Something remarkable is happening in my life, and my husband I both think that it is related to learning the Bengston method. It would be impossible to write a thorough account of the many synchronicities and beneficial shifts that are happening, but I'll describe some of the highlights to open the conversation. Thank you, @Dr. Christina, for reminding me to use the Forum. I am a ludite! Forums are still not my natural habitat 
I believe that The Bengston Method is very much a legacy gift to me from my cat, Sammy, who passed away in April. I had been looking forward to Dr. Bengston's talk, but Sammy was so sick that I missed it. But Sammy declined rapidly, and he spent three days at the vet hospital receiving IV fluids and tests. He came home to us with no diagnosis and a very uncertain future. I knew immediately that I needed to spend the day with him, curled up beside each other, petting him and giving him what fluids and foods I could, while I watched Dr. Bengston's Empower Hour talk and then listened to his book, The Energy Cure, in its entirety. It was a powerful, beautiful day, and as I said, I felt that Sammy was "giving me" this time to learn Dr. Bengston's method.
When Sammy first got sick, he had a smell that immediately made me think he was dying. I wasn't sure whether or not it was just catastrophic thinking on my part. But in Dr. Bengston's book, he says that "death has a smell" and he has learned not to interfere with death. I can't say I didn't try to interfere, but I did try not to interfere too much aside from homeopathic care and constant messages back and forth with Dr. Jeff (thank you again,
@Dr. Jeff!) , but Sammy passed away after a few weeks. I laid his body out on a beautiful cloth that was given to me by a shaman, and I tried to practice what is taught in the Tibetan Book of the dead -- to let his body make the transition through the bardo in four days, and to think sweet thoughts of him. Then we bought a seedling pine and planted him with it. The experience of those four days has completely changed the way I see both life and death.
I was so grief stricken that my own homeopath prescribed a 1 M dose of Pulsatilla for me, and that helped enormously. Then I returned to the process of learning Dr. Bengston's method through his audio book, Hands On Healing. I am working daily for just a few minutes to create my list of images and to practice cycling them. They are beginning to change my whole life in very interesting ways. For me, being selfish is a radically different approach. I was trained very much to be unselfish, and this has created a lot of difficulty in my life. But the idea that by making selfish wishes, my energy grows in its potential to help others is a fascinating and beautiful possibility. I love that my job is to focus on what I truly wish, but my job is not to make my wishes come true. I don't need to work hard or strategize or manipulate.
I had trouble getting to 20 wishes. Then I had a wonderful idea: I could wish for the wishes of the people I love. This began a series of surprising conversations that revitalized my relationship to the people I love most, simply by asking people "Do you have a wish that I can wish for you?" In the case of my brother, he wished for a pet. Preferably a dog, but maybe a cat. Ideally, a service dog. My brother, however, lives with my sister. My sister did not wish for my brother to have a pet. But that was not a problem, since I only had to wish for my brother's pet. I didn't have to make it happen. Interestingly, the day after I asked my brother what he wished for, he began searching for new places to live. Lots of interesting things are happening now, none of them predictable, but all of them working to improve the relationship between all three of us siblings. The pet has not yet appeared, but I would not be surprised if it does at some point. If not, I believe that the wish has instigated a profoundly healing process in and of itself.
This morning alone, easily a half dozen strikingly serendipitous events have occured related to my wishes. Many things are already scratched off my list.
Over the weekend, my daughter was extremely ill, and I believe that she got better in part because she gave me permission to use the skills I'm learning with the Bengston Method. All of this, and I'm not yet very good at image cycling!
I believe that The Bengston Method is very much a legacy gift to me from my cat, Sammy, who passed away in April. I had been looking forward to Dr. Bengston's talk, but Sammy was so sick that I missed it. But Sammy declined rapidly, and he spent three days at the vet hospital receiving IV fluids and tests. He came home to us with no diagnosis and a very uncertain future. I knew immediately that I needed to spend the day with him, curled up beside each other, petting him and giving him what fluids and foods I could, while I watched Dr. Bengston's Empower Hour talk and then listened to his book, The Energy Cure, in its entirety. It was a powerful, beautiful day, and as I said, I felt that Sammy was "giving me" this time to learn Dr. Bengston's method.
When Sammy first got sick, he had a smell that immediately made me think he was dying. I wasn't sure whether or not it was just catastrophic thinking on my part. But in Dr. Bengston's book, he says that "death has a smell" and he has learned not to interfere with death. I can't say I didn't try to interfere, but I did try not to interfere too much aside from homeopathic care and constant messages back and forth with Dr. Jeff (thank you again,
@Dr. Jeff!) , but Sammy passed away after a few weeks. I laid his body out on a beautiful cloth that was given to me by a shaman, and I tried to practice what is taught in the Tibetan Book of the dead -- to let his body make the transition through the bardo in four days, and to think sweet thoughts of him. Then we bought a seedling pine and planted him with it. The experience of those four days has completely changed the way I see both life and death.
I was so grief stricken that my own homeopath prescribed a 1 M dose of Pulsatilla for me, and that helped enormously. Then I returned to the process of learning Dr. Bengston's method through his audio book, Hands On Healing. I am working daily for just a few minutes to create my list of images and to practice cycling them. They are beginning to change my whole life in very interesting ways. For me, being selfish is a radically different approach. I was trained very much to be unselfish, and this has created a lot of difficulty in my life. But the idea that by making selfish wishes, my energy grows in its potential to help others is a fascinating and beautiful possibility. I love that my job is to focus on what I truly wish, but my job is not to make my wishes come true. I don't need to work hard or strategize or manipulate.
I had trouble getting to 20 wishes. Then I had a wonderful idea: I could wish for the wishes of the people I love. This began a series of surprising conversations that revitalized my relationship to the people I love most, simply by asking people "Do you have a wish that I can wish for you?" In the case of my brother, he wished for a pet. Preferably a dog, but maybe a cat. Ideally, a service dog. My brother, however, lives with my sister. My sister did not wish for my brother to have a pet. But that was not a problem, since I only had to wish for my brother's pet. I didn't have to make it happen. Interestingly, the day after I asked my brother what he wished for, he began searching for new places to live. Lots of interesting things are happening now, none of them predictable, but all of them working to improve the relationship between all three of us siblings. The pet has not yet appeared, but I would not be surprised if it does at some point. If not, I believe that the wish has instigated a profoundly healing process in and of itself.
This morning alone, easily a half dozen strikingly serendipitous events have occured related to my wishes. Many things are already scratched off my list.
Over the weekend, my daughter was extremely ill, and I believe that she got better in part because she gave me permission to use the skills I'm learning with the Bengston Method. All of this, and I'm not yet very good at image cycling!
