On the occasion of July’s Distant Healing Ceremony, Kendo is also holding an Event at his Retreat. As before, a group of specially-selected guests will be present at The Retreat to experience the Nagasaki wisdom first-hand, and join in with the enlightening and empowering experiences he has devised.

There is a theme to each event, and, as all the guests at Kendo’s Event are invited to join in with the Distant Healing Ceremony, it is appropriate that the theme for this Event also applies to the Healing Message for July.

The theme of the Event and this month’s Healing Message is the power of affirmation.

Kendo has advised that in healing, there are 2 principal approaches to affirmations – there can be affirmations in pursuit of wellness, and also affirmations in pursuit of understanding – and often they can be considered together.

It has been said that a need for healing can reflect an imbalance between the soul and nature, and somehow the balance needs to be restored. In such cases, adjustments in lifestyle can often bring about this re-balancing, and the path towards finding this newly-adjusted balance represents part of a soul’s journey towards discrimination and right-living – an evolution of wisdom.

In other cases, an injury or a short-term illness like a cold or ‘flu can bring about a sudden cessation of the usual lifestyle and activities; with karma recognised as being an invisible guiding framework for the circumstances in which we find ourselves, it’s sensible to use the recovery time from an injury or infection to examine what destiny may be trying to tell us, what we may have overlooked thus far, and now need to become aware of.

In both the former cases, an affirmation to become well and strong again is appropriate, particularly if one has responsibilities towards others, but one should also be ready to seek understanding for the break in regular life. Kendo has said that the onset of illness can be more than a wake-up call, and may be a somewhat profound tap on the shoulder, and perhaps the most meaningful affirmation a person can make when in need of healing would be one which seeks to be fully receptive to what the experience is trying to tell them.

As in all other aspects of life, Kendo thus illustrates that awareness of and sensitivity towards the dynamics of life, perhaps especially its challenges, will ensure that life is the most rich and rewarding experience that it can possibly be.

For this healing ceremony, therefore, our affirmations are for wellness, as well as for receptivity to the wisdom behind our challenges – and that open-ness to such wisdom always accompanies our healing.