer”, or “beating the disease”, instead of
realizing that the disease is the cure, and should be managed in such a way as to cooperate
with what the body is trying to do. This mindset is in complete contradiction to the teachings of
the father of western medicine, Hippocrates, who advocated “food” as the medicine of first
resort, saying let "food be your medicine and let medicine be your food.” 10
Positivism and reductionism are left brain dominant orientations, which overemphasize
verbal, “intellectual”, linear or segregative thinking, and negate the validity of right brain, intuitive
ways of seeing the world. They reduce everything to something you can see, touch, measure or
control (using the mind operating through the senses of perception). Whatever cannot be
understood or manipulated is the enemy to be conquered, repressed, feared, dominated,
controlled and, in some cases, enslaved. Often whole races of people are viewed as being alien
to the left brain orientation and are therefore expendable.
It can also be legitimately said that there is a counter school of thinking that deifies right
brain, feeling, and emotional, instinctive ways of behaving at the expense of left brain
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“Action Steps for Treating the Cause”; http://www.drlenlopez.shoppingcartsplus.com/action.html
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awareness. These two schools of thinking are akin to the two brain hemispheres, the
“developed” versus “Third World” cultures of the world, and the “modern” or conventional versus
the “traditional”. The conventional often ignores the traditional (customary ways of being) and
the traditional often perpetuates customs and mores that are no longer useful.
The solution is a whole brain approach using the left, right and frontal parts of the brain.
This places a focus on the primacy of cause versus effect and direct first hand inner experience
as a guide to external, material experience. It refuses to masquerade left brain intellectualism
as “science” or right brain psychism as “mysticism”. It integrates use of the left and right
hemispheres in concert with the forebrain.
Usually, anyone who espouses the whole brain approach is liable to offend both the
conventional and the traditional. In addition, many left or right brain dominant people are
masquerading as “holistic”, “alternative”, “complementary”, etc. when in reality they are
completely devoid of a real spiritual understanding or orientation.
A true spiritual understanding realizes that there is a real causal world beyond the
senses and the mind that can be accessed to bring about and understand effects in the material
world. There is a science of technology of how to do this, which even the pseudo religious,
holistic, and spiritual charlatans are not aware of. Literally one must “lose one’s mind” to be
successful. That is, one must understand that beyond the finite, temporal, mortal level of being
is an infinite, eternal, immortal realm of being that we as “the crowns of creation” can have
access to. However, to do so requires transcending the ego “I” which thinks it is a supreme
creator God.
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LEONARD H. BURG -- BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
In his UN related work, since 1998 Mr. Burg has served as Vice
President and International Coordination Liaison of A Centre for the World Religions (ACWR)
- http://centreworldreligions.org/. ACWR is an international Interfaith Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) having official consultative status with ECOSOC, the economic and social
council of the United Nations. It holds peace forums at the UN for UN delegates, staff, and
NGOs, and promotes Meditation and interfaith dialogue focusing on comparative analysis of the
sacred scriptures of diverse religions.
Mr. Burg’s community experience includes over 30 years working in New York City and
Harlem, as a director of various community programs serving children, youths and senior
citizens, including the Mini Institute on the campus of City College, the National Urban
League Youth Division, East Harlem Interfaith and other organizations. In his present
position as Student Success Administrator at Pace University, Leonard facilitates university
efforts to improve systems and processes that impact student services and affect student
retention.
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