What Is the Role of Energy Healers, Shamans & Adepts?
Role of Energy Healers, Shamans & Adepts
Hands-Off Catalysts
What role do energy healers, shamans (curanderos, medicine people), ayurvedic practitioners, and other spiritual masters (adepts, gurus, yogis) play in energy balancing and healing? The Law of One (66:8- 10) explains that healers do not heal, but facilitate or offer the opportunity for healing. It stresses the importance of not breaching free will, meaning an entity must not be healed against their will. It references Jesus as an example (73:12-15), explaining that Jesus ended his healings with two admonitions (warnings): first, the entity had been healed by its own faith and willingness to accept changes; second, the healing should be kept secret.
How could this hands-off approach work? Ayurvedic practitioners have been said to examine the interplay of vital energies or forces (prana, agni, and ojas), often through pulse or tongue analysis, to help uncover an entity’s dosha type (pitta, vata, and kapha), energetic balance and, by extension, bioelectrical states.
Prana is considered the life force energy that animates the body. Agni is considered the fire of digestion and transformation supporting metabolism. And ojas is considered our energy reserve, responsible for endurance, immunity, and overall vitality. Once our dosha type is uncovered, practitioners can identify root causes of system imbalances — which often manifest as disturbances in nerve function and communication. From there, they can recommend personalized lifestyle plans (focused on diet, exercise, grounding, etc.) to help improve energy flow.
Could being a hands-off catalyst also mean that the healer would not take credit for the healing itself — ergo, healing would be happening through them as a result of Source and not because of them? This is consistent with the Bhagavad Gita (2:51) which stresses that being attached to the fruits of our actions leads to suffering. It’s also consistent with Christina Lopes (DPT, MPH, Heart Alchemist) who stresses that we’re 100% responsible for our own energy. But we can request help from others to complement our own practices.
Hands-On Healers
Other resources suggest that an energy healer’s primary function is more hands on. Meaning, they can actually restore harmony to the energy system, and act as intermediaries between the physical, subtle astral, and causal planes. For example, it’s said that spiritual masters, like Sri Yukteswar (Monk & Yogi, 1855 – 1936), were known for actually healing their disciples. Some would transfer life force energy and even take on some of their disciples’ karma.
As explained in Autobiography of a Yogi (21:178-179), spiritual masters who’d like to quicken their disciples’ spiritual evolution can voluntarily work out a large portion of their disciples karma on their own bodies. They can also take on the diseases of others through their own bodies. By focusing their awareness, it’s said that they can elevate a disciple’s vibration simply through presence, touch, or thought. This can instantly resolve trauma and karma-related blockages. What if this is what Jesus was doing — giving his blood as a remission of sins (The Bible: Matthew, 26:27)? The key is that spiritual masters can do this. To what extent it can be done and whether or not it should be done is debatable.
On one hand, if a spiritual master’s primary goal is to guide others towards self-realization, then taking on a disciples’ karma could strip that disciple of the opportunity to clear their own karma and heal themselves. On the other hand, what if eliminating karma or diseases is more like a gift? If both parties are willing participants, then what’s the harm if a spiritual master wants to reward a disciple with spiritual progress? What’s interesting is that spiritual masters do not have to become ill or hurt when healing others or taking on others’ karma, as explained in Autobiography of a Yogi (21:177). This would make Jesus’s crucifixion that much more remarkable.
Conscious Energy Practices
While energy or pranic healing has the potential for misuse, according to Sadhguru (Guru, Yogi & Mystic), our research suggests that ancient energy stimulation and transfer techniques like Reiki, acupuncture, sound healing, and Solfeggio Frequencies can be beneficial if practices are done consciously.
For example, Reiki practitioners tend to focus on restoring optimal flow within the energy system. They can act as a channel for life force energy (prana), directing it into an entity’s energy field to clear blockages. This can elevate an entity’s energy field to a higher, more harmonious frequency. It also puts the entity’s energy system in a more conducive state for self-healing and physical recovery. In any case, the entity being helped should be a willing and active participant.
What about opening the pathway to intelligent infinity (pure consciousness) through the use of psychedelics like 5-MeO-DMT? The Law of One (6:1) does explain that the pathway to intelligent infinity can be opened randomly by the ingestion of chemicals, such as LSD, but does stress the importance of opening the pathway carefully, consciously, and in a more dependable way. Similarly, shamans, indigenous ceremonies, and wellness retreats often use sacred plants like ayahuasca (banisteriopsis caapi) to spark profound states of consciousness. This is typically done in safe, supportive, and structured settings like the ones offered at Retreat Guru.
So no, this is nothing new. Even the mainstream scientific community is starting to show more interest in psychedelics, including how they can contribute to peace-building initiatives and how psychedelic trips are similar to NDEs. And as organizations like Dr. Bronner continue to pursue initiatives to decriminalize psychedelic medicines and reform cannabis policies, we’re hopeful that we’re moving in a direction where these types of sacred medicines are more accessible to all for responsible use.
But keep in mind fellow souls. Based on our research, any alternative energy practice or holistic approach comes with associated risks. Even Ra (level 6 consciousness social memory complex) in the Law of One (29:31) declined to provide instructions on specific uses of crystals because human beings have had a tendency to use peaceful resources for disharmonious reasons. Therefore, we strive to use alternative energy practices harmoniously and, if necessary, in conjunction with traditional medical or therapeutic techniques.
If done consciously, energy practices can help put us in a more conducive and optimal state of being for our energies to flow, allowing us to focus deep within, purify the mind, and heal ourselves from the inside out (Law of One: 49:8, 66:10).
